The chair next to mine has been full of shags all spring. Rounded layers, feathered ends, roots that look intentional instead of overdue. I wanted to resist. Then I saw how forgiving a shag is on week five.
This is 33 ways to wear 70s Hairstyles now. Some take ten minutes with a round brush, others need a curl cream and patience. There are options for fine hair that flattens by 4 pm, for coily texture that wants volume, and for anyone who carries a photo into the salon and says that one. I wrote from my own grow-out line and my own failed fringes.
Disco Queen Platinum Bouffant Bob
That bouffant is not an accident. This platinum bouffant bob hits at chin length with darker roots for contrast, and the curly texture is sculpted into extreme volume. Styling takes 30 to 45 minutes with rollers and strong-hold products, and the hold demands a daily refresh. A professional blow-dry is the only way to get that level of sculpted curls.
The Chin-Length Dark Brown Shag
Do you have medium-density wavy hair that never holds a curl but also never goes flat? This dark brown shag with blunt bangs and choppy layers is made for that texture. The chin length keeps it bouncy, and the middle part works with the waves.
Styling is forgiving: a quick tousle with texturizing spray takes about five minutes, and the layers hold their shape all day. The blunt bangs need a daily straighten, though, and trims every six to eight weeks are non-negotiable. Honest downside: if your hair is fine or straight, the choppy layers can look sparse. The dark brown colour hides grow-out well, so you can stretch a few extra weeks between salon visits.
Voluminous Mid-Back Shag
The first day this feathered shag haircut looks like you spent an hour at the salon. By day three, it still does. The heavy feathered layers on mid-back dark brown hair with subtle lighter pieces create volume that doesn’t collapse. The full fringe frames without needing constant adjustment, and the wavy texture holds the feathered shape. Styling is minimal, and the hold is reliable.
Sharp Shoulder-Length Black Shag
This is the sharpest shag in the roundup. The voluminous shag with fringe on thick straight black hair creates a sharp silhouette that softer textured cuts can’t match. The full fringe is bold and precise, and the layered volume gives it a dramatic lift. Compared to a wavy shag, this one holds its shape without curling irons, relying on the cut’s architecture.
This style shines for evening events or winter occasions when you want a strong, polished look. The black colour reads intense and graphic, and the shoulder length keeps it wearable for a night out. The hold is solid from styling to the last dance.
Feathered Light Blonde Shag
I used to think feathered layers were only for thick hair. This light blonde shag proves me wrong. The feathered texture on fine to medium wavy hair creates movement without weighing it down, and the blunt fringe adds weight at the front. The technique uses point cutting to soften the ends, so the layers blend seamlessly. The shoulder length keeps it light, and the light blonde colour reads airy. Styling is quick with texturizing spray, and the hold lasts through a busy day.
Vibrant Copper Red Rocker Shag
You see that copper red shag and think, yes, that’s the one. The mid-back length, the blunt bangs, the loose waves with choppy layers that look like they just happened. They didn’t. The colour alone is a commitment: vibrant copper red fades fast, roots show at week three, and the lighter streaks need a toner refresh every six weeks or they pull brassy. The choppy layers hold a wave well if your hair has texture to begin with. Fine hair? It collapses by 4 pm. The blunt bangs need daily attention, a quick dry and a flat iron, no shortcuts. Trim every 8-10 weeks or the fringe starts to curtain on its own.
Honest downside: this is not a spontaneous style. The colour takes three hours in the chair. The wave needs a scrunch with mousse or sea salt spray, about 10-15 minutes, and it still drops in humidity. I wanted to love it more than I did. It’s a look, but it asks for a lot in return.
Modern Ash Blonde Shag
Can a shag look this calm? The ash blonde shag here sits at shoulder length with curtain bangs, air-dried and textured, no round brush in sight. The colour is cool, almost silver-tinged, and the wavy texture does the work. The middle part and the shag layers keep it from falling flat, even on a second-day refresh. A quick scrunch with texturizing spray, maybe five minutes, and you are out the door. The curtain bangs frame without demanding a daily flat iron, which is rare. Trim every 8-10 weeks to keep the shape from turning into a blob. It’s wash-and-go, but only if your hair has some wave to begin with. Straight hair will need a little help.
