Top 100 Fade Haircuts

Fades are a great way to add style and dimension to your haircut.

This technique has been used for men’s hairstyles for years.

Nowadays fades cuts become more and more popular, varied and creative. So we have made a new Top 100, that we hope, will give you inspiration for your future visit to your barber.



Here is a list of the 100 best Fade Haircuts you can try.

1. Pompadour + Mid Fade

It is a famous hairstyle in which you will style your hair according to the Pompadour style. The sides are slightly faded and crown has long hair.

2. Buzz Cut + Skin Fade

There are only tiny hair on the crown and hair fade towards the ear from where they are completely shaved. The style of the beard is amazing.

3. Quiff + Mid Fade

The mid or crown as all the hair and there is a slight fade at the side of the head. The hair are mostly styled in the form of spikes or messy look.

4. Spiky Hair + Temple Fade

The temples are completely shaved that gives an amazing appearance when you will style your hair in the form of spikes or some other hairstyle.

5. Side Part Pompadour + Low Skin fade

The Side Part Pompadour is an amazing hairstyle in which the hair at the crown are kept long and the sides are fade with little hair. You can use different types of gels to maintain it.

6. Breads + High Skin fade + Design

The haircut in which the hair at the crown have the medium length so you can style them anyway you like. The sides are completely shaved to give it a perfect look.

7. Curls + Low Fade

If you have curly hair you can slightly shave the sides. Gel the hair so they will stand straight and it will give you the perfect look that you are planning to create.

8. Long Hair + Undercut Fade

In this style the hair from the sides are completely removed that you can only see the skin. The hair at the crown are long and styled in the form of quaff.

9. Buzz Cut + Mid Skin Fade + Line Up

Combined with a skin fade, the buzz cut looks always amazing as you can see on this hairstyle.



10. MoHawk Fade

On this Mohawk fade we have a mid fade on the sides, and there are only long hair on the crown. You can style them as spikes or in the form of elegant quaff.

11. Textured Crop + High Bald Fade

Hair textured on top and neatly cut on the back, and cropped bald from around, creating a standout disconnection between the hair and the beard. Giving a strong appealing look.

12. Waves + Taper Fade

Creating a perfect taper or temple fade freshly and a cut short hair styled up as to demonstrate a design of flowing waves. The hair bald made at the front of the head, forehead.

13. Undercut + Color + High Fade

A cool haircut for men, with a lot of volume. The hair is cut short from the sides, and to comb in such away, backwards, to keep the volume smooth and bigger. Make sure to comb the hair backwards.

14. Slicked Back Pompadour + Drop Fade

This hairstyle gives a very exotic and a wet look sleekness and a nicely combed look, with the hair split to the two sides. Known to be an accepted awesome look.

15. Buzz Cut + Mid Skin Fade + Disconnected Beard

Trimmed short to navigate a buzz cut while maintaining a gradual fade through the mid skin. With a bold forehead. Eventually, the mid skin fade resulting in a disconnected beard.

16. Undercut + Low Skin Fade

A unique men’s haircut brought to life with a sharp bald fade and gradual fades on the sides. Once again, giving an almost disconnect beard. Must say, a very creative stunner. With the hair combed back, surely will give you a more complete look.

17. Side Part Comb Over + High Skin Fade

Must say that this hairstyle is a quite traditional cut, with the hair combed over to a side giving a bulky look, while a gradual fade is maintained from high skin on the other side, giving a sultry look at the same time.

18. Wavy Hair + High Skin Fade

Once again, a quite common outlook for a male with curly hair. Gradual fade from high skin area while the hair is left wavy and a bit messy at the top.

19. Flat Top + Temple Fade

Giving a bit of an ‘80s outlook, as a result of the flat top. Typically, looks good on guys with a higher volume of hair. And the undercut is disconnected towards the temple.

20. Medium Length Messy Hair + Low Fade

A slightly low fade is captured on the sides while the top is rich with a good volume of hair. It is un-combed and maintained a bit messy to give an uncommon look.

21. Buzz Cut + High Skin Fade

Trimmed short to navigate a buzz cut while maintaining a gradual fade through the high skin. With a bold forehead. Eventually, the high skill fade resulting in a disconnected beard.

22. Horns + Mid Skin Fade

This hairstyle would give you a tough personality assigned to it. Gradually faded from the top ends and you may even lift up and arrange the hair as required, to get the look you yearn for.

23. Messy FauxHawk + Hi-Lo Fade

Upper most hair is messy with the freedom to arrange it any way you prefer. Going further down, the high and low fades are separated by a surgical part. A very creative style.

