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30 Modern Medium-Length Haircuts and Hairstyles for Women Over 50

by
Serena Piper

23. Greige Lob with Feathered Ends. Curtain bangs offer that cute peekaboo effect that highlights your lovely facial features while masking any telltale signs of aging.

Here we are talking about medium length hairstyles for women over 50, that are becoming more and more popular. Shorter locks are super chic and easy to maintain. However, this doesn’t mean that you need to crop your hair and pixies are your only option.

If you’re looking at wearing your locks in a style that flatters your face, hide a receding hairline, mask facial wrinkles, and give you effortless beauty, think midi lengths. Another plus is that they come in several styles and options and look fascinating in most hair colors.

Read on to get ideas for attractive in-between styles before heading to your stylist. Whether you like your locks laid-back or edgy, there’s something for you in our collection. Take a look.

1. Streamlined Greige Lob. Have you heard about the miraculous youthful coifs? They are not a myth! This picture is evidence that your style can add or take away years from your look. Here, an angled bob provides proof that it is just the right youthful crop you need to look younger.

2. Above-the-Shoulders Piece-y Shag. Layered and feathered to perfection. This shag packs both glamour and convenience. Easy to style, fashionable, and easy to maintain.

3. Luminous Blonde Lob with Bangs. One thing we love about bangs is that they add to your beauty while keeping wrinkles and a large forehead off view (if needed). No wonder they often top the charts of the most favorite looks these days.

4. Shoulder-Grazing Bob with Side Bangs. This is a fantastic idea for those wearing glasses. The face-framing locks conceal the corners of your glass frames softening the look and adding a touch of chic playfulness.

5. Gray Shag with Side Bangs. An ideal coif should tick the boxes for fashionable, face-framing, and fuss-free. Leaving out some hair around your face as in bangs, face-framing pieces, etc. helps you to conceal anything you’d like to keep out of sight.

6. Tousled Collarbone Style with Bangs. A picture-perfect bedhead with bangs such as this gives you a classy fashionable feel with less styling stress and low maintenance. The glow of golden blonde with reddish undertones adds extra allure to your locks.

7. Shoulder-Length Blowout. There is a reason why shoulder-length coifs are so popular. One is the ease of styling and maintenance. Add the fact that midi locks look gorgeous straightened, curled, and in updos. Plus, layering and a good blowout easily make your mane more voluminous. This is harder with longer locks.

8. Delicate Three-Tier Shullet. These piece-y strips of golden locks are amazing. Her hairstylist really knows what to do with fine hair. The feathered ends look so good.

9. Casual Choppy Blonde Lob. Choppy and piece-y crops have a volumizing effect on your locks. If you are fair in complexion, try infusing a darker hue in lowlights or shadow roots to stop your face from looking washed out.

10. Salt-and-Pepper Wavy Lob. For elegant grannies, cute money piece highlights in a mild shade that complements the rest of your hair color would give your hairline an illusion of thickness and also add some pizzazz to your shoulder-length crop.

11. Disconnected Beige Blonde Long Bob. A shoulder-length bob with soft loose waves offers you a sophisticated and elegant look. Highlighting your locks helps to perfect it. Dab on your favorite lipstick for that feminine finishing touch.

12. Below-the-Shoulders Bent Waves. Chic and classy is an attitude. Loose polished waves in an exquisite shade of blonde sure speaks class. The graceful put-together vibes of this coif make it a suitable style for those who love to look fabulous.

13. Youthful Edgy Feathered Shullet. Your crops don’t have to be matronly. You can style your strands in a trendy shag to revive your youthfulness. How about some playful vibes in your look?

14. Face-Framing Shoulder-Length Coif. Lobs are more than fitting for middle aged ladies! Use flips and layers to add a personalized touch to your locks. Long layered curtain bangs are a perfect addition to them.

15. Chic Lob with Layered Side Bangs. Want to go for chic and trendy? A gorgeous long mullet-like crop with bangs is a great idea. Lengthy swoopy bangs and stunning blonde highlights go in to make this style a hit among the popular collarbone crops.

16. Salt-and-Pepper Feathered Shullet. A little bit of ‘edgy’ never hurts. Your hairstylist can tweak your highlights here and there to give your coif a sassy touch. The silver face-framing highlights added a mesmeric edge to her style.

17. Shoulder-Length Flipped-Up Comb-Over. If have your mane gorgeous and thick, ma’am you have every reason to flaunt it. Recreating this super gorgeous comb over with curled-up ends will get you just the right attention.

18. Youthful Shoulder-Length Curls. Curly-haired ladies aren’t left out. Cutting down the length of your curls to stop around your neck makes them bouncier, fuller, and livelier.

19. Below-the-Shoulders Fine Locks with Layers. For thin hair to look its best, try leaving your roots a tad darker than the rest of your strands. Also, you can add a bit of color such as ash, silver, or even purple. Layering your locks towards the tips helps too.

20. Silver Collarbone Crop with Layers. A collarbone coif will keep you looking as pretty as ever. Brush your locks to a side to make them appear more stylish and disguise a thinning hairline. Such a crop will be a perfect option for gray locks.

21. Middle-Parted Piece-y Honey Blonde Style. Parting your piece-y crop down the center or slightly off-center provides you with fringes that slim down any chubbiness and make your face look less round. Highlights add youthfulness to the face.

22. Side-Parted Shoulder-Length Bob with Glasses. Bangs are cute. Side bangs are the cutest. On a lob, side bangs catapult the beauty of your crop several notches higher. Don’t have anybangs? Then fake them with one of the hair pieces by flipping your center-parted locks to one side!

23. Greige Lob with Feathered Ends. Curtain bangs offer that cute peekaboo effect that highlights your lovely facial features while masking any telltale signs of aging.

24. Collarbone Wolf Crop with Gray Balayage. Long face-framing fringes add more intrigue to your crop and draw attention to your eyes. You can even use them to hide a double chin.

25. Blonde Style for Thick Hair. The two-tier crop with a mixture of feathered and blunt ends lends a fascinating twist to these resplendent thick locks.

26. Shoulder-Length Beach Waves with Bangs. With mild beachy waves that remind you of ripples in a lake on a quiet evening, this shoulder-length coif is sure stunning. The stripey brown lowlights and blonde highlights add to the fascinating feel of this look.

27. Greige Lob to Look Younger. Go with the flow, embrace the force of nature, and try a gray-blonde balayage to go with your natural grays. Icy blonde looks fabulous on all ages.

28. Rejuvenating Honey Blonde Shag. Add several layers to your locks and part them down the middle, then tease your crown to elongate the shape of your face. A great beauty hack for those with chubbier face shapes.

29. Champagne Blonde Teased Style. Need fresh ideas of above-the-shoulders crops? Get that effortlessly chic and polished celebrity look from Beverly Hills. The side part frames the face nicely and is super flattering on most face shapes.

30. Modern Bedhead Lob. It looks tousled but not over the top messy, just the right type of bedhead to make you look cool and fashionable. The long curtain bangs like these add dimension and drama to your coif. Another plus is it’s low-maintenance.

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Now that you have a good idea of what your choice can look like, it’s time to book an appointment with your hairstylist. Found what you needed? Share in the comments below!