Crew cuts need no introduction since they are probably among the most popular hairstyles for men. And the reason the crew cut never falls off trends is because men love a practical and cool hairstyle that takes them just a few minutes to style.
Crew Cut Styling Tips
You’ll need a trimming machine, combs, and clippers to pull off a classic crew cut. Follow the steps below if you want a hairstyle that is ideal for businessmen, cool guys, or those who don’t want to spend too much time in front of the mirror each morning.
- Clean up the sides and the back with a mid-fade.
- Create an amazing blend with the top. If your hair is longer in the crown area, you don’t need to trim it; style it how you feel.
- Use a razor to style the edges and give that hairline an outstanding look.
- As for the top, depending on how long your crown hair is, you can create spikes and style it upwards or to the side.
Trendy Crew Cuts for Guys
Crew cut is probably the easiest cut to style in the morning. You will discover that you do not even need to blow-dry the hair. Rub it with a towel and apply some of your favorite pomade or hair gel. The whole process will probably require only a minute, including washing the product off your hands.
So, if you want a hairstyle that is very simple to style, take a look at these crew cut ideas below.
1. Professional Short Crew Cut With Black Eyewear
Opt for a tapered undercut and a lifted top that will make your face seem elongated. Also, go for a medium beard and a mustache that you will groom every day.
If you love a more professional look, you can choose a pair of glasses with thick black frames.
2. Crew Cut with Blended Beard Fade
A crew cut with a blended beard fade uses a fade for the sides and back. The hair is very shortly trimmed, and it connects with the beard. The facial hair is shorter on the laterals and longer in the chin area.
3. Classic Crew Cut for Fine Hair
When you have fine hair, you must choose a hairstyle that won’t draw all the attention to your thin threads. Opt for a clean, shaved face and a short crew cut with short sides. Go for the classic look and style the top upwards with pomade.
4. Multicolored Crew Cut
Unlike all other crew cuts, this hairstyle requires more attention when pulling it off and with everyday style. If you’re using semi-permanent dye for those red and blue nuances, make sure you use a special shampoo for colored hair.
5. Crew Cut with Sharp Line-Up (Edge-Up)
Crew cuts can take numerous shapes, so if you’re thinking about creating a gorgeous frame for your face, this hairstyle will help you. Use a razor to define that straight line contour and opt for a bald fade on the sides.
6. High Fade Crew Cut with Bleached Top
Use a high fade to build a small and smooth transition between the longer top and the sides. Dye the longer pieces of hair in a blonde nuance. Style the bang upwards and to the side.
7. Platinum Bleached Crew Cut
Getting a full white hair color involves a lot of bleaching. So after you style the fade for the sides and the back, begin the process of lightening IP your hair. If it’s not white enough, you can use a colored hair spray to boost the impact.
8. Tapered Crew Cut
Most men adore regular crew cuts with a longer top because they are so low maintenance. All you have to do when styling your hair is lift the top a little bit with hair gel or any other product that you love.
9. Textured Crew Cut
Go for a low fade for the sides and keep the top longer. Use hair gel or hairspray to create those rebel spikes. A wide-tooth comb might come in handy when you want to orient the hair upwards. Also, give the beard a short trim.
10. Short Crew Cut with a Fade
This short crew cut hairstyle with a fade is ideal for all men, including Asians. Style a bald fade for the sides and back and maintain the top a little bit longer. Define the hairline and use your fav hair product to obtain that wet look.
11. Tapered Crew Cut with Hard Part
Get a tapered cut for the sides and define the longer top hair with a hard part. It will delimit the short sides from the rest of the hair, and you will certainly obtain a modern crew cut hairstyle that you can arrange however you want.
12. Crew Cut for Curly Hair
Crew cut hairstyles for men are ideal for curly hair. By keeping the sides short, you will only need to style the top hair. Use hair gel or jam to make your coils look more defined. One of the perks of this hairdo is that you don’t need to fix the hair every day. Even if you do, it will take only a few minutes.
13. Spiky Crew Cut
Get a tapered cut for the sides and back and opt for longer hair on top. This way, you’ll be able to wear it on one side or style it upwards with your fav hair product.
14. Skin Fade Crew Cut with Hair Tattoo (Design)
Shave your sides and create a zig-zag design. Make sure the difference between the longer and shorter hair is standing out. If you have a V shape hairline, this is the best hairstyle you can use to make it glow!
15. Classic Crew Cut with Surgical Line
A regular crew cut needs no styling at all. The sides and back are styled in a high bald fade and the top remains short. A surgical line will give the whole hairstyle a beautiful modern touch and you’ll be the lucky one that can come out of the house without fixing his hair.
16. Platinum Blonde Crew Cut
Even if they are pretty low-maintenance hairstyles, that doesn’t mean that you can’t take a crew cut to a whole new level. Get a high fade and opt for a platinum blonde hair color for the top. Maintain your beard shortly trimmed, and you get a modern and cool hairdo.
17. Purple Crew Cut with Highlights
If you want a hairstyle that really stands out, a crew cut can definitely provide all the attention you want! Go for a skin cut on sides and a fade. Transform the top hair into your canvas: opt for a pale purple nuance and style blonde highlights.
18. Tousled-Top Crew Cut with Short Sides
Keep the sides of your hair short but add length across the whole width of your head. Run your fingers through it from the front to give it a tousled look.
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19. Spiked Crew Cut
To create defined spikes you will need to put product in your hair and then run a comb straight upwards through your hair from the roots.
20. Textured Crew Cut with Sun-Kissed Highlights
Having highlights put on the tips of your hair can help to give the impression of thicker hair with more texture. Choose a color which complements your natural hair color for as unbleached surf look.