24. Caesar Haircut + Skin Fade

Just like the name suggests, similar to a Caesar’s haircut. Hair from the top is combed to a side and a gradual fade follows from the sides till the bottom.

25. Drop Fade + Slick Side Parting

A very cool men’s hairstyle. If you have somewhat thick hair, this will most probably be great on you. Drop fade along with the tattoo, if you have any. Would be an ideal combination for this cut.

26. Side Part with Big Pomp + High Skin Fade

Another very creative style. Have a bold fade and this disconnects the beard. Combed on to a side showing a lot of thick hair,.

27. Big Waves + Temple Fade

Typically, looks good on guys with a higher volume of hair. And the undercut is disconnected towards the temple.

Instead of the small waves as before, this has more filled up prominent waves.

28. Hipster Taper Fade

Works tremendously good if you have curly hair. While there is a gradual decrease in the fade when moving to the bottom. Slightly combed over to the side.

29. Buzz Cut + Taper Fade

A bit of a Buzz haircut. Neatly cut and combed with just a slight fading down at the sides.

30. Pompadour VS Textured Quiff + Skin fade + Disconnected Beard

Another style that would give you rather a sparkling personality and a very nice cut. Gradual fade and the disconnecting beards will give a nice touch up.with the hair on top, can either be combed of kept messy.

31. Creative Fade

A very creative sight that has I thing almost everything. Works for a messy hair line with white stripes. You may even go see a match in a crowed clear by.

32. Side Part Pompadour + Mid Fade

Another very modern day nice structure to maintain. Hair combed upwards give a rich and prestige look. Easy to maintain and you may even use a hair cream for the same.

33. Drop Fade + French Crop

Hair fading from both sites while it the hair on top is quite moderate. A veryb interesting book indeed.

34. Buzz Cut + Temple Fade

Another very traditional haircut for black men, with the fades gradulling falling to the sides and curly hair at the bottom, it is a very easy to maintain as well.

35. Spiky MoHawk + Side Part + High Skin fade

A very interesting hairstyle. Veru uncommon to say the least. Can be used for both man and women. There’s a gradual bald fade except for the hair at the top.

36. Buzz Cut + Mid Skin fade + Disconnected Beard

A classic radical and playboy type of cut. Easy to maintain. Slight fading from the bottom. And a very nice and neat category.

37. Quiff + Mid Fade + Disconnected Fade

As you can see on this haircut, the Quiff works perfectly with a mid fade.

38. Slicked Back Undercut + Low Skin Fade

While the hair is gradually fading at the sides, it is quite full and complete at the top. Nicely combed as well.

39. Flat Top + Reverse Fade

A very innovative and creative hairstyle, While it is really difficult to maintain , it also gives a big personal and charismatic look.



40. Side Part Comb Over with Long Fringe + High Skin Fade

Quite common style. Can either comb or leave messy at the top. From the sides, it has to be bald.

41. Crop Haircut + Burst Fade

With a mid to high fade on the sides, coupled with messy hair in the top, protruding to the front, which can be easily combed to the front, if required. Suits casual occasions at best, but given the need, would not be that bad to serve business purposes either.

42. High Temple Skin Fade

Specifically good if you have curvy hair. Shortly cut so as to maintain a smooth and comfortable (neither not so much nor not too little) level of hair with clean fades on the sides and a clean and a bare forehead.

43. Buzz Cut + Bald Fade

An all-around short cut with to keep a rough bald touch at the top, with neatly maintained gradual fades on the sides, and a very clear neat forehead.

44. Long Tail Braid + Creative Fade

A very interesting hairstyle in deed and might even take you back to the days of the Red Indians. Of course you need to have long hair even to try this out. Nicely braided and with 2 nearly parallel cut lines on the sides, each separating different levels of fades, is surely a style to try out, if you are in to a little fun.

45. Long Fringe Quiff + Taper Fade

A very appealing and quite famous hairstyle, especially among the teens. If you have a considerable volume of hair, you can easily try this out. With gradual fades on the sides, and a high volume of hair, at varying levels, concentrated on the top mid skull, outputting a very interesting design.

46. Slicked Back + MoHawk Fade

With nicely combed thick and Mohawk faded hair in the top decorated with lines, and a gradual fading on the sides, to complete a very strong and a smart hairstyle, especially if you apply some hair gel to go along. Back is also neatly shaven near the neck line.

47. Pompadour Fade

With a huge volume of a pool of a hair in the top and gentle fading on the sides all the up to the ear line, where it completely shaves off and the hair is rolled back from the forehead.

