These hairstyles are so bad that even their own mothers would be appalled if they looked back at these photos. The poor kids had little choice in the matter. Sometimes it’s a trend and sometimes it’s a parent with a dream. Either way, at least there’s a lot of it to entertain us today!
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1) Bigger Than her Smile
This girl has the most beautiful bright smile in the world. However, her hair, not the best in the world. The bangs she was given are more than just bangs and that’s something we never want to see.
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2) Party in the Front
Okay, we love afros and mullets can work in the right decade, but there’s nothing okay about this style. This time, the party is in the front and we prefer to keep that in the back.
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3) Bangarang
Another time the mullet took it too far. The kid doesn’t have bangs and his updo is trying to touch the ceiling. Please save your child from making this choice. If they want the cut for at least six months, then let them do it.
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4) Before her Time
This is actually coming back, so please let’s stop it before it makes a full comeback. Though she didn’t shave half of her head, pulling it back might be even worse.
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5) She Woke Up Like This
This was everything back in the day and we’re glad it isn’t anymore. You see, it looks like she woke up with a bad hair day, but she acutally worked on it all morning.
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6) I’ll Take Half a Perm
If you want to do the whole Justin Timberlake perm, then go for it, just make sure you get all of your hair done. Otherwise, you get a half-perm, and that’s just pitiful.
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7) The Sun Will Come Out
She has the whole Annie vibe and is ready for the sun to shine. That’s some big hair for a little girl but we do admit that she wore it quite proudly and elegantly.
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8) Better Than a Bowl
A bowl cut on a girl is ten times worse than a boy. Some little boys can pull it off without too much trouble but this poor ’80s little girl has to look at this picture for the rest of her life.
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9) The Cousin
This is what happens when cousins get married, theire kids automatically come out with hair like this along with their six toes. Save the mullet and find someone new.
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10) This Isn’t About Religion
This would be totally acceptable if done for religious reasons. But we’re told that this kid is not Jewish and those sideburn trendils are a fashion statement. Retract it!
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11) Life’s a Garden, Dig It?
Yes, he wore the Joe Dirt do before it was cool. He did it before anyone knew that David Spade could star in a movie and not just complement Chris Farley.
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12) Look What the Wind Blew In
This is a great style for an album cover, but when it comes to everyday life, I have to say that you want that brushed out. This is exactly why Got2B Glued spray still sells out.
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13) Never Coming Back From That
There are so many things to say about this but what I can’t stop thinking about is that his mom probably had the exact same hair. Poor kid never stood a chance when she dropped him off at school.
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14) Bout To Steal Your Soul
This kid is intense. Not only is she first chair, playing the clarient in band, but she is the only one in school with this haircut. It’s not hat hair, or maybe it is. Would explain a lot.
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15) Just a Little Off the Middle
How does one achieve such a look? First off, you curl and fluff your bangs to no end. Then, you put your hair in a ponytail, get really sweaty, let it dry, and take it out. Voila!
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16) Braids are So In
The braids here are actually pretty cute. But when you pair them with those bangs, they lose every ounce of “fly” that they once held. Poor girl couldn’t decide on a style, and it cost her.
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17) I Move the Stars for No One
Yes, she is a David Bowie in Labrinth lookalike and that may have made her a few bucks in school if this happened the right year. But does that mean we should ever encourage this style again? No.
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18) You’ve Got the Key
This isn’t so bad until you see that he left the back long. Come on, people of the past, choose it, long or short, and the odds will forever be in your favor. No fence sitting allowed.
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19) Took All Night
Took all night because she tossed and turned on that satin pillowcase until the perfect windblown look was achieved. That morning, all she had to do was get crazy with the eyeliner.
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20) Twinsies
This is everything that a kid has nightmares about. No one wants to match their mother as a kid. No one. In this case, they have the same hair, glasses, lipstick, shirt, and soulless stare.
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21) The Name’s Doris
This girl was born a receptionist in the ’80s. She will be short with you on the phone, assure you that you aren’t the only one in need of assisstance and that there’s nothing she can do to help you anyway.
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22) All Kinds of Precious
This girl is super sweet, that you can tell. She even has pink suspenders so she is way up there when it comes to awesomeness. But that hair, so sorry, but you need to hop over the fence, little missy.
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23) In It Together
Is it a good thing or a bad thing that these two share these awful bangs? On one hand, they are in it together, but on the other hand, it’s double the mistake.
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24) Age 40, Kindergarten
No doubt, this kid graduated top 0f her class and three years early. She is our very own Benjamin Button. She was born an old lady and is just now reaching the age of 40.
