Messy bob hairstyles are incredibly stylish, practical, in-vogue, and simple to maintain. All you have to do is choose the best hair product for your particular hair type and achieve a cute bob haircut. Naturally curly hair is a dead giveaway for an untidy bob. However, there are ways to get the trendy messy texture even if your hair is straight. For fans of messy bobs, check out these 60 awesome options!

Are you unsure about how to wear a messy bob? You can learn all about messy bobs and lobs for various hair types and textures from the examples below, along with some styling advice. Plan your next stylish bob cut or adorable messy bob hairdo by getting inspired!

Shaggy Medium Length Bob

This shaggy medium-length bob with disconnected ends exudes a carefree vibe, perfect for a casual, just-rolled-out-of-bed look. Enhancing the style with an interesting hair color can take it to the next level. Subtle ombre highlights are a great way to add depth and dimension.

Choppy Balayage Bob with Bangs

The choppy layers of this medium-length bob blend seamlessly with the long side bangs, creating a cohesive and stylish look. The metallic copper balayage highlights scattered throughout add a touch of sophistication and harmonize the overall appearance.

Peachy Hair with Side Bangs

Achieve a trendy bedhead hairstyle that’s slightly imperfect yet maintains its rounded bob shape. A bit of backcombing can boost volume for that effortless feel. Choose a sophisticated hair color to elevate your style further.

Sliced Caramel Bob with Blonde Babylights

A caramel bob stands out in a sea of blondes and brunettes, offering a unique twist on the classic bob cut. Strategic babylights throughout the hair add texture and dimension without the need for daily styling.

Flipped and Shaggy Cut

This layered bob features both volume and movement, with the bottom layers carved out using a razor for wispy ends. A round brush helps achieve those light flips at the ends, making this cut ideal for thick hair, as it reduces bulk with expertly done layers.

Disheveled Sliced Blonde Lob

The sun-bleached waves of this messy long bob offer a sporty and natural look. Grazing the shoulders at a comfortable medium length, the wispy layers add texture, while sliced ends keep the cut looking healthy and carefree.

Messy Bob with Textured Waves and Babylights

A messy bob with fringe doesn’t have to look juvenile. Jaw-length combover bangs and a deep side part frame the face, adding a romantic touch. Blonde babylights enhance each twisty curl, making them shimmer.

Sliced Bob With Textured Ends

The playful, effortless waves of this choppy bob, with its disconnected ends, create a carefree look. Tousle the top and finger comb the curly tresses to add volume and movement, while the bright blonde balayage keeps the hair looking healthy and shiny.

Brunette Bob with Feathered Layers

Feathered layers in a longer bob give a natural and casual look. It’s ideal for busy moms as it requires less precise styling than a blunt bob. This cut works well for fine or thinning hair, with the wavy texture adding volume.

Razored Brunette Balayage Bob

A bob with razor-thinned ends offers a sharp and edgy look, perfect for messy hairstyles. Delicate balayage adds color variety and interest. The dark brown and chocolate color combo is a timeless choice.

Chocolate Brown Razored Shag

Curly, shaggy locks look even better in a messy bob haircut with bangs. The uneven, face-framing waves give off a tomboyish vibe and are easy to style. The neutral brown color flatters most women.

Messy Chin Length Bob with Bangs

For a chic, undone vibe, tousle curled hair with your fingertips to create a messy look. Adding an intriguing hair color and curtain bangs enhances the effortless yet edgy style.

Platinum Blonde Frizzy Bob

Bobs styled with messy waves or beachy curls are common, but embracing natural frizz can also create a sexy, effortless look. Letting your bob air dry can enhance its natural texture.

Chopped Tousled Honey Blonde Lob

A slightly disheveled, carefree texture is key to a fun and relaxed messy bob. Keep the ends straight and use a curling iron to create loose curls, then separate them with your fingers for a natural finish.

Brunette Bob with Face-Framing Balayage

A long bob with choppy ends is a great medium-length haircut for thick hair. Barely-there waves done with a straightener flatter the silhouette and natural texture of thick hair.

Messy Choppy Bob Hairstyle

Hairstylist Ana Maria enhanced this blonde bob with babylights, adding dimension and depth to the choppy layers. These delicate highlights work wonders on straight hair.

Messy Inverted Bob in Vanilla Blonde

Stylist Romeu Felipe added a messy twist to this inverted bob with wispy layers. Tousle them for the perfect messy bob vibe. Thin hair will look pro-styled with this cut.

Choppy Angled Dark Brown Bob

A razored bob offers an edgier take on the classic cut. Choppy layers, whether done with a razor or shears, create a playful look. Keep it shorter in the back and longer in the front for a bold style.

