- Women's cut
- Medium
- Soft
- Clean & classic
Side-swept fringe with layers
A medium, soft and classic women's cut with 4–8 in (10–20.5 cm) on top and a fringe, finished with a rounded neckline.
Also asked for as: side bangs, side swept fringe, side swept bangs, deep side part layers
- Top
- 4–8 in (10–20.5 cm)
- Best on
- 1A–3A
- Recut
- 6–8 wks
- Styling
- 5 min
Traditionally suggested for
Round and square faces (Milady: a diagonal adds height), a crooked nose, close-set eyes, a high forehead.
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 close-set eyes.Stylist convention
- Scores higher if you have wide-set eyes.Stylist convention
- Scores higher if you have a high forehead.Stylist convention
- Scores higher if you have a front cowlick.Barber consensus
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: Near universal.
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
“Deep diagonal part; long side-swept fringe blending into layers.”
- Sides
- Layers blending from the fringe
- Top
- 4–8 in (10–20.5 cm)
- Fringe
- Long and side-swept from a deep diagonal part
- Neckline
- Rounded
- Technique
- Deep diagonal part; fringe blended into the layers
- Product
- Light cream
- Recut
- Every 6–8 weeks
Upkeep and yearly cost
Priced at $30 a cut. Your results use your own local price.
- Trim every
- 6–8 weeks
- Per year
- 7–9 cuts a year, about $210–$270 at $30 a cut
- Daily styling
- 5 min a day
- Product
- Light product
- Heat tools
- Not needed
Proportions, by face shape
Where the side-swept fringe with layers places in our engine’s geometry-only top 10 for a textbook face of each shape. Proportions are the smallest part of a real score; your hair counts for more.
Related cuts
- Lob (long bob)Medium · 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 side-swept fringe with layers 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.
Check it on my face