40 Pretty Short Haircuts for Women: Short Hair Styles

CHRIS MCMILLAN Last Update: February 14, 2025

If your style is more edgy than cute, there are some amazing new short hairstyles for women this season! The theme for 21st century hair design is veering towards unconventional and the new cutting and highlighting techniques are producing some really exciting and fresh looks.

With the focus having moved away from long styles towards confident urban chic, the short hairstyle may be just what you need to express your go-getting personality.

Short Hairstyle for Summer /Via

Short Hairstyle for Summer

Soft brown bob with caramel ombré
Short bobs are still one of the most popular short hairstyles for girls. Bobbed short hairstyles for women with fine hair can look very soft and appealing with light twisty waves adding volume at the sides.

Add a gentle caramel ombré or two-tone highlights in honey and caramel for subtle and classy short hairstyles for women who prefer a natural look.

Easy, Short Bob Hair Cut /Via

Easy, Short Bob Hair Cut

Accentuate your eyes

And for any woman, a light curvy fringe combined with a short hairstyle, is one of the best ways to create a frame in the upper face which accentuates the eyes perfectly. Mature ladies can use a carefully cut fringe to cover those lines on the forehead which they would prefer to conceal.

Cute Blonde Pixie Hairstyle /Via

Cute Blonde Pixie Hairstyle

If you look closely at many a Hollywood star’s photo, you’ll also notice that the over-40’s often use a graduated fringe that’s longer at the temples, to cover their crow’s feet!

For all hair types
A short shag with spiky textured tips is one of those hairstyles that always looks modern! And with a little styling cream, the layers can be lightly curled or waved to give fine or thinning hair the density and volume it may lack.

Coarse hair also looks great with a short shag cut, as you can get plenty of natural shape razored into your thick, bushy hair and enjoy a very easy-care style!

Short Hairstyle for Fine Hair /Via

Short Hairstyle for Fine Hair

Asymmetric Pixie
Thanks to the trend for mixing and matching different styles and cutting techniques in the latest short hairstyles for girls, the asymmetric pixie couldn’t be hotter!

And if the difference in length between the longer and shorter profiles is exaggerated – even trendier!

Michelle Williams Short Hair Style: Celebrity Pixie Haircuts /Via

Michelle Williams Short Hair Style: Celebrity Pixie Haircuts

So forget the stereotype of long hair being the only style that really appeals to men, because it’s just another myth. Instead, take a look at our Pophaircuts.com super Inspiration Gallery, packed with the sexiest short hairstyles on offer this season! And then ‘go get ‘em, tiger’!

Very Short Haircut for Long Bangs /Via