Iconic Feathered Ash Blonde Blowout
That volume at the crown is not an accident. It is a feathered layers blowout, built with a round brush and twenty minutes of wrist work. The shoulder-length hair is wavy and thick enough to hold the bend, and the ash blonde base with lighter highlights reads cool and deliberate. A middle part keeps the curtain bangs symmetrical.
You need a voluminous blowout technique: lift at the root, roll the ends under, cool-shot each section before you drop it. The hold is good until the next wash if you finish with a flexible spray. Trim rhythm is strict — every six to eight weeks, or the shape goes soft.
Mid-Back Honey Blonde Feathered Blowout
Best grow-out in this roundup. A honey blonde blowout at mid-back length is a commitment to the round brush, about twenty-five minutes of sectioning and wrapping. The wavy, thick texture is what gives the feathered layers their lift — fine hair would go flat by noon. The colour is honey blonde with darker roots, which means the regrowth line stays blurred for weeks. A flexible spray holds the shape through a workday, but by day three the volume drops and the ends separate. That is when you pull it into a low twist and call it intentional.
Collarbone Length Blonde Shag
A collarbone shag is shorter than the classic mid-back version, and that changes everything. The curtain bangs and layers land at the same spot, so the shape reads deliberate rather than grown-out. Blonde with highlights keeps the texture visible.
Here is the comparison. A salon blowout on this cut takes fifteen minutes and gives you a smooth, lifted finish that holds all day. At home with a round brush? Closer to twenty minutes, and the layers separate unevenly unless you cool-shot each section. The wavy, thick texture is your advantage — it hides imperfect drying. Book it for the first one, then decide if you have the patience.
Soft Ash Blonde Collarbone Shag
I’ll admit it: I was skeptical that ash blonde could read this soft. The trick is in the feathered layers and the placement of the highlights. Medium density hair gets framed, not weighed down, because the layers are cut to skim rather than stack. The ash blonde collarbone shag lands somewhere between cool and neutral, which means it won’t fight warm skin the way a true silver would. Styling is a blow-dry with a round brush, aiming the ends forward. The hold comes from the cut itself, those feathered layers that refuse to fall flat.
Voluminous Mid-Back Curly Dark Brown
Here is the thing about curly dark brown hair at mid-back length: it is a full-time job. The voluminous curls look incredible when they cooperate, but that thickness means a wash day runs long. A curl-defining cream and a diffuser for ten minutes minimum, and that is on a good day. Leave-in conditioner is non-negotiable, or you get frizz by noon.
I respect the commitment. This is not a style you half-ass. The honest downside is the weight: long curly hair pulls itself flat at the crown unless you layer aggressively. Trim every eight weeks, no skipping. It is a great look for winter when you want the volume without the humidity fight.
Soft Blowout With Curtain Bangs
Can we talk about how the layers with curtain bangs do all the work here? The soft blowout is built on a middle part and collarbone length, with the bangs sweeping out to frame without committing to a full fringe. Face-framing curtain bangs at this length hit the cheekbone, which widens a narrow face and softens a square jaw. The texture is wavy and medium density, so the blow-dry holds shape without needing a can of hairspray. Ash blonde with subtle highlights keeps the tone from going brassy. The hold is in the round-brush technique, not the product.
Voluminous Mid-Back Honey Blonde
I was not expecting to like mid-back length on a round face. But the voluminous blowout with soft waves creates width at the cheekbones, which balances a fuller jaw and a narrow forehead. The honey blonde layers catch light in a way flat single-process never does. The middle part and face-framing layers pull the eye down, not out.
The texture here is wavy, not straight, and that matters. Straight hair this long tends to drag the face down. The waves add movement and keep the volume from collapsing at the crown. The colour reads warm without going brassy. A voluminous blowout at this length needs a round brush and about 25 minutes. I would not try it with fine hair. Medium density or thicker only.
Medium Brown Shag With Highlights
Best grow-out in this roundup. The medium brown shag with curtain bangs and blonde highlights does not go limp by Wednesday. The loose waves settle into a soft S-pattern that holds for three days with a quick scrunch and texturizing spray in the morning. The curtain bangs frame without separating, and the layered texture means the ends never look stringy. I have medium density wavy hair and this is the first shag I have not had to re-wet by noon. A trim every six to eight weeks keeps the layers from turning into one blunt block.
Blonde Layers With Bold Full Fringe
A full fringe collarbone on thick blonde hair is a commitment, not a flirtation. Curtain bangs let you test the waters; this one throws you in. The voluminous waves start at the root and never let up, and that blunt fringe sits heavy and deliberate, no wispy softening.
