Mid Length Haircuts With Layers Are Trending: Here's How to Get the Rom Com-Inspired Look
glamour.com; you can't deny their beauty influence. Think: in When Harry Met Sally, or Whitney Houston in Waiting to Exhale. Clearly, mid length haircuts with voluminous curls and waves clearly make for serious main character energy.Such was especially the case in the late '90s and early 2000, when rom-com stars wore layers haircuts that hit just above or below the shoulder. (My Best Friend's Wedding, Notting Hill, Pretty Woman, Mystic Pizza), (How Stella Got Her Groove Back), (Along Came Polly, Rumor Has It, The Break Up), (Just Wright, Last Holiday), and (The Sweetest Thing, The Holiday) all rocked takes on the layered look, which had incredible movement as they did things like chase after their loves in airports.After binge-watching some of my favorite films recently, I was inspired to chop several inches off my hair to get the same layered look.
I opted for a , which my sister described as the new-and-improved look as “rom-com hair." As a beauty editor, this was the ultimate compliment.Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally, 1989Whitney Houston and Lela Rochon in Waiting to Exhale, 1995Julia Roberts, 1998Angela Bassett in How Stella Got Her Groove Back, 1998Jennifer Aniston at the premiere of Rumor Has It, 2005Queen Latifah in Just WrightCameron Diaz at the premiere of ShrekBecause even modern versions of rom-com hair consist of mid length haircuts with the same dramatic volume and movement.
See: in Crazy Rich Asians, in Shotgun Wedding, in Love Again, and, to bring us full circle, Meg Ryan in What Happens Later.
Read more on glamour.com