How to Wear a Beanie With Long Hair

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Keep Your Locks From Freezing with These Beanie Styles for Long Hair

The winter months mean inclement weather and freezing temperatures, and if you’re into snowsports it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But whether you’re ripping powder lines or making snow angels, cold weather means potential damage to your locks. That's why you should know how to wear a beanie with long hair.

It’s especially important to protect your locks from freezing, which can cause drying, breakage and other heinous damage you don’t want to inflict.

Key Takeaways

  • Versatile Style: Beanies are versatile and can be worn in various styles to complement long hair, providing both functionality and fashion.
  • Protection: Wearing a beanie protects long hair from harsh weather conditions, preventing damage like drying and breakage.
  • Ease of Use: Beanies offer a quick and easy way to manage long hair, especially on days when you don't want to style it extensively.
  • Creative Expression: Different beanie styles allow for creative expression and can enhance your overall look.

Warm, Stylish and Super Simple

Beanies are a cold weather fixture, tried and true for protecting your mane from the elements while keeping your head toasty with swaggy style.

Beyond their obvious benefits, beanies are a versatile tool for guys with flow, offering fast and reliable solutions to common longhair problems, like keeping annoying loose hair out of your face and providing critical wind blockage at high speed.

They’re super easy to wear and perfect for days when you don’t feel like dealing with your hair, and they provide the ideal solution for awkward stage hair.

And let’s be honest, wearing a beanie with long hair just looks badass.

How To Wear A Beanie With Long Hair

How do you wear a beanie with long hair? Sounds easy, just slip it on the old noggin and you’re good to go. But there are lots of options for wearing a beanie with long hair, and depending on how much you want to flex your locks, some offer more protection for your mane than others.

These beanie styles not only address environmental hair considerations, but offer different style options and a chance to get creative. In the video below we demonstrate how to wear a beanie with long hair using a few of our favorite beanie styles.

Further below are photos of additional beanie styles, followed by some common beanie/hair questions, and finally we consider what makes the best beanies for guys with long hair.

How to Wear a Beanie With Long Hair

Here we demonstrate a few of our favorite beanie styles for guys with long hair.

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Ralph demonstrates how to wear a beanie with long hair.

Cuff down, super slouch style,

showing LET IT RIDE.

El Rubio wearing “El Gato Gris, demonstrating how to wear a beanie with long hair.

Cuff up, classic hair flow,

jovial disposition.
Ralph demonstrates how to wear a beanie with long hair with "The Wasp."

Cuff down, gazing thoughtfully,

showing LET IT RIDE.
El Rubio demonstrates how to wear a beanie with long hair.

Cuff down, hair flowing

with bonus hair whips.
El Rubio wearing “El Gato Gris,” another demonstration of how to wear a beanie with long hair.
El Rubio demonstrates how to wear a beanie with long hair, wearing “The Hornet.”

With an expression as if to say,

“wow...this is really cozy.”

Cuff up, deployed with Knockaround goggles

for maximum shredability.
El Rubio with a classic illustration on how to wear a beanie with long hair.

Cuff up, deployed with Knockaround shades

for maximum stoke.
El Gustavo knows how to wear a beanie with long hair.

Common Questions With Beanies and Long Hair

Is it bad for your hair to wear a beanie? No, but also not good to wear a beanie all day, every day.

How do you wear a beanie without messing up your hair? The styles demonstrated here in How To Wear A Beanie With Long Hair won’t mess up your hair.

Is it rude to wear a beanie indoors? It’s generally considered bad manners to wear a beanie indoors, especially at the dinner table.

Does wearing a beanie slow down hair growth? No, but wearing a beanie all the time certainly won’t help it grow faster.

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The Best Beanies

For Guys With Long Hair

What makes a great beanie for guys with long hair?

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