50 Trendy Medium Shag Haircuts for Every Hair Type

Having shorter locks isn’t a bad thing! You can style them curly, wavy, or straight, and it will look beautiful on all hair types. The best part about this length is that you can finally copy one of the much-talked-about trendy medium shag haircuts. These look effortlessly chic without any special styling! Also, if you get too hot or just don’t feel like wearing it down, your hair is long enough to put it up.

Here are some ideas that will make you obsessed with your length all over again.

1. Comfy Piece-y Wavy Look. The loose curls give a twist to this crop and add some major height!

2. Butterfly Layers for Redheads. Despite being heavily layered around the face and towards the bottom, this red coif feels soft on the fine tresses, giving them a nice lift and dynamics.

3. Modern Shullet with Bangs. Take a walk on the shorter side with this daring look!

4. Soft Black Textured Bedhead. Can a bedhead be chic? The answer is yes! Front bangs instantly frame your face, while the texture and in-between length give you a fresh, current look.

5. Chunky Layers for Thick Locks. Look how those feathered layers can accentuate your thick mane?!

6. Tousled Beachy Lob with Bangs. Take your curls up a notch with this messy, edgy style!

7. Shoulder-Grazing Wispy Waves. Long layers with this wavy texture make your strands look smooth and super soft! Both thin- and thick-haired ladies can wear this style.

8. Bedhead with Bangs for Fine Hair. This tousled mane with many short layers is meant for disheveled styling to produce volume in thin hair and add body in the front through long and deep bangs.

9. Undone Choppy Lob with Face-Framing Pieces. If you want your hair to look fuller on the bottom, check how you can combine sliced ends of face-framing layers with basically blunt tips around the perimeter.

10. Simple Waves with Flyaways. A style this classy only takes about 10 mins to do! Just curl lightly to give you some texture and volume and tousle the locks.

11. Volume-Boosting Messy Coif. Shorter layers give off a playful vibe you can wear anywhere!

12. Copper Blonde Wolf Style. This edgy crop with long layers gives texture and volume to thin-haired ladies! Parting it to the side adds extra height to this rocker style.

13. Disconnected Brunette Bedhead. Here’s a softer version of the wolf with plenty of choppiness on the bottom and sparing layers around the crown to enhance the lift at the roots without sacrificing the body.

14. Softly Layered Lob. Shorter layers that build this downdo graze your cheekbones and jawline, softening your features flatteringly!

15. Strawberry Blonde Sliced Coif. The texture and color are EVERYTHING! A layered dtyle shows off the natural texture of your hair and works on all hair types.

16. Edgy Sliced Collarbone Crop. Frame your face with razored bangs! This sliced crop is effortless and can be styled straight or wavy!

17. Feathered Wolf for Round Faces. This airy wolf is full of short wispy layers further accentuated by the flipped-up ends to deliver some of Farrah Fawcett’s vibes.

18. Shaggy Choppy Long Bob. Contrary to popular belief, layering does not exclude blunt ends, and this textured lob creates fullness on the bottom with the ends cut evenly rather than sliced out.

19. Highlighted Lob for Thick Straight Hair. A clear shape, debulking, and texture — that’s what you can get with a smoothed version of shullet derived from a regular lob.

20. Soft Wavy Wolf for Round Faces. Such crops work wonders on fine hair since they can remove weight and release natural waves, making the whole look bouncier, fuller, and more dynamic.

21. Two-Tone Shattered Style. Your limp bleached tresses can get a new lease of life with the bangs adding fullness to the front, shadow roots creating visual depth at the crown, and texturized layers lifting the whole look.

22. Face-framing Coif with Angled Layers. Longer layers with a center-parted fringe shift all the attention to your cheekbones and jawline! Not to mention – this color will look BEAUTIFUL in pictures and in life.

23. Jaggy Rocker Style. Black hair can be either chic when straight or rocker when wavy/curly. The in-between length allows for freedom in styling and vibe!

