Blowout haircuts became popular in the 1990s. They were most often called a taper fade. Later they became very famous thanks to Pauly-D from the MTV reality show Jersey Shore. He sported a variation of the taper fade known as the “blowout.” So, thanks to Pauly-D this style got a second life in the 2000s.
Pauly-D showed off the style at his public appearances and walked through his styling routine in interviews. The style became very popular among Italian Americans, South Asian Americans, and Mexican Americans. However, any man will look great with this haircut if it is created the right way.
How to Give a Blowout Haircut
To make a perfect blowout haircut you will need professional clippers, a trimmer with T-blade, combs, shears, hairdryer and some good hair gel and hairspray.
Use hair clippers to create the fade on the first 2 inches of length of hairline at the nape and sides. The top of the hair should stay medium length (about 6 inches).
In the end, you will get a 2-inch band of faded short hair around your head (across the back and the sides). At the same time, the hair on top will be medium-length. This is the first step to the blowout hairstyle.
After you are done with the cutting, wash your hair and dry it with a towel. Then brush the hair up with a comb and pull it up and back. While holding the hair in this position with a comb, start blow-drying.
Take some hair gel, lift the hair that is left, and style it up and back. The hair inside the perimeter covered in gel should just stay blow-dried. Spray some hairspray on your blowout hairstyle and blow-dry it again.
While you are doing that, correct any stray hairs to stand up and angle. If your hair is curly, you can use a flat-iron to straighten it out before starting the procedure. However, there is a curly blowout variation as well.
Modish Blowout Haircut Ideas
Now you know how to make a classical blowout hairstyle and you can go further. Men have been experimenting with this hairstyle for over 25 years, so they have come up with interesting options for any hair and face type.
Take a look at the 80 interesting blowout haircuts for men we have chosen to give you an idea of what a great blowout style looks like. Take some time to consider your hair type and choose the style you like best. If you are not sure that you can do this at home, any barber will easily make this hairstyle for you.
1. Curly Mop Top with Full Sides
Bring those ringlets to life with a curly blowout haircut. First, work a styling creme into damp hair to ensure that those curls will stay intact. A quick blow-dry will give hair lots of lift as well. If you have bangs, let them come forward on your forehead.
2. Voluminous Side Sweep with a Full Beard
A high blowout haircut works on fellas with hair that is three inches or longer. Your best bet is to cut the sides of your hair short so that the hair up top contains all of the movement and body.
3. Short Wavy Layers with Cropped Sides
To get the full effect of this blowout haircut with waves, your hair should already have some layers. A touch of styling creme will separate each piece of hair to give this look loads of texture. Swoop it all to one side for the ultimate style.
4. Textured Quiff with Short Sides and a Beard
Tapered cuts are among the most popular men’s styles. Hair is cut short on the sides and gorgeous length is displayed up top. Create a tapered blowout haircut for added height and a little extra personality.
5. Sleek Comb-Back with a High Fade
Show off your most sophisticated self with this sleek blowout pompadour. Hair should be buzzed on the sides of the head and given a deep side part on one side. To create the pompadour, start directly at the root to give maximum height.
6. Swept-Back Pompadour with a Skin Fade
Lots of guys have trouble maintaining their hair when it’s thick. Blowouts provide the perfect solution so that all of that volume benefits your overall look. Buzz hair tightly at the sides in a tapered style as you work your way up.
7. Blonde Pompadour with Dark Roots
A little styling goes a long way on long hair for men. This long blowout haircut creates height at the root while pushing all of your hair back for a clean and sexy vibe. It works especially well to reveal your face if you have facial hair that covers your cheeks and chin.
8. Broad Swept-Up Quiff
Straight locks often make styling a breeze, and this straight blowout haircut is no exception. Blow hair up and away from the top of your forehead to open up the appearance of your gorgeous face. Favor one side over the other for the best style.
9. Side-Parted Brush-Back with Blonde Streaks
Your hair doesn’t have to move as one entity, a piecey look is not only natural but takes away a lot of stress when styling. Hair should be blown out straight and pushed back, but don’t worry about perfection.
