10 Modern Blowout Haircuts: What, Why, How?

Why not opt for a more mad scientist look with your blowout? With the extra length on the upper sides, this style does exactly that! The wavy, messy top is youthful and exciting.

Unlike many other blowout haircuts, this messy style is extremely low maintenance. There’s no gelling or spiking to do first thing in the morn — simply comb your hair back with your fingers.

If the blowout is a little too extreme for you, why not combine it with a regular quiff? By puffing up your quiff a tad more than usual, you can get the best of both worlds.

Riffing on the previous blowout, this cut is a more refined look with carefully-placed strands. It’s very 80s rock’n’roll, but might be very difficult for some of us to pull off.

Harry Style’s style never goes out of style. The dense volume is a result of puffy thick hair with a quiffed texture. Moreover, the sides are longer than usual and not tapered so this style is definitely not your usual trendy style. Not to mention one will need some hair products to keep this in shape.

This can be tossed but at the same time, the medium strands without any texture make it all cool. Next, the sides are not tapered to give a very equitable look with the mess that also looks classy. Thin hair with some hair products makes it look all shiny and silky.

Here’s another blowout with short sides, this time paired with some light facial hair. Notice how the temple hairline has a defined notch trimmed-in for extra angularity.

Keep your top hair thick and dense for a unique look like this. With short sides and a hefty top, this one may take a fair bit of brushing to get just right.

Pair the blowout with extremely short sides, and the resulting look is surprisingly mature. Big, contrasting undercuts like this are an easy way to make your face appear longer and more square.

In this blowout hairstyle, the sides are also left to grow out long. This carefully combed, precisely trimmed cut is a blowout ready for the dinner table.

Many blowouts radiate from the center of the hairline, but this isn’t one of them. With the long top hair all leaning towards one side, the result is an incredibly unique, angular style.

Go for the cartel look by letting your hair grow down below the ears. Brush it all back and apply a little pomade, and you have a Latin American look perfect for the club.

The trick here is pompadour is puffed so it is slightly quiffed at the same time. That being said, the layering in front makes it look cool Moreover, the sides are tapered, and having thin hair makes it look better. But keeping in mind, using hair products is crucial here.

This is a different type of blowout where it is slightly slimmer and pocky. The mohawk makes it look exaggerated and that in turn makes it look puffy yet blown out. The sides in mohawk are longer than usual and the front is brushed up big time!

Thin hair with a temple fade with a shaved slit. Those are the basics, diving deeper, this thin hair needs a dense texture and the puff on the top is a quiff with heavy brush up. The sides are tapered yet not too short so that keeping it pushed back.

Bond, James Bond is it? The blonde puff on top is almost a quiff with sides being tapered strictly. The top also has layers that add that extra flair to the style. Moreover, the side-swept texture makes it even jazzier.

Spiky blowouts are not very common but what’s even not more common is that temple is faded but not just a normal fade. The drop fade adds more panache to the whole style. The highlighted top makes it fun and the brush-up spikes make it so cool

Can this be the nominee for the best blowout haircut for 2020? This one has so much stuff going on, the messy undercut with cheeky mid fade, that’s just an amazing combination. Plus the brush up in the front makes it lively.

Can this be a combination of pompadour with combed pushed back? Thin hair with hair products and combed push back makes it a perfect style but this is also puffed which adds more panache to it. The sides are tapered with pocky textured with clean shave just blend in well.

Adam Huber has made this style into a statement, the side-swept with the brushed upfront makes it casual yet formal. The thick hair texture adds up to it so that it makes it look high volume. The sides are slightly tapered yet pushed back and top being longer than sides.

Messy and puffy top makes it even more fun. The top is tossed with a thick rough texture. The sides are tapered slightly but the temple is still long enough to be cool. The brush up adds the trendy style to it moreover it can be casual yet formal.

Zayn Malik is that you? The top having a brush up with being messy adds so much life to it. The sides are tapered just enough to suit the style and pull attention on the top. For this blowout, you need some hair products to keep it this way and also tossed a bit for the casual touch to it.