19 Trendy & Easy Long Hairstyles for Women Over 50

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Cindy Marcus
Cindy Marcus Hairstylist, Editor-in-Chief

Long hairstyles for women over 50 are designed to suit grey and thinning hair by working with texture. Older women tend to have greying, thinning, and overall less hair and long hairstyles that target these issues are highly coveted. Older women tend to go shorter and don’t consider a long hair option.

Veteran Hollywood actresses Michelle Pfeiffer, Julianne Moore, Angela Bassett, and Sandra Bullock should serve as your ultimate inspiration after they wore flowy long hair and proved the world how a woman over 50 could be the embodiment of class and sassiness at the same time. They have all rocked glamorous trendy long haircuts for their runways.

With modern styling and cutting techniques, long hairstyles for older women can now easily take away decades off their faces. From layered cuts to precisely placed highlights to bangs, you can be chic, up-to-date, and sophisticated even in your prime age!

Arkansas-based expert hairdresser Kami Cale specializes in textured, blended, and colored cuts that upgrade her clients’ long hair in the healthiest way possible. Having long hair could mean high maintenance, but the key is to nourish your tresses regularly by deep conditioning and once-a-month trim appointments.

Ahead are the most recent, expertly-done hairstyles that will make you not just celebrate life but also your impeccable style! See these trendy long hairstyles for women over 50!

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#1: Long Hairstyles for Older Women with Fine Hair

Ash-blonde babylights and highlights, voluminous hair, and a long layered haircut with bangs — if all merged will result in a complete astonishing look perfect for fine hair of women over 50. Just by pulling off a look like this, no one can deny how lovely older women can be.

#2: Long Straight Brunette Hair with Thin Money Piece

Opt for a long, straight brunette hairstyle to softly enhance your natural beauty. Include a thin, bright streak called a money piece. Your natural hair color, if dark, will guide the lightness and tone of your money piece or highlights. When choosing a money piece, talk to your stylist about what type of look you are going for and whether you want a thick bold money piece or a thin blended one.

#3: Straight Long Hair with Bangs for Older Women

This style is perfect for older women in their 50s. This very straight long hair with very straight bangs is a chic and timeless haircut option. It’s a great way to add some subtle variation to long hair with straight bangs. It’s important to note that the bangs need to complement the face shape and features. Maintaining the length of the hair with slight layering will keep it from becoming too heavy.

long and youthful cut
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#4: Long Layered Hair for Over 50

Having long locks can make older women look more youthful. Many long hairstyles for older women will feature layers because it helps keep the hair looking fuller, especially because older women tend to have thin hair. Long haircuts for women in their 50’s benefit by adding texture, curls, and waves to mimic that dolled-up look that says, “I’m looking for an adventure!”

Long ponytail hairstyles for woman over 50
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#5: Long Hair in a Ponytail for Seniors

This long ponytail hairstyle appears so simple yet stunning and stylish on older women full of grace. The long hair features sleekness on the tips and dimensional silver on the entire hair. It’s not only invented to wear at a wedding but can slay a typical day out of the house. Older women can easily convert long hair into a ponytail for a work or a day out with ease.

#6: Brunette Balayage Long Thick Wavy Hairstyle

With this wavy, rich brunette balayage for thick hair, ladies over 50 can create a flawless look. Balayage adds depth to the long hair, making it look natural and sun-kissed. The long length allows for different ways to style your hair – you can wear it straight or play up the waves. The rich brunette shade also pairs well with mature skin tones. And to keep this style looking its best, hydrating shampoo and conditioner are vital.

Dimensional Long Brunette for Women Over Fifty
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#7: Brunette Dimensional Long Hair

Dimensional long brunette hair color is a great way to get brightness around your face. If you’re a woman in your 50s, and wear your hair long, adding highlights will give you a younger feel. Adding bangs helps to face frame your face giving your long hair added dimension.