48. Buzz Cut + Taper Fade + Disconnected Beard

With a nice and steady buzz cut and a disconnected beard line. A simple design all in all, with a prominent mid beard with almost shaved near the ears. Would go nicely with a stretch of hint of a mustache.

49. High Skin Fade + Full Beard Disconnected

Another very strong haircut, made further attractive by a prominent beard. Faded from the sides and eventually to give a disconnected beard. Combed backwards and rolled out from the forehead.

50. Mid Skin Fade

Once again, with a faded stretch of hair on the sides and a complete shave off below the ear line. Hair on the top is messy, but with a touch of hair gel, would be made neat.

51. Top Knot + Mid Skin Fade

A very unique style of fashion, with a high end knot, together with gentle fades on the sides, separated by neat margins. Strong beard is a must to have the full effect of the hair style.

52. Undercut Fade

With a nicely marked undercut, rolled out to the back hair on the top. A very prominent and a common under cut design.

53. FroHawk Fade + Colored Curls

A very interesting blowout, all well shaped up, with a fine style of sideburn, to add a unique look.

54. Buzz Cut + Taper Fade

A traditional taper faded buzz cut. Will look very clean with neatly maintained margins.

55. Quiff + High Fade

A very high faded design, once again very unique, with a high volume of hair classically shaped on to one side. A well trimmed beard, as in the picture, to go along with the hair style will add a lot of color.

56. Taper Fade

A classic example of a taper faded design. As the case in most occasions, taper fades will be very unique and pleasant, with a touch of oil, maintained smoothly.

57. Quiff + Drop Skin Fade

Good for bit of spiky and a bit thick hair. Skin fade needs to be properly and gradually reduced till the ear margin, after which the same will be shaved to complete a handsome style.

58. Fade with Designs

Thick hair at the top along with gradually faded designs on the sides. The design is also cut in a way so that it will not disturb the gradual fading.

59. Brushed Back + Taper Fade

A design that will suit pretty much any occasion from a business meeting to a casual hang out. Give a smart look, with the hair brushed back, in a roll out style and the slight faded taped design.

60. Buzz Cut + Low Skin Fade

Buzz cut with a very short hair. Faded gradually to align with the short hair.

61. Textured Undercut + Disconnected Beard

A classic undercut design on the sides with a strong volume of hair combed to a side, to output a smart look. A classic beard style as well.

62. Locks + High Skin Fade

A very high skin fade, with properly maintained and highlighted margins, for a unique style of hair. If you are in for this type of hair, a must try out design.

63. High Taper Fade

A taper faded design with a well connected beard. Lifted hair from the font, rolled backwards, to highlight a strong and appealing look.

64. Wavy Hair + Taper Fade

A perfect combination of hair and beard for a guy with a bit curly hair. Taper faded nicely.

65. Quiff + High Fade

Very nicely maintained high faded design with an upward and backward rolled out hair. A perfect combination with a similar slightly trimmed beard.

66. Reverse Fade + Mirror Effect

A very interesting and once again a very unique design, with a mirror image of the design, highlighted by a reverse faded effect. A must try out if you are looking for an odd yet a catchy hairstyle.

67. Pompadour + Low Skin Fade + Slash

A pompadoured hair style for a guy with a classic low skin fade and slashes to give an asymmetric view.

68. Short Afro + Temple Fade

A classic Afro design, with a touch of temple fade on the sides. Can be rather easily developed should you have a slightly curly hair.

69. Brushed Back + Mid Fade

A unique hairstyle with a mid faded design. To go with a large volume of hair nicely brushed back.



70. Textured Mohawk + Side Part + Color + V Fade

A very interesting selection to try out, with a lot of bright color, maintained in a nearly v shaped faded design and the Mohawk. Accessories such as the ear ring would go perfectly with the hair design.

71. Quiff Undercut Fade + Disconnected Beard

To output a bit of a messy, yet a quiff styled hair, with faded undercuts on the sides to go with a rough layer of disconnected beard.

72. Blurry Fade

An interesting hair cut style with a blurred out fade on the sides. Having a very dark hair would help in making the blurry fade prominently visible. A nicely combed design.

73. Brushed Back + Mid Skin Fade

Another naturally very attractive style of a haircut, highlighted by a gradual mid skin fade on the sides. Having a relatively larger volume of hair on the top, would enhance the brushed back affect.

74. Crew Cut + Taper Fade

A typical, and an attractive taper faded design with nicely kept well margined cuts on the sides and the front. Crew cut is very prominent and would look good especially if you are one of those guys with a very short hair.

