50 High-Class Mohawk Haircut Styles – Make Your Daring Elegant
The mohawk haircut has always been thought to be the style for punk or rebellious guys who wanted to stand out from the rest. However, it is a very versatile design that you can wear in endless ways, and so it is very unfair to limit it to a narrow spectrum like this. It can work for both formal and casual appearances and any man with some hair on his head regardless of the length can have it. Nowadays it is not just a preserve of soccer stars and celebrities because even gentlemen in the corporate world have it. And if you are thinking of trying it out there are more than enough ideas available, but the 50 below are a good starting point.
# 1 Mid-Fade Hawk
This hairstyle does not look anything like the traditional mohawk. Instead of just having short sides and long hair in the middle, the design maintains some upswept spiky strands at the top of the head and a mid-fade on the sides with a skillful line-up at the front.
# 2 Feathered Slick Back
Fading is trendy, and it is what modern men use nowadays to create their mohawks. This style has a zero fade on the sides and some feathered locks at the top that you should style by sweeping back. Apart from this, the style also has a neat and wavy razor line on the sides that helps to spice up the design.
# 3 Thick and Curly Hawk
To create this funky design, you should maintain your thick curls in the middle of the head and style by giving them a slight lift. You should then chop the sides short but make them stylish with an excellent skin fade and line-up.
# 4 Textured Side and Back Swept Bangs
Most modern haircuts are about getting inventive, and this style proves this beyond doubt. It entails taper fading the sides and leaving a few inches of some textured bangs at the center of the head. You should then style by sweeping the ones at the front to the side and the rest backward.
# 5 Comb Over Elegance
You need to leave a thick and smooth hair at the top of the head if you want to wear this adorable hairstyle. You can buzz the sides or give them a zero fade like in this design and finish the look by combing over the smooth and long locks at the top of the head.
# 6 Fresh and Urban Cut
Urban mohawk designs like this one are not just about leaving a thin strip of hair at the center of the head as they instead concentrate more on giving it a stylish appearance. This style maintains a couple of inches of hair on the crown while the sides have a nice fade. You should then apply some gel on the lock strands and style by up sweeping them.
# 7 Blondie Side Sweep
This haircut is unique and adorable in equal portions, and this is not just because of its blonde shade but also due to the fantastic cut. It requires you to leave some long and textured locks at the top of the head and shaving the sides and back short. You should then sweep the long locks back diagonally.
# 8 Sweet and Simple
With modern mohawk designs, you do not have to complicate anything to create a chic hairdo because you can still look sexy with a simple style like this one. It is a regular mohawk haircut that involves shaving the sides to a bald level and then leaving about two inches of hair in the middle. The last step is to style the middle strands with a frontward sweep to enhance their appearance.
# 9 Sleek Comb Over Hawk
This cute haircut demonstrates how a classy hairstyle should look, and it entails leaving some smooth and spiky strands in the middle and giving the sides a high fade. The only other thing that you need is to use some gel or pomade on the long strands and then style them with a simple comb over to finish the design.
# 10 Charming Pompadour
A modern pompadour like this one can still make a stylish mohawk haircut, and you only need to know how to cut and style it. It should also not be hard for you if you have a thick and textured mane like this one. You only need to leave some hair at the top and style by giving it a slight lift to form the pompadour. Fading the sides is also vital for this look but you can also enhance the design with a cute and curvy razor line on the side.
# 11 Straightforward Undercut
Most of the beauty of this hairdo comes from the appearance of the thick and curly natural strands because the haircut is very simple. It proves that you can never go wrong with any style if you have some lovely natural strands. To create this look, you will only need to shave the sides short to form an undercut while leaving a longer hair in the middle. You should then style the long locks in the middle by pushing them in for a neat finish.
# 12 Purple Hair with Style
Even if you are not certain what to do with your mohawk to make it look charming, you can always give it a beautiful color like purple. Purple not only brightens it but will also give it an elegant appearance. However, this headdress also has a nice cut that entails leaving some upswept and spiky strands in the middle and giving the side a mid-fade.