#8: Long Layered Silver Hair for Older Women

Amp up volume and texture with feathery layers on this long bob. Long hairstyles for older women can definitely take advantage of natural greys with some lighter silver color.

#9: Curly Long Hair for Elderly Women

Life is full of drama, but your long hairstyles should not be. This easy long hairstyle achieves a glamorous outcome by adding loose curls to the long hair and a side fringe that straightened so fine. Either with or without extensions, long strands certainly keep their perfection with blonde highlights.

#10: Sleek Long Blonde Hair with Wispy Bangs

Sleek long hair with wispy bangs can be a bit of work to style but worth it in the end. Just make sure that you’re taking care of your aging long hair. That way no one will be able to tell how old you are.

#11: With Blunt Bangs

Adding bangs to long hairstyles for older women can really frame and soften facial features like wrinkles. At times, the real glam of a woman is witnessed through a long haircut, so find one that you will not regret having like this one. This long hair styled with blunt bangs and volumized curls are better than what’s simple. The highlights on hair that are painted in balayage and ombre coloring techniques are one amazing hair inspiration.

#12: Long Hair With Glasses For Women Over 50

Women with glasses will pull off this look that is styled with volumized waves and brown highlights. The look creator Carolina of Hairtrix Carolina stated, “My goal is to help you achieve ultimate beauty inside and out.” This only proves that some people were born with finesse running through their veins, and they only need to partner it with a great long hairstyle.

#13: Elegant Chignon

A woman of sophistication can pull off this elegant chignon effortlessly. Looking fab on women over 50 with long hair, this textured upstyle bun is to die for and can be worn on special celebrations such as a wedding.

#14: Long Curly Hair

This look was created by gently carving and slicing into the curl pattern of her long, naturally curly hair. This allows them to interlock, creating a seamless blend of layers that give volume and life to her long hair! It’s very low maintenance yet very stylish and flattering to her face shape. This long haircut would work well with anyone who wants to embrace their natural curls.

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#15: Greying Long Hair for Older Women

This is a very natural and soft long hairstyle for women over 50. The long hair here features all-natural color with a bright white splash in the front! This long hairstyle is good for older women who have been wearing their natural silver color. It’s very hard to achieve this effect artificially.

Going from coloring to natural gray is a process for older women but once it’s natural, it’s much less maintenance. Long hairstyles like this are low maintenance with soft layers and medium length and grow out nicely. The soft long bangs that emphasize the white in front.

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#16: Long Thick Hair

This medium-long layered hairstyle is almost universally flattering on any face shape and works well on women over 50 with a thicker hair type! It works so well with rich, dimensional hair color and can be styled in a variety of ways. This is a great length for active women over 50 because it can all be pulled into a bun or ponytail when needed.

Long wavy hairstyle for woman over 50
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#17: Long Wavy Hair

This long haircut is for the Beachy Balayage Babe. It’s a beautiful, lived-in light brunette that will make you look like you’ve been at the beach all summer chillin’ and catching those rays. This long hairstyle is natural, which makes it lower maintenance for older women who get highlights 3-4 times a year. (Some get highlights 1-2 times per year!)

This sun-kissed look can be achieved on most hair types and colors as long as the highlights stay within three levels of your natural color. On long hair the color really pops and shows the perfect combination. If you’re a dark brunette, these highlights may not look as lived-in and natural as a lighter brunette shade would.

#18: Long Thin Hair

This haircut for long hair is awesome if you still have healthy, thicker, or simply denser hair. Just because older women are over 50, they do not need to chop off all that long hair. The hair color features a full, highly packed highlights and toned to a silver/white to match!

#19: Fancy Updo

In case you miss the old days, you can always pull off this fancy updo for long hair inspired by a 1920s ball. With curls and volume, you’ll be the most sophisticated fifty-year-old woman of the night. For a touch of youthfulness, add bright red highlights on your mahogany balayage locks.