30 Long Haircuts to Zhuzh Up Your Lengthy Locks

Tired of your long hair? Lengthy locks can sometimes feel like a chore to maintain. Without the right cut or your ideal styling routine, they can feel like they're weighing you down. You may be familiar with the cycle of taking a snip, growing your tresses back out, and tirelessly looking for your look. But, there are various options to consider before you reach for scissors and commit to a dramatic short chop like a bob or pixie. Long, loose manes are basically blank canvases to bring out natural textures. Adding some flippy layers, wispy bangs, or a cascading shag can change everything, adding body and personality to your tresses. Scroll on for a list of 33 haircuts for long hair, as seen on your favorite celebrities.

Long, Straight-Across Bangs

Bangs are an easy way to add dimension and intrigue to long tresses. Here, Rihanna's bottleneck, straight-across bangs graze her eyes and frame her face. With her glossy shade of blonde, they also bring more radiance to the face as they catch the light.

Waist-Length Curls

Zendaya's waist-grazing, brushed-out curls give serious bohemian, goddess vibes. Her fluffy curls are given more shape via long layers, and her half-up, half-down creates a crown effect.

Beachy Curtain Bangs

In the past couple of years, it feels like everyone is getting curtain bangs. And, who can blame them? The accent is so versatile, framing your face whether you have pin-straight, wavy, or curly hair. The effortless bangs are a great alternative for people who aren't ready for full-on fringe. Plus, if you don't like them, they're longer tendrils, so they'll grow out quickly.

Dimensional Butterfly Cut

Ah, the butterfly cut. Another beauty buzzword that celebrities and everyone else just can't get enough of. The chop combines short and long layers to create volume. Here, it helps Sydney Sweeney achieve that '90s bombshell blowout.

Curls and Bangs

Long ringlets are captivating on their own; when paired with bangs and some layers, their lift is only elevated. Ciara's soft bounciness is playful and alluring.

Long Flippy Ends

Jennifer Lopez has undergone quite a hair evolution, but she'll always be remembered for her lengthy, blonde-highlighted locks. Here, she opted for long layers, instead of her more signature cascading ones. She added volume to the body of her tresses with flippy ends—an ideal look for people who want to maintain their length but don't want flat, dull hair.

Long Layers

Keke Palmer's luscious, lower back-grazing copper locks have slight fluidity thanks to long layers. This cut is perfect for people who want to keep their hair as long as possible, while introducing some movement without committing to lots of high-maintenance body.

Wispy Butterfly Cut

Sabrina Carpenter not only continues to dominate the music charts, she's filling up Pinterest boards for beauty and fashion inspiration. Her signature pop star look is marked by colorful short dresses, doll-like makeup, and, of course, her bouncy blonde hair. Carpenter achieves the look with cascading layers and a mix of wispy short and longer face-framing bangs. Big, soft curls add to the va-va-voom volume.

Jellyfish Cut With Soft Bangs

Miley Cyrus made quite the splash at the 2025 Grammys with a modern jellyfish cut. The polarizing chop combines a blunt bob with a mullet, however, here, Cyrus softened things with blunt layers and wispy bangs.

Subtle Layers

If you're not into wispiness or shagginess, opt for subtle layers. They create some motion, while emphasizing length. When given nice big waves, like Tate McRae has done here, they frame the face and body.

Jellyfish Cut With Microbangs

Cyrus wasn't the only one who made a case for the jellyfish cut at the 2025 Grammys. Lady Gaga brought her own flair to the chop with microbangs. Her variation plays with heights, varying from chin-length to waist-grazing, and is immediately striking.

Waist-Grazing Braids

Micro braids are a gorgeous protective hair style that are versatile and easy to style. Zoë Kravitz's delicate waist-length plaits have a dose of boho, reminiscent of her mom, Lisa Bonet.

Full-On Fringe

Dakota Johnson is basically the poster child for full fringe. Her blunt, thick bangs are the main attraction, whether she lets her long lengths loose or pulled into a sophisticated updo.

