27 Gorgeous Feathered Hairstyles For Older Women
Aakanksha Priya
Updated At 10 Nov 26
A little feathering, a lot of elegance, and a style that never goes out of fashion! Feathered hairstyles are a beautiful way to add some softness, movement, and natural volume to the hair. This style is known for its gentle layering to give a light and fluffy appearance. It can be paired with short, medium, and long hair. They can add lots of depth to your hair, enhance your natural texture, and frame your face well. There are plenty of different feathered hairstyles you can wear, including feathered bobs and pixies. You can also wear lots of volume by having long layers to your shoulders. Check out these 27 ideas for inspiration. These styles will make you feel like a natural beauty and boost your confidence regardless of your age.
1. Long Layers with Full Bangs
This honey blonde long cut features gentle, voluminous, wispy bangs. It has inward-curled face-framing layers and helps gently hide your forehead lines. This creates some flattering movement to your hair. Blow-dry your bangs straight using a flat brush and use a large round brush to curl your layers in.
2. Multi-Layered Butterfly
Ash blonde haircut with multi-layered gentle feathered layers. This cut has sweeping backwards layers. This will create a light, voluminous look to your hair and provide a face lifting effect. Blow-dry away from your face using a round barrel brush and add some flexible texturizing spray.
3. Blonde Butterfly Lob
Soft butter blonde lob with layered outward curved feathered layers. This cut has sweeping curtain bangs to frame your face that help create a soft lift for your mature facial features. Blow-dry your hair away from your cheekbones using a medium round brush and add some light volumizing mousse.
Celebrity Hairstylist Marcos Diaz recommends getting a textured, wavy lob for its ability to create fullness and natural movement.
4. Long Face-Framing Layers with Soft Fringe
This long, layered cut features an inward-curved, feathered face-framing wings and gentle side bangs. It adds natural volume to the hair and adds lift to your cheekbones. Blow dry using a round brush to add some shape and finish with a light serum.
5. Bob with Swept Back Layers
Short silver bob with gentle subtle layers and wispy curtain bangs. This cut will create a soft, voluminous look and the layers add volume with a youthful feel. Blow dry with a medium round brush and add some light texturizing spray.
6. Bob with Curtain Bangs
Rich chestnut lob with outward-flipped feathered side layers. This cut has gentle side bangs to frame the face and layers that add volume and texture to your jawline. Blow dry your hair in sections away from your face using a round brush and add some light texturizing spray.
Celebrity Hairstylist Chris Russell recommends soft, blended layers while maintaining fullness through the ends.
7. Medium-length voluminous layers
Golden blonde haircut with dramatic outward-sweeping feathered layers and voluminous curtain bangs. This adds incredible volume and texture to the hair and helps lift the facial features. Blow dry with a medium round brush away from your face. Finish with a flexible volumizing spray.
8. Shag with wispy curtain bangs
Blonde shaggy butterfly cut with feathered face-framing layers. This adds natural volume and movement to the hair, and the layers help soften the facial features. Blow dry your bangs forwards. Use a round brush to sweep your side layers outwards and add some texturizing spray.
9. Feathered Lob
This silver fox lob features a feathered face framing layers with graduated ends. The layers add natural volume to the head and add lift to your facial features. Blow-dry the hair using a round brush to add some movement. Add some light texturizing spray.
10. Soft Chin Length Bob
Silver chin length bob with gentle outward flip layers and light curtain bangs. The style helps create a full, voluminous look to your fine hair. Blow dry with a small round brush to create some volume. Add some light volumizing mousse.
11. Shoulder-length Face-framing Layers
Shoulder-length silver hair with outward-sweeping feathered layers. This cut has face-framing layers that curve around your cheeks. The style adds a light, floating effect to your face and is great for adding volume to your crown. Blow dry with a round brush away from your cheekbones and add some light volumizing spray.
12. Voluminous Layers with Curtain Bangs
This voluminous haircut features flowing feathered layers and sweeping curtain bangs that help lift your hair away from your face and add some dimension. The cut creates natural volume to long hair. Blow dry your hair in sections using a large round brush and finish with a flexible hold hairspray.
13. Medium-length Soft Layers
Medium blonde haircut with gentle feathered side layers. This cut will add volume to your crown and soften your facial features. Blow-dry away from your face using a medium round brush and add some light volumizing mousse.
14. Long Layered Bob
Short silver bob with soft backwards-facing layers. This cut will lift your facial features and the layers will add volume to your crown. This will create a voluminous feel to your aging hair. Blow dry your hair backwards using a medium round brush. Add some smoothing serum and flexible hairspray.
15. Side-swept Layered Bob
Chin-length brunette bob with gentle side-swept layers. This cut will add a flattering lift to your face, while the layers will lift your mature facial features and soften your jawline. Blow-dry away from your face using a round brush and add some texturizing spray.
16. Short Soft Layered Bob
Short silver bob with soft layered backwards-facing layers. This will give you an instant lift to your face, while the layers will add volume to your crown. Blow dry away from your face using a round brush and add some light volumizing spray.
17. Butterfly Bixie
Salt and pepper bixie with gentle backwards-facing layers. This haircut gives an instant lift to the crown and gives your face a sharper look. This helps add more volume to fine hair. Blow dry your hair backwards using a small round brush and add some light styling wax.
18. Brown Multi-tiered Layers
Long warm brown haircut with multi-tiered, flowing, feathered layers. This cut will add incredible texture and movement to your back. This will give you maximum volume, length and movement. Blow-dry your hair backwards in sections using a large round brush and add some flexible-hold hairspray.
19. Shoulder Length Lob
Long blonde lob with high contrast highlights. This hairstyle has a sweeping backwards curled face-framing layers and gentle flipped ends that create a light voluminous depth. Blow dry away from your face using a round brush. Add some light texturizing shine spray.
20. Dark Brown Layers with Light Fringe
This dark brown lob features subtle caramel highlights and has inward and backwards-facing face-framing layers that give you a flattering frame and add volume to your hair. Blow dry towards your face using a round brush to create gentle curves and add some light smoothing serum.
21. Blonde Soft Layers
Warm golden blonde haircut with gentle outward curled feathered layers. This has voluminous curtain bangs to frame your face that add lift to your facial features. Blow dry your hair in sections away from your face using a round barrel brush and add some light volumizing spray.
22. Long Feathered Layers
This platinum blonde haircut with long flowing layers has sweeping curtain bangs and voluminous upwards curled ends. This will give your face a softer look and add drama and volume to your hair. Blow dry your face framing layers backwards using a large round brush and curl your ends using a wide curling wand.
23. Silver Pixie
Silver blonde pixie shag with choppy backwards layers has subtle pastel blue tones. This will give an instant lift to your crown and sharpen the cheekbones. Blow-dry your hair backwards using a small round brush and add some light texturizing pomade to piece out your layers.
24. Two-toned Lob
Sleek silver lob with gentle side-swept face framing layers. This cut has subtle dark tones at the ends that add elegance to the hair. This creates some lift in your facial features and adds natural movement to fine or straight hair. Blow dry your hair forwards using a round brush and slightly curl the ends.
25. Long Layers with Wispy Bangs
Espresso long haircut with multi-layered face-framing wing layers. This cut has light, wispy bangs that help soften the forehead lines. This lifts to the cheekbones and some volume to thicken your hair. Blow dry your bangs forwards using a paddle brush. Use a round brush to flick your side layers backwards.
