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13 Celebrity-Approved Layered Hairstyles Designed To Enhance Dimension

Movement is on the menu.

Let us start by stating something: just about everything is better with layers.

Take the case of a cake, for example; we’d rather a multi-tier dessert delight than a sole sponge any day. Layers add interest across the board, allowing for several different things (flavours, aesthetics, etc.) to exist within one greater one.

And that’s the very magic of a layered hairstyle (on top of the fact that they’re just plain old chic): the endless options they allow for.

Want to whip your hair up into a polished chignon? The face-framing pieces that remain will ensure everything still looks soft. Eyeing a flit with a faux bob? Tuck your longer length into a cosy knit and embrace short-haired life for a day. Or perhaps you’re simply chasing a little extra dimension, shape and movement within your mane? Layers can easily aid with that, as well.

Layered cuts are far more versatile than you may think, too; while choppier styles have actually made quite a triumphant return, they’re not your only option. Layers can be as seamlessly subtle as they can be statement-making—it all depends on what best suits your face, preferences and styling abilities.

In fact, expertly cut layers are actually one of Hollywood’s most heavily utilised hair ‘tricks’, as they’re a big player in giving hair the covetable ‘life’ that we all spend hours bonding with our blow-dryers to try and achieve.

So if you’re looking for celebrity-approved examples to inspire your next foray into the land of layers, you’ve come to exactly the right place…

Laura Harrier

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Harrier’s hair features classic gradual tiered layers, with pieces inching longer as they move outward.

Samara Weaving

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Weaving’s smooth-but-not-straight style purposely parts her two varying lengths, putting her layers on full display.

Daisy Edgar-Jones

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Edgar-Jones is growing out her bangs in the chicest way possible; with long, tapered curtain layers.

Amanda Seyfried

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Seyfried has what’s referred to as ‘butterfly layers’, two stark lengths with no major feathering between.

Eiza Gonzalez

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Gonzalez’s layers are extremely understated, with some falling at chin-length and others just before her longest ends.

Sophie Turner

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Turner’s flipped-in ends showcase her contrasting lengths by letting her shortest pieces curve in just below the jaw.

Jessica Chastain

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Chastain’s statement layers skim her cheekbones, but there’s still subtle dimension throughout the length.

Isabel May

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Long layers can be some of the most striking, as evidenced by the fact that May’s inner ones are just slightly shorter and yet still draw the eye.

Sophia Bush

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Bush’s beachy texture allows each layer to effortlessly ripple into the next as they move outward and down.

Elsa Hosk

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While above-the-chin layers are nothing new, Hosk’s ‘over the eye and then away from the face’ aesthetic is both modern and nostalgic.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

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Huntington-Whiteley’s silky, sleek finish gives the effect of her tiered layers ‘falling’ into place.

HoYeon Jung

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Jung’s mane features many layers, with the undone texture allowing shapes to form at varying heights.

Jodie Comer

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Comer’s front layers are long (and thick) enough to present as a full-fledged chop when desired, while still leaving a safety net of longer hair beneath.

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