- Women's cut
- Medium
- Clean & classic
- Soft
Lob (long bob)
A medium, classic and soft women's cut with 10–12 in (25.5–30.5 cm) on top, finished with a blocked neckline.
Also asked for as: long bob, lob haircut, collarbone length hair, shoulder length bob
- Top
- 10–12 in (25.5–30.5 cm)
- Best on
- 1A–3A
- Recut
- 8–10 wks
- Styling
- 5–10 min
Traditionally suggested for
Near universal; round faces (length below the chin), square faces (curved ends), a large chin.
Stylist convention
Who it fits
Hair comes first: these decide whether the shape can hold.
- Best on 1A–3A hair (straight, wavy and curly).Hair physics
- Any density.Hair physics
- Holds up through a Norwood 2 hairline.Barber consensus
- Scores higher if you have a square jaw.Stylist convention
Who should skip it
Any one of these moves it down your list, or off it.
- 3B–4C hair (curly and coily): the shape depends on a texture it can't hold, so we rule it out.Hair physics
- A hairline past Norwood 2: at stage 3 it's shown with a caveat; beyond that we hide it.Barber consensus
Barbers also flag: Few — a dependable middle ground.
What to tell your barber
The catalog spec, in barber terms. Your own card adjusts it: part side from your crown whorl, curl notes for your texture, and a QR code your barber can open.
Read this to your barber
“Collarbone length; blunt or light long layers; bevel the ends under or out.”
- Sides
- Collarbone length
- Top
- 10–12 in (25.5–30.5 cm)
- Neckline
- Blocked (squared-off line)
- Technique
- Blunt or light long layers; bevel the ends under or out
- Product
- Smoothing cream or texture spray
- Recut
- Every 8–10 weeks
Upkeep and yearly cost
Priced at $30 a cut. Your results use your own local price.
- Trim every
- 8–10 weeks
- Per year
- 5–7 cuts a year, about $150–$210 at $30 a cut
- Daily styling
- 5–10 min a day
- Product
- Light product
- Heat tools
- Not needed
Proportions, by face shape
Where the lob (long bob) places in our engine’s geometry-only top 10 for a textbook face of each shape: a top-3 pick for oval. Proportions are the smallest part of a real score; your hair counts for more.
Related cuts
- Side-swept fringe with layersMedium · 1A–3A
- Curtain-bang layered cutMedium · 1B–2C
- Blunt full fringe (add-on)Medium · 1A–2A
- Curly rounded cut (Deva-style)Medium · 3A–3C
See the lob (long bob) on your own face before you sit down.
Free analysis first. Previews only change your hair, and if one doesn’t look like you, the redo is free.
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