Bottleneck Bangs

Bottleneck bangs provide framing and movement from the inside out. Penelope Cruz's fringe is a mix of eye-grazing pieces and longer tendrils on the side, which blend seamlessly into her long layers.

Low-Maintenance Shag

For a dose of edge without going full dramatic wolf cut, opt for a low-maintenance shag. The rock 'n roll crop mixes layers of different lengths for a full-bodied look even when it's natural and straight, like on Jenna Ortega.

'90s Hollywood Blowout

The resemblance between Cindy Crawford and her daughter Kaia Gerber is quite striking, thanks not only to their matching features but their billowing hair. Gerber's side-parted swoop gives her layered tresses dramatic movement.

Wolf Cut

With the statement-making wolf cut, you start layering and don't stop. All the different lengths feather out for ample motion. Billie Eilish's 'do is complementary to her alternative style.

Curtain Bangs With Layers

Daisy Edgar-Jones's cheekbone-skimming curtain bangs give her an effortless, cool vibe, which is only amplified by her '70s-esque long layers. The cut nicely encapsulates her face while accentuating her strong features.

Modern Mullet

Take your mane with some '70s rocker flair? Look no further than the mullet. Debby Ryan modernized the cut with short layers and lash-grazing bangs, instead of buzzing the sides off. The effect is a shag that maintains its length and volume throughout.

Face-Framing Layers

Margot Robbie's arced, long bangs combine the drama of a lob with the looseness of a lengthier cut. These pieces, snipped to just under the jaw, curve around her face to create a fluid frame that draws out her high cheekbones.

Feathered Layers

Feathered layers are the goldilocks cut between a '90s bombshell blowout and rocker shag. The flippy lengths look luxe and playful at the same time.

Blunt With a Soft Curl

Olivia Rodrigo's lush brunette locks are not just a finishing touch, they're often a luscious accent to each of her outfits. Her dark tresses look strong, healthy, and radiant from root to tip, which is super impressive considering her hair skims her waist. Often middle-parted, she introduces movement to her bluntly-cut thick strands with loose curls and big waves.

Jagged Bangs

For the bold and experimental, like Rihanna, try some choppy bangs. The uneven fringe adds quirkiness that is impossible to miss.

Bohemian Shag

Stevie Nicks's free-spirited, bohemian-rocker style is simply singular, marked by her silky fringed shawls, fingerless gloves, and ruffled skirts. She maintains the aesthetic from head to toe, literally. Nothing captures her eclectic, romantic vibe better than her shaggy blonde blocks. Her ultra short top layers and longer blends give way to flippy volume and bodied bounce.

Blunt and Straight

Demi Moore's hair's shine and sleekness speaks for itself. She proves long, pin-straight hair doesn't have to be dull. Her dark glossy tresses are effortlessly glamorous with little maintenance.

Deep Side Part

In recent years, Anya Taylor-Joy has become synonymous with long platinum hair. She often wears her blunt tresses with a deep side part, adding a touch of volume while allowing her length to take center stage.

Polished Curls

Beyoncé's silky coils look velvety and full of moisture, no doubt thanks to a refined haircare routine. Long lengths up their gradeur and luxuriousness.

Cascading Cut

Lopez's trademark cascading layers are romantic and timeless. Varying curvy lengths create movement throughout and lend themselves nicely to elegant updos.

Mermaid Waves

Kendall Jenner's Rupunzel moment at the 2024 Met Gala is the ultimate long hair inspo. Mermaid waves give way to easy, approachable texture while a twisted updo adds sophistication for a pretty fairy look.

Boho Braids

Bohemian braids might be one of the most angelic long hairstyles. The style incorporates curly and wavy strands with traditional box braids or knotless braids that only look more ethereal the longer they get. The enchanting, carefree style complement Jordyn Woods's glittering, sun-kissed summer look.

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