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How many times have you changed your hair over the years? Some people stick with a tried and true hairstyle for decades, while others like to experiment with new hair trends. There have been so many different hairstyles within each decade cutting our list down to 15 vintage hairstyles was more difficult than we imagined. There are some hairdos we pray to come back and some that can (and should) stay gone forever! Trends are always changing but vintage is forever. Sometimes vintage hairstyles and trends from decades ago come back in fashion. See if you notice any of these hairstyles that are now back in style. Enjoy our nostalgic list of popular hairstyles from yesteryear and see how many you actually admit to wearing! 1. Bouffant Wikipedia | Vintage hairstyle Bouffant Bouffant hairstyles were actually started in the 1700s! However, they became popular again in the 1960s. The hair is rounded up on top of the head. Even First Ladies in this time period wore this hairstyle. 2. Beehive Wikimedia Commons | Retro beehive hairdo Similar to the bouffant, the beehive hairstyle involves piling all of your hair on top of your head. However, you do so in a beehive shape. This hairstyle was also popular in the '60s. 3. Shingle Bob Wikimedia Commons | Single Bob Haircut Bob haircuts are still around. They involve cutting the hair higher than shoulder length. The shingle bob was popular in the 1920s and involved sharp, short bangs and a short bob haircut. 4. Victory Rolls Wikimedia Commons | Victory Rolls Hairdo Victory Rolls are curls on the sides of the face. They were started in the '40s during WWII and are often worn by pinup girls. 5. Gibson Girl Wikimedia Commons While many people still wear The Gibson Girl, it isn't considered beautiful anymore. This look exists of basically piling your hair messily on top of your head. The look was based on illustrations from the 1800s by Charles Dana Gibson. 6. Sausage Curls Facebook Instead of loose curls, sausage curls were tight, vertical curls. This hairstyle was popular in the 1800s and again in the early 1900s. 7. Short Finger Waves Wikipedia | Short Finger Waves Women wore their short hair wavy in the 1920s and '30s. They often wore it with a headband. You don't see this hairstyle as much anymore, except perhaps on Halloween. Read on to the NEXT page for more popular hairstyles of the past! 8. The Mullet Wikimedia Commons | The Mullet This may be one hairstyle you never want to see come back. It was mostly men that wore this style in the '80s and '90s and boasted "business in the front, party in the back." 9. Crimped Hair Wikimedia Commons Crimping your hair was very popular in the '80s and '90s. You used a special crimping iron to get the look. Did you ever crimp your hair? 10. Pageboy Flickr This was a haircut for both men and women and was similar to a bowl cut. It was modeled after the pageboys in medieval times and was popular in the '50s. 11. Pompadour Flickr | Elvis And His Pompadour Vintage Cut Pompadours have been around for a while and were worn by both men and women. Elvis actually had a pompadour haircut! The hairstyle originated from Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of King Louis XV. 12. Feathered Hair Wikimedia Commons Feathered hair was very popular in the '70s and '80s. It involved getting a layered haircut and wearing loose waves around your face. Actress Farrah Fawcett made this haircut even more popular. 13. Pixie Cut Flickr While there are many people who still wear a pixie cut, this short haircut was more popular in the '50s. Stars like Audrey Hepburn and Twiggy made other people want to chop all of their hair off into this adorable look. 14. Jheri Curl Wikipedia The jheri curl Jheri curls became popular in the '80s after Michael Jackson wore them often. 15. The Flip Wikimedia Commons | The Flip Hairstyle In the '60s, women began flipping the end of their hair up in a curl. Did you ever wear your hair this way? What hairstyles did you rock in the past decades? Which ones do you love or hate? If you enjoyed this article, please SHARE with your friends and family to reminisce about your hairstyles of the past!