Updated by the AI Hairstyle team
Curtain Bangs Try On
Wondering how you would look with bangs? Upload a selfie and preview curtain bangs on your own face before anyone picks up the scissors. Each generation gives you 2 variations, so you can see how the fringe falls around your eyes and cheekbones.
What Are Curtain Bangs?
Curtain bangs are a fringe that parts in the center and falls to each side of the face, like a pair of curtains opening. They are usually longer and softer than a straight-across fringe, ending somewhere around the cheekbones, and they blend into the layers around your face.
Bangs are one of the most noticeable changes you can make with very little cutting, but they are also hard to undo until they grow out. That makes them one of the best things to preview: you can check whether a fringe suits your forehead, brows and glasses before you commit.
Living With Curtain Bangs
- Styling: a round brush or a quick blow-dry pushes them out to the sides; left to air-dry they fall straighter.
- Trims: the fringe grows into your eyes before the rest of your hair needs a cut, so plan for small fringe trims in between.
- Hair texture: wavy and curly hair can wear curtain bangs too, but they shrink and spring up as they dry, so ask for them to be cut a little longer.
- Growing out: because they part in the middle, they usually blend into face-framing layers as they grow.
What to Ask Your Stylist For
- Where they end: around the cheekbones, as in the preview, or a little longer if you want an easier first step.
- How they blend: into face-framing layers, or as a more separate fringe.
- Your texture: if your hair is wavy or curly, mention it, so they are cut with the spring in mind.
- Fringe trims: whether the salon offers quick fringe trims between full appointments.
It is usually easier to start a little longer: bangs can always be taken shorter at the next visit, but not the other way round.
Curtain Bangs Tips by Face Shape
Round face
Longer curtain bangs that end below the cheekbones draw the eye down and lengthen the face.
Oval face
Most fringe lengths work; choose based on how much of your forehead you want to show.
Square face
Soft, wispy ends that sweep past the temples soften a strong jaw and brow line.
Long face
A fuller fringe that starts a little higher shortens the look of a long face.
Curtain bangs are also part of the look in our wolf cut preview, if you want a bigger change around the face.
See Curtain Bangs on Your Own Photo
Each generation gives you 2 variations, and new accounts get 1 free generation. The button opens the generator with the curtain bangs already selected.
Try Curtain BangsCurtain Bangs Try On FAQs
What kind of bangs does the preview show?
The bangs preset shows center-parted curtain bangs: a fringe that splits in the middle and sweeps outward to frame the face around the cheekbones, with soft, wispy ends and face-framing layers.
Can I preview blunt bangs or side bangs instead?
Not at the moment: curtain bangs are the only bangs preset. They still show how a fringe changes your forehead and brow line, which is the main thing to check before any bangs.
Will the preview keep the rest of my hair the same?
The preset is aimed at the fringe and the layers around your face, but the AI redraws the hair as a whole, so the rest of your hair can change a little between variations. Compare both of the 2 variations and regenerate if you want more options.
Are curtain bangs a good first step before a bigger change?
Often, yes. Curtain bangs change how your face is framed without taking much length off, and because they part in the middle they tend to grow out into face-framing layers rather than an awkward short fringe.