20 Feminine Shag Haircuts & Hairstyles to Try in 2024

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A shag hairstyle is so incredibly on-trend lately – this relaxed and cool hairstyle comprises of relaxed layers, a choppy style and so much volume – and can be incredibly versatile too. A shaggy hairstyle can be short, long, blonde or brown – and plenty in between; as we hope to show you in this gorgeous gallery.

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Here are some of our favourite shaggy hairstyles that are so totally fashionable – which is your favourite?

1. Brown Shaggy Style with Printed Highlights

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Best Feminine Shaggy Hairstyles

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We’re starting strong with this gorgeous and shaggy hairstyle which is so fashionable! This beautiful brown style falls below the shoulders and has striking shorter layers throughout, finishing in a straight fringe across the forehead. Her brown locks have been finished with blonde printed highlights in a cool checker style. The look has been finished with curls on the ends, which looks fabulous!

2. Shoulder Length Blonde Style

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This utterly striking blonde shaggy hairstyle has us swooning in the HairStyles Weekly office! It falls around the shoulders has lovely shaggy layers throughout, right up to the top of the head, falling in a sweeping side fringe which finishes right across the forehead. She’s loosely curled the ends backwards to create this wonderful look which is a real rock-chick vibe that we adore.

3. Tousled Centre Parting Shaggy Style

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This utterly incredible shaggy hairstyle is featured on the remarkable Alexa Chung – a true fashion icon, which proves exactly how stylish it is! Her hair starts a lovely light brown shade and blends into a beautiful blonde through an ombre blend. Her hair is parted in the centre and finished with a fringe on either side. She’s tousled the locks for this incredible shaggy finish.

4. Shaggy Black Locks

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This absolutely stunning hairstyle is shaggy, stylish and absolutely perfect for a day to day style! The bulk of this fashionable female’s hair falls well below her shoulders, with shorter and choppy layers working throughout the top of the hair and a luscious, long side fringe to finish off the style. She’s roughly curled the locks from top to bottom for the finished style.

5. Shaggy Straight Ombre Hair

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This gorgeous shaggy hairstyle is straight, sleek and oh so fantastic – especially with the beautiful balayage style at work! It starts a light brown which works its way down to a lovely blonde at the tips, and her entire hair is parted in the centre, full of lovely and choppy layers throughout. She’s loosely flicked out the ends to create a gorgeous hairstyle which we adore.

6. Straight and Sleek Highlighted Hair

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This absolutely gorgeous medium length hairstyle is a more subtle shaggy style that is perfect for a more subtle look. Her hair is a gorgeous and rich brown colour which has been highlighted with blonde streaks throughout the parting. Her hair has then been straightened, showing off the gorgeous layers throughout that create this lovely style.

7. Brown Balayage Shaggy Curls

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This might possibly be our favourite shaggy style of the bunch – we think the finished result is so classy it has us swooning! This lady has lovely long hair, which blends via balayage transition from a dark brown to a luscious light brown. She’s then added lovely big barrel curls throughout the hair to accentuate the wonderful colours at work here.

8. Shag Haircut with Bangs

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This absolutely stunning lady is made even more beautiful thanks to this absolutely gorgeous shaggy hairstyle which we cannot get enough of! Her shoulder length hair has been parted to the side, showing off the beautiful red highlights throughout this dark brown shade. She’s added very loose curls throughout to create this wonderful shade.

9. Subtly Tousled Shaggy Locks

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This lady has an absolutely winning smile – and it’s no surprise when you catch a glimpse of her striking hairstyle! Her beautiful chestnut brown hair falls down below her shoulders, in a lovely long style which is finished with a straight fringe right across the forehead. The ends of the hair are ever so subtly tousled for this chic appearance.

10. Dramatically Curled Blonde Style

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This absolutely stunning and dramatic hairstyle has stolen the hearts of the Styles Weekly office! These gorgeous blonde locks are long, finishing half way down this lovely lady’s back. With shorter layers from around the ear length upwards, the silhouette of this style is absolutely gorgeous. To seal the deal, she’s added dramatic curls to create this stand-out style that we just love.

11. Highlighted Short Shaggy Style

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This gorgeous medium length bob falls just above the shoulder, and is full of the most gorgeous collection of colours that we ever did see! Her hair is naturally a light brown colour, but beautiful blonde highlights in a number of different hues work throughout the root. She’s left the hair relatively straight and choppy, for this amazing textured look.

12. Lightly Curled Ombre Style

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This utterly gorgeous hairstyle is simply stunning! Parted in the centre and finished with a lovely fringe which also has a centre parting, this lovely long hair finishes below the shoulders, with graduating layers from top to bottom. The hair starts a brown shade and works with an ombre blend into a beautiful blonde at the tips. Loose curls are added around the face for this end look.

13. Flicked Blonde Shaggy Hairstyle

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This is yet another dramatic shaggy style, designed to draw attention for all the wrong reasons. This remarkable bleached blonde style works in fantastic feathered layers from the top to the bottom, creating this amazing textured finish throughout. This stylish lady has flicked out the ends of her hair, which with the layers, has this glorious end result.

14. Graduated Blonde Style

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This shaggy hairstyle is edgy, fashionable and oh so on trend! A beautiful golden blonde full of white blonde highlights, this hair is finished with a blunt and graduated line from the top of the hair to the bottom, creating this incredible layered style with the bottom layer falling long around her shoulders. The straight style shows off the cut!

15. Curled and Tousled Crop

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This amazing long bob finished just below the jaw length, and is full of shaggy layers throughout to create this wonderful and bouncy finish. This stylish lady has also worked a side fringe into her incredible look. Her hair starts at a darker brown and blends to a lighter brown on the ends, and has been curled and tousled for this wonderful beach ready look.

16. Blonde and Brown Curled Ends

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This lovely lady has absolutely beautiful hair, where the top and shorter layer is a gorgeous and vibrant blonde, and the longer layer which falls below the shoulders is a rich brown. The two colours work together perfectly, especially because of the ringlets this lady has added to the ends of the hair that pull the shades together in the most incredible way.

17. Shaggy Brown Corkscrew Curls

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This absolutely breathtaking woman has the most striking facial features, which is made even more breathtaking by this incredibly shaggy hairstyle that we simply cannot get enough of. With a centre parting throughout, including the fringe, this lady’s natural corkscrew curls create a voluminous and wild finish that compliments the shaggy cut to perfection.

18. Vibrant Red Flicked

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This stunning lady is blessed with the most gorgeous and vibrant copper hair. This amazing and light shade of red is to die for – not least because of this phenomenal shaggy cut! Worked with incredible short layers throughout the top to the bottom of the hair, this lady has flicked the ends out to create this amazing 70s style look which is just amazing.

19. Tousled Black Style with Fringe

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This lady has absolutely beautiful natural curly hair which is a rich shade of deep, glossy black. She’s created this incredible shaggy style by working a full fringe across the forehead, and implementing choppy layers throughout the top of the hair to add this amazing bouncy silhouette to the cut. She’s tousled and roughed up the curls for this amazing end look.

20. Brown and Copper Curls

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What better way to lift your incredible dark brown hair than by adding vibrant highlights throughout in a stand-out shade, like copper? This incredible lady has used a copper highlight right along the root to add lift to her brown hair, and curled the length of the hair to show off the amazing shaggy layers at work throughout her hairstyle.

A shaggy hairstyle is definitely a throwback to a previous era, but the 70s look is coming back in fashion in a big way. After seeing this gorgeous Styles Weekly gallery of images we’re sure you can see why! Let us know if we’ve inspired you to go for a shaggy style with your next hair cut!

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