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Bob Hair Cut Styles
Posted by: knowledgeable on Mon, May 22nd, 2006

Bob hair cut styles come in different shapes and forms, and it can be defined for individual face shape by creating a unique frame around the face.

When selecting your hair color always consider your skin tone and personality. To create the most modern look, try to keep the ends of your bob sharp and flat, or try soft flicked or inward curls for a feminine finish. Bob with layered cuts and shattered ends can provide just the update you need for the perfect look.

You can make your Bob changeable all the time. You could try wearing your bang (fringe) on a different side. Whether blunt, side-swept or wearing it off your face using clips, they can update your look instantly with so little effort.

Bob haircut is popular recently. But how to choose a proper bob for you among all those different bobs? And a bob's length should be chosen based on the length and shape of a person's face. Moreover, bobs can be evenly cut or cut at an angle. Bangs can be added to a bob haircut, which can look cute on some people. With all of these options to consider, it's a good idea to flip through magazines and find pictures of bob haircuts you like and take those pictures to a hair stylist for their opinion on whether or not that bob will be a flattering cut.

Bob Haircuts on Curly Hair

This year's stylish bob hairstyles are usually cut with great precision. A bob can range from hair that is cut at the ear level to hair that lies just at the shoulders. Straight hair can look great with a bob style of just about any length.

Bob haircuts on people with curly hair tend to look better if they are of the longer cut variety. Short bob haircuts on people with very curly hair can make a person's head look like a triangle. So, for anyone with very curly hair, consider that a short bob haircut may bounce up high on the face and look shorter than desired.

Bob vs. Mod

Like bob haircuts, mod styles are in high fashion, and many celebrities wear their hair in this manner. A mod style is similar to a bob, but it adds more texture to the cut and is a lighter type of cut. With a mod style, a hairdresser will cut bangs that are heavy and pushed to one side of the head. People with this sort of cut usually use some sort of styling product to shape the hair and give it a "swooping" look.

Asymmetrical Bobs

Just about everybody has seen pictures of asymmetrical bob hair styles in magazines, and some may have seen this cut on a friend or acquaintance. However, it is not as popular of a haircut as a regular bob. An asymmetrical bob is one in which one side of the head sports much longer (or shorter) hair than the other side of the head. Asymmetrical bobs can also be achieved by cutting hair on the back of the head much shorter than on the sides. Currently, a popular way to achieve asymmetry in a hair style is to cut the bangs in an asymmetrical fashion so that they hang heavier on one side.

Highlights with a Bob

Highlights can look great with any hairstyle, and bobs are no exception. A professional hair stylist or colorist should be used to make sure that the highlights match the original hair color and so they are not overly obvious. Highlights should be strategically added so that they enhance the texture of the hair and add a stylish edge to a cute haircut.

Bob Hair Styles are Easy to Manage

Some people enjoy spending an enormous amount of time each morning on their hair - making each and every individual strand look perfect before exiting the home. However, many do not have the time or desire to worry too much about styling hair after it's washed.
Usually, a bob hair style is very versatile in that it can be worked to look more formal or it can be washed, dried, and ready within minutes. Short bob haircuts are also great because the cut can look good for several months. So, for anyone who does not have the time to get a haircut every four to six weeks, a bob may be a good choice.

Comments for Bob Hair Cut Styles
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Rating: 4.00 bob is good!!!
Tue, May 12th, 2009, by thu
bob is constantly useful
i'm going to have a bob but not like this
can anyone show me which bob style suitable 4 schoolgirl but not requires so much care with hairstyling products?
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Rating: 5.00 Really like a layered bob
Sat, Feb 7th, 2009, by Carol Hodson
I have very curly and very thick hair. Had my hair cut in the first style and done straight - I absolutely LOVED it! When I let it go natural (curls, curls & more curls), it was wonderful too. Am getting my hair done again at the end of the month and am going to have the "bangs" cut a bit shorter.
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Rating: 4.00 hair cut
Thu, Oct 23rd, 2008, by Ashley from Utica pa 16362
your hair is pretty
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Rating: 4.00 Bob maintenance
Fri, Mar 14th, 2008, by AsianDane from Denmark
I love the bobs and much of the advice is good but not everyone's hair grows the same or at the same rate and there's no way I can wear a bob without getting a trim at least every 7 weeks because my hair grows too fast and my face is round so the best bob is asymmetrical with asymmetrical bangs but the style begins to lose its shape already after two weeks. I can't afford the trims anymore so this great style will have to go.
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Rating: 5.00 sweet
Tue, Aug 28th, 2007, by Ana from Winnipeg
i'm not normally into the bob cut but the third blonde one i'm really liking. it's funky and i'm really liking the layers. it will be alot more funky though if she got a few chunks of her hair a different colour(s).
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Rating: 3.00 Morons
Tue, Aug 14th, 2007, by Kris from Phoenix
Are you serious? Some of these questions, "Should I cut my hair?" We don't know you, why would you trust our answer? "Will my hair grow back if I cut it?" You dip****.
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Rating: 5.00 Great help!
Sat, Jun 2nd, 2007, by Nicole Morrow from Slippery Rock PA
I am trying to grow my short hair out and looking for a style to work with what it has so far grown out to without cutting to much off. I think theese styles would be a great transition for me since they are so versitile. (I love going from funky fun to elegant in a few hours notice!)
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Rating: 5.00 Help!!!!!!!!
Wed, May 23rd, 2007, by Tiara from Orlando
I really like these haircuts and i just cut my hair and it is growing back but i don't know what to do it
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Rating: 5.00 BOB HAIR CUT STYLE
Mon, May 7th, 2007, by CATHY from CALIFORNIA
LOVE THIS STYLE!!! I WS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS EASY BUT YET SO ASTONISHING AND I HAVE FOUND IT. THANK YOU!
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Rating: 5.00 should I?
Fri, Apr 13th, 2007, by Helen
I want to cut my hair, but don't know if I should. What do I do?
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Rating: 4.00 should i have it cut?
Wed, Apr 11th, 2007, by charlotte
i really want my hair cut to a bob kinof style, but i also want it really long at the same time. if i grow it out after the bob, will it grow as long because i cut it so short?
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Rating: 5.00 Bob Cuts
Sat, Apr 7th, 2007, by Bree from Greer
I love the look. This is the look I have been looking for.
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Rating: 1.00 Horrible, Horrible, HO-RI-BLE
Thu, Apr 5th, 2007, by Ema Addisson from franksburg, ny
i ABSOLOUTLY HATE your hairstyles
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Rating: 3.00 don't know what you mean
Fri, Feb 2nd, 2007, by Edie Brigden from Eureka Ca
I want to get an A Line Bob .My hair is fine and I don't haave as mucnh as I used to, Do you think this would be good for me I have some greyh. Looks kinda frosted by itself
Thank you
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