# 13 Highlighted Mohawk
This mohawk haircut starts with highlighting the natural black locks with a violet gray hue. You should then do a scissor cut to create some textured bangs in the middle and an undercut on the sides. The last step in creating the design is to sweep some of the textured locks to the front and over the forehead.
# 14 Two-Toned and Stylish Curls
Natural afro curls like these will look fantastic if you give them a brown shade to create a two-toned appearance. To form the mohawk, you should shave the sides short and finish by giving them some intricate razor lines and patterns.
# 15 Choppy Faux Hawk
A faux hawk is a version of the mohawk haircut that entails making the sides short instead of shaving them bald. In this design, it has some choppy bangs in the middle and a nice fade on the short sides. The design also has some intricate and adorable razor patterns on the side that form some stars and other design. There is nothing much that you need to do to style the strands in the middle because slight layering and making them messy is enough.
# 16 Neat and Cute Hawk
This stylish design maintains some neat strands in the middle and a skin fade on the sides. It is a perfect style for African American men because the texture and volume of their natural strands make it easy to form the neat strands in the middle of the head. This style also has a hard razor line on the side that creates a disconnection between the long strands and the skin faded sides.
# 17 Bold and Extra-High Hawk
Although it will take some extra effort to maintain this bold mohawk design, it is worth it, and this is more so if you want a look that will make you stand out. This design is easier to create than it looks as you will only need to maintain a long hair in the middle and shave the sides short. The last step is to give the long strands a hold and lift to finish the style.
# 18 Thick Natural Curly with Razor Lines
Here is another style that is suitable for African Americans due to the nature of their hair. It is a comfortable design that only entails leaving the thick and natural curls in the middle of the head and making them messy slightly. The sides are short with a skin fade and some intricate razor lines that add a trendy look the overall appearance.
# 19 Short and Textured Spikes
To form this modern and stylish design, you should leave a few inches of hair at the top and taper the sides to a uniform length. You should then use some gel to give the short spikes some hold and then style them with an upsweep to enhance the spiky look.
# 20 Super Cool Burst Fade
Any man can create this adorable hairdo as it is very straightforward. The design involves leaving you short natural hair in the middle and then giving the sides a burst fade to create a sassy headdress. A line-up on the hairline at the front is also an excellent idea as it can add some elegance to your style.
# 21 Classic Pompadour Hawk
Classic pompadours are as elegant as any hairdo can be, and the best thing about them is that they will never go out of trend. This particular one is thick and neat with an impressive height but it also creates a cute mohawk as you only need to give it a skin fade on the sides.
# 22 Front Swept Bald Mohawk
Sometimes keeping your mohawk haircut straightforward is all that you need to create a trendy design. This headdress demonstrates this, and it involves shaving the sides bald and leaving a short hair at the center of the head. The style is already beautiful enough at this point but you can still enhance it by front sweeping the strands in the middle.
# 23 Stylish and Well Groomed
This headdress is still a straightforward mohawk design but it looks unique, and this is because of the attention to detail when grooming it. To replicate this funky design, you should shave the sides short and leave a thick mane in the middle that you should shape keenly. The thick locks in the middle should also have an excellent texture and to style them you only need a slight lift at the front and to sweep back the textured strands. However, you should not just leave the sides short and instead buzz them to create an overall appealing design.
# 24 Tall and Spiky
You will need to choose a good hold product if you want to create a mohawk haircut that looks like this one. It is a funky and very stylish design that involves shaving the sides to a bald level and then leaving a long and thick hair in the middle. The next step is to apply your hold product, to the long section and then style by giving the strands a lift to create a tall and spiky design.
# 25 High Afro Mohawk
If you want to maintain the thickness and stylish appeal of an afro design when wearing a mohawk, this is the style that you should try out. It is an attractive design that you should start by coloring your thick mane with a brown shade to create a two-toned appearance. The next step is to shave the sides short and fade them before finishing your haircut with a stylish line-up at the front and on the facial strands.
