Not anyone wants or has time for endless care routines, and busy gals may not want multi-step ones. The same goes to hair: complicated and high-maintenance styles and coloring aren’t always a good idea, and if you want to always look good, even without much maintenance, here are some ideas what to do with your long hair.
How To Make Long Hair Low-Maintenance?
Well, let’s be honest: the shorter the hair is, the easier it’s to take care of it but still if you wanna keep your long locks, that’s ok and you can handle it! The first step is weird but true: the healthier you eat, the better your hair and skin will be. Invest in the hair care: nice shampoos and conditioners, perhaps hair masks not to visit salons too often. Consider balayage with more or less natural tones or just skip any hair coloring as bright and bleached shades require much maintenance to look good. If you already have such coloring, buy some toner shampoos to keep the color up.
Long Bobs/ Hair Down
The easiest idea ever is just to let your hair down or, let’s say, to have a very long bob. Embrace the natural beauty of your hair and just take some care of it, and forget difficult styling. Whether you have straight hair, natural waves or curls, your hair will look amazing, just wash it and go. Need styling? A messy bun or hair down with a cap look great, even if you don’t have time, you can do something like that.
Lana del Rey shows how to rock long wavy ginger hair to look jaw-dropping.
Hailey Bieber wearing long wavy hair down with some highlights looks beautiful.
Textured hair down is always a good idea, and bangs will accent the eyes very well.
Skip any complicated styling and go for your natural hair down and that's it - what canbe more low-maintenance? (via whowhatwear).
Long hair down is done with layered bangs to frame the face and eyes.
Long wavy hair down is beautiful itself, it requires only some hair care, add bottleneck bangs to accent the eyes.
A Botticelli bob is wavy hair down, and here you can see it variation on very long hair.
Shaggy Haircuts
Shaggy haircuts are also very low-maintenance because they are aimed at look messy, so you can’t go wrong with them. No time for styling? Make a shag, it will style itself. Add some bangs to accent the eyes, perhaps curtain or piecey ones for an edgy look.
This 70s shaggy hairstyle is done with overgrown bangs for a boho chic effect.
This shaggy haircut is finished off with botteleneck bangs, and it looks really boho-like.
The shaggy haircut is done with bottleneck bangs and a gorgeous ginger hair color.
Shaggy cuts always look cool and effortless, you can give a slight texture or waves to the hair for a volumetric look.
This long shag with wispy bangs looks more eye-catchy thanks to the ombre effect included.
Naturally wavy hair look fantastic with layers, such haircuts are created for this type of hair.
Long shaggy haircut with wispy bottleneck bangs look really lovely.
If you want to soften the shag effect, you can add curls to the ends and bangs like here.
I love these long shaggy layers, long curtain bangs and lots of volume, this hairstyle looks jaw-dropping.
This long shaggy style just wows, hair looks textural and volumetric, and the ombre effect makes the look eye-catchy. (via divagaze).
Shaggy cuts look very nice on Asian hair, they feature some volume and look very neat.
This long shaggy and messy haircut with layered bangs looks very Parisian chic.
Shags look nice with bangs, add any that you like, here you can see outgrown piecey bangs for a grunge feel.
This long and messy brown shag is paired with wispy bangs and looks very trendy and can be done with a minimal effort. (via latest-hairstyles).
Layered Haircuts
Layered cuts of all kinds are a good idea as they look nice even when not polished. Layers create a movement and interest, so your hair looks awesome, especially with some bangs. The layers themselves can be different, too, and you can play with lengths and types to achieve your perfect look.
Margot Robbie rocking a super refined long blonde layered haircut with straight parting.
This sleek and shiny black hair is styled in layers and with wispy bangs it looks extremely stylish. (via therighthairstyles).
Long layered hair with Birkin bangs always look chic and refined.
Get a layered haircut, natural waves look adorable with such cuts and if you add curtain bangs, they will beautifully frame the face.
This layered haircut with highlights is a cool idea just choose not many highlights not to go to the hair colorist too often.
This long layered haircut with face-framing curtain bangs looks absolutely adorable.
Soft layers with blonde balayage look pretty, quite bright and catchy and won't require much maintenance.
This is how long layered haircuts look on straight hair, they get a texture that straight hair usually doesn't have.
Long wavy layered cut is done with bangs and an ombre touch for a summer feel in the look.
A long layered hairstyle is finished off with wispy bangs to frame the eyes, and copper accents give dimension to the look.
I love this blonde shaggy layered cut with a darker root! It looks really eye-catching and stylish. (via allure).
Look how adorable a layered cut on straight hair can be! And this gorgeous hair color is a bold statement. (via therighthairstyles).
Butterfly Haircuts
Though it may seem counterintuitive, butterfly haircuts are good if you have textural hair, you won’t have to do a lot to make them look cool. If your hair is quite sleek and flat, it won’t be a good idea but if not – try it. Butterfly haircuts look lovely and very flattering.
This is how long butterfly cuts look with minimal styling.
Butterfly haircuts are very beautiful, they include a lot of layers that give motion to the hairstyle.
If your hair is naturally thick, you won't need to style it much to look gorgeous with a butterfly cut.
This is how a butterfly cut looks on straight hair, the hair looks chic and shiny.
Butterfly haircuts are quite low-maintenance as they can be styled or just left as they are.
This is a super textural and catchy solution, a butterfly hairstyle with much volume. (via bangzhairdesigns).
