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If we talk about

haircuts after 50,

things have changed a lot in a very short time.

Long before 50 were the new 40 - following the saying that Thursdays were the new Fridays that was popular at least in the university days of the 2000s -, in my house - and not only -, there was a lot of saying about that "from 40 and up, don't get your belly wet."

Prudence, calm and temperance

as the years go by, wow.

And the 'thorny' issue of haircuts was not far behind in terms of discretion and moderation.

Who has not had a grandmother, or both, or aunts whom he has not known with long hair, but with

discreet short hair,

more or less combed depending on the decade.

It seemed that having long hair after reaching an age was almost a capital sin.

Be careful, this belief is not that old.

In 2020, designer

Carolina Herrera,

the epitome of elegance, made some statements that may not have been the most accurate of her career.

In them she suggested that, if you are over thirty, you cannot wear miniskirts, jeans and bikinis or, for that matter,

long hair.

Julia Roberts, long hair and bangsGTRES

Julia Roberts and other celebrities with long haircuts past 50

Celebrities aged 50 or over have not paid much attention to the designer, starting with

Queen Letizia

who, despite having just shortened her hair, has worn it extra long after half a century.

As hairdresser

Juandiegoteo explains well,

"long hair is flattering, but

you have to take care of it

to make it look good."

He admits that many women over 40 or 50 prefer to cut it, and there is a reason: "short hair frames the face well and has that optical effect of

pulling up the features,

as if it were a facelift."

Jennifer Lopez, layers and 70s style curtain bangs.GTRES

Premises aside, and because rules are meant to be broken, Juandigoteo supports XXL hair on women of all ages, even over 50, especially those with round faces.

"On those types of faces,

it is perfect for highlighting her features."

Julia Roberts

(56) does not leave her

, who although not so long ago flirted with

a long bob,

has returned, not in a curly and leonine version like the one that made her famous in

'Pretty Woman'

in the 90s, but

long ,

after all.

She dresses it up with

Birkin-style bangs,

with a French aftertaste, which is so popular this year.

Straight brunette hair on Demi MooreGTRES

Another famous person with long hair, whoever is over 50, is

Jennifer Lopez

(54), who 'refreshes' her this 2024 now with

long, open bangs,

with a seventies feel - nostalgia for the 70s is on the edge of the trend -, Pray with butterfly-style layers that give fluidity and movement to long hair.

It is precisely the layers, which give volume and body, as Juandiegoteo confirms, which helps a very long length to be flattering and

not add years.

The hairdresser also accepts ultra-straight hair parted in the middle

after 50 ,

very much in the style of Demi Moore (61).

Of course, she insists a lot that the fundamental thing about XXL hair after 50, and always, is that

it is healthy and cared for.

Queen Letizia and her long bob clavicutGTRES

Midi haircuts that Queen Letizia and other celebrities are wearing this year

Many celebrities want

the versatility of

midi haircuts for themselves.

You don't have to go very far and cross borders to realize that it is a fact confirmed this year, medium-length hair has already conquered two of the Spanish women with the most international projection, Queen

Letizia

and

Penélope Cruz

(at the gates of turning 50 in April), premiering in 2024.

Penélope Cruz and her new bob.GTRES

Regarding midi haircuts,

Aura Serras,

director of

RevitaLash Cosmetics,

comments that "they are very versatile styles that adapt perfectly to everyone."

Within the mini menu, there are more classic options and others that are more groundbreaking.

Among the first, those of the Queen and Cross, different from each other.

The actress wears an

Italian-style

bob that appears to be a wild card, because it can be worn combed and with volume, like the

diva of Italian cinema from the 60s,

or straight and parted in the middle, in a more contemporary version, as the interpreter showed at the

Chanel show.

María Baras, from Cheska,

says about this style of bob ,

that it is

a straight cut,

more 'cap', with a single line, perfect for fine hair because it gives a

sensation of volume,"

she describes. We also know it as a blunt bob.

Queen Letizia's is a

long bob in a clavicle version,

a type of cut that

gives volume

regardless of the length, but the important thing, as

Carlos Fernández,

from

Franck Provost, says,

is that "it does not exceed the clavicle since it is a standard size,

neither too short nor too long,

perfect for those who do not dare to cut it shorter or even leave it longer.

Long layered bob by Cate BlanchettGTRES

Cate Blanchett

(54) moves along those same lines

, who decorates her long bob with

front layers

that frame her features.

Jennifer Aniston's Layered or Radical Midi Haircuts (and More)

Other celebrities refer to layers in their midi haircuts this year.

Jennifer Aniston, without going any further, premiered the year at the

Golden Globes

with a textbook comeback

to 'Rachel',

the haircut worn by her character in 'Friends' that everyone envied and requested (we requested) in the hair salons in the 90s.

Jennifer Aniston has returned to 'Rachel'GTRES

The 'original' cut was

a shag

that broke the mold, due to its length and layers.

A cut that, by the way, even Bella Hadid

has worn in recent years ,

because in the last three years it has been the nineties hair styles that have been in constant revival.

Today Aniston repeats, with less accentuated layers, yes.

Jodie Foster's weathered cutGTRES

Jodie Foster

(61), following in the wake of her character in the recently completed 'True Detective: Polar Night', wears the layers of her midi hair so marked that it is almost, almost a

mullet,

a hybrid that is now called

a mixie.

Marion Cotillard's mixieGTRES

Mixie is also the cut that Marion Cotillard

wore a little over a week ago ,

who is not 50, but almost (48).

The rocker inspiration of the 80s is reinvented by the French woman with many layers, gradients and open eyebrow-length bangs.

The multiple layers generate

that feathery, volatile and light effect,

which updates the look.

Of curls and pixies, other cuts of celebrities over 50 in 2024

The fact that in 2024 all haircuts are valid at all ages does not mean that

short hair

will disappear after 50.

Sharon Stone

(65) is living proof of this and

an inspiring muse.

Sharon Stone, faithful to the pixieLAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT

The pixie

is a cut that adapts wonderfully to the faces of women over 50 because it has an infinite number of possibilities, with layers, without layers, giving it volume and even with bangs.

"A perfect bet for this cut is

the tousled style under control

that manages to give a very youthful air to the look," highlights

Aura Serras.

Pixies today, Stone is the proof, cut themselves more and

more modernized

(nothing to do with those short bob haircuts of grandmothers...).

Curly hair somewhat weathered on Andie MacDowellGTRES

And if anything goes...

the curls

too.

We referred

Andie MacDowell,

it couldn't be any other way.

The 65-year-old actress has freshened up her long hair, shortening it into a long bob and layering it.

Something that is the order of the day, "curly shags, with and without bangs, are a smart way to

create personalized volume

and wear our curls with style," confirms

Charo García,

from

Ilitia Beauty & Science

(Balmaseda, Vizcaya ).

That you can't wear long hair beyond 30?

Well, at 50, short and long,

famous people inspire

and show that anything is possible.

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