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What to Ask Your Stylist for Long Layers

Long layers hairstyle on a woman with dark brown straight hair, side view

Long layers hairstyle on a woman with dark brown straight hair, back view

Long layers hairstyle on a woman with dark brown straight hair, three-quarter view

Long layers hairstyle on a woman with dark brown straight hair, front view

Long layers hairstyle on a woman with dark brown straight hair, hair swept to one side to show the shorter face-framing layers

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Say this at the chair

Long layers: keep the length, add face-framing layers from the cheekbone and long internal layers for movement.

Top: Face-framing pieces starting at the cheekbone.
Sides: Long internal layers, the shortest at the collarbone.
Back: Length kept; ends trimmed only.
Fringe: Optional curtain bangs at cheekbone length.
Styling: Blow-dry with a round brush, or air dry with a light oil on the ends. Five to ten minutes.
Grow-out: Twelve weeks between trims. The layers grow out invisibly.

Guides about this cut

How to Tell Your Stylist What You Want
Say the length to keep by a landmark, where the layers start or that you want none, what to do with the fringe, and how you dry your hair.

Briefs for similar cuts

What to Ask Your Stylist for a Classic Bob
The Classic Bob takes the length to the jaw in one line, with no layers.
What to Ask Your Stylist for a Curly Shag
The Curly Shag is shorter, with layers from the cheekbone and curtain bangs, cut on the curl.
What to Ask Your Stylist for Curly Layers
Curly Layers sit at the shoulder and are cut dry, curl by curl, for curly and coily hair.