Choosing Hairstyles with Bang

Bangs have been a great way of changing and creating different hairstyles. Rather or not to add bangs to a hairstyle can make a huge difference as some hairstyles look great without bangs or fringes and other hairstyles look lost without the addition of some bangs.

There are so many different types of bangs that you could literally create 10 different looks just by adding a different type of bang. There are choppy bangs, short bangs, long bangs, regular or basic bangs, side swept bangs.

Bangs are a popular feature of many different hair styles. They can help change the shape of a face, draw attention to the eyes, and soften most looks for men, women, and teens. Many people choose to wear bangs to help adjust the overall look of their face, while other people use bangs to trim the hair along the sides of their face and keep it under greater control, particularly for young children.

Adding bangs to a short hair style can make you look very sexy and alluring. Adding bangs to your long hair style can liven it up without having to sacrifice length.

Bangs can also be used to conceal hair loss, particularly a receding hairline. By growing bangs a bit longer, they can disguise minimal hair loss, but individuals who attempt this should be careful: using too much hair for bangs will simply make the hair higher on the crown of the head look even thinner.

Whatever your hair style, there is a bang that will work for you. Browse our bangs gallery for some great ideas on types of bangs.

Bangs are more than just a fringe of hair along the forehead. Hair styles with bangs can be fun, flirty, mysterious, practical, and stylish. Shorter, thicker bangs are often easier to control because a few strands out of place will not be noticed, whereas very thin bangs can be longer, even draping over the eyes if desired. Bangs can be curled, teased for greater volume, or swooped across the forehead for a curvy style. Very short bangs can also be stood straight on end, a popular style with young men.

We aren't all perfect ovals, hearts or rectangles however, we will fall within close range of one or two of these geometric shapes. The underlying bone structure of our face plays a role in the three-dimensional profile of our look. Even identical twins have some minor variations in face shape, and Bangs have the ability of making you look younger, heavier, more severe or softerthose who know them well can tell them apart.

The only drawbacks to hairstyles with bangs are that they require more frequent trims than one-length hair, although many salons will trim just the bangs at a discounted price and growing them out can be extremely tedious. For this reason, it's best to consult with a stylist with a photo of the type of bangs that appeal to you, to make sure they will work with your face shape before you do anything that can't be reversed.