Have short, medium or long hair? Too thin or too thick? Want a quick makeover, yet scared of spending all day styling it? Your choice of a haircut that reads fashionable, trendy, carefree, youthful and much more has to be the shag hairstyle. From the 1971 look of Jane Fonda in Klute to the much remembered Jennifer Aniston in the Friends sitcom, the shag hairstyle is synonymous with Diva looks.

Most of us read about these hairstyles or see them on our favorite celebrities and think it is not for us. So, though inside you are somebody who is goofily happy loves to laugh and dance and is impulsive and youthful; yet, you have a restrictive bun or a straightened mane or worse still a permanent perm! Free yourself and let your inner child show through not only through what you do but also through your looks and hairstyle. The shag hairstyle is just the look to help

Short, medium or long hair, all of them can be layered to give you a nice shag cut. With the changing decades since the shag was invented, different variations have been tried and tested. Opt for layers on top of the head or towards the nape of your neck; add side bangs or on both sides; colored highlights or a three tone colored hair! Use your imagination but do not allow it to go completely wild! We want to look tousled and “out of bed”, not messy and unmanageable. You must also be aware of your hair texture and type. Thin or fine hair can be multi-layered and conditioned so they puff up to add volume. If you already have thick hair, use less number of layers for a smooth and sophisticated look.

Hair care products like hair gels, mousse, sprays and wax products are essential for the well being of your hair and your daily styling needs. The best variation of the shag hairdo is the ‘bed head’. Yes, it is exactly what it says, you carry your head like you just got off the bed, and it looks fabulous on people with small features on an angular face. A bit of spray or gel spread with your finger tips on the roots and you can carry this cut through 70 mph winds, trying out 15 pullovers at your favorite store and even a dance in the rain!  To top it all, ever been in a situation where you just do not have time to fix an appointment at the salon for a haircut? Well, with your shag hairstyle, just let it grow till you find the time; since it is in layers anyway, all of which are growing together, it is never going to look out of place!

Due to its youthful charm, I have seen a number of women satisfied and happy with shag cut after endless years of changing hairstyles and never quite getting there. It is bound to make you feel happy and you carry it with pride! Of course you look like one of your favorite celebrities ‘ copy is an added advantage!

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The shag hairstyle is a youthful cut where you have short and layered hair. Mostly hair is layered at the crown of the head rather than below. As an option you could add bangs to the cut which you should be able to push off your face. The look should allow you to tuck hair behind your ears and keep them in place with barrettes. Today’s shag could be a variation with more layers towards the bottom of the cut or longer length.

In recent years, the most outstanding and noticed shag hairstyle was Meg Ryan’s in IQ. The flirty short shaggy bobs were a variation which really motivated a number of us youngsters waiting at our stylists with her picture, queuing up for a similar look. Though it may look real neat and trendy, you need a stylist with ‘shear magic and eye for styling’ to get you the right look. He should know exactly where to layer your hair depending in your face and features; where to thin out thick hair and give volume to thin hair. A shag hairstyle is the most versatile haircut giving you the option to style it in two to three different ways! You could add bangs on one side, both sides, keep it long or short, keep it messy, styled or carefree and the best is you can manage them at home without the need to buy every styling product in the market.

Paul McGregor had invented the Shag hairstyle and gave it to Jane Fonda in the movie Klute . Farrah Fawcett wore it in the famous Charlie’s angels television show and it became a phenomenon of sorts. Shag is the classic hairstyle of the ‘70s and considered one of the ‘coolest’ as it was worn by the heart throbs of that time. David Bowie, Rod Stewart, everybody who was anybody had the shag hairstyle. During the ‘80s, adaptations of the shag hairstyle were worn by the heavy metal rock bands who wore their hair in long shag cuts. The shag hair style was the ultimate unisex style and women and men were both wearing it with élan.

Another theory about the history of shag hairstyles suggests that in the 1960’s men had begun wearing their hair long after the hairstyle Process brought in the 1920s by the African Americans. In the 1970s when hairstyles were changing and the process style was fading, men were habituated to wearing their hair long. So, in the 80s, they let their hair grow at the back of the head while keeping them shorter at the top. This was the first form of the shag hairstyle worn by men which was soon adapted into various styles.

The 70s was an era of the youth, the end of the Vietnam War added in making it the turning point for them. Platform shoes, disco dancing and the Beegees; this new found youth was perhaps the reason for the emergence of this carefree, youthful and messy hairstyle- the Shag hairstyle.