20 Ways to Style Your Hair While Growing It Out

We love a dramatic hair transformation. Anytime someone with long locks surprises us with a blunt bob it inspires a sort of jaw-dropping moment as we think if we'd have the courage to make such a drastic change. This rings especially true if someone decides to cut their hair into a pixie. While we love bearing witness to a big chop, we also sympathize with the annoying phase as people try to decipher how to style their hair while growing it out.

We get it. It doesn't seem like a lot is possible if you're growing out your buzz cut and have an inch and a half of hair to play with. Or even if you're transitioning from a French bob to a longer lob. Thankfully though, there are a lot of styling tips that pros swear by to get their clients through the grow-out phase.

From headbands and head wraps to extensions and protective styles, there's more than a handful of tricks you can do to easily get yourself through this in-between period. Below, four professional hairstylists share the 20 best tips they swear by.

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