9 winter hair trends to jump on in 2025

The Pineapple

The trouble with party season is that you can have the best intentions to do the most glam hair and makeup looks, but when the time comes around, you’ve only got a few minutes to do your beauty before rushing out the door. If only there was a hairstyle that gives high glamour with low effort. Enter: the Pineapple.

Taking its name from the fruit, this winter hair trend brings all the volume up, with extra tousled texture added for a more effortless look. “The Pineapple is consistently a good look to go for and easily the most popular look to wear at the gym, the club, to work – literally anywhere,” says Michael Kent, manager and stylist at Blue Tit Brixton. “It looks bomb and shows off our beautiful faces more. I know it makes me look more snatched.”

“The best way to create the Pineapple yourself is to slick your hair back into a high ponytail and brush the roots to keep it smooth. I like to tie this off with elastics or two hair bands for extra strength,” Michael adds. “To refresh the curls on the top, spray some water to refresh and get a 10p-sized piece of curl priming cream and scrunch into your curls for moisture and definition.” To finish, pull some curls out to your taste and you’re good to go.

The Box bob

A winter hair trend close to Glamour’s heart, the soft Box bob first appeared on Tyla on her Women of the Year 2025 cover. Created by Yusef Williams, the style was a mix of intricate micro braids and soft, geometric shape courtesy of the bob.

“It’s a modern reinterpretation of the classic bob using textured hair at its full potential proving structure and texture can coexist beautifully,” Yusef explains. “I wanted to create a sculpted bob that felt powerful yet feminine, something that channels the timeless elegance of an African Queen such as Cleopatra.”

If Tyla’s gravity-defying style is slightly out of reach, the signature Box bob is also a great choice. “It’s clean, strong and sits around the jawline with a precise outline that instantly sharpens features,” says Curlsmith ambassador, and celebrity hairstylist Nicola Harrowell. “It’s less about the floaty French bob we've been seeing and more sculpted. People with curls are often nervous of a bob, but the key is to keep that structure without losing movement.”

To create the look yourself, Nicola says to “ask your stylist to retain some internal weight so it doesn’t puff out, and to refine the ends dry, curl by curl. The majority of your haircut should be done on dry hair to allow for the tighter and looser curls to land at the desired length once styled. It’s a low-effort look that feels instantly current.”

The Mouse cut

We already flagged the Mouse cut, since the chop looks set to lead the trends through 2025 and beyond. This winter hair trend follows in the footsteps of the animal chops that went before it (see also: wolf cut, fox cut, butterfly cut and kitty cut) but this cut majors on girl-next-door vibes.

It’s understated and unassuming, combining a lightly layered midi or long haircut with a cosy lash-skimming fringe. It’s a little shy, but a little flirty, too and it works across different styles (classic, glam, edgy) and different textures.

The ‘90s crop

Both Luke Hersheson, celebrity hair stylist and CEO at Hershesons salon and Tom Smith, top hair stylist and trend forecaster, predict we’ll be seeing length kick up with a shorter crop in winter. “We’re in a shorter hair era. I’m seeing a lot of styles that are between a shag and a pixie,” says Luke.

“That noughties, slightly piecey kind of haircut will become more of a thing. It’s kind of a bob-ish length, but it’s like a really grown out pixie, it’s elfin-y. For references, Florence Pugh and Iris Law are both wearing this really well. It’s slightly flicky, tufty and piecey,” he adds. As for styling, “Embracing natural and air-dried textures will be really important with this. This haircut works brilliantly on an air dried texture as opposed to feeling too blow dried or tonged,” says Luke.

Meanwhile, Tom has seen lots of slick inspo coming through on runways and red carpets recently, which he dubs the ‘60s La Dolce Vita crop. It’s “a softly androgynous and power-signalling style. Swept strictly off the face or softly tousled this look is strong yet un-fussy," he says, adding it’s “ideal for a practical and business-like look for those wanting to be taken seriously, or softened and combined with a statement earring for a more high-fashion look.”

Boho lengths

Not tempted by a major trim this winter hair trend? “On the other end of the scale, you’ve got long, long boho hair,” says Luke.

“Sienna Miller is a good reference. I think more like ‘no hair’ hair: so still an emphasis on some face framing, but with softer, fluid ends that have some gentle movement through them. It’s very ethereal, but it doesn’t look over-worked. The texture still feels very cool-girl,” he says.

In terms of what to ask your hair stylist, “cut-wise it has very subtle face-framing and invisible layers with a razor cut on the edges, so that nothing feels too ‘done’,” explains Luke.

Crown curls

For curly girls, Tom says crown curls offer up some delicious winter hair inspo, evolving from his autumn prediction of “cloud curls” which were more stretched and ethereal. “Crown curls are a bit stronger and more solid. They’ve got much more of that kind of regal, strong, powerful quality to them,” he says. “The common theme is that curved silhouette and the height and width,” he adds.

As for tailoring it to you, “it’s super versatile for different textures and face shapes. This style can be adjusted to suit a variety of face shapes by lifting all the hair away from the face, or retaining some softness and face framing. If you feel your face is longer, focus on volume from the width of the silhouette, while if you feel your face is shorter or wider, ensure maximum volume on the top. All types of curly and coily hair can achieve this look,” he says.

Product-wise, “there have been some really exciting innovations, particularly in the curly and textured hair space this year. The Olaplex Bond Shaper is a new pro innovation [find your nearest salon] which repairs the hair and re-links the disulphide bonds, specifically in curly hair and textured hair, to enhance, regulate and beautify that natural curl pattern in a way that gives health to the hair. I think it's really exciting that we're seeing major innovation, particularly in the curly and textured hair space,” he says.

For at-home styling, “shake out your hair once air dried (or blow-dried with the help of a diffuser) and comb and pat into place. For looser curl types, add a volumising texture spray such as Sam McKnight Texture Spray, or a styling powder such as evo Haze. For tighter textures, use curl creams [like Moroccanoil Intense Curl Cream] and shine serums [like Color Wow Pop + Lock] to add a layer of hydration and gloss without fear of losing volume,” says Tom.

The chunky kick bob

Of course we couldn’t do a 2025 winter hair trends round-up with only a single bob mention. For winter, the chunky bob is another fave. “I still think chunky bobs feel really relevant – where it’s chunky at the bottom with no wispy edges,” muses Luke.

The pros? “It gives a volume at the ends without feeling too triangular, and you see lots of the neck,” says Luke, which is always subtly sexy. “Gigi Hadid is a really great example of this,” says Luke, as is The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri. In terms of styling, “the thing that makes it modern is when you pair it with a natural texture. What makes this hair great, is the slight kick-out on the ends, but it's still got that kind of heaviness to it. There’s the cut, and there’s how you style it,” says Luke. “You can do things like slick it back and it starts to feel very contemporary,” he adds.

Tom is in full agreement, noting the popular continuation of the bell-bottom bob that’s headlined since spring. He points out that the flicky ends have previously been “a pain point for a lot of people” since hair has a natural affinity for flicking at bob length. “When this happens easily, we don’t want it, so people often fight against it,” he says. Now, though, “it’s being embraced as a chic statement,” says Tom.

High-low midi

For the in-betweeners of winter hair trends, a midi is a cute all-rounder that gives the best of short and long styles, but Luke cautions it's best to commit to a high or low midi.

“Midis work, as long as they’re not sat on the shoulders,” he says. “They’ve got to either be above the shoulders or they’ve got to be below the shoulders, because when they sit on the shoulders, they can feel a bit old-fashioned. The ends need to be quite chunky, with the emphasis on some face-framing around the front. Curtain bangs work really well with it,” he advises.