# 26 Fohawk with Taper Fade
The faux hawk is an attractive design for men who do not want to go with the traditional mohawk design that entails giving the sides a bald fade. This beautiful one requires leaving some short and curly textured strands at the top and making the sides short with a taper fade on the sides and finishing it with a skillful line-up on the front and side hairlines.
# 27 Flawless and Connected
A perfect style like this one will make a man stand out from the crowd everywhere he goes. It involves leaving some long and textured strands at the top and then buzzing the sides to make them short. What makes this design special is the fact that faded sides have a unique connection with the full facial strands and a geometric razor line-up at the front hairline and on the face.
# 28 Silky Blowout Hawk
This silky blowout hair creates an amazing mohawk haircut. The style entails leaving the smooth and silky strands at the top of the head and giving the sides a skin temple fade to disconnect them with the facial whiskers and to create an elegant headdress. Your silky locks at the top are gorgeous enough, and so a subtle sweep back is all the styling you need.
# 29 Chic Spiky Mohawk
Spiky strands are fabulous for your haircut, and you can always be sure that they will make you look refined and fashionable. The ones in this design might be short, but they still make an excellent hairdo. To create this look, you will need a good cut that entails leaving some short strands at the top and fading the sides. You should then use some gel to form the spikes and finish by giving them an upsweep.
# 30 Platinum Blonde Faux Hawk
A mohawk haircut does not always mean that you have to cut your strands short on the sides because you can still create one with some length throughout the head. However, to do this, you will have to form a faux hawk like this one that involves trimming the sides and back to a uniform length and leaving some long locks at the top. To finish the look, you should make the long locks wavy and sweep them to the side.
# 31 Deep Brown Mohawk
This design starts with a thick medium size afro that you should dye with a brown shade and then shave the sides short. The short sides should have a simple and smooth fade that you can spice up with some intricate razor lines that create an adorable and trendy pattern.
# 32 Fine and Short with Skin Fade
Fine or thin hair can also create stylish mohawk, and you only need to know how to cut and style it. The strands are already beautiful, and so the best way to style them is to make them short and spiky and finish by giving them an up sweep. To form the hawk design, you should shave the sides short and maintain the spikes in the middle and finish the look by skin fading the short sides.
# 33 Dense Slick Back
A voluminous hair like this one would look good in almost any hairdo that you can think of wearing. It makes things simple because you cannot go wrong with any style. In this particular design, the thick mane is in the middle of the head, and the sides are short with a zero fade. You only need to slick back the long textured and voluminous locks for an elegant design
# 34 Upswept and Textured
Some men always prefer to maintain some height on their hairdo and so this style will be perfect for them. It is an exquisite and head-turning design that entails leaving some long textured locks on the crown and giving the sides a perfect taper fade. The only other thing that you will need is to upsweep the top locks.
# 35 Messy and Trendy Spring Mohawk
Most modern mohawk designs only maintain hair on the top part of the head while the sides and back have a skillful and attractive fade. This haircut is a perfect example of this but the long strands at the top also have an excellent texture and a messy front sweep that makes the design look very trendy.
# 36 Gelled Modern Pompadour
The modern touch on this pompadour makes it look adorable, and it involves giving the long bangs at the top a top notch texture and then gel them. Apart from this, you should also style it inventively with a slight front sweep. The cut is also vital but chopping and fading the sides is enough to create a mohawk haircut.
# 37 Textured Front Swept Bangs
Style and class combine in this hairstyle to make a man look as stunning as possible. As elegant as this hair might look, it is still easy to create once you figure it out but it will only work well for men with a thick mane. To create it, you will first need to shave the sides short and leave the long locks on the crown. You should then trim the locks at the top to give them some texture and then sweep them frontwards while also giving them, a slight lift at the front. The short sides also have a beautiful skin fade that you should enhance with a cute razor side part line.
# 38 Breathtaking Texture
The texture of this hair makes all the difference, and it is so perfect that you can almost count the locks on the head. This headdress entails chopping the sides to an almost bald level and leaving a thick mane at the top. The next thing when creating the style is to use your favorite hold product on the hair at the top to enhance the texture and to create a spiky look before finishing by lifting the strands.
