8 Short Haircuts With Bangs You'll Want To Ask Your Stylist For ASAP

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From breakup haircuts to at-home hair cut fails, bangs get a bad rap. But the right fringe can elevate any haircut, it's just a matter of finding the right style for your hair texture and face shape. "Anyone can rock a bang; just depends on the right kind of bang for your face shape," wrote one Reddit commenter. "I have a longer face, so blunt bangs look great on me, but I find people with more of a round or square-shaped face, look better with something like curtain bangs."

But a statement fringe isn't just for the long-haired girlies. Bangs are a great complement to plenty of short hairstyles. From a bob to a pixie cut, bangs can be the perfect way to personalize these short, trendy styles. Not sure you're ready to commit to the chop? There's an easy trick to determine if short hair is for you.

The French bob looks most charming when it's a little undone. In its purest form, this style features soft, baby bangs, à la the protagonist of "Amélie." The short bangs create an interesting visual contrast with the relaxed texture, and a choppy version blends nicely with the laidback bob, while also making a bold statement. Like the French bob, baby bangs are great if your hair isn't stick straight. "I love [baby bangs] on wavy to curly hair because the texture drives me wild," hair stylist Cynthia Alvarez told Byrdie.

Adding side-swept bangs to a pixie cut can give a little extra drama and volume to this gamine style, especially if you have thinner hair. It's a more feminine version of the traditional cut. Bonus: This soft, spunky style is surprisingly easy to style. "Dry your hair by pushing it around the shape of the head in both directions," hair stylist Syd Hayes told Elle. Then, follow the heat styling with a spritz of texturizing spray, like Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray.

The wolf cut, with its curtain bangs and razor cut layers, is usually a mid-length style, but it translates well to a bob. The layers will emphasize any natural texture in your hair and softly frame your face. "The perfect curtain bangs create softness and balance around the face," hair stylist Xavier Velasquez told Vogue. Curtain bangs look flattering on every face shape and hair texture, and they are deceptively easy to style — you can blow-dry them into shape or even let them air-dry.

The sharp, dramatic lines of a blunt cut bob are eternally chic. "It instantly gives you the 'cool girl' look while being easy to maintain," stylist Catherine Ho told Elle. If you want to add bangs to this style without forgoing that sleekness, then blunt bobs are the perfect option. "Adding bangs to a blunt cut can further enhance the perception of volume by framing the face and drawing attention to the fullness of the hair around the face," hair stylist Trace Henningsen told Who What Wear.

Soft baby bangs are the perfect complement to a curly, tousled pixie cut, and the key to pulling off this cheeky style is texture. Hair stylist Syd Hayes suggests finding a stylist who can use a razor. "It softens the ends and gives the cut an irregular, more lived-in shape," he told Elle. You can create texture with a styling product like R+Co Rockaway Salt Spray, which will help add body, whether your hair is naturally thick or thin.

The Italian bob is dominating short hair trends, and rightfully so — this easygoing chop is the perfect union of unfussy and polished. Slightly longer and more polished than the choppy French bob, this style looks best if you use a blow dryer to add a little volume, and is made naturally airier with curtain bangs, which add an elegant and relaxed touch. "It can be styled super‑sleek or with gentle waves for a softer finish that has quiet luxury written all over it," stylist Elliot Bute told Elle.

Almost any style can look refreshed with the addition of wispy bangs. "Wispy bangs are such a trend right now because they are a low-maintenance take on blunt bangs, which can be more difficult to style and require more frequent salon visits," stylist Nubia Rëzo told Real Simple. That means, this is a great fringe to try if you're feeling at all wary about making the transition to bangs. Plus, we can't get enough of the wispy bang's breezy allure. The combination of a layered bob and delicate bangs makes for an easy-to-style 'do — especially if your hair already has some natural texture.

The tousled, choppy French bob might seem like an unintuitive match for the uniform thickness of blunt bangs, but it's a classic for a reason. The gamine charm of thick fringe suits this short, unfussy, cropped style. Just make sure you're willing to put a few extra minutes into styling your blunt bangs, which will require more heat styling than the low-maintenance layers of the bob itself. "As a hairstylist, I've helped many clients take the jump into bangs," writes one Reddit commenter, who recommends styling bangs with a round brush and a blow dryer. "Roll your bangs over the round brush with the brush horizontal to the floor and the blow dryer above pointed directly at the floor."