Choppy Bob with Chunky Texture

Carolynn, a short hair expert, added texture and volume to this choppy bob with chunky layers. This creates the appearance of dense hair while maintaining movement and body.

Short Side-Parted Blonde Shag

A side part can enhance a messy bob, adding extra flair. Use a texturizing pomade to mold piecey, shattered waves, and embrace the side part for a faux side bang.

Shaggy Messy Lob with Razored Layers

A shaggy lob with a middle part is a versatile, low-maintenance hairstyle. It slims a full face, softens jaw angles of a square face, and adds volume to balance a long face. Light blonde front pieces brighten the complexion.

Cute Chopped Caramel Blonde Bob

This traditional messy bob features a straight cut at the front and shorter angled layers in the back. It’s a practical, wearable style suitable for all hair types and is perfect for a wake-up-and-go look.

Bronde Balayage Bob with Shaggy Waves

Balayage highlights can transform thick hair by adding brightness. Pairing highlights with beachy waves creates a tousled, vibrant look.

Messy Bob with Elongated Front Pieces

Experiment with lengths, colors, and finishes for a unique bob. The smooth, baby-soft locks of this bronde cutie are alluring and feminine, making the messy bob a standout choice.

High Contrast Textured Messy Bob

The combination of black roots and blonde textured lengths adds a unique, grunge touch to this short messy bob. Graduated colors and choppy ends provide an urban edge, and a side part with strands tucked behind one ear softens the cut’s sharpness.

Medium Disheveled Hairstyle for Wavy Hair

Messy bob hairstyles suit naturally wavy hair, as the styling is built-in. Short layers and side-swept bangs add bounce and ease of styling.

Dimensional Wavy Textured Bob

Messy bob hairstyles don’t have to look sloppy. A gentle flared silhouette with chin-length layers and loose waves offers a youthful, manageable hairstyle that can be accessorized.

Choppy Slanted Blonde Bob Hairstyle

A messy bob with a slanted shape, shorter at the nape and longer at the front, creates a rocker-chic look. Platinum blonde color with dark roots adds a cool edge reminiscent of Christina Aguilera’s Dirrty era.

Inverted Bob with Long Wispy Layers

An uneven layered cut creates an edgy bob. Super-short layers in the back add volume, while the length towards the front flatters the face. Shorter front pieces provide a cute, face-framing finish.

Messy Bob with Blonde Balayage

Balayage enhances a chic messy bob. Embrace slightly wavy hair and let loose waves take center stage with a perfect tuck for effortless glam.

Brunette Bob with V-cut Layers and Babylights

V-cut layers distinguish a disconnected bob from traditional shapes. Face-framing pieces and shorter back sections mimic a V shape. Emphasize babylights with waves, leaving the ends straight to maintain the cut’s shape.

Choppy Wavy Bob for Thick Hair

A straight-across super short messy bob suits thick hair, holding shape without looking flat. A dirty blonde shade with dark roots and platinum tips enhances the style’s shaggy-chic vibes.

Shoulder Length Waves

A long messy bob offers versatility, allowing for various updos and a free-flowing hairstyle. Balayage adds depth to this charming look.

Sun-Kissed Wavy Lob

Light waves and messy texture pair well for a natural look. Sun-kissed balayage enhances the texture, with waves grazing the collarbone for a softly framed face.

Disconnected Blonde Bob with Platinum Highlights

A wavy texture and buttery blonde color with bright highlights create a refreshing, modern bob. This cut would suit Marilyn Monroe’s present-day style.

Cropped Layered Cut

Shorter hairstyles don’t have to be extreme. Pair a straight-across cut with bangs and wispy V-layers. Platinum blonde with darker roots creates a unique, customized look.

Edgy Hairstyle with Purple and Grey

Metallic makeup and clothing trends translate well to short messy haircuts. Dark brown, purple, and grey shades create an edgy, runway-inspired look.

Medium Hairstyle with Loose Waves

This brown blonde bob is modern and chic, with a medium shaggy cut as the base. Choose a hair color you love and style loose waves for a fresh look. Blending ombre and balayage can enhance the style.

Textured Bob with Bangs

Layers and the right bob length guarantee beautiful texture with minimal daily styling. This haircut works well for both fine and thick hair. Bangs complement the cut harmoniously.

Short Cut with Two-Tier Layers

Layers and color nuances define this short messy hair. Gentle, sweeping highlights across the crown and tips, combined with wispy layers, add volume. A texturizing mist and light hold hair spray create an unkempt yet sexy appearance.

