The Mushroom Bob Is Here To Give Your Short Hair A Trendy Flare

Here we are again, having impulsively chopped our hair into a trendy bob and not knowing how to style it. But please don't start regretting your choices now; we promise we have a solution just as trendy and cute as your hair length. The truth is that they don't tell you how hard it is to style a bob before you have it — it can be so much harder than styling long hair — so you walk away thinking you'll wake up with perfect hair daily. The truth? You have to work for it. And sometimes, the work is as simple as creating a flattering mushroom bob for yourself.

A mushroom bob doesn't just have the cutest name of any recent hairstyle we can think of, but it's also a stunning way to style any bob (yes, even the slightly grown-out lob haircuts). This trendy new hairstyle recently seen on Megan Fox creates a mushroom shape that gives volume and body to any bland bob, which means that it's flattering on any face shape. And the beauty is this look isn't in the cut, but in the styling, so anyone can recreate it at home. 

The mushroom bob gets its quirky name from its shape, which resembles a mushroom head on the wearer's hair. It is a simple yet stylish hairstyle that requires little effort and not a lot of time. Celebrity hairstylist Alicia Dobson describes this bob to Woman & Home as a "low-maintenance, easy-to-style bob which helps you to look glam and put-together with minimal effort." In other words, it's our dream hairstyle.

The secret to a cool-girl, effortless-looking mushroom bob is to leave your roots untouched. Not only is this healthier for the hair, since it leaves a significant amount of hair unaffected by your heat tool of choice, but it also creates that fun, flirty fungi shape we're looking for. Plus, this approach makes the hairstyle seem relaxed and almost accidental — like you did, in fact, roll out of bed with perfectly messy, voluminous hair. And don't we all want to create that illusion? If you're still not sold, the steps you can follow to achieve the look are quite easy to master.

This form of styling a bob is suitable for all bob lengths, from longer pixy cuts to lob-length (shoulder-length) bobs, as long as it points inwards rather than flaring out at the tips. The methods for achieving it vary and are up to the wearer — heat or no heat, the results should be the same.

For the popular, and quicker, approach, you'll want to use a heat tool. Whether you use a traditional blow drier with a round brush or a heated round brush, you should begin the process of curling the hair from your mid-lengths, not higher. For this look, all the volume should be concentrated at the bottom for that mushroom-like flair. With your round brush, roll your hair pieces down and curve them inwards at the tips.

And for those who want a heatless version of this hairstyle, hair rollers (velcro ones work best) deliver the same results. While this approach might take longer — we recommend leaving your rollers in for at least 15 minutes, if not longer, as you get ready — they will deliver the big, bouncy hair of your dreams. Curl your rollers tightly from the ends of your hair to the mid-lengths and pin them into place. Once done, set with spray and flounce away!