Wispy bangs, blunt bangs and other various bangs have always been an important part of many hairstyles for women. They have such a great variety of wonderful uses, that sometimes it seems as though going around without them is a crime against beauty.
Bangs do wonders for covering up the unwanted forehead wrinkles, draw attention to the eyes and can be styled in as many different ways as your imagination and time will allow.
There are several ways to have your bangs done and two of them are wispy bangs and blunt bangs. By looking at several options you can make a decision about which way you want to wear your bangs. Blunt bangs are very easy to restyle, while the wispy bangs are easier to maintain. Go ahead and make your choice.
How to Style Blunt Bangs
There are many different ways to style blunt bangs. Let’s take a look at some of them. The most popular way to style such bangs is to keep them straight. This will take some blow dryer work.
Pull the bangs straight down with a brush and blow-dry them to create a blunt look. You can also side sweep your blunt bangs during blow-drying. This will produce an attractive style, which won’t require much brushing during the day.
If you want to outline your blunt bangs, go for braids. Make two braids on the side of the bangs, while leaving the bangs standing out. The braids should be pinned to the back of the head or incorporated into the rest of the locks. You can even braid your whole hair, just leave the bangs out.
How to Style Wispy Bangs
The secret to making wispy bangs is quite easy. If you are bold enough to cut your own bangs, take some time to read the instructions. At first, you have to push your bangs apart into sections and pin them up to the top of your head.
Leave one strand hanging right in the middle of your forehead. Cut it as short as you like. Then free up another strand and cut it to maintain the size of the first one. Once you are done with all of the strands, put your scissors into a vertical position and cut up into the hair. The higher up you go with the upward cutting, the wispier your bangs will be. Make sure not to overdo it or you will end up with sloppy and sparse bangs.
Best Hairstyles With Wispy Bangs and Blunt Bangs
We have prepared 45 different ways to wear your wispy or blunt bangs. If after going through our choices you are still not sure which bangs will fit you best, start with the blunt bangs. If you don’t like the result, it will be very easy to make them wispy. There is no need to go to a beauty salon to change them. All you will need is a hairdryer and some imagination.
1. Hailey Bieber’s Wispy Bangs
Hailey Bieber’s blonde wispy bangs have darker roots and are longer on the sides, creating a ravishing frame. The fringe has some long edgy layers that add length to her face.
2. Bow Bun with Full Blunt Bangs
Prep your hair by washing, blow-drying and straightening it before you use the scissors. Tilt your hair upfront and make sure you have great sectioning, creating a triangle shape when cutting the hair. That bun updo will fabulously suit the blunt bangs, creating a doll lookalike hairstyle.
3. Curled Ponytail with Straight Blunt Bangs
Blunt bangs with some face-framing layering will make a great option for those who crave a severe change of their style. Pull your hair back in a ponytail to highlight the bangs.
4. Ashy Silver Blonde Bangs
Wispy bangs that are also see-through will fit any oval face. Layer the sides and pin the top and midsection hair with a scrunchie into a ponytail. The rest of the hair should be straightened and sprayed with a texturizing product to give your tresses that gorgeous glow.
5. Black Hair with a Blonde Panel and Micro Bangs
A pale blonde panel runs through one side of the short bangs and continues into the long black lengths. Straight micro bangs make the contrast at the front especially clear.
6. Wispy Bangs with a Half-Up Bun
When having an oblong-shaped face, you need longer bangs because it will trick the eye into thinking that your face isn’t as long as it really is. Chop those bangs below the eyebrow, right at your eyelashes.
7. Light Copper Balayage with Bangs
When you have curly or wavy hair, you need to decide how you’ll be wearing your bangs. If you’re planning on wearing them curly, the cutting procedure is more creative and less precise. But if you want to straighten the bangs each day, make sure that line is perfectly straight.
8. Brown Curled Layers with Blunt Bangs
For this heart face shape you need to use the bangs to decrease the width of the forehead. Waves and curls will make you look feminine and appealing and smoothen up that pointy chin.