21. Soft-Spiked Crew Cut
Fluffy spikes can look less aggressive than well-defined spikes do. If you have a fluffy style, you will find that people just want to run their hands through it all day!
22. Crew Cut Tailored for a Widow’s Peak
If you do not have a naturally straight hairline, then a crew cut could be a great choice for your style. Keeping your hair shorter means that your hairline works with the style, rather than against it.
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23. Crew Cut with Subtle Front Lift (Up-Sweep)
If you have had a relatively short cut, you can style in a very short hair flick at the front. This gives your style a subtle hint of a difference without doing anything too extravagant.
24. Buzz-Fade Crew Cut with Stubble Blend
Keep the top of your hair longer and thicker whilst using a beard trimmer to shave the hair at the sides. Keep your beard the same length so that your hair and your beard segue effortlessly into one another.
25. Short Wavy Crew Cut
A crew cut is a great style for anyone with slightly curly hair. This type of style makes the curls more manageable but still allows you to show off your natural style.
26. High-Volume Crew Cut with Short Beard
People will just love to run their fingers through this thick and dense longer crew cut. The style works really well when teamed with a beard because it shows both softness and masculinity.
27. Matte-Textured Crew Cut
Run your fingers upwards through your hair to give it this uninteresting fluffy texture. You can enhance the texture of a fluffy men’s hairstyle by having highlights and low lights put into your hair.
28. Medium-Length Spiky Crew Cut
Any length of hair can be transformed into spiky hair if you have enough setting product. Once you have put product in your hair, run a comb from the roots to the tips.
29. Crew Cut with Frosted Tips
Colouring the tips of your hair was a very popular style in the past and it is now coming back into fashion. Coloured tips help to give spikes more definition and make your hair look thicker.
30. High-Volume Top with Taper Fade
Leave the top of your crew cut style long and then make your sides gradually shorter and shorter. This style is great for the office.
31. Spiky Crew Cut for Coarse Hair
If your natural hair is made up of thick wiry strands it may form into natural wiry spikes until it reaches a certain length. Keep your hair short enough for it to do this and you will have effortless spiky hair.
32. Traditional Ultra-Short Military Crew Cut
This short cut really shows off the shape of your head. A short cut looks great with a beard or it looks good with a clean shaven face.
33. Soft Textured Crew Cut
A soft and texture short cut is a great choice for people who do not want longer hair, but who are concerned about looking too “hard” with a very close cut.
34. Soft Spikes with Tapered Sides
Gain extra height with your style by building up soft spikes. Tapered sides to your look will give you a really trendy style.
35. Messy Spiked Crew Cut
To create disheveled spikes, all you need to do is run your fingers through your hair a few times from each different direction. If your hair is not staying the way you want to stay, a little bit of hair product may help.
36. Medium-Length Classic Crew Cut
The beauty of this style lies in its simplicity. It is a no fuss, no nonsense kind of style which is very easy to maintain.
37. Heavyweight Crew Cut for Thick Hair
A crew cut looks amazing with really thick textured hair. All you need to do with this style is wake up and go.
38. Tousled Crew Cut for High-Density Hair
Thick sides and a thick top look great when they are lightly tousled. You will only need a tiny bit of hair product for this look, so try not to overdo it.
39. Heavily Textured Crew Cut
Thick, textured and tousled hair is perfect for running your fingers through. This crew cut style is excellent if you want to create a smoldering and sexy look.
40. Neat Brushed-Up Crew Cut
With a short crew cut like this one, you can easily comb it into the perfect style. This will help you to make sure that you don’t have a hair out of place.
41. Textured Crew Cut for Receding/Thinning Hair
Even if you have thinner hair or your hair is beginning to recede, you can look great with a crew cut. Keeping your hair shorter can actually make your thinner hair less noticeable.
42. Crew Cut with Lifted Frontline
Put a little bit of product on your hands and then run your fingers upwards through the very front section of your fringe. This will give you a soft spiked fringe.
43. Crew Cut with Boxed Edge-Up
If you have a square jawline, then you can complement it with a straight hairline or a square hairline.
44. Short Tapered Crew Cut for Natural Curls
If your hair is inclined to curl, but you do not want to have a curly style, cut your hair into a short enough crew cut that it is not able to curl properly.
Crew Cuts for Men Who Wear Glasses
45. Crew Cut with Rectangular Glass
When you go for a crew cut with rectangular glasses, they will help you balance all the angles from your cut.
Get that nice flirty look by styling a simple wave for your top. Also, keep a short stubble beard that you will trim every few days.
46. Uniform Short Hair With Round Black Glass
Round glasses are an ideal choice when you’re getting a uniform-length crew cut because they will soften your entire look.
Also, if your hair is quite rare, without volume, you can build some height. Add some hair gel on your hands and apply it to your hair, styling with a comb.
47. Professional Short Crew Cut With Black Frame Glass
Opt for a tapered undercut and a lifted top that will make your face seem elongated. Also, go for a medium beard and a mustache that you will groom every day.
If you love a more professional look, you can choose a pair of glasses with thick black frames.
48. Platinum Blonde Hair with Beard
Create a wonderful contrast between your top hair and beard. Choose a crew cut and dye the hair platinum blonde, while the full beard is kept medium-length in its natural ginger color. Soften the look with a pair of black rounded glasses.
49. Spiky Quiff
Get a high-top haircut and lift up the front to a spiky quiff. If you want a neat look, shave your face daily and choose a rounded pair of glasses with thin frames.
50. Platinum Blonde + Undercut
With this undercut crew cut style, your glasses and hair color will get a piece of the spotlight. To pull off this look, you must make sure your skin tone is fair and the pattern from your glasses suits.
As for the top, create a contrast between the very short sides and back and that top, which is much lighter.