30 Trendiest Grey Hair Styles
As women age, our hair goes through changes along with the rest of our bodies. It may lose lustre, become thinner, or completely transform in texture, and at some point it will almost certainly go gray. While many women choose to fight gray hair for as long as possible, recent changes in our beliefs about feminine beauty being explicitly linked to youth have led many more middle-aged and senior women to embrace the natural shades of their aging hair. Allowing yourself to go gray saves time and money, while projecting an air of confidence that beauty is not age dependent. We’ve compiled 30 examples of gray hair styles to give middle-aged and senior women the motivation they need go au naturel.
1Medium Natural Grey Curls
For many women, hair becomes more coarse as it turns gray, and this in turn affects how easy it is to style. Long natural curls may become less responsive to smoothing products, and more likely to appear frizzed out instead of luscious. This hairstyle brings natural curls into a chin length style that’s more manageable, but still long enough to show them off.
2Grey Lob With Long Layers
3Classic Pixie Gray Hair Style
One of the pioneers of the movement to embrace grey hair, Jamie Lee Curtis has been wearing salt and pepper locks for nearly a decade. Her short cut is a great style to emulate if you’re an active woman, but short hair isn’t necessarily lower maintenance, as it often needs to be wet and re-styled in the morning.
4Ultra Long gray hair styles
Many older women cut their hair shorter to better manage hair that is finer and drier than it used to be, while even more feel pressured to cut their grey hair short because of social conventions. Maintaining long, grey hair might take more work, but tricks like applying hair oils, UV protectants, and investing in a keratin smoothing treatment can help you keep your hair as long as possible.
5Simple Three Strand Gray Braid
6Short Natural Curly Grey Hair Styles
7Stacked Gray Bob Style
Popular among professional women, the stacked bob is cut with a series of layers in the back that eliminate bulk from the nape of the neck, and left longer in the front. This stylish gray hair cut is especially recommended for women with naturally thick hair that becomes unmanageable without a well structured hairstyle.
8Steel Grey Mid Length Cut
9Grey Bob With Parted Bangs
10Super Short Pixie
11Polished Bob gray hair styles
12Medium Grey Layered Style With Bangs
13Curly Grey Bob With Side Swept Bangs
14Chunky Side Braid Grey Hair
Just a quick browse online will reveal the pervasive popularity of braided hairstyles. From athletes to brides to little girls on their first day of school, braided styles are as trendy as they are versatile. This chunky side braid is easy to pull off, and shows off the various tones in anyone’s hair.
15Shaved Sides Gray Pixie Cut
If you’re looking for an edgy way to spice up your gray style, Pixie gray hair styles with shaved sides is majorly on trend with younger women, and conveniently results in less hair to have to worry about styling. Growing out this cut can be frustrating, so it’s recommended for women who are planning on sticking with a short style long term.
16Silver Pigtail Braids
17Wispy Bang Pixie Gray Hair Style
18Glamour Grey Hair Style
Carmen Dell’Orefice, a working model into her eighties, is as known for her pearly hair as she is her impeccable bone structure. In this particularly glamorous style, hair is styled with lots of volume and swept off of the face, making it the perfect look for a charity gala, or the mother of the bride at a black tie wedding.
19Pinned Grey Updo With Short Bangs
20Quirky Grey Pixie
21Wild Gray Curls
22Silver Gray Layered Hair With Side Swept Bang
Another role model for embracing the aging process, Diane Keaton’s signature layers and dark, heather grey color make for an interesting mixture of playful creative and wise sophisticate. This style will look best on you if you’ve got thick hair that’s relatively straight, and these long side swept bangs are very flattering on round shaped faces.
23Big Bold Gray Curls
24Wavy Grey Bob
25Silvery Gray Crown Braid
26Grey Twist Hair Style
27Gray Curls With Side Swept Bangs
Glenn Close may have once played Cruella de Vil, but her silvery hairstyle here is anything but villainous. Bangs sweep across the forehead from a deep side part, and are an excellent choice for minimizing a large forehead. Subtle blonde highlighting adds a touch of glamour without trying to disguise the hair’s natural pearly shade.