9. Strawberry Blonde Bangs
Work with the length of your hair by cutting layers on the side. This procedure is definitely going to help soften that jaw. With a square face, you have a lot of width, so you need blunt bangs that are not too long and not too short.
10. Tousled Bob with Wispy Bangs
For an older woman with a round face, one-sided bangs can totally transform the way your eyes see this face shape. Wispy bangs are perfect for round faces, because if you swoop them on one side, you will build angles, making it look skinnier.
11. Bouncy Brown Curls with Full Side Bangs
Full, softly side-swept bangs with feathered ends pair with large brown curls in this long layered style. The smooth bangs contrast with the volume and movement through the lengths.
12. Curtain Bangs with Caramel Waves
The middle parting is a great idea for long wispy bangs. If your hair is thick and wavy, make sure to avoid the blunt bangs, since they will add an unnecessary weight to your look. Long wispy bangs will balance the thick hair out.
13. Wavy blunt bangs
Full straight-across bangs frame the forehead while the side sections are swept back from the face. Long loose dark brown waves fall over the shoulders.
14. Long Copper Curls with Short Wispy Bangs
Keeping your bangs short is always a great idea for long curly hair. In fact, short wispy bangs add a certain zest to any hairstyle. Short bangs are a little easier to handle than long ones, however, it is important not to allow them to stick upwards as it might ruin the look.
15. Long Blonde Layers with Wispy Center Bangs
If your hair is thin, blunt bangs are not an option. There is no need to worry, wispy bangs will save the day. In fact, properly styled thin wispy bangs can actually add some much-needed volume to your hairstyle.
16. Golden Ombre Curls with Rounded Blunt Bangs
Blunt bangs for curly hair is the classics. This mix is always a winner. So, if your hair is thick enough to produce the blunt bangs, go for it. This dreamy curly hairstyle will make any woman look sexy and self-confident.
17. Long Brown Curls with Eye-Covering Side Bangs
Thick side bangs sweep across one eye above long brown curls. Lift at the crown and layered curls give the style plenty of volume.
18. Curly Half-Up Bouffant with Long Side Strands
Such long bangs are a great addition to any hairstyle with long hair. There are many options to style chin length wispy bangs. One of them is a middle part with wavy tips. Another would be to brush them to one side and keep them straight.
19. Full Bangs with Wispy Ends
Blunt bangs are a great help for adding some volume to your hair. However, they are pretty hard to keep in place. You can try a mixed wispy and blunt style, which will add some volume while being easy to keep in place.
20. Shoulder-Length Waves with Long Side Bangs
Long wispy bangs have a romantic look to them. If your hair is a little wavy, brush your long wispy bangs to one side and keep it there by some hair gel. Your look will immediately become light and romantic.
21. Long Curls with a Single Side Wisp
One strand bangs is another one of the classics for the wispy bangs. Keep most of your bangs long enough to get lost within the rest of your hair and leave one short strand to fall lightly over your forehead.
22. Straight Highlighted Layers with Dark Side Bangs
Add some spice to your hairstyle and color your bangs with a dye which is different from the rest of the hair. The color combination doesn’t need to be too outrageous, so there is an impression of a soft transition from one color to another.
23. Sleek Brown Hair with Full Rounded Bangs
Blunt bangs and straight hair is always a winning combination regardless of the hair texture. Keep your bangs neat and you are sure to look fabulous. This style requires some maintenance in order to keep the hair straight.
24. Platinum Bob with Tapered Cheek-Framing Sides
Neat bobs look fantastic with blunt bangs, so if you are a bob-lover, you will definitely appreciate this style. Keeping it intact will require some work, but the result is truly amazing.
25. Shoulder-Length Curls with Rounded Full Bangs
Wispy bangs are a beautiful way to frame your face. If you think you have a wider forehead and are tired of constantly finding ways to create an illusion to make it look smaller, resort to bangs. Mid-length hair and full bangs never go out of style.
26. High Bun with Curved Side Bangs
Just because you have bangs doesn’t mean you can’t play around with them. Swoop your bangs to one side and tie the rest of your hair in a messy bun. And instantly you could look like an 80’s chic goddess.
