Lori Harvey, Selena Gomez, and Hailey Bieber do not have magical powers (that we know of), but they do have the power to change the length of their hair with just a few flicks of a styling wand. All three women have what I like to call \u201cThe Better Bob.\u201d It\u2019s basically a lob (as in, long bob) that gives the illusion<\/em> of a bob, depending on how you manipulate the ends. When you\u2019re no longer feeling the bob, you can easily transition back to longer strands with just one swoop of a brush, making it the perfect noncommittal haircut.<\/p>\n Though it\u2019s had a major resurgence, this cut isn\u2019t totally new: In the \u201890s, Naomi Campbell, Julia Roberts, and Jennifer Anniston opted for collarbone-grazing, medium length hair over the short bobs and pixies of the time\u2014often styling their length with bumped ends, tousled curls, or voluminous layers that straddled the line between bob and lob so, well, you couldn\u2019t quite tell which it was.<\/p>\n A modern case in point: Selena Gomez\u2019s Instagram feed. In one post, the singer\u2019s hair is in a flowy lob that grazes her shoulder blades, but in a post just a day later, she has a voluminous bob that sits right at the nape of her neck. Part of me wanted to attribute this beautiful sorcery to extensions, but my beauty editor Spidey sense told me otherwise. There it was: The Better Bob.<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n![\"Selena](\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6944ab8d5ff7d869e299ad0a\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/Selena%2520Gomez%2C%2520Lob.png\"\/)
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