36 Sophisticated Gray Hairstyles for Women Over 60 To Try
If you’re a woman over 60 looking to simplify your hair routine without compromising on style, you’ve come to the right place. It’s time to ditch the constant upkeep of dyed hair and let your true, beautiful shade shine through. This fabulous collection of gray hairstyles for women in their 60s is easy to maintain yet oh-so-chic. So, let’s discover the perfect gray hairstyle for you!
1. Silver Waves
This silver hue, combined with the wavy texture of this lob (long bob), offers a contemporary take on classic Hollywood waves. Despite its glamorous appearance, this shoulder-length style is relatively low-maintenance. To style, use a lightweight mousse or curl cream to boost natural waves, blow-dry with a diffuser to maintain the pattern, and finish with hairspray to keep the waves in place.
2. Piecey Gray Shag
Texture and movement are the focus of this shag haircut. The layers are cut in a way that adds volume, giving your hair a youthful look. To style, use a texturizing spray to define the layers and give your hair a tousled look.
3. Silver Long Bob
This long bob is a great way to showcase the beauty of silver hair. The clean lines and smooth finish create a refined appearance that highlights your features with a soft, flattering shape. The silver hue adds a touch of elegance, no matter your age.
4. Choppy Silver Layers
If you like some texture in your hair, this choppy layered cut is the way to go. The silver shade accentuates the texture, giving your hair a striking, eye-catching appeal. This style is particularly beneficial for silver hair, as the choppiness amplifies the natural highlights and lowlights, creating a stunning multidimensional effect.
5. Mid-Length Gray Layers with Bangs
This medium-length cut with bangs has a face-framing effect, adding a soft, romantic touch. The cool gray shade complements the cut, giving your hair a luminous, full-bodied look. To style, blow-dry with a round brush to add volume and shape, and use a light hairspray to keep the bangs in place.
6. Glamorous Loose Waves
Voluminous curls create a sense of fullness and body, making your hair look thicker and more vibrant. The silver hue gives your locks a shimmering, radiant glow. Use a large-barrel curling iron to get loose curls, and gently brush through the curls for a soft, flowing finish.
7. Choppy Silver Layers with Wispy Bangs
This modern take on layered hair features choppy ends and wispy bangs. The choppy layers add texture and boost volume, while the wispy bangs add a soft, flattering touch. Use a texturizing spray to create piecey layers and give your hair a tousled look.
8. Long Straight Silver Gray Cut
This sleek, long, straight style showcases the beauty of silvery gray hair in its purest form. The straight lines create a smooth look, but it’s the length that really makes this cut stand out. The silver-gray hue is the icing on the cake, making your hair look luminous and healthy.
9. Cropped Shag
This short shag hairstyle brings a chic feel to your gray hairstyle. The short, choppy layers add texture, making your hair look thicker than it is. The silver shade complements the cut for a stunning, modern look.
10. Curly Gray Bob
This curly bob offers a playful appearance with its bouncy curls and flattering length. The curls add a lot of volume, giving your hair a lively look. The gray shade adds a touch of sophistication, with multiple shades of silver woven throughout.
11. Long Silver Shag
This long shag offers a relaxed and effortless look with its layers and natural waves. The long layers give your hair a full-bodied appearance, which makes this a great style for thin hair. To style, use a texturizing spray to define the waves and let your hair air-dry for a natural finish.
12. Chin-Length Bob with Bangs
This chic chin-length bob is all about precision and style. The straight, clean lines of the short gray bob create a polished look, while the bangs add a playful touch. Blow-dry with a round brush for a smooth finish, and use a flat iron to perfect the look.
13. Tousled Tapered Shaggy Cut
A tousled, tapered cut brings a youthful feel to your hairstyle. The layers are carefully cut to add volume, giving your hair a lively, textured look. The tapered ends create a flattering shape that highlights your features.
14. Layered Feathered Long Bob
This feathered long bob has sleek layers that create a feathered, airy look. The silver shade adds a luminous quality to the hair that really stands out with the layering. The length falls gracefully around the shoulders, providing a versatile canvas for different styling options.
15. Textured Gray Pixie
Here’s a pixie cut that will add some edge to your style with its short, layered texture. The layers add lightweight volume, making your hair look much more full. The gray shade supplements the modernity of the cut, giving it a sleek and stylish finish.
16. Silver Lob with Face-Framing Bangs
This stylish lob (long bob) features face-framing bangs that allow your facial features to take center stage. The length of the lob provides styling versatility, while the light silver/white shade adds a sophisticated feel to the style. To style, blow-dry with a round brush to add volume and shape to the ends, creating a face-framing effect. Finish with a light mist of hairspray for hold and shine.
17. Short Layered Pixie
If you’re looking for an elegant yet edgy cut, here it is. A short layered pixie cut offers a chic look with multiple layers and a textured finish. The silver hues make this pixie cut stand out and are perfect for highlighting the natural shine and dimension of silver hair.
18. Rounded Silver Pixie with Bangs
This rounded pixie cut with bangs combines elegance and playfulness. The rounded shape adds a soft and feminine touch, while the bangs frame your eyes. The silver hue of this pixie adds a touch of elegance and heightens the natural glow of gray hair. The short length makes this style incredibly easy to maintain.