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25) From the Eyebrows
When she walked into the barber shop, she knew what she wanted. She asked for her hair to be taken back from the eyebrows. As if it extended and grew from there.
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26) Oh Christmas Tree
This was popular in her day and so was she. She was definitely one of those girls everyone wanted to be. But today, we hope and pray she doesn’t pass down this haircut to her offspring.
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27) Don’t Look Up
Her hair is pretty in the back, as it should be. But for some reason, 60% of it is chopped off. Why people in the ’80s couldn’t just choose long or short is beyond me.
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28) He’s Happy About It
This kid is sure that he is turning Super Saiyan because he is super happy about his choice in hairstyles. To be fair, at least it’s the style that’s crazy and not the cut.
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29) Robin Will Be With You Shortly
She has had enough of your nonsense and if you don’t calm down, ma’am, she will retrieve the manager. Mark her words, you will not be allowed on the premises again.
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30) The Gang’s All Here
What’s worse than one bad haircut? Three of them. This family photo is so strange, and this mother must have been so proud of her daughters. She tried, she really tried.
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31) Just Lose the Ends
This could work if adjusted just a tad and styled correctly. But until then, it’s kind of a mess. Maybe don’t go so hard with the blowdryer and paddle brush.
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32) Never Again
This sad little girl looks like a sad little boy. However, either way, she is absolutely gorgeous. That is something that will stay with her for her entire life when that haircut will not.
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33) You’re a Mean One
There’s a reason this kid is in prison, and it probably has to do with his Grinch hair. It is not okay and neither is what he did. You can see it in his eyes and his three prongs.
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34) The Cure
She was definitely inspired by some of her favorite bands. You can tell because those wings are on point. She seems pleased with it so we really can’t complaint too much.
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35) All Bangs From Here
Okay, please, you were so close to the shaved head look which there is nothing wrong with. But leaving the bangs, dying them green, adn then putting them in the classic double bands…no.
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36) Just a Small Fringe
When does it end? How far back with this kid let the stylist go? Will it be all the way around? Sure, it looks like something a supermodel would wear but that does not mean it is okay.
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37) How May I Serve You?
Here he is, years later, with the same cut. No, this can never happen again. Everything about this is tolerable except that hair. Let it go. Let it all go and try again.
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38) That’s Where They Get It
This explains so much. The reason that these kids in the ’70s and ’80s had the hair they did was because this is what their parents thought was cool. I mean, she does look like a queen, but still…stop with the hair.
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39) The Trinity
Have you ever seen bangs that tall with hair swinging that low? May be a new record and according to the ’80s Hairstyle Handbook, she gets a prize.
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40) She’s All Bangs
This reminds me of the sweet little girl on Matilda that gut swung around by her braids. It also looks like Heidi. Both of those girls are adorable and we hope all three of them outgrew this style.
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41) Not Too Bad…Oh Wait
This looks like a perfectly acceptable hairstyle for a little boy until you see it. That rat tail creepily making it’s way around this kid’s neck and down his chest.
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42) I Can Do It
This looks like a case of “let me cut my hair myself,” and we already feels sorry for her and her mother. She was forced to go to school like this on picture day, but her mother did have a point. At least she’s gorgeous.
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43) Palm Sunday
This may be a joke from the early 2000s, but we aren’t digging it. She claims that her neighbors wanted palm trees so she took her chance with her newest hair style.
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44) Mother Did This To Me
There is indeed a 110% chance that his mom not only made him wear this sweater but also cut his hair by herself. He may have never forgiven her for this one.
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45) Hours of Work, Promise
Poor girl looks about as happy as her hair does. Again, this style was almost in during the time this photo was taken. Almost. A little bit of YouTube tutorials would have done her well.
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46) She Was the Popular One
Here’s another happy, popular girl who was a blast during pep rallies. Her hair was even all the rage. But you know what? This is exaclty why perms are no longer everything they once were.
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47) What a Darling
This girl is so darling that we almost like her hair. But just almost. It appears that she has the same hair that girls in the 1800s had when settling out west. Not a bad thing, but we do want to keep it in the past.
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48) You Will Pay
She is not happy about this hair and we can understand. While it isn’t awful, if the girl doesn’t want to wear a bow, then let’s not make her. We wouldn’t want to anger the beast.
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49) It’s All the Rage
This is what popular boys looked like in the ’80s and now we understand everything there is to know about ’80s music and movies. You’re welcome.
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50) Use a Bowl
The bowl cut orignated when moms started putting mixing bowls on their kids’ heads to cut a straight line all the way around their head. That’s literally what happened here.