Messy Layered Bob

Choppy layers can be rough and chunky or delicate and finely chopped, depending on your facial features and hair type. These hairstyles can be softened with highlights and tousled waves, maintaining an edgy vibe.

Blunt Chin Length Cut

This daring bob is ideal for those who love to make a bold impression. Best suited for fine to medium-textured hair, this style gives fine hair a thicker appearance due to its single-length cut. To achieve the messy, disheveled texture, use a styling putty or hair wax.

Messy Lob with Lightened Ends

A longer messy bob offers versatility, allowing you to experiment with various hairstyles, including updos. For a quick and attractive look, let your hair flow freely as shown in the photo—perfect for those times when you need a stylish option with minimal effort.

Dark Chocolate Waves

A blunt bob doesn’t always have to look perfectly neat. Slight waves, like the ones in this messy bob, provide a relaxed, casual feel. To recreate this look, use a flat iron to add a slight bend to your hair, giving it an easy-going vibe.

Shag with Highlighted Layers

A messy bob with layers is naturally easy to style since the layered ends create natural flicks. To enhance these flicks and add depth, consider a balayage in caramel, dark blonde, or light brown hues on dark brown hair.

Ash Brown Wispy Bob

While messy waves can sometimes appear rough, a wispy bob with tousled waves offers a traditionally feminine and soft look. Upgrade this classic style with a trendy hair color, such as silver blonde or light ash brown, for a fresh twist.

Multi-Tonal Wavy Hair

Every girl with medium-length hair dreams of having a gorgeous wavy brown blonde bob like this. It’s a harmonious style featuring bouncy waves and smooth transitions of hair colors that look natural and visually appealing.

Highlighted Lob for Thin Hair

This long shag style is suitable for fine and medium-textured hair. Use a texturizer and avoid combing to maintain the natural pattern of each lock. The messy look has never been so attractive! For more visual volume, subtle balayage is the key.

Modern Teased Hairstyle

Unlike the perfectly smooth teased bobs of the past, today’s teased bob embraces a pointedly messy and imperfect texture. This modern take looks best with a shaped haircut, such as a cute rounded bob, adding character to the style.

Shaggy Bob with Razored Layers

To avoid a medium-length bob looking too traditional, make it shaggy and effortless. Apply a salt spray to the piece-y layers to rough up the look without creating defined curls. Consider classic straight-across bangs for contrast.

Disheveled Angled Blonde Bob

While bobs are often seen as carefree and messy, adding elegant curls can provide a polished look. A slightly disheveled finish keeps the style from appearing overly done. The angled cut combined with traditional waves is perfect for special events or work.

Choppy Chin-Length Bob

A short messy bob is easy to style and maintain with the right products. Despite its seemingly chaotic texture with uneven ends, this style has a clearly defined and highly appealing silhouette.

Shaggy Mid-Length Cut

Shaggy ends combined with soft waves create a winning hairstyle. Use a curling iron or straightener to add random loose waves, leaving the ends straight for a fringy finish. Honey-colored balayage highlights will add extra charm to this look.

Short Shaggy White Blonde Bob

Layered bright blonde waves reminiscent of Christina Aguilera’s bob offer a striking style. The face-framing waves are lightly textured, adding body and creating a thick, voluminous bob that looks healthy and vibrant.

A-Line with Highlights

Angled bob haircuts are universally flattering for most face shapes and hair textures, offering a mix of polished and edgy. Use a volumizing mousse before drying and style 1” sections with a straightening iron, finishing with a light hold hairspray for this look.

Purple Bob for Brunettes

If you’re intrigued by bright, pastel bob hairstyles but hesitant to commit, dark violet tresses are a great alternative. Less intense under natural lighting than lavender, this bold color makes a statement in a more subtle way.

Beachy Grey Medium Cut

Grey might seem an unusual choice for messy bob hairstyles, but it’s becoming a popular trend thanks to beauty bloggers and celebrities. Mix blonde and brown shades for a more natural appearance that complements the grey.

Tousled Bob with Platinum Highlights

This cut and color are the epitome of #beachhairgoals. To achieve this look, add gentle highlights throughout with a focus on the front. Alternate between larger and smaller waves for a natural, slightly undone finish.

Classic Bob with Gentle Waves

Short hair doesn’t always have to be paired with bold colors and textures. This casual short haircut offers an effortless, classically understated look that’s low maintenance. Straighten small sections of hair to create gentle waves and finish with setting spray.

Chocolate Brown Messy Wavy Lob

A long bob, or lob, is a great choice if you’re trying short hair for the first time. This shoulder-length style is as versatile as longer hair, allowing for simple waves or more elaborate styles like braids, buns, and ponytails.