10. Soft Blonde Side-Swept Hair with Faded Sides
A blowout with a part is a polished way to style your hair while adding shape and dimension to your face. Create a part on your best side and cut hair close to the scalp while letting longer locks fall over the other side. Blow hair out and back with a little styling product and you’re ready to go!
11. Tousled Quiff with Wavy Ends
This blowout haircut is perfect for men with curly hair. There is no need to straighten them. All you need to do is add some hair gel to the middle part and not use any hairspray. Style the hair with your fingers to make some spikes. You can also try these popular undercut hairstyles to get a unique look.
12. Brushed Up blowout Fades
This hairstyle is achieved without too much shaving. In fact, it is an imitation of the blowout fade hairstyle. The look is achieved by styling the hair with a lot of hair gel. Style the beard as you prefer and just push the hair upwards. You’re done!
13. Coily Afro with a Temple Taper
African American men are lucky to have hair which needs almost no hair gel to look perfect in a blowout hairstyle. All that needs to be done is proper shaving of the lower hairline to create a blowout impression.
14. Short blowout
This short hairstyle is more of an undercut, but still can be considered a blowout, since the hair is shaved the way it would be in a classical blowout fade hairstyle. The advantage of this cut is that it requires absolutely no maintenance.
15. Straight Blowout with a Curved Part
This type of blowout hairstyle could be considered a classic if not for the little amount of hair gel used. This will fit men with no love for the hair products. However, some hairspray will still need to be used to keep the style intact.
16. Side-Parted Rolled Pompadour
If you don’t want to make a straight out blowout, there is a more conservative way to go about it. Make a fade to surround the hair on top and then style the top part to be as much of a blowout as possible.
17. Tousled Quiff
One of the modern ways to style your blowout is to skip the gel if your hair holds the shape. Keep the hair on top longer and sweep it into a loose quiff. If the shape holds on its own, you’ll be free from using any hair products. In the end, the result is still pretty good.
18. The classics
This is what the classical African American blowout hairstyle looks like. The hair is properly shaved to create a circle around the head which outlines the top part. The hair on top is left about 5-6 inches long and styled with the use of some hair gel.
19. Coily Crop with a Shaved Temple Line
When you are shaving some hair off, regardless of the style you are making, there is always room for art. So when the shaving is done for the blowout, there is a lot of room for creativity. Go for lines or geometrical shapes to make your blowout haircut look even more amazing.
20. Short Brushed-Up Quiff
A blowout look can be achieved without shaving. All you need to do is keep the hair on the sides short and style the top part the blowout way. Since you are being a little lazy with the shaved part, make sure to do your best with the top part styling.
21. Side-Swept Top with a Curled Forelock
Make sure to get a little creative with the long part of your blowout haircut. Style it upwards as it is supposed to be in a classical look and curl down the bangs to create a cowlick appearance, which is one of the quite popular unique ways to go about styling the bangs.
22. Wide Textured Quiff with a Shaved Part
If your hair is long enough you can create a really wild blowout. Shave the hair the way the blowout style dictates and then get creative with the top part. You can make anything from a wild mess to a textured pompadour.
23. Upright Layered Quiff
Classical blowouts are just the starting point. Modern times call for more unique ideas. Go for asymmetrical styling of the upper part of your blowout and you are sure to look amazing. Don’t be afraid to use the hair gel. It is a compulsory part of any blowout style.
24. Low blowout
If you are not big friends with hair gel, you have a chance to go for more subtle blowout hairstyle such as this low example. Keep your hair styled in a sleek way to create less volume. This hairstyle is pretty easy to achieve and keep intact.
25. High Comb-Over with a Hard Part and Beard
There is absolutely no need to make the blowout look like the one sported by Pauly-D. You can play around with the top part to create a side-parted blowout which will look even better than the classical one and is sure to turn some heads.
26. Comb over blowout
If your hair is not thick enough for a regular blowout haircut, you can go for a comb-over to create some volume. Make sure to keep the lower part of the hair shaved or very short and you can style the top part the way you like best.
27. Wispy Bangs with a Low Taper
Leaving your hair long enough for a wispy blowout might be complicated, but everything is possible. Style the top part of your hair with some gel to create a wispy look, which is bound to make you stand out from the crowd.
