9 Haircut Trends That Will Rule Your 2023 Mood Board

One of the more polarising haircut trends we'll be seeing in the new year is the "jellyfish" haircut (just peep the response to Nicole Kidman's take on the look), which is shaping up to be one of 2023's best cuts for the bold. The style is named for its stark resemblance to the shape of a jellyfish: "It's essentially a version of a mullet that plays on shapes and contrasting lines," Gregory Patterson, celebrity hairstylist and colour and styling expert for Sally Beauty, previously told POPSUGAR.

While you might think of micro bangs as blunt, short, and cut straight-across the forehead, there are actually many types. "They can be curly, curtain, choppy, wispy, and so on," Devin Toth, a hairstylist at Salon SCK in New York City, previously told POPSUGAR.

The best part? "[Baby] bangs can add flair to any hairstyle and work on all hair types — super curly, pin straight, updos, pixies, long, short, thick, thin, box braids, Afro," says Toth.

The "bullet" bob might sound macabre, but it's surprisingly chic: "This haircut is an evolution of the wolf cut, mullet, and shag styles that have been building over the last 18 months, and rather than returning to a classic bob shape, this med-length haircut has had a mullet-inspired makeover incorporating outgrown curtain bangs with a layered bob shape," says Tom Smith, hairstylist and Evo creative director. "The beauty of the bullet bob is that it's a genderless shape. We get a 'two layered' bob haircut, which has the balance of a mullet — longer and heavier toward the back — but retains texture and detail around the face. I predict [the cut] will be 2023's biggest trend for shorter hair."

You've gotta admit: the shag has endless appeal. The key to making the style feel modern is by combining layers around the head for movement and sweeping, face-framing bangs. "The cut is a heavily textured look that uses shorter layers on the top of the head, critically maintaining length and volume, while thinner, longer lengths of hair are styled from underneath," Darren Bain, lead stylist at Taylor Taylor London, previously told POPSUGAR.

"Short hair is in," hairstylist Anabel Santos of Sally Hershberger NoMad tells POPSUGAR. "It's time to get that trim you've needed and bring hair back to life. I find that a new year is a great time to change it up and try out a shorter look."

The biggest short haircut trend you'll be seeing in the coming months? The undercut style, which is when the lengths are cut shorter on the sides and back.

"Leaving it longer on the top but not overly styled is the modern take," celebrity hairstylist Karl Jackson says. "Not a lot of curl, but a more textured look with short fringe."He suggests using a slight undercut to reduce the amount of volume on thick hair.

Bangs are one of the more divisive hair trends, but curtain bangs — which are '70s-inspired bangs that are split right down the middle and swept to each side — will be going strong into the new year, and it doesn't get more noncommittal than that. (Even Olivia Rodrigo got in on the trend after speaking to her hairstylist about it for months.)

Don't worry, the bowl cut in 2023 is not the bowl cut your mom gave you against your will back in middle school. In fact, the modern take on the trend is "easy, it's fun, it's bold, and celebrity driven," says Toth.

"The shift" haircut went into full swing this spring, but it'll be huge all year — and it's easy to see why. This short hairstyle is categorised by choppy layers of varying lengths on the top of the head.