Hailey Bieber Looks Stunning with a Flipped Lop In Australia

a white woman wears a strapless black gown and poses in front of a black background at a red carpet event — (Image credit: Getty Images)

Hailey Bieber is basically the queen of the sleek bun, but even she knows that a surprise appearance at a movie premiere (for Wuthering Heights, to be exact) calls for a style that's slightly more romantic and ethereal, like a slightly messy flipped lob.

The model and Rhode co-founder has been spending time in Sydney to celebrate her beauty brand's expansion to Australia, but while she was at it, she stopped by the Australian premiere of Wuthering Heights on Thursday. For the premiere, she took a page out of Margot Robbie's playbook by showing up in an all-black Saint Laurent naked dress made entirely of lace, featuring a bralette, peekaboo underwear, and a lace corset. But Bieber's risqué gown of choice wasn't the only thing that caught my attention. She wore subtle makeup (characterized by a hint of pink on her lips and cheeks) and styled her lob-length hair in a lightly-tousled look with a middle part and a light flip at the ends.

a white woman with short blonde hair poses in front of a gray background — Hailey Bieber wears a flippy lob to the Australian premiere of "Wuthering Heights."

The flipped look, once popular in the 1960s (and the hairstyle I was reluctant to wear for a handful of school picture days when it made a comeback in the early 2000s), has been a go-to styling choice for celebrities wearing short hair in the last year. And while the lob haircut has never not been on trend, this week in particular has been a pretty good one for the flipped lob. A few days ago, Teyana Taylor, whose curly pixie cut has become her signature look over the last year, swapped out her cropped cut for a flipped lob while attending a screening of One Battle After Another with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Brittany Snow attended a SAG-AFTRA Foundation event in October with a perky flip at the ends of her hair, and before that, Zendaya attended the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show during Paris Fashion Week wearing a similar look with a deep side part.

A light flip is a chic and elegant way to add some shape to a blunt bob or lob, and the good news is you don't need professional styling experience to be able to achieve one at home. To copy Hailey Bieber's flipped lob at home, read ahead to shop some essentials.

Shark Beauty

Flexstyle Air Styling Drying System

Use this multi-styler to dry the hair while also adding a light curl or bend to the ends without the threat of heat damage.

Living Proof

No Frizz Smooth Styling Serum

Add a few drops of an anti-frizz serum to your hair to give it a glassy finish that's free of flyaways.

Crown Affair

The Smoothing Air Dry Cream

Use a hydrating styling cream to get the lightly-tousled look. See Beauty Director Hannah Baxter's full review of this new launch here.

Conair Professional

Instant Heat Ceramic 12 Roller Hair Setter

Hot rollers can also create light curls by using a less extreme amount of heat on the hair.

JVN

Flexhold Strengthening Hairspray

Finally, lock in your curls with a hairspray that controls frizz and won't harden on your hair.

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Danielle Jackson is the senior beauty writer at Marie Claire. She has nearly a decade of experience covering beauty, lifestyle, and entertainment and was previously the senior beauty editor at Women's Health, where she thoughtfully covered topics related to skincare, haircare, aesthetics, and wellness. Before that, she spent three years as an assistant beauty editor at PS, and in the years since, her work has appeared in titles like Vogue, InStyle, Glamour, and more. Danielle graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA in English, and has lived in Brooklyn for almost ten years. When she's not writing, you can find her reading romance novels and talking about sunscreen. You can find her on Instagram @danielleknecole.