The era of the 1970s was the age of hippies, which means that most women are trying their best to look naturally as much as possible and keeping their locks as sleek, smooth and long as well. With this, the styles of poodle hair, pompadour and bouffant from the 1960s are out of styles already. When we say seventies hairstyles, it means that anything goes naturally. Compared to the 50s hairstyle, the 1970’s hairstyles are more pretty cool and time savers because women do not need to sleep with curlers, pin-ups and rollers to keep their hairdos in style. 1970’s hairstyles allow women to let down their silky hair and be carefree.

For women to create their desired natural look of the 1970’s hairstyle, they need to provide extra lengths on their hair since straightening irons are not yet in during that time. Apparently, most women in the 1970s were using a clothing iron to have that long luscious straight and smooth look on their hair.

Famous Hairstyles of the 1970s Era

The Afro hairstyle is one of the famous hairstyles of the 1970s era that can be worn both by men and women. This hairstyle had been an effective way in reinforcing the humans that beauty may come in various forms and shapes. Afro hairstyles of the 1970s are worn with tightly coiled hair where the hair texture would create a huge puff on the tops of the head with afro goodness.

1970’s hairstyles are famous for having weird look. And one of the weirdest look for these hairstyles is the disco wedge cut. Because of its weird look, most girls of the recent time would not prefer wearing it.

The super famous hairstyle of the “shag” of the 1970’s hairstyles still exists up to the recent time despite its little changes and updates, shag hairstyles are always in whatever era. The layered hairs of the shag hairstyles usually have a messy look. Another famous hairstyle of the 1970s era is the mullet, which can also be worn by men and women. Mullet hairstyle usually has short hairs on the sides and a longer back.

For the younger teens and kids of the 1970s era, the page boy hairstyle is the most suitable one. This hairstyle has curls at the under back of the hair going up to the neck. Same curls are also given on the sides and on the bangs. The bangs are being fluffed up as finishing touches.

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