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51) She’s in Good Spirits
This girl seems like such a sweetheart. Her long hair is beautiful too. Her short hair on the other hair, is going through a crises. Please abort and start all over again.
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52) Say Hello to My Little Friend
Does he even know what’s going on back there because it doesn’t seem like it. Maybe he wears a hat all the time…except right now. I’m so glad people are no longer afraid to embrace the bald head.
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53) We Can’t Decide
This girl got lucky. Or perhaps she’s next on her mom’s list. We hope not because her brothers did not get off so easy. Little brother had a half-bowl and older brother has the ginger mullet.
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54) There’s Something About Mary
This may look familiar but trust us, it was not on purpose. That’s because this was taken before Cameron Diaz was a star. This was taken when hairspraying your bangs to stand straight up was cool.
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55) Almost Had It
Another popular girl who succumbed to the latest trend. Looking back at these bangs, doesn’t it make you wonder which of the trends of 2020 will also be dreadful in retrospect?
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56) We Dread This One
Okay, dreadlocks can be super cool. They are 90% of the time! But when you make pigtails out of them, you know you’ve gone too far. Keep it chill, keep it Marley.
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57) The Poor Soul
She is not happy with her bangs and we don’t blame her. She has beautiful hair and it was all nearly ruined by stray bangs. All they need is a bit of a snip and a brush and she is good to go.
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58) The Slick Mullet
This has never been done before. He went far beyond business in the front. He went exquisite. He ensured that you would look upon the front of his mullet with respect.
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59) It Was So Close
She almost had it. Her hair isn’t all that bad. We all loved crimping and braiding back in the day. But what gets everyone is how much she looks like an Elf from Lord of the Rings. Not a bad thing…just a thing.
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60) Never Gets Old
Remember this girl? She’s been all over the internet for more than one reason. The first of those is definitely her meme face that is so relatable. The second…the hair to end all worst hair discussions.
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61) Chad Has Arrived
The name is Chad and he’d love to be your date for Valentine’s day. He can even invite his friend, Dale. You’ll love Chad and Dale. What you won’t love is the OG mullets they sport. Done well, but still…
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62) She About to Lift Off
Remember when it was cool to style your hair into actualy objects. That’s what this beautiful girl did like a boss. These days, we prefer a more natural look and thank God for that.
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63) He Picked It Out
No, just no. Shaving designs in your hair rarely works but it can be cool when done by a professional. This, you see, takes this even further with the extreme mullet.
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64) Nonna’s Wig!
Another girl victim of the mullet perm. Moms liked to try it out before deciding not to do it on themselves. Poor girls like this suffered but at least she’s a happy camper.
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65) Wear Your Stripes
Dying your hair the color of your school sports teams is terrific and fun for sporting events. But shaving the middle off is another story. Please never let this happen gain.
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66) He Beat You on CoD
This kid was acutally kind of popular. He was a bully too though and skipped school more than he should. All that we can forget, but that hair is foreget recorded in this photo.
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67) At Least He’s Cute
Cute kid, indeed! He’s got the freckles, adorable red hair, and sweet ’70s style. All that and kis parents let him go to school with his hair like that. One comb in the pocket can do wonders.
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68) Let Me Show You My Skillz
This poor kid, that’s all we can say about that. He may be able to shred on the clarinet, but man oh man that hair, those sequins. They are all so preventable.
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69) A Couple For The Times
They are rocking the ’80’s and have the picture to prove it.
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70) Metalheads
This is just sad, and exactly why mothers are so important. This dad looks like every guy in an ’80s metal band and we kind of dig it. But then he went and let his kids do this.
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71) He is a Winner
We have to hand it to him, he did win that first prize for something and we doubt it’s the mullet fail. He seems like a smart kid though considering there’s a rocket on his trophy.
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72) Out with the Rat Tail
Again with the rat tail. The day that those died was the day we embraced a world where the only rodents people enjoyed were furry ones you can get at the pet store.
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73) Reach for the Stars
Not only did he shave off the sides, but he wants to see how high he can get his hair. He just keeps shaving the sides and letting the top grow. That’s so bold yet so controversial.
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74) Super Afrotastic
That is the biggest afro that I’ve ever seen. It barely even fit in the school photo. He seems to like it but boy how does he sleep at night. Afros have come a long way over the last couple of decades.
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75) She’s Great at Parties
This girl’s smile and joy is infectious. We love her for it. But the hair? Ther are hardly words for everything wrong with this cut. But we can see her today with an adorable pixie!
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