28. Levels
When you are styling the top part of your blowout you don’t have to make it all leveled out. A great idea would be to make the hair higher in front and lower in the back. This is a wonderful blowout variation, which is quite popular among men nowadays.
29. Squared Pompadour with a Shaved Part
If you decided to go for a classical blowout hairstyle but still want to add some zest to it, go for highlights. There is no reason to color most of your hair. One or two subtle strands will look great if they are dyed with a lighter color than the rest of your mane.
30. Tousled Light Brown Quiff
If you don’t follow the classics and are not leaving the sides shaved, you can go a little wild with the top part as well. Leave the hair about 4-5 inches long and style it to be upright and a little messy.
31. Disconnected blowout
This disconnected style is one of the popular haircuts nowadays. Shave the sides as you would for a blowout hairstyle and style the top part of one side to outline the disconnection. While this is not the true blowout cut, it can still be considered as such.
32. Lateral blowout
Keeping the top part of the hair straight and upward might get a little tiring. So you can easily play around with brushing it a little bit to the side to create a new wonderful blowout look that Pauly-D would surely approve.
33. Forward-Spiked Quiff
This blowout fade haircut is great for men with thick straight hair. The spikes can be arranged any way you like with the use of some high-quality hair gel. Make the hair in front stand out more to create a blowout look.
34. Comb-Over with a High Skin Fade
If your hair is thin and will have a hard time standing up in a classical blowout hairstyle you can make a high comb-over which will visually seem very close to a blowout. Keeping this hairstyle intact is not easy, but some gel and spray will do the job.
35. Pompadour with a Wide Shaved Part
This blowout hairstyle is quite unique since much more hair is shaved off than usual. However, there is no reason not to call it a blowout since the top looks about the same, just a little thinner. Give it a try, you will love it!
36. Long Forward-Swept Fringe with Short Sides
A fringe can easily become a part of the blowout hairstyle. In the modern world, most of the blowout variations have been tried. So, in order to become unique, you can leave the fringe out to fall down your forehead while keeping the rest of the hair styled with gel.
37. Disconnected pompadour
Shave off the hair as instructed for the blowout haircut and create a disconnected look by styling a nice and sleek pompadour up top. It can easily be turned into a classical blowout with some hair gel and a little time.
38. Curly Blowout with Temple Fade
A rounded curly top can work with the classical blowout’s close temple taper. Keep the lower sides neat and leave enough length above for the curls to build volume. Use styling product if your hair needs extra hold or definition.
39. Rounded Afro with a Squared Hairline
A very smooth way to create a nice blowout style is to keep the curls subdued. Shave the lower part of the hair as it would be in a blowout while leaving a nice smooth cap of hair on top. This will make an amazing style!
40. Fan-Shaped Brush-Up with Tapered Temples
If you manage to make this blowout, you can call yourself a real professional. This classical style is made by following strict instructions. While this blowout might seem a little outdated, it surely didn’t lose any vibrancy and style.
41. Rolled Quiff with Closely Cropped Sides
You can give your hair more volume by rolling your hair over. Use a barrel brush to create big rolls coming right from the roots. Use styling gel to keep your hair in position.
42. Spikes with Shaved Tramlines
For the top of your style, you just need to spike your hair up and gel it into place. Keep the sides relatively short but do not shave off your hair completely. Use a razor to shave three short tramlines into either side of your hair.
43. Thin Spikes
Spikes suit thinner hair types because you can use them to create length and volume in your style. You can put gel into your hair and then run a comb upwards through it. Alternatively, you can tease individual spikes upwards between your thumb and forefinger.
44. Angled Brush-Back with a Low Taper
This type of angular styling is a real throwback to the 1980s. The idea is to create a straight line all the way from your jaw to the tips of your hair. Cut the style so it has a flat top.
45. Temple Taper Fade with Sharp Spikes
Keeping your hairline as a temple taper fade will help to give you a great angular look. If you have very thin hair or if your hair is still growing out, it is best to create sharp spikes by pinching smaller sections of hair together with gel between your finger and your thumb.
46. Angular Afro
This Afro is a variation on the angular theme. Keep all of your cuts straight, smooth and angular to give your style a masculine look. Allow your Afro to grow upwards and allow texture on top, but maintain your angular lines.
