7 Pixie and Short Natural Hairstyles to Help Beat the Heat This Summer

George Pimentel/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Beauty These are perfect for the very hot days ahead. by Jacquelyn Greenfield Updated: Feb. 20, 2024 Originally Published: July 1, 2021

Getting a dramatic haircut during the sweltering summer months could be just what you need to stay cool. Even better? It can even help set you up to get your healthiest hair yet. Up next, we found seven different natural hair looks to inspire your own big chop.

Courtesy of @renellaice Instagram Short Natural Styles: Frosted Cut If you’ve been thinking about getting a close-cut shave, go even a step more extreme with an icy dye job.

Courtesy of @dreamcutsbarberlounge Instagram Short Natural Styles: Tapered Mohawk Maybe it’s just the back of your head that needs to regrow. A cute tapered mohawk will give you all the early ’00s Rihanna vibes you desire.

Courtesy of @rebelmlk Short Natural Styles: Tight Bleached Fro Show off your tight natural curl pattern in a bleached close-cut fro.

Courtesy of @keke Instagram Short Natural Styles: Loose Curly Fro Although Keke Palmer shaved her head back in 2017, she’s rocking her naturals curls loose, short, and low this summer– and you can, too.

Courtesy of @karlatls Instagram Short Natural Styles: Finger Waves If you’re not opposed to tamping down your curls just a bit, a cute finger wave style is a glamorous throwback look to try.

Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis Entertainment/Getty Images Short Natural Styles: Shaggy Pixie Cut Zoë Kravitz is our forever pixie cut style icon. The classic, piecey close crop is perfect for your first pixie cut.

AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images Short Natural Styles: Colored Shave If you’re used to taking it all off with a full buzz, maybe it’s time to copy our friend Slick Woods and experiment with a neon color.

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