5 Low Maintenance Easy to Care For Hairstyles for Every Hair Type

At a time when we’re all trying our best to juggle full-time jobs with side hustles and social lives, our hairstyles simply can’t take up too much time or energy. Enter: low maintenance easy to care hairstyles. This collection of low-maintenance hairstyles has something for every hair type. Some are dependent on certain haircuts and techniques, and others are all about the initial styling.

5 Easy to Care for Hairstyles

Keep reading to check out five easy-to-care-for hairstyles:

1. The Shag

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This haircut basically styles itself.

The shag is the perfect example of a haircut that styles itself. This trending short-in-the-front, long-in-the-back haircut gives your hair instant shape and volume. It’s low maintenance in the sense that it requires minimal styling once you’ve gotten the cut. The shorter pieces add instant volume to your strands, making this one of the easiest-to-care-for styles in the collection.

2. Pixie

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A cropped style promises styling ease.

Logic will tell you that the less hair you have, the easier your strands will be to care for. This cropped pixie style is proof of that! Short, cool, and ideal for warmer months, this pixie style is full of personality, and it’s also super easy to care for.

3. Long Layers

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Long layers speak for themselves!

While long hair has never been known to be particularly low maintenance, this long layered style is surprisingly easy to care for. Long layers give you the opportunity for flexibility in your styling routine. Ready to wear your hair styled down? Easy. Want to create a more complicated updo? You can do that too!

Get rid of any unwanted frizz in your long layers by running Suave Simply Styled Anti-Frizz Smoothing Serum through your strands!

4. Lob

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This length is super easy to style.

If you have graduated from long strands to short, you know how much easier it is to care for shorter hair. Washing, styling and wearing shorter hair is just a whole lot easier. When it comes to styling shorter strands, you will be amazed by how much faster you can get your hair done. Use a hair straightener or curling iron to create easy bends in your hair for a perfectly undone laidback look.

Add some instant volume at your roots by spraying TRESemmé One Step Volume 5-in-1 Volumizing Mist on your strands.

5. Braids

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Protective styles are made for ease.

Protective styles have a heavy investment at the beginning, but all that time really pays off. While you have to commit to sitting still through the braiding portion of the style, once your look is complete, you can wear it with ease! Talk about low maintenance.

Soothe your scalp between washes by applying SheaMoisture Wig & Weave Tea Tree & Borage Seed Oil Scalp Soother to your scalp!

Are you thinking about trying out one of these easy-to-care-for hairstyles? Be sure to tag us in the results over @AllThingsHairUS!

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