Short layered hairstyles are about keeping hairstyles that has hair length between shoulder length to ear length. There is wide variety available in short layered hairstyles. You can opt for layers that fall to your shoulders or your collarbone.
It is usually recommend with layered short hairstyles to get bangs as it adds some spice to your personality. You can get the roots of you layers dyed so that there is some variety in your hairstyle. You can create a frazzles look out of layered short hairstyle or you can create a dead pan ironed look with a straightening iron depending on the occasion. You can blow dry your upper layers inwards with a blow dryer brush and lower layers outwards. You can add bright highlights to your short layered hairstyles as well.
If you are a busy corporate woman and just do not have time to spend hours on getting dresses every morn than you can get a very short cropped haircut and adds lots of layers in it. Now all you would have to do each morn would be to check that your hair is not to oil or frizzy depending on your hair type. If your hair type is too oily then with this hairstyle make sure your hair is freshly shampooed each morning. On the other hand if your hair is super dry than shampoo your hair on alternate days with this hairdo and apply conditioner on your hair the day you shampoo your hair.