47. Short Afro with a Taper Fade
If you want to keep your short Afro neat and even, this short afro blowout paired with a clean taper fade is a great style to show your barber. Precise tapering around the ears and neck keeps stray hairs trimmed, giving the textured top a sharp, well-maintained shape.
48. Wedge-Shaped Pompadour
This wedge style cut is much longer at the front than it is at the back. Keep your wedge looking cool by using a lot of holding gel and a comb to tease your hair into a perfectly manicured style.
49. Man Bun with an Undercut
For a tied-up alternative after drying, sweep the long top back into a compact bun at the upper rear of the head. Closely clip the undercut sides and keep the sideburn transition neat beside the beard.
50. Ivy League Waves
A raised quiff sweeps across the front, while closely tapered sides emphasize the volume above. The curved front gives the style a softer outline. If you like the tapered sides but want less height on top, our Ivy League haircut guide is the natural next read.
51. Tintin Quiff with Full Facial Hair
Use lots of styling gel and a comb to tease your hair up into a quiff at the front. Offset your manicured hair with a full and manly beard. This combination shows just how easy it is to mix different styles together.
52. Fluffy Curls with a Nape Taper
A curly blowout style is very different from some of the perfectly manicured examples that can be seen on the list. Curly styles normally require very little styling product to keep them in check. They are great for people who really just want to get up and go.
53. Short Side-Swept Waves
If you have long enough hair to create a voluminous style, then you should be able to tease it into this style as well. Use a little less styling gel so that your hair does not stand completely on end, and then distress it a little bit with your hands to create lightly swept waves.
54. Rounded Brush-Back with Short Sides
Blowout your hair so that it is big and full of volume, but roll your comb backwards to create a brushed back style. Light facial hair can help to create a brilliant dark and brooding look which will soon become your signature style.
55. Wavy Quiff with a Rolled Front
Mix up two different blowout styles by wearing your hair wavy at the back but with rolled bangs at the front. A style like this might look difficult to maintain, but it should take less than 15 minutes to achieve once you have jumped out of the shower.
56. Tousled Quiff with Blonde Streaks
This stylish blowout is all about achieving maximum volume and raising the roof with your hair. Using a comb and hairdryer on your style can give it a lot of volume, but you can build it even further by creating a lightly tousled look by running your fingers through your ‘do.
57. Wavy Side-Swept Fringe with a Lifted Crown
This style gives the impression of messy, not manicured. Use standard blowout techniques to maximize your volume, and then run your fingers up and across right from the roots. Do this again a few times from opposing directions.
58. Swept-Back Undercut
Grow your top layer of hair as long as you dare, but keep the underside about 1/4 of an inch in length. Slick the longer sections of your hair up and straight back. Use a comb to add a little definition to the slicked-back hair.
59. Upright Brush-Up with a Chinstrap Beard
Brush the wide top upward for height and keep the sides closely clipped. A narrow chinstrap beard follows the jaw; keep the sideburns neatly trimmed for a clean transition between the haircut and facial hair.
60. Flicked-Over Bangs
If you have longer hair, you can actually finish off any style with flicked over bangs. All that you need to do is to flick your hair over from one side of your head to the other.
61. Wavy and Textured Blowout Hair
Have you ever seen a wild bedhead look turning into a fashion-forward look? If not, here it is in the image above! You can achieve this look by scrunching your wavy hair with the help of hands right after blow-drying and applying some pomade.
62. Red Curly Blowout
Ginger hair gives a whole new definition to men’s blowout hair and if you have natural red hair, it would be a plus point. So, be creative and style your hair into a textured and messy top for an intense aesthetic.
63. Disheveled Pompadour Look
Sometimes disheveled hair gives you such modish vibes that no other hairstyle can! You can achieve this look by finger combing after the blow-drying procedure. It is an enchanting bedhead look that you can opt for at a casual weekend meetup.
64. Tall Pompadour with Pastel Streaks
Go crazy with highlights! It is best for those men who want to add a regal touch to their classy blow out hairstyle. The ultimate advantage of having black hair is that you can experiment with any shade of hair color, unhesitatingly.
