Dress up your long locks with face-framing layers for a feminine touch that pairs beautifully with balayage or ombre highlights for an eye-catching, natural-looking sun-kissed effect that only requires touch ups once or twice annually.

This style works beautifully on straight textures with fine densities, but can also add volume and make your new color stand out like never before.

Soft Balayage Highlights

This rich caramel balayage blend looks incredibly soft on dark hair. It accentuates facial features while brightening eyes. This style works best if your long locks are either straight, wavy, or can even be styled into effortless curls.

McCann recommends using purple shampoo and scheduling gloss appointments with your colorist to maintain an authentic balayage shade. Doing this helps keep highlights looking vibrant even after some sun exposure has occurred, helping keep their glow vibrant and less brassy than they would otherwise.

Balayage highlights can add depth to any short brown bob. When ready, ask your stylist for highlights that are two shades lighter than your base color to achieve a sun-kissed effect that works year-round – perfect for straight or curly styles!

Soft Straight Layers

A layered haircut works beautifully on all hair lengths and textures, but is especially flattering on long straight locks. Layered haircuts give strands texture and movement which add fullness and volume for thin strands while providing natural-looking shape in thicker locks.

To achieve volume and definition without weighing down your locks, lightweight mousses provide ideal volume-boosting effects without weighting down hair. Use a round brush for styling to achieve a sleek finish; for an additional dramatic flair add highlights or lowlights for softer ombre effects.

If you are a brunette with long locks, ask your stylist to create soft layers. This face-framing cut will add structure and romance to your dark locks.

Voluminous Side Bangs

Women looking for an ultrafeminine style will adore long layered hair with side bangs and soft, feminine layers – the ideal hairstyle to frame the face in an flattering manner and suit any facial structure. Additionally, warm balayage highlights will add soft texture and dimension to this thick locks style, making this ideal for thick locks.

Wavy or curly locks will look stunning with a long layered haircut featuring multiple barrel sizes to achieve different curl patterns, texturizing ends for added movement, and texturizing the ends for texture. This versatile look complements all face shapes while its length makes it suitable for all levels of experience.

Long layered bangs are an extremely versatile style, and easy to style with different accessories. Space buns or ponytails will complement the long fringe and make it even more enticing to wear; plus it is particularly flattering on square and rectangle face shapes and can help conceal forehead wrinkles!

Thick Layers

Thick locks can often look sparse and unruly without proper layering cuts, especially without long feathering layers that accentuate your face shape and frame your features subtly. By asking your stylist to create long feathering layers that frame your face perfectly and create subtle face framing effects, these soft layers will add texture that’s ideal for polished blowouts.

Choppy V-cut layers are an elegant yet contemporary layered hairstyle, ideal for any length or texture of hair. However, it looks particularly striking when combined with caramel blonde highlights which draw even more attention to your luxurious layers and add volume and volume to them.

If you want to upgrade your wavy locks, ask your stylist for some light brown streaks. This will blend in perfectly with your natural brown hue while emphasizing the texture of your hair and making the locks seem lighter and more dynamic, bringing out the best of layered haircuts.