# 39 Spiky Foux Hawk
This faux hawk is just amazing, and the best thing about it is that you can create it fast with almost any hair type. This design will involve shaving the sides short and to a uniform length and leaving some long spiky strands at the top section. The spiky locks also have an innovative styling that involves bringing them to the center to form a cute triangle-like style.
# 40 Feathered and Upscale Mohawk
This style is what a man that wants a soft headdress that will still make him stand out from the rest should wear. It is an adorable hairstyle that entails leaving some choppy straight bangs at the top that you should style with a messy front sweep and taper the rest of the head. The strands on this design also have a beautiful brown shade that also adds to their beauty.
# 41 Spiky Quiff Hawk
Jim Carrey has a way of coming up with very inventive hairdos that always leave people talking. However, in this design he keeps things simple by maintaining a small spiky quiff at the top and then making the sides short and with a nice fade for an elegant and adorable headdress.
# 42 Symmetric Mohawk with Buzzed Sides
This mohawk haircut might be very straightforward but it still creates a chic style, and it is perfect for Mark Salling’s symmetrical head shape. In this design, he maintains a flat and rectangular patch of hair at the middle and buzzed sides to create a stylish and unique mohawk design that makes him look magnificent.
# 43 Fancy and Funky Spikes
David Beckham would look stylish in almost any hairdo because he has a symmetrical face shape and a beautiful hair type. In this design, he has an inventive faux hawk with some spiky locks throughout the head. He makes the ones on the sides short and styles the top ones with a slight front sweep.
# 44 Thin and Spiky Mohawk
Here is another unique David Beckham spiky mohawk and it looks inventive and stunning. The headdress entails leaving a small patch of hair in the middle of the head and then giving the sides a smooth shave. He then gives the strands in the middle some gel and makes them pointy to finish the breathtaking haircut.
# 45 Chunky Unshaved Hawk
You do not have to shave even an inch of your long and thick mane to create a mohawk design. In this design, Sanjay Malakar has a beautiful long hair, and he uses some elastic bands to tie it at the middle of the head to create a chic mohawk design without having to cut his beautiful strands.
# 46 Buzzed and Spiky
Jonathan Lipnicki has cute brown hair and in this style, he shaves it short on the sides and buzzes them for a contemporary appearance. He also maintains some short spiky locks at the center of the head that he styles with a gentle upsweep.
# 47 Ronaldo’s Side-Swept Spikes
Christiano Ronaldo is another celebrity that is always coming up with new and funky hairstyles. In this design, he has a chic mohawk design that he creates by buzzing the sides and leaving a smooth and spiky hair in the middle of the head. His short spikes also have a beautiful color and their styling involves sweeping them to the side.
# 48 Back-Swept and Silky Hawk
Mohawks are one of Christiano Ronaldo’s most favorite hairstyles, and they seem to work well for him, and this should explain why he loves them. Ronaldo has some dazzling and silky strands at the top with the sides short, and taper faded. He styles the top strands with a simple brush back and an intricate razor line on the side.
# 49 Pink Messy and High Mohawk
Jared Leto is famous for many things, and his funky hairstyles are one of those. In this design, he has a distinct mohawk that entails scissor trimming the sides of his blonde locks and leaving a thick mane at the middle of the head. He then spices the long hair at the center with a pink hue and then styles it with a lift and by making it messy.
# 50 Jared Leto’s Funky and Feathered Hawk
This hairdo is another of Jared Leto’s famous mohawks and entails buzzing the sides and leaving a long hair in the middle. The long strands are feathered and spiky with a dazzling black shade, and he styles them with a lift to create a unique headdress.
A mohawk haircut is a sassy and exquisite hairstyle that will look good on any man that can cut and style it inventively. It is as versatile as any other headdress, and so you can be sure that you will always find a style to suit your taste for both casual and formal appearance. The 50 distinct styles in the picture gallery above will act as your inspiration when you want to wear this design.