65. Long Side-Swept Blowout
Long waves sweep across the front, with lighter golden-brown strands adding definition and the ends turning outward near the ear and nape. Blow-dry and sweep the front to one side, using a suitable amount of styling product if your hair needs extra hold.
66. Messy Blowout with Long Bangs
Long, separated bangs fall across the forehead while loose waves continue around the ears and nape. Although the finish looks undone, it may take styling to achieve. After drying, separate and tousle the front and work with your hair’s existing waves, adding suitable hold if needed.
67. Green Faux Hawk with Curved Shaved Sides
This guy has taken the fifty shades of green to a whole new level. It is a quite bold, vibrant and sharp blow out hairstyle that features a Faux Hawk, curvy shaven sides around the ear and tapered back. If you have guts, go for this one and grab the attention of everyone around you!
68. Blonde-Tipped Spikes with Short Sides
Fine separated spikes rise through the front and crown, with blonde tips standing out above short sides. To recreate the shape on straight hair, blow-dry upward and work a suitable styling product through small sections for definition.
69. Wavy Comb-Over with a Shaved Side Line
It features a subtle blow out top, a bald fade, and a razor line on the sides. The razor line adds more detail and a funky feature to your look. You can eliminate the razor line if you want a smoother, more sophisticated look.
70. Tousled Platinum Top with Crossed Shaved Lines
It is the best way to contour your chubby or round face shape for a jazzy look. Platinum blonde top makes the whole look even more modish. Grow a lineup garibaldi for a debonair appearance. Add stylish tramlines on the sides for an uber-cool look.
71. Loose Curls with a High Skin Fade
When you push forward the long curly top hair, you get this fabulously attractive look. Grow stubble and blend it into taper fade haircut for a perfect look.
72. Upright Spikes with Full Sides
Narrow strands stand upright through the front and crown, with the short sides left hair-covered. Blow-dry upward and use enough styling product for your own hair’s hold needs. For a sharper variation, ask for tapered or skin-faded sides and a defined line-up.
73. Compact Pompadour with a Hard Part and Skin Fade
Scissor trim the top hair and bald fade the side and back of the head to achieve an undercut. Now, create a hard part, blow-dry the top and roll over the sides for a finished look.
74. Beyond Professional Look
This picture is saying it all! You can opt for this extraordinarily stylish blow out quiff hairstyle for an interview or formal meetup. Medium stubble will enhance the charisma of your overall personality.
75. Short Brush-Back with a Handlebar Mustache
To achieve this look, you must have a few inches long hair on top which is blow-dried and then combed back. The taper fade sides will provide you edgy and stylish features.
76. Exquisite Blowout for Short Hair
Most of the guys with short hair find it difficult to style their hair with variations. This hairstyle is particularly for these guys who finally decided to grow out their buzz cut on top. The blow-dry in an upward direction will give a length to your hair as well.
77. Textured Blowout Fringe with a Fade
Long textured layers sweep forward and to one side above closely faded sides. To recreate the lifted fringe, direct the top forward and sideways while drying, then separate the ends with a suitable styling product. Keep the sides and back closely faded for contrast.
78. Short Comb-Over with a Skin Fade
Here is another blow out hair idea for men with short hair. You can rock this tame look anywhere confidently. This blow out comb-over is suitable for those guys who have thin hair texture. Keep the sides and back of the head taper fade and roll over the front hair to add volume to your hair texture.
79. Blonde-Streaked Quiff with a Rolled Front
This blonde blowout flow creates an enchanting combination when paired with a bald fade and a full beard. Blow-dry the top hair and turn it into soft, messy waves at the corner. The light blonde shade will give you a trendy look.
80. Silver Blowout with Tapered Sides
If you are bold enough to try an inimitable hairstyle, you can opt for this silver blonde hair. Leave almost 3 inches of hair on the top and taper the sides and back of the head gradually. Blow-dry the top and turn the hair into pompadour hairstyle.
All these blowout haircuts and hairstyles are great for men who want to change their style but don’t know how to go about doing it. If you are not ready for the high-maintenance classical blowout, go for the less obvious but easier to manage one. Anyone can find a suitable style among the ones we are offering here. Time to give it a try!
