2026 Haircut Trends + Classics
The year 2026 is here and with it we find ourselves pushing haircut trends aside for personal style, which means there’s a style for everyone and every texture. With this, we believe individual style will lead to a variety of haircut and colors. Allowing your hairstylist to create haircuts which will suit your personal style, hair texture, daily routine, and lifestyle.
There are however a few trends we believe are becoming classics, and classics we believe are becoming trends. All of these haircuts are worth having a spot in the limelight to shine bright. There’s some hairstyles which may just take over your Instagram and Pinterest feeds and inspire you to fully embrace your personal style, texture, and desired lifestyle.
CLASSIC 2026 HAIRSTYLES
BANGS:
Now let's explore the classic hairstyles 2026 will continue to celebrate and maybe just a few that may have a revival. Let’s be honest, there’s nothing more classic than bangs. Bangs can take any haircut and instantly showcase your personal style depending on the style of bang you choose. Baby bangs, A frame bangs, swoop bangs, vamp bangs, wispy bangs, curtain bangs, Birken bangs, and my newest favorite - curly bangs, are varieties of bangs sure to give your personal style a boost.
Curly Bangs
Curly bangs are the newest trend we hope becomes a classic. Bangs give curly hair a beautiful softness + shape.
Micro Bangs
Micro bangs aren’t for everyone, but for the few who can pull it off they are bound to set you apart from the rest.
Birken Bangs
Birken Bangs made popular by 1960’s actress Jane Birken. Her wispy signature bangs were cut accidentally by her composer husband at the time, John Barry.
These bangs include face framing layers around chin + cheekbones. Giving sexy curvature to any face.
Retro Blowouts:
We are all familiar with the curling iron set that’s been on our TikTok rotation for over a decade. Middle parts, curl away from face, comb through, has become our go to for an easy, polished look. We don’t think this style is going anywhere, but we do think small changes to this style will give a smoother, polished, retro feel. Upgrading our curling irons to larger barrels, trading our combs for boar bristle brushes, and experimenting with our parts and curl directions will give a new spin on a classic look.
Side Parts
An easy way to add interest to your hairstyle is to try a side part. The deeper the part the more dramatic the impression.
Boar Bristle Brush
To recreate this soft texture you’ll want to replace combing out your curling iron set with brushing it out with a boar bristle brush.
90s Bouncy Blow-Outs
To create this 90s bouncy blow-out we recommend trading your 1 1/4” curling iron for a large barrel curling iron. This will add softness without too much curl.
Trending 2026 Haircuts
THE DISCONNECT:
The Disconnect is a modified mullet with more dramatic disconnect between the front and the back, but somehow it seamlessly flows as one haircut. Think pixie in the front, wolf cut in the back. It’s the perfect haircut for soft textured hair, and those wanting a carefree style. The Disconnect relies heavily on product control to add texture and separation.
The Disconnect
Created to celebrate your natural texture. Simply apply the right hair care products diffuse or air dry, finish with a texturizer and you’re all set.
The Disconnect
A softer version of The Disconnect gives you a strong full bang layered into a soft long layer.
The Disconnect
The Disconnect’s heavy layers + texture releases natural texture and softness. Perfect for those who struggle with limp or too heavy of hair.
The Bixie:
The Bixie is quickly becoming the ‘IT GIRL’ haircut and we believe it will be the haircut to take over 2026. Called the Bixie because it removes the face framing corner of a bob and gives a short round bevel to the nape (or back of head) combining elements from both a pixie and bob haircut. It thrives with textures of all kinds, all thicknesses, and can be modified to suit any face shape, and is easily + quickly diffused or air-dried.
The BIXIE
This precision edge mixed with soft layers gives a classic look to a modern style. Perfect for fine to medium thickness with soft curls.
Curly Bixie
Bixie are a great alternative for anyone with thick coarse hair looking to remove density and create shape.
The BIXIE
The Bixie is the perfect style to get through the awkward stage of growing out a pixie. You may just find you don’t want to continue growing because of the diversity The Bixie offers.
Embrace Your Style
Personal Style:
As 2026 approaches we’re reminded that the best haircut and style is any hairstyle representing your truest self expression. Because life’s too short to not honor who you are. It’s about no longer fighting your hair’s natural texture, and rather embracing it. No longer needing to manipulate your hair into submission, but rather finding the right haircut and products to achieve your hair’s best potential. If you find your self a bit lost, welcome to the club… it’s time to experiment.
Fine Hair / Straight
Blunt ends, wispy bangs, and carefree layers create a personalized style to a classic bob.
Medium Hair / Wavy
Heavy layering, thick curtain bangs, and shattered ends give this haircut a modern 70s feel. Suited for someone seeking an easy to style haircut.
Long Curly Hair
Sometimes the best thing you can do for your hair is embrace its natural form in all its glory. Curly, thick, unruly, hair is a privilege not given to many. It’s not meant to be tamed.
Let 2026 be the year you fully embrace your true sense of style. Make 2026 be the year you choose a hairstyle that fits your lifestyle, daily routine, and persona you wish to enter the world in. Let 2026 be the year you find a good hairstylist, and trust them. Let 2026 be the year you invest in quality products suited for your hair texture and desired style. And let 2026 be the year you ask your hairstylist to guide you in how to style your hair, which products to use and how, what color will suit your haircut and the best practices to benefit your hair. Let 2026 be the year you finally relinquish control over your hair and embrace its natural beauty.
- niki
