Short Straight Hair - What Are Your Options?

If your hair is naturally straight, your options for short straight hair styles can seem limited.  But really, if you do a bit of research, get your favorite stylist involved in the hunt, and are willing to put some extra time into the maintenance, you have several options.  A lot of women would kill to have straight hair, after all!  You're considered lucky by a lot of your friends.  Seriously.

Good Old Bob

Clearly, the easiest choice for short straight hair is the classic bob cut.  It was invented for straight hair, after all, and it has stood the test of time for nearly 100 years now.  That alone tells you what a great hairstyle the bob is.  It has survived massive cultural and beauty changes in that time.

Short hair in the bob style can be fashioned as a classic bob, inverse bob, side-cut bob, or any of a multitude of other straight variations.  There are also wavy and even curly bobs that your stylist can probably try out if you ask.  In other words, you have tons of bob options if your straight hair is just begging to go short!

Shag-a-delic

Another good style choice for straight hair is the shag.  The cool thing about shag cuts is the ordered chaos of it all.  They look both sexy and sophisticated at the same time, if done right.  Think Sharon Stone on the red carpet.  (Or Twiggy back in the 70s, if you're old enough.)  Unless your hair is very fine - as well as straight - a shag cut is easy to wear on a daily basis.  It requires pretty minimal upkeep, and just the occasional trim every few weeks to keep it short and looking great.

The Pixie

Pixies are another good choice for short straight hair.  Some famously beautiful celebrities have sported pixies to great effect.   Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder, Rihanna, and Keira Knightley, for example, have all chosen a short pixie hairstyle at some point, and each of them got rave reviews in beauty and gossip mags and websites for weeks after.

With any of these short styles for straight hair, you do have to be careful that your choice fits your face.  You want to emphasize your best features, while taking attention away from any flaws you think you have.  For example, if you have a rounder face, you can offset that by building in some upward volume to stretch your face's appearance vertically.  A shag is a great choice in that case.

If you have a very thin face (vertically), then a bob cut that frames your face and adds width is a better choice.  It comes down to finding the best short straight hair style for you particular situation.

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