Fine hair can sometimes feel excessively thin and flat, especially when your hair is long. Yet, the right haircut can easily fix this issue by giving your locks a more voluminous and fuller shape.
Explore our selection of 30 top-notch volume-boosting haircuts for thin hair, suitable for both straight and wavy textures.
1. Voluminous Face-Framing Lob
If you have fine strands, this 90s-inspired lob with honey blonde balayage can transform them beyond recognition. However, avoid excessive lightening of the roots, as it could potentially make your hair appear thinner.
2. Short Beachy Waves with Blunt Ends
Super sophisticated and modern, this hairstyle by Marcos Vianna is one of the most versatile yet flattering options for thin hair. The incorporation of sunset beachy locks and highlights ensures shine and volume to your hairstyle like nothing else.
3. Golden Caramel Layers
To prevent long, thin hair from appearing flat, stylists recommend introducing movement and body through gentle layering. Rute Patrocínio Nascimento also opts for vibrant chocolate and caramel tones to create a gorgeous dimensional effect.
4. Shoulder-Length Tousled Shag
A soft layered collarbone grazing haircut can give your hair the volume you’ve ever desired! Tousle the layers for extra texture and messiness to emphasize your sassy nature.
5. Rounded Bob with Highlights
This timeless stacked bob by Sheridan Holyoak from AVE Salon is an excellent solution for those wishing to enhance the appearance of thicker ends. Ask your stylist for slightly graduated layering to remove bulk and add movement.
6. Side-Swept Bob with Subtle Layers
The title for this year’s most desirable short hairstyle undoubtedly goes to this chic side-parted bob. This haircut can help you enhance the natural volume at the crown and give an airy touch to the overall look.
7. Fiery Shag with Short Textured Fringe
Experimenting with shoulder-length hairstyles featuring shaggy textures is a great way to improve your hair texture. Spice up this look with vibrant hair colors like this red copper hue created by Abby Amparan, a colorist from Nunzio Saviano Salon.
8. Blonde Textured Bixie with Bangs
This bixie style, blending elements of the bob and pixie cuts, imparts texture and dynamism. To add more dimension, Hiro Ochi incorporated face-framing blonde highlights, making it well-suited for those with thinner hair.
9. Middle Part Layered Bob
This is one of our favorite styles to create for fine hair, as it brings an instant volume to thin locks. For a flattering, textured look, Joe Profita from The Platform Group offers to “cut it with a scissor and hand style it with a diffuser.”
10. Wavy Shag and Feathered Bangs
While bangs might seem intimidating, fine hair can benefit from an eyebrow-grazing fringe. Paired with a wavy texture and feathery layers, this hairstyle gives the perception of added body and volume.
11. Dimensional Long Choppy Bob
Apart from layers that add body to thin hair, we recommend the equally volume-boosting open-air balayage technique. This combination will help you achieve an amazing, low-maintenance hairstyle that is easy to grow.
12. Long Layered Hair with Highlights
Aiming to maintain your hair length without compromising its volume? Ask for choppy bangs and face-framing balayage to create this cute, voluminous effect and balance your face shape.
13. Face-Framing Layers for Fine Hair
If you want to make your thin hair fuller and dimensional, layering is the best and most effortless solution. While giving your mane the desired fullness, this cut also requires minimal styling, which is perfect for busy women.
14. Elegant Lob for Thin Strands
This accurate layered haircut is suitable for any face shape and hair type. When styling your strands, we recommend curling the bangs and ends away from your face for a charming allure.
15. Platinum Choppy Haircut
Shaggy layers can provide a textured and thicker appearance to thin, straight hair regardless of its length. To enhance fullness further, consider teasing the hair around your crown, as Brian Aguilar did here.
16. Wolf Cut for Wavy Thin Hair
This hairstyle is extremely versatile and customizable. While lightening very voluminous hair, it can also add volume to thinner strands thanks to the ideal layering game.
17. Curtain Bangs and Choppy Layers
This textured, layered lob with curtain bangs by Yuki enhances the movement and volume in your hair while complementing your appearance. Opt for a deep copper hue to add radiance to your light complexions.
18. Trendy Octopus Cut with Balayage
Charming and alluring, this yummy cappuccino hairstyle will make your fine hair look awe-inspiring! The layers, accentuated with golden caramel highlights, add movement, volume, and an effortless chic vibe to long strands.
19. Light Layers and Long Curtain Bangs
Layers, incorporated from the middle to the ends, ensure a boost in volume without compromising the overall length. Use this strategy to maintain your long locks while making them visually fuller and thicker.
20. Neck-Length Bob with Swept Bangs
Ally Barone from White Opal Hair Co highlighted this classic bob with long, casual curtain bangs and trimmy ends, texturized with symmetry. The result is a graceful face frame that will look the same as beautiful when grown out.
21. Medium Locks with Soft Flip Layers
Mid-length face-framing layers are both stylish and easy to manage. Paired with a trendy blonde balayage, they make your hair appear fuller without excessive weight on the ends.
22. Sexy Layered Hairstyle
The best way to enhance natural volume in a short or medium haircut is to incorporate a side part and subtle layers. Style this cut by tousling your hair at the roots to create a textured and tempting look.
23. Flippy Shag for Square Face Shape
Wispy layers are a fantastic choice for creating the impression of thicker and fuller hair. They complement every face shape, especially square and rectangular faces, thanks to softening the chiseled features.
24. Textured Blunt Bob with Side Part
A platinum crème brûlée hairstyle created at Vanilla Salon can make everyone fall in love with you at first sight. Choppy layers contribute to a stylish and dynamic look full of texture and volume.
25. Long Brown Layered Hair Style
For ladies who prefer maintaining longer hair, opting for a layered cut provides an opportunity to attain the required volume. Additionally, infuse more texture into your locks with texturizing products or sea salt sprays.
26. Wavy Wolf Cut with Bardot Fringe
Andy Leão created something truly inspirational here. By combining medium curly layers and straight elongated bangs, the stylist breathed volume into these fine strands and accentuated his client’s beautiful features.
27. Inverted Sleek Bob
Some thin-haired women prefer to avoid short hairstyles, and all for nothing, as a well-chosen short haircut can make you absolutely stunning! Take, for example, this angled straight bob by Beto Faria. Smooth layers and gentle highlights create a sleek yet dimensional look, perfect for fine hair.
28. Short Beachy Waves and Bangs
A hairstyle that hits right above the collarbone is currently in vogue. We recommend maintaining minimal layers and subtle wavy styling to accentuate your hair’s natural volume.
29. Textured Swept Curly Bob
Wavy hairstyles offer a quick solution for adding instant volume without the need for heat styling, minimizing potential hair damage. Another trick that can help you boost your hair dimension is a deep side part.
30. Flipped Wispy Layers Style
Face-framing bangs and flippy layers, such as you see here, can introduce a sense of movement to your hairstyle. Consider this haircut will look delightful on any hair texture and color, so you can feel free to experiment with your style.
These haircuts can add volume to flat hair, and you are free to choose any of them to create an appealing, dimensional hairstyle.