27. Chin-Length Blonde Bob with Blunt Bangs
Uma Thurman it up. The classic bob cut with bangs became iconic after Uma Thurman rocked it in Pulp Fiction. If you need drastic change that you know will look amazing, this hairstyle is it.
28. Black and Blonde Split Dye with Short Curved Bangs
If emo is right up your alley, this is the hairstyle you should go for! This half black and half blonde hair color with bangs that aren’t aligned are super bold and badass.
29. Full Bangs with Face-Framing Layers
Asian women have rocked this hairstyle for years and hence made it iconic. This haircut with long feathered bangs and layers towards the front of your face is the perfect mix of fun and bold.
30. Flipped-Out Layered Bob with Bangs
If you are a woman who loves super short hair, this haircut is going to be your new favorite. This super short bob with layers all around is just breathtaking. It is bold, it is different, and it is fun.
31. Short Blunt Bob with Wispy Bangs
If you are always in a rush and don’t have a lot of time to spend on your hair, this hairstyle is perfect. Because once you cut your wispy bangs and blunt bob all you have to do is wake and scrunch your hair.
32. Choppy Ombre Shag with Long Bangs
Having a lot of layers is fun, and it is perfect if you love some style and depth in your haircut. Pairing a mid-length layered haircut with bangs results in an effortless look.
33. Deep Side Part with an Ear Tuck
Changing your parting can also make so much of a difference. Tuck them behind your ears after a side part and curl your hair in loose waves. This look is the definition of effortlessly chic.
34. Long Waves with Crown Volume and Side Bangs
One of the best ways of adding volume to your hair is pinning the hair around the crown towards the back. Side part your bangs and tuck them behind your ears, to make it look more natural keep spaces behind the strands. This hairstyle is super easy and is apt for any occasion.
35. Wavy Ombre Lob with Blunt Bangs
We mean it when we say lobs are in. Here’s another one. If you still feel experimental after the blunt bangs and lob, dip dye your hair blond. It’s the right amount of change and spice.
36. Long Ringlets with Rounded Bangs
Curly hair can never get old, and neither can your hair be too curly. Here’s a fun way to spice up the ordinary with ringlet curls and full bangs. Time-consuming but worth it.
37. Tousled Bob with Blunt Micro Bangs
Blunt cutting your hair is another vogue hairstyle. This blunt cut is perfect for an edgy look. The length of the bangs goes perfectly with the length of the hair, and this haircut is absolutely no maintenance.
38. Mess It Up With Wispy Bangs
Long blonde layers fall below the shoulders with some shorter pieces around the face. Fine wispy bangs fall across the forehead, lightly swept to one side, and blend into the longer layers.
39. Queen B Inspired
Golden multi-tonal waves with darker roots curve away from the face in voluminous feathered layers. Long wispy, feathered bangs add definition around the front.
40. Rounded Layered Bob with Choppy Side Bangs
A rounded layered bob tapers into cheek-framing sides and a short nape. Choppy side bangs and subtle copper-toned highlights add texture around the front.
41. Wrapped Topknot with Long Wispy Bangs
Messy but dressy buns are so much fun. They can be worn all day and are suited to every location. Pair this messy bun with bangs and a little hair to frame the face.
42. Silver-Blonde Waves with Eye-Covering Side Bangs
Side bangs never go out of style. Curl your long hair into loose curls and part all your side bangs towards one side. If you aren’t afraid of color, this gray blonde is fierce, trendy and worth its maintenance.
43. Layered Bob with Long Parted Bangs
Bangs that are feathered and a long bob with two layers towards the bottom. This is an effortless haircut that will suit any face shape.
44. Tousled Auburn Pixie with Wispy Bangs
This deep red hair with a pixie cut is just breathtaking. There are multiple layers in this haircut that give it some spice and the sparse bangs towards the front complete a look.
45. Blunt Bob with Long Side Bangs
This haircut is perfect for you if you have been naturally blessed with straight hair. You could complete the look by adding bangs and side-parting it.
As you can see the wispy bangs are more popular since they can be made from any type of hair and are easier to maintain. However, the blunt bangs look much more interesting and are great for special occasions as well as for keeping some heads turning.
