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They say thatbangsare like a frame for the face.
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And any good art curator knows that you better consider the masterpiece when choosing the frame.
You wouldn’t put theMona Lisain an industrial-steel black frame, would you?
Or surround an Ansel Adams photograph in ornate gold filigree?
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2024bang trendsare all about matching your personality and mood.
Or are you hoping to shake things up and buck tradition (like Picasso or Pollock)?
Try a grungy, piece-y fringe or texturedbaby bangs.
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Whatever your particular genre, start with yourface shapeand go from there.
Youll also want to consider hairline and texture.
Curlier hair may find baby bangs harder to style (though not impossible!)
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since the volume will take some wrangling and finessing.
Here, we’ve rounded up the best 2024 bang trends to help frame your face.
Bushy bangs
Too much of a good thing is just a great thing, right?
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Abramite recommends air drying this style and finishing with a leave-in conditioner likeOribe Priming Lotion Leave-In Conditioner.
Use a light hairspray for extra help if your hair keeps falling forward.
It’s about time that we ventured into an even more distant era: the ’50s.
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New York City-based hairstylist Travis Speck expects this vintage, pin-up style bang to make a comeback in 2024.
Not sure if this is the style for you?
Side-swept bangs
Several of our experts predicted that side-swept bangs will be resurrected from the early aughts.
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But don’t worry: These aren’t the side-swept bangs you remember from MySpace.
Think more bombshell (like Kelly Rowland here) and less emo band groupie.
Curtain bangs
Are you an ingenue or a femme fatale?
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A winter or a summer?
A Carrie or aSamantha?
Curtain bangs like Camila Cabello’s let you have a little bit of everything.
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They’re bangs, but they’re also notquitebangs.
They’re layers, but they’re notjustlayers.
Bottleneck bangs
No need to grade Halle Berry’s bangs on a curve.
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(Uh, anyone?)
Intimidated by the pristine edge?
“Punk rock don’t-mess-with-me bangs” just doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
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Wear them straight or use a texturizing paste to give them a messier, tousled look.
The rounded, bouncy, voluptuous fringe is veryCharlie’s Angelsand works especially well with longer hairstyles.
They’re soft with a lot of movement.
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Feathery French bangs
This feathery fringe is the bangs equivalent of wearing a silk robe.
Speck recommends pulling the rest of the hair into amessy chignonor ponytail as Jenna Ortega has here.
And when they get too long?
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That’s the beauty of this looser, bedhead-y fringe.
“Letting bangs grow into something different is actually what makes them special,” he says.
Or did we just make it notchic by saying it was chic?
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Speck recommends asking for your bangs to be cut with arazorin order to give them that DIY vibe.
