Everywhere you look, choppy,shaggy cutsare dominatingbeauty trends.

But what if you don’t want to hack away at your hair?

That’s where ghost layers come in.

Ghost Layers Are the Subtle Way to Create Movement in Thin Hair

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Thick-haired girls can go to town with layers, and still emerge with a full head of hair.

For someone like myself who has finer hair, a layered cut can fill you with dread.

But remember, thin hair can look even thinner with layers.

So what are ghost layers?

Picture that effortless, Parisian-chic hair.

It means going easy with the scissors and opting for longer, lightweight layers woven skillfully through strands.

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Caramel ghost layers

Pretty highlights help create the illusion of even more movement in long ghost-layered hair.

This story originally appeared onGlamourUK.