Layered Haircuts: A Guide to the Best Options

The "octopus" haircut is "less sea-creature and more stylish shag" as Darren Bain, lead stylist at Taylor Taylor London, previously told POPSUGAR. It features short, chin-length layers while keeping the rest of the hair long. It's a great layered haircut for thin hair.

On the hunt for a layered shoulder-length haircut? We have just the thing: the "wolf cut" haircut. Celebrity hairstylist Sally Hershberger previously told POPSUGAR, "It's a really cool, lived-in, sexy look that has lots of movement and layers."

"Waterfall layers" create "a cascading waterfall effect," Shannel Jones, Georgia-based hairstylist and waterfall haircut master, previously POPSUGAR. "These layers are blended in every direction, allowing hair to be styled in many ways." It's the perfect layered long haircut with bangs.

The "C-shape" haircut was super popular in the '90s and is making a comeback. The style works on all hair lengths, but we especially like it as a short-medium layered haircut. It adds volume and body to hair thanks to cuts that start at chin length and curve inward.

If you really want to make a statement, go with the "jellyfish" haircut. "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. It features one sharp layer right at the chin, creating a stark contrast between the two lengths.

The draped-layers haircut features long, choppy cuts. "The layers are cut around your face at different levels of lengths that accentuate your features to give a pop," Raven Hurtado, hairstylist at Maxine Salon in Chicago, previously told POPSUGAR. It's traditionally a layered long haircut but can also be customised into a medium-layered haircut with bangs if that's more your style.

The shag haircut is quite possibly the most classic layered choppy haircut out there. The great thing about the shag is how versatile it is. You can incorporate more layers, add bangs, make it long, cut it short — there are no limits. It's a great layered haircut for curly hair, too.

The "bixie" haircut combines a bob and a pixie — it's a smidge longer than a pixie, but not quite chin-length as most bobs are. It's a great short-layered haircut.

The "butterfly" haircut is all about layers. Celebrity hairstylist and Biolage ambassador Sunnie Brook previously told POPSUGAR it's "cut in a way that the top layer can be separated from the bottom and easily pinned under to look like a short haircut." It's a great layered haircut for long hair as the shortest layer falls below your chin.

The mullet haircut has made a strong return. It's a great layered haircut for thick hair as it helps reduce the heaviness at the end of the hair with choppy, short layers throughout.

Layered bob haircuts with bangs are great for adding movement and texture to your look. There are a number of different types of bobs that you can try so make sure to consult with your hairstylist.

The "manta ray" layers haircut is essentially a layered haircut with long bangs. Hairstylist and Goldwell ambassador Jacob Habib Khan previously told POPSUGAR it's "a classic face-framing layer that starts close to the chin. It pushes back slightly deeper into the haircut at the top and then maintains weight through the back, keeping your interior layers long, with shorter layering focussed around the face."

The "cub cut" haircut is a shorter version of the wolf. Sunnie Brook, celebrity hairstylist and Biolage global ambassador, previously told POPSUGAR: "Think of it as a bob with seamless layers that give loads of poetic play to the hair. If you want a soft, layered short haircut, this is for you.

If you're not quite ready to commit to anything too drastic or different, try a simple long-layered haircut. This style features soft layering around the face to add some subtle variation to the overall look.

The "mixie haircut" is a cross between a mullet and a pixie, which keeps the front of your hair short and the back long. It's a great layered short haircut with bangs.

A lob haircut is a long bob that hits either at the shoulders or just below them. As with the classic bob, you can add layers to your lob to shake up your look. Lobs also make great layered medium haircuts with bangs.

Face-framing layers act as a spotlight for your face and really help to show off your features. They can be shorter, almost like long bangs, or start at the chin — whatever you'd prefer.