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Hairstyles For Seniors
Like most hairstyles magazines, the focus of hairstyles online is on teens and the younger crowd with very few styles for older women. That seems odd, because most women don't lose interest in their hair when they hit 40! A significant number of mature women use the internet to find ideas for their next haircut searching from home or at work.
Traditionally, women have worn their hair up after marriage. It was considered unseemly for a married woman’s hair to be viewed in all its glory by anyone other than her husband. In fact, once a woman was considered an adult, even long before she was married, she wore her hair up. Long hair was the domain of girls, and loose hair reserved for the single girl. The best way to get a flattering hair style is to go to a quality stylist with whom you can communicate and who takes the time to study your hair, the shape of your face and your skin tone.
In the 1920s, 90 percent of American women cut their hair into a bob. From adolescents to the elderly, almost everyone embraced this new look that was not only fun and flattering, but considerably easier to care for than hair that hung past the waist. Even if that long hair was wound in a bun every day, styling a bob tended to take much less time. For women who remembered how fussy hair styles could be even 20 years before, the bob is a great option!
Bobs are still a popular short hair style for seniors. Done right, it will defy most weather to always look good and will flatter your features, as well as being easy to care for with minimal product. The truly classic look includes bangs, but a good stylist will determine whether or not bangs are for you. A bob doesn’t have to look vintage; it is a cut that is both modern and timeless.
A spiky pixie cut is one of the best short hair styles for seniors who want to look young and full of attitude. It is a no-fuss hairstyle that can make you look thinner and neater, as well as playful. Layering is especially flattering to an oval face. Whether your hair is gray, its natural color or highlighted, this is a cut that makes you look sharp, even as it softens your face.
A short hairstyle doesn’t have to be all one length. Longer layers will give you an overall softer look and allow you to explore several different styles, so that you can be sassy and carefree or mold the hair into a more textured and refined look for an elegant evening out. Longer layers will also allow you the option of wearing curls. This doesn’t have to the standard “old lady” style! It’s an attractive and sophisticated style that is worth the effort for the right event.
Afraid to show off your silver locks? A silver mane, when cut and styled to perfection, can be absolutely stunning. Witness the sexy Oscar winner Helen Mirren and her lightly tousled silvery locks.
Well-kept silver hair actually lightens the face and draws more attention to your features. It can also be an arresting, exotic look. If you’re sick of coloring, talk to your stylist about going natural, you might find you look younger and sexier than ever!
Here are some of the famous senior celebrities who have styled their hair in the most fashionably way!
Heidi Collins, the famous reporter, turned 40 on June 1, 2008. She now has a chic bob haircut which gives her the great young look!
Sharon Stone (50) in new short layered haircut that looks terrific. Her lightly textured hair looks elegant with soft waves. It's slightly messy on top but in a stylish way. This is a fine formal mature hairstyle and good for every day, too.
Sharon Stone (46) in 2004 with a messy short hairstyle. It's kind of wild on top with hair sticking out in all directions but fairly tame on the sides. Pretty cool scruffy hair design for women. Slightly lower on top could be a little more flattering, though, for a special evening.
Sharon Lawrence (46) with a new medium bob hairstyle. She used to have light brown curly hair , but now she has straight partly red hair with heavy bangs. This simple and fashionable bob has a good shape that creates a lot of dimension around her face. The coloring style is very attractive, too, the way the red color spreads out from the crown, has subtle contrast with her brown base, and appears only in moderation. Subtle highlighting, incidentally, is one of the top hair color trends among mature women.
Jami Gertz (42) got an extreme makeover. She cut off all her hair to join the bob craze that has swept America. It's a nice fashionable bob hairstyle for 2008, and it looks good with her face shape, especially with the layers.
Dee Dee Myers (46) now has a perfect bob haircut with exceptionally elegant highlighted hair coloring.
Susan Blakely (55), the actress and former fashion model, sports this fashionable new chin-length bob hairstyle with bangs which even looks slightly pieceier.
Julie Christie (67) has a lovely medium bob hair design with lots of blonde highlights
Jodie Foster (45) has a big curly hairstyle that's a little past her chin making it a short to medium length design.
Kathy Hilton (49) is with shoulder-length layered hairstyle. It's a fairly easy style with nice lift at the crown and good shape everywhere. Fine light red haircolor for the famous socialite.
Corine Touzet (49) with very flippy short hair. Decent blowout on this mature style that looks thick on top but is well balanced with the flippy sides. Corine has some very subtle highlights that look quite naturally colored by the summer sun!!
Patti LuPone (59) has short hair in the low-maintenance style that's popular with older women. It's an ear-length but ear-covering cut from this summer (mid-June) that has a splintered fringe. Slightly wispy section at the parting on top softens her look.
Kristin Chenoweth (39) had this easy down style for straight medium-length hair. Kristin appears to have very light copper highlights. Subtle enough you almost miss them.
Kelli O'Hara (33) went out for the evening in a strapless dress wearing this easy formal bob hairstyle. Lovely dimensional waves. A classic simply elegant hair do often worn by ladies in 30s to 60s!