75. Side Part Comb Over + Mid Fade

A very attractive style, again with mid faded designs on the sides. Nicely combed to a side upon a well maintained marginal line and rolled up on to the other. Would go nicely with a slight stretch of colored dying of hair too.

76. Buzz Cut + Hook Part + High Bald Fade

A buzz cut with a very high bald fade, to suit a short and naturally curly hair. Margins very accurately cut, to enhance the affect from the buzz cut with a hook cut in the front.

77. Brushed Back + Low Skin Fade

Another design to try out if you have a considerably higher volume of hair on the top, which can eventually be rolled/ brushed back. A gradual low skin fade will enhance the beauty.

78. Side Part + Slicked Back + High Skin Fade

A very interesting and a brave design. Would match with or even without the beard. Made prominent by a slicked back and a nicely cut lines, with a very high skin fade which would almost look like a total shave off of the sides.

79. Undercut Pompadour + Skin Fade

Another pompadour design with a nice undercut, with the hair very neatly combed to a side. Fade is very gradual with the lower part is an almost shave off.

80. Brushed Back + Taper fade + Line up

One of those design that would look extremely better with the beard on. With nice and neat gradual taper fades and a brushed back hair.

81. Hard Part with Fade

A style of hair for a quite a rough and hard hair ramped up to a side on the top, while a nice fade is maintained on the sides. A strong hair cut style which many of the guys will not be able to try out.

82. Reverse V Fade

A very unique hair style with levels of tapes maintained all around, with nicely cut and separated lines, arranged in a revere v shape, taped and brought together at the top.

83. Burst Fade

Another type of faded hair with a ‘burst’ affect on the top. Hair is rolled out and combed but at some points, it shows a protruding affect and thus, the burst.

84. FroHawk + Burst Fade

A typical frohawk design, ideally to suit for a curly hair. A nicely faded beard on the sides. So faded, as it almost appears as if it’s a shave off.

85. MoHawk + High Fade

A Mohawk design and a very innovative one at that too. Accompanied by a very high fade on the 2 sides and a very messy looking hair on the top, with an almost disconnected beard.

86. Side Part Comb Over + Hi-Lo Fade

Another design with a clear dividend of hair to a side, to suit more to a higher volume of hair. The 2 levels of fading intensifies this as well.

87. Side Part Comb Over + High Fade

A classic comb over design for a strong and a dominating personality with a very high fade and clear and neat cuts to go with a strong beard.

88. Side Part + Long Wavy Fringe + High Bald Fade

An interesting design with a long wavy and a bit of a scattered fringe. This is also associated with a high end fade on the sides.

89. Buzz Cut + Shadow Fade

A classic example for a buzz cut design for a short hair, very nicely maintained with neat margins, clear cuts to go with a shadow fade on the sides.

90. Side Part Comb Over + High Skin Fade

A high skin fade design for a guy with a higher volume of hair, to comb rolled out over to a side. Will go equally good with or even without a beard.

91. High Blurry Fade

A blurry hair design for a short and a neatly cut hair with a high fade. Suits more of a very young crowd, good for both casual and business personalities.

92. Spiky Quiff + Hi-Lo Fade

A very interesting and a highly unique design to go with 2 levels of distinguished high and low level fades, with a very prominent spiky quiff. Suits more of casual purposes and a very common design especially in the 90s.

93. Crew Cut + Drop Fade

Another drop faded design for a guy with a low cut hair. The hair may not necessarily be very shortly cut, instead it can have some volume on the top. Crew cut will give you a classic outfit to suit a smart occasion.

94. Pompadour + High Skin Fade

A very attractive pompadour design to suit a guy with a very high volume of hair, to be rolled out from the top, with high skin fades on the sides.

95. Side Part Pompadour + Mid Bald Fade

Another pompadour design where only a part is shaded and gone through a rolled out. Once again with a mid-bald fades on the sides. A nice and a different kind of a design.

96. Messy Quiff + High Skin Fade

A quiff design for a messy hair on the top to go with a nicely maintained high skin fade on the sides.

97. Side Part + High Fade

Another classic high faded on the sides design with a nicely combed up to a side hair. Would go nicely with a shortly trimmed down beard.

98. Caesar Cut + Fade with Design

A classic caesar’s cut, with the hair combed to the front. Fades can be seen on the 2 sides, but with a distinguished design to add more diversity and color.

99. Waves + Mid Skin Fade

Another quite uncommon design with a wavy patterns maintained on the top of the hair. Mid skon fades can be witnessed on the sides.

100. Long Wavy Crop + Drop Fade

A drop fades design on the sides, for a very high volume of hair, both wavy and long in nature.

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