24. Wavy Lob with Disconnected Ends. Shorter layers are a great way to add texture and thickness to your locks!

25. Elongated Straight Sliced Shullet. Have fun with shorter feathered layers in this look – it’s alright if they aren’t perfect because they call it a shullet for a reason!

26. Wind-Swept Layered Lob. Girls who’d like to turn their bobs into something retro-chic should think of layered crops like this one with tons of texture on the sides and bottom.

27. Flowy Flared Style. This black coif is upgraded with brown feathers to bring out its texture and movement.

28. Sliced Bedhead with Curtain Bangs. Heavy curtain bangs play well with this length deliverimg a piece-y look while also adding fullness in the front.

29. Sharp Wolf with Bottleneck Bangs. This trendy mid-length wolf style with copper highlights is complemented with a full textured fringe, which, in fact, can be parted in the middle to turn into the cool-girl curtain bangs.

30. Choppy Style with Neat Bangs. This coif is handsomely layered to remove some bulk from the thick mane, but it is finished light in the front to avoid overloading the face and keep it open while flatteringly framed.

31. Piece-y Crop with Layers toward the Bottom. Switch up your long mane for this playful crop that works on all face shapes!

32. Wavy Coif with Curtain Bangs. Lobs don’t have to be all about sharp layers or tight curls, and this bouncy style proves that combining large bents with straight curtain bangs is a good idea.

33. Bedhead with Parisian Feel. This classy style elevates the layers by curling them into effortless waves and makes a statement with the choppy bits of hair sitting side by side with the face-framing pieces.

34. Shattered Style with Highs and Lows. The combination of loose waves and layers adds texture and a hint of the ‘boss lady’ attitude!

35. Voluminous Mane with Flyaways. It’s a brilliant idea to emphasize the graduated face-framing strands with a bright white money piece to shift attention from the gorgeous blonde mane to the face.

36. Softened Brunette Wolf Style. We all know that bulky straight strands can be shapeless and poorly managed, which is not the case with this head of deep brown locks, perfectly outlined, relieved of excess weight, and razored for movement.

37. Imperfect Waves with Wispy Layers. Those wishing to keep their coifs on the softer side should ask for fluid layers like these, with little work done by texturizing shears and a touch of disconnection.

38. Long Two-Tier Bedhead with Depth. Get major volume with shorter layers all over your head rather than classic long layers for this chic downdo.

39. Thin and Chunky Messy Waves. Don’t be afraid to curl your shorter layers – with a light hand they turn into loose waves that give you an effortless style.

40. Black Feathered Lob. Instantly draw attention to your collarbone with a delicate yet edgy crop.

41. Inverted Lob with Wispy Layers. Who says blonde is only one shade? Play around with different shades of blonde and show them off with a layered coif!

42. Shorter-in-the-Front Textured Style. Getting a layered crop is all about bringing texture and life back into your locks.

43. Edgy Piece-y Blonde Coif. Look how much texture and volume she has? We’re jealous!

44. Dark Violet Fuzzy Style. Gorgeous subtle violet hues peak through this brunette bedhead!

45. Sleek Wolf with See-Through Bangs. This style perfectly shows the texturizing power of the crop that totally transforms the look of fine straight tresses by applying the right layers.

46. Wispy Boho Lob with Bangs. Freshen up your style with this bohemian-vibe lob. The front bags add a hint of softness!

47. Brown Blonde Wash-and-Go Coif. Curl some pieces in different directions to get extra volume and texture. Remember, they don’t have to be perfect curls.

48. Piece-y Honey Blonde Balayage Mane. Having a fringe and shorter layers on top with longer layers on the bottom of your mane will give you the volume you’ve been searching!

49. Retro Style with Modern Flair. We are getting Stevie Nicks vibes from this style!

50. Two-Tier Flipped-Up Crop. Longer layers that are curved at the ends give you a feathered, fun style!

As far as messy downdos go, use these as inspiration for your next trip to a hair salon! If you want to explore the bedhead trend – be bold and go for it!