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5 low maintenance postpartum hairstyles for women

After being blessed with luxurious shine, full body, and fast growing hair during pregnancy due to new hormones, it can be tempting to cut it all off after delivery. After having your baby, your hair can become dull and break or fall out around 3 months due to hormonal changes and beyond that, you will want to get a new hairstyle that matches the new woman that you are! A new style can renew your life and restore some self-confidence as you navigate your new role and learn how to stay pampered and feel good about combining responsibilities. Many postpartum minds prefer a shortcut, do it quickly and impulsively, and then regret it while they wait, what seems like forever, for their hair to grow back. While shortening it may give you the short-term satisfaction you desperately want after delivery, consider some of these low-maintenance salon services that can give you the makeover you’re looking for.

An Asymmetrical Medium Length Bob
This haircut is edgy and amazing! It is usually cut further to the right at the shoulder, while the other side measures 2-3 inches beyond, but can be modified longer and has the same cool, modern effect. You can further personalize this by adding a fun peek-a-boo color underneath or dye it all a rich color and just box-dye your roots at home when they grow up. This cut can still be long enough to fit into a ponytail or go behind the ear and these two staining options ensure that you won’t need to be in the salon frequently to maintain your color.

Long Ombre or Balayage Hair
This popular celebrity look is for those who appreciate their length and want to look different without compromising on a haircut. Because your tips are bleached to look tanned from the sun and your roots remain intact, this type of color requires virtually no in-salon maintenance once it’s done. Many have had success doing it themselves with comprehensive YouTube tutorials and specifically with Revlon’s Frost ‘N Glow kits. It’s a low-risk change that reflects a cheerful, fun, and young mother, even if she’s been locked up during her maternity leave.

Medium length body wave standing
Best seen on Julianne Hough, cutting your hair to a medium length and perming it with a subtle wave can give you a fun, sexy, and tousled look. This is very low maintenance, just use a little leave-in conditioner and squeeze a little, air or blow dry and voila.

Bring back “The Rachel”
It is at that time, the 90s will return around the corner. Rachel was made famous by the character of Jennifer Aniston on the hit show Friends. It’s a layered haircut that frames the face and adds a lot of body to your hair, especially when teased with a cute headband or when you “blow it off” with a hair dryer and round brush. Style it in many ways or nothing! It can convey sophistication and maturity, if that’s the style you’re after. Create it with highlights!

Pastel dip dye
Pink for a girl or blue for a boy, take advantage of this low maintenance trend and celebrate your new bundle with this hairstyle! In both brunettes (bleach first) and blondes, a pale color “drenched” at the ends has been in fashion recently and many have had success trying it at home, such as the balayage style. If you can’t commit or want to try it first, find a good semi-permanent dye or try hair chalk.

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