19. Layered Waves with Face-Framing Bangs and Glasses
Layered waves paired with face-framing bangs create a stylish (and studious 🤓) look. The layers add a big boost of volume while the bangs softly frame your eyes and frames. The addition of glasses adds a trendy, modern touch, complementing the silver waves perfectly.
20. Voluminous Gray Bob
This voluminous gray bob is all about fullness and bounce. The rounded shape and high volume create a healthy, youthful look. The gray shade adds a sophisticated touch, making the hairstyle look modern and sleek. To style, use a volumizing mousse to add body, and blow-dry with a round brush to create a smooth and bouncy finish.
21. Textured Silver Lob (Long Bob)
Here’s a sleek, modern take on the classic long bob, also known as a lob hairstyle. The soft layers and subtle waves create a relaxed look, while the silver hue brings a sophisticated element to the style. This cut offers plenty of depth and volume, making thinner hair look fuller.
22. Tousled Silver Pixie
The short length and tousled finish of this pixie create a playful vibe with its textured layers. The light silver shade speaks to elegance, making this cut trendy and timeless at the same time. Low-maintenance yet stylish? Yes, and yes!
23. Cropped Feathered Cut
This cropped cut features feathered layers that add texture and volume. The feathered ends create a soft and airy look, while the cropped length keeps the style fresh and manageable. The silver shade complements the feathered texture, giving the hair a sleek and spirited look.
24. Voluminous Silver Lob (Long Bob)
This long bob (lob) has soft, rounded waves with ample volume to create a lively and energetic look. The length of the lob offers versatility, allowing you to style it in different ways, from soft waves to sleek and straight. To style, use a volumizing spray or mousse and blow dry with a round brush to create lift and body, then finish with hairspray to keep the volume intact all day.
25. Wispy Gray Lob
The wispy layers add a delicate and airy feel to this shoulder-length hairstyle. The multi-hued shades of gray give the cut a contemporary look with plenty of dimension. This style enriches natural volume and frames the face, highlighting your best features.
26. Asymmetrical Gray Pixie
Want a bold look? You’ve got it! This bold and edgy pixie cut features an asymmetrical design that is a modern take on the classic pixie. The longer layers on one side create a striking contrast with the shorter, textured layers on the cropped side. The gray shade adds to the contemporary feel of this cut, giving it a sleek and stylish finish.
27. Gray Feathered Layers
Feathered layers add a soft, feminine feel to this hairstyle. The layers are expertly cut to add movement, making your hair look full yet light and airy. The gray shade boosts the texture and depth of the layers.
28. Voluminous Silver White Waves
Loose, flowing curls add a whole lot of body to this lively hairstyle. The light silver/white hue enhances the elegance, adding a luminous glow that makes your hair look vibrant and healthy. The cascading waves also help to soften your facial features.
29. Spiky Silver Pixie
Here’s a punk-rock-inspired spiky pixie cut. The short, choppy layers create a spiky texture that instantly creates an edgy vibe to your look. The silver shade enhances the striking and trendy feel of this cut.
30. Angled Silver Bob
This angled bob cut creates a sleek, modern shape with its sharp lines and sleek finish. The longer front pieces create a flattering frame for the face, while the shorter back adds volume and lift. The silver shade gives this classic cut a contemporary feel, making it look fresh and stylish.
31. Tousled Silver Lob
This shoulder-length cut offers the perfect balance, providing enough length to style in various ways while remaining easy to manage. The tousled texture adds volume, creating a relaxed, beachy vibe. This style is particularly flattering for highlighting natural gray hair, as the tousled waves add depth and dimension to the silvery strands.
32. Layered Pixie
Multiple layers add depth to this gray pixie hairstyle. The gray shade enhances the texture, making each layer stand out beautifully. To style, use a texturizing spray or paste to define the layers and add volume.
33. Silver Waves with Curtain Bangs
Soft waves combined with curtain bangs create an elegant look. Curtain bangs frame the face delicately, enhancing facial features and adding a soft, romantic touch. The silver hue is particularly striking, offering a vibrant contrast that highlights the waves and adds dimension to the look.
34. Mid-Length Lob (Long Bob)
A medium-length lob (long bob) is a perfect balance between short and long hair, providing versatility and ease of styling. The length is long enough to add body yet short enough to manage easily. To style, blow-dry with a paddle brush for a smooth finish and use a light serum for shine.
35. Silver Wavy Lob
These full waves add a playful bounce, creating a lively, voluminous hairstyle. The silver shade enhances the waves, adding a beautiful shimmering effect that catches the light. This style is ideal for women who want to showcase their silver shade in a stylish, youthful cut.
36. Feathered Silver Layers
Feathered layers create a soft, airy look in this layered cut. The layers are finely cut to add volume, and the silver shade makes each layer stand out. To style, apply volumizing mousse to damp hair, use a round brush while blow-drying to lift the roots and add body, and direct the ends outward with the brush to increase the feathered effect. If desired, finish with a light mist of hairspray to hold the shape.