You style it with a round brush and a hot dryer, twenty minutes minimum, and the hold is all or nothing. Curtain bangs can hide in a side part by noon. This one stays front and center until you wash it out.
Voluminous Wavy Coily Mid-Back
I confess I used to think air-drying meant flat by lunch. Then I tried the wavy coily texture method on my own grey-brown mid-back length. You wash, you add a curl cream, you scrunch, you walk away. That is it. The wispy bangs dry first and frame without effort. The volume comes from the coil, not from heat. It holds all day because the texture does the work. This is a DIY style that actually works, no round brush required.
Visual Idea
You see the red shaggy layers and think, yes, that is the color I want. Then you remember red fades faster than any other shade. The textured, loose waves look fantastic for exactly two weeks after the salon visit.
By week three, the red has dulled and the shaggy ends start to separate. It is a look for a season, not a year. If you want it to stay fresh, you book a gloss every six weeks and accept that the hold is temporary.
Collarbone Visual Idea
That thick auburn texture with the voluminous curtain bangs: how does it hold that shape without a can of spray? The blowout is the answer. The waves are set with a round brush and a medium heat, and the collarbone length keeps the ends from flopping. The curtain bangs sweep out and stay there because the hair is thick enough to hold the bend. This is a salon blowout that lasts two days if you sleep on a silk pillowcase.
Mid-Back Visual Idea
I want to love mid-back ash blonde feathered volume on everyone. But the truth is, it needs thick, wavy hair with natural body. Fine hair will fall flat by midday, and high-contrast ash blonde requires a toner every four weeks to stay cool.
If you have medium to thick density and a warm skin tone, the ash reads crisp and intentional. The wear is a twenty-minute blowout with a large round brush. The upkeep is the toning schedule. Skip this if your hair goes limp in humidity or your roots show at week three.
Dark Brown Visual Idea
This one holds. Fine, straight hair and feathered layers are a gamble in 70s Hairstyles. Dark brown at mid-back, with face-framing bangs, this shag is layered and feathered to fake volume. My hair goes flat by 4 PM, but these layers hold longer than a one-length cut. The weight distributes, not hanging. Bangs separate faster, but heat fixes them. Solid dark brown, no dimension, so texture does the work. For straight hair, this shag holds remarkably.
Shoulder-Length Visual Idea
A shoulder-length feathered blowout is not the same as modern beach waves. This 70s Hairstyles version is voluminous, with side-swept bangs and curled ends that flip outward, not under. Thick wavy honey blonde hair is ideal; it holds the curl longer than fine textures. The roots need lift, the ends need set, and the whole thing needs hairspray.
Upkeep means a cut every six weeks, a round brush, and a can of hairspray. Modern shoulder-length waves are easier: air-dry, scrunch, done. The Farrah look is more work but holds through wind, humidity and a full day. For volume that stays, I pick the 70s Hairstyles blowout.
Light Brown With Blonde Highlights Visual Idea
I confess I asked for this 70s Hairstyles cut twice before I got the waves right. The technique: a long shag with a full fringe, layered to remove bulk from the ends so the crown lifts. Middle part. Thick wavy texture is key; the layers fall into soft feathered waves with minimal effort. Blonde highlights are woven through the top sections to catch light, making the volume look bigger. Light brown at the base, highlights start a few inches from the root. The shape holds because the layering distributes weight evenly.
Honey Blonde With Darker Roots Visual Idea
Sunday night, fresh blowout, honey blonde roots blending into darker lengths, voluminous feathered layers. It looks like a magazine cover. The dark root shadow is intentional, meant to buy time between colour appointments.
By Wednesday, the volume is gone and the roots are the same as they were. The daily styling effort for this mid-back feathered blowout is real: a round brush, hot tools, and twenty minutes minimum. The honey blonde catches brassiness fast, so purple shampoo is a weekly necessity. The feathered layers are gorgeous for two days, then they need a refresh. I love the look, but I am not doing that every morning. That is the honest downside of this classic 70s Hairstyles commitment.
Shoulder Visual Idea
What makes shoulder-length blonde layers with full bangs in 70s Hairstyles work? The thick wavy texture, for one. Middle part lets the layers fall symmetrically. Feathered voluminous styling lifts the roots and curls the ends under. Blonde highlights add dimension, keeping the cut from looking heavy. Full bangs soften the forehead. The shape holds because the hair is dense enough to support the layering. This is a cut that banks on natural volume.
