Gently bouncing waves framed by a playful curl or two add motion. Linda Miller, a skilled hairstylist, provides her insights on rocking short curly hairstyles. She sheds light on how to style them, maintain your hair health, and choose a cut that flatters your face shape.
Curly Hair: The Shape and Appeal
Linda’s advice on short hairstyles puts emphasis on ‘curl type’ and ‘face shape’. For instance, she says “Avoid too much weight on the bottom if the hair is coarse or thick. It can create a triangle shape. Instead, add layers to take away weight and give it form.”
Caring for Your Curls
Linda has known clients with an in-between wave and curl pattern. Her advice for them? Use a smoothing serum, diffuser, and curling cream. These products will deliver a wave and curl while keeping the frizz at bay.
1. Effortless Sculpted Curly Bob
This rounded, chin-length curly bob creates a beautifully sculpted silhouette that enhances her natural volume and texture. With its softly layered shape and air-dried finish, it’s an effortless option that keeps her curls defined while dramatically cutting down styling time.
2. Airy Sculpted Curly Crop
Her curls are airy and sculpted, cropped just above the nape and around the ears to create a soft, rounded silhouette that shows off natural texture from every angle. This low-maintenance cut offers defined spirals, easy wash-and-go styling, and a playful shape that still feels polished.
3. Airy Tousled Curly Cut
Her tousled short cut lets natural curls spring up and out, creating soft, airy volume around the crown while keeping the shape lightweight and modern. With its lived-in texture and minimal styling required, it’s perfect for curly hair that thrives on a wash-and-go routine.
4. Effortless Tapered Curly Crop
This playful short curly crop maintains length and volume on top for a lively, sculpted shape, while the sides and back are softly tapered to frame the face. It’s a wash-and-go style that celebrates natural texture, adds height, and dramatically cuts down on daily styling time.
5. Windswept Curly Layers
Her natural curls are shaped with face-framing layers that create a weightless, windswept look with an effortless modern feel. The short length makes styling quick and easy, while the tousled texture provides youthful volume and movement around the crown.
6. Effortless Tousled Curls
Her short, voluminous curly cut embraces natural texture, with airy, tousled coils that create instant shape and height around the crown. Minimal styling is needed—just a bit of curl cream or mousse to define and let the curls fall into their effortlessly messy, modern silhouette.
7. Tousled Gray Curly Crop
Her tousled gray curly crop features soft layers that add instant volume and texture, creating a lively, face-framing shape that feels modern and effortless. The natural curl pattern does the styling work, making this cut ideal for low-maintenance wear while still looking polished and chic.
8. Soft Silver Curl Bob
Her soft, silver curls are cut into a rounded bob that frames her face and enhances the natural volume and movement of her hair. This low-maintenance shape lets the curls do the styling for her, creating a polished, youthful look with minimal effort.
9. Soft Layered Silver Curls
Her softly layered short cut enhances her natural curls while allowing the silvery-grey color to shine with dimension and brightness. The rounded shape frames her face beautifully, creating effortless volume and definition with minimal daily styling.
10. Golden Burst Tapered Curls
His tightly tapered cut features a burst of golden curls on top that creates instant shape, lift, and definition with almost no daily styling required. The subtle contrast between the dark sides and highlighted ringlets adds dimension and brightness, making this look ideal for showcasing natural texture while keeping maintenance low.
11. Cropped Sides Full Curls
This tapered curly cut keeps the sides closely cropped while leaving a full, defined crown of curls for maximum volume and shape. The result is a bold, low-maintenance style that shows off texture, brightens the face, and dramatically reduces daily styling time.
12. Effortless Tousled Gray Crop
Her tousled gray crop lets natural curls spring up and out, creating airy volume and an effortlessly cool shape around her face. This low-maintenance cut thrives on texture, needing just a bit of product and scrunching to look intentionally undone and stylish.
13. Tousled Curly Pixie Cut
Her tousled curly pixie has longer, voluminous curls on top that cascade forward, creating soft movement and face-framing definition. The closely cropped sides and back keep styling time minimal while highlighting the rich texture and subtle dimension of the curls.
14. Edgy Tousled Curly Pixie
Her tousled curly pixie features closely cropped sides and back with longer, voluminous curls on top that create instant height and definition. It’s a low-maintenance cut that air-dries beautifully, giving her natural texture a modern, edgy shape with minimal styling time.
15. Tousled Shaggy Crop
Her modern shaggy crop features choppy layers and piecey, face-framing bangs that give her naturally wavy or loosely curled hair instant shape and movement. The tousled texture looks best slightly undone, so a quick scrunch with a lightweight cream or mousse is all she needs for effortless, all-day style.
16. Low Maintenance Curly Crop
Her soft, sculpted curls are cropped close around the sides while leaving extra length and volume through the top, creating a flattering, face-framing shape. This low-maintenance cut defines her natural texture, keeps her curls polished, and requires minimal daily styling.
17. Effortless Silver Layers
Her tousled, chin-length cut features layered curls that flip out softly at the ends, creating effortless volume and movement around the face. The natural gray with bright white highlights at the crown adds striking dimension, making the style look fresh, modern, and low-maintenance.
18. Effortless Tousled Curly Pixie
This tousled curly pixie has softly tapered sides and a fuller crown, creating effortless volume and a flattering, face-framing shape. The low-maintenance cut allows natural texture to shine, reducing daily styling time while maintaining a chic and polished appearance.
19. Effortless Tousled Curly Pixie
This tousled curly pixie features a soft, piece-y fringe that frames the face beautifully while adding playful texture on top. Light layers remove bulk yet keep volume, making it a low-maintenance cut that enhances the natural curl pattern and shortens daily styling time.