Dark Brown With Subtle Highlights Visual Idea
I see this and think, that’s a lot of curl for a full fringe. The shoulder-length dark brown shag with subtle highlights uses defined curls and a middle part to create a voluminous curtain around the face. The texture is curly, so the style holds its shape all day without much fuss.
Who does it flatter? The voluminous curly fringe works best on oval and heart-shaped faces, where it softens the jawline. If your face is round, ask your stylist to keep the fringe a little longer to avoid widening the shape. This is one of those 70s hairstyles that rewards natural curl texture.
Blonde Visual Idea
This holds up better than you’d think for a voluminous blowout. The mid-back blonde layered shag with feathered bangs relies on thick, wavy texture to keep the iconic feathered volume alive for two days. By day three, a quick spritz of texture spray at the roots and a blast of heat revive the shape. The feathered layers mean the silhouette holds even when the volume drops, so you get a solid week out of this with minimal upkeep.
Feathered Visual Idea
The side-swept version reads more 70s than the center part. A middle part on honey blonde with darker roots feels modern and easier to style, but the side-swept bangs and feathered layers deliver that iconic blowout volume that screams disco era. The wavy, thick texture helps the shape hold for a full day, even in humidity.
For a party or a night out, go side-swept it leans into the nostalgia. The center part is better for casual weekends when you want the length to fall naturally. Both work, but the side-swept wins for pure 70s authenticity.
Shag Visual Idea
I used to think silver grey was for older women. Then I saw this shag. The shoulder-length cut uses layered, voluminous styling with side-swept bangs that blend into the layers. The medium density wavy texture means the layers fall into place without much work. The silver grey with subtle blonde highlights catches light and adds depth. The layers are cut so they hold their shape whether you air-dry or blow-dry, making this a low-effort high-impact style.
Honey Blonde With Lighter Highlights Visual Idea
You see this and think, I can do that at home. The collarbone honey blonde with lighter highlights and side-swept bangs looks deceptively simple. But the voluminous blowout with feathered layers requires a round brush and patience. The colour needs a professional to get the blend right without brassiness.
DIY attempt: you might get the shape, but the highlights will turn brassy within two weeks. The blowout drops by midday, so you are refreshing every morning. Book a salon for the colour, and accept that this is a wash-and-style-every-day commitment. The hold is short, but the feathered layers look worth it for an hour.
Chin Visual Idea
Ever notice how a chin-length bob with side-swept bangs can make a round face look longer? The medium brown colour reads soft, not severe, and the soft waves keep the shape from feeling too blunt. Wavy texture at medium density gives the layers enough grip to hold their curve past noon. The side part does the work — it lifts the crown without backcombing. Styling is a round brush and five minutes of heat, then let it cool. The hold is reliable because the length stops the waves from pulling straight.
Long Layers Visual Idea
I looked at this and thought: that full fringe is doing all the heavy lifting. The long layers with feathered ends on straight, fine to medium hair create movement without losing density at the hemline. It flatters oval and heart faces best — the fringe shortens a long forehead, and the mid-back length balances a narrow jaw. Dark brown keeps the contrast low so the layers blend rather than shout.
Wear and upkeep are manageable. The fringe needs a trim every three weeks, or it hits the bridge of your nose and parts on its own. The feathered ends stay put with a flat iron and a light texture spray. The hold is decent for straight hair: it drops a little by dinner, but the layers stop it from going flat at the crown.
Side-Swept Bangs Visual Idea
The verdict on this honey blonde feathered blowout: it is the most reliable party hair I know. The voluminous blowout with feathered layers holds its shape through an evening out, even in humid weather. Honey blonde with darker roots adds depth without a salon visit every month. The side-swept bangs sweep across the forehead and stay put with a pin at the temple. Thick, wavy texture gives the volume a natural base. It works for weddings, holiday dinners, or a dinner where you want to look like you tried. The lasting appeal is simple: big hair that does not deflate.
Final Thoughts
After writing all of these, I finally understand why the 70s will not leave. The cuts are built to move with you, not to hold still for a photo. I am still not booking the platinum bouffant, but I already asked about the chin-length shag with a long fringe. That grow-out buys me a few calm weeks.
