Hair Trends

  Razor shags are one of the hottest trends this season. Whether your hair is long, medium, or short, a razor shag looks good on all hair lengths. Today's modern razor shag offers a refreshing, simultaneously soft yet edgy change for hair that's gone a bit shapeless. JATAI is celebrating the style with the SHARE YOUR SHAG contest where you could win a JATAI Feather shopping spree valued at $350! Here's how to enter: Post a photo or video of your hottest shag cut to Instagram or Facebook Follow and tag @jataifeather and #shareyourshag (so we're sure to see it!) Tell us how you crafted this season's hottest style Tag a fellow hairstylist in your post so they can enter to win, too! Our judges, hairstylists Ana Grisi (@hairbyac_alcorn) and Russell Mayes (@russelllmayes) will choose one grand prize winner and two runner ups to win a JATAI Feather shopping spree. Prizes include: Grand Prize - $350 credit on JATAI website via a personalized discount code Runner Up - $100 credit on JATAI website Second Runner Up -$75 credit on JATAI website Want to enter but need some inspiration? Check out this Trend CONNECT article by judge Ana Grisi highlighting 15 of the best razor shags on Instagram! We cannot wait to see you #shareyourshag so enter today and good luck! Hair Trends

The razor shag: quite simply one of the hottest haircuts of the year. It's easy to understand the cut's wide appeal: razor shags are insanely flattering and work on almost all hair textures and lengths. Today's modern shag combines choppy ends, layers around the crown and loads of texture. Casual, messy and giving off that extremely-cool-without-trying vibe, the razor shag is being celebrated with JATAI Feather's #ShareYourShag razor shag social media contest. Whether you are looking for inspiration to create a cut to enter the contest, or just love seeing the evolution of the modern day shag, below is a round up of some of my favorite shag cuts and styles on Instagram. @sagestudiosalon   @jayne_edosalon   @goodbyehorsegirl @treehousehair @davidwbullen   @joeprofita   @sara_luxe @shmeggsandbaconn @jestrauthair @andy_doesyourhair   @hairbyelvisp   @jayne_edosalon   @hollygirldoeshair   @themonacut   @rachelwstylist   Hair Trends, Women

My way of interpreting coming trends is to look at what's popular now and what's on its way out for the next season. I think that Spring-Summer 2021 hair fashion will reflect the 'opposite of now' and bring us some beautiful natural transitions. Razor Cut Bob There are certain basic looks that never seem to go out of style - they simply vary from year to year, and in some cases, decade to decade. The Bob is a great example of a look that has been with us for decades, but is tremendously versatile in terms of length, shape, and texture. For this season, we'll be seeing lots of interior movement with more shattered thinner bottom with wispy ends. The razor cut Bob takes on longer layers and texture but less volume ... the overall feeling is more light and airy for Spring. I feel that the leading Shag trend as we know it is on its way out. The traditional Shag is transitioning from a solid shape into a more structured shape and not so wispy at the ends.   Beach Waves As for Beach Waves that have been popular for so long, they are here to stay! This look has evolved from more than a decade ago (started out with those barrel sausage curls of Jessica Simpson and then 'relaxed' over the years). Of course, we always want to keep this in-demand look fresh and updated. The length can vary for the look of beach waves and it still looks good on people. For this season, I use a round brush for texture and volume but not as much curve ... the overall look is more relaxed. I am also building in tons of layers throughout and create different bangs - like curtain bangs and other variations that compliment the client. Razor cutting is a key tool to achieving the season's newest looks. (I just shot an educational video for the Jatai Academy that shows how I create the newest looks with the Jatai Feather Razor. As a stylist, doing razor cutting forces me to look at each section but really analyze 'section by section'. I don't just look at the shape but how each shape creates light and shadow ... how I create movement by cutting very shattered or solid but always soft ... cutting a little here and a little there. I sculpt with the Feather Razor and like being tuned in to the texture and pattern - not just caring about and cutting a shape. I also find that razor cutting allows for less fine tuning at the ends. Hair Trends, Women

It's an eclectic fashion scene out there for Spring-Summer 2021 Men's Hair. With the men's designer collections running so diverse, it's no wonder that this season's extra hair styles vary so much in support of what we're all seeing from the neck down! Designers like Kuon featured male models wearing shorter, lighter top hair with deeper sideburns and hair down on forehead. Tokyo 2021 showed fades and texture on top. The Saint Lauren collection was all about diversity, from longer waves to short Afros to simply way long straight hair. Designer Stan went with the windblown, beach tousled surfer looks, worn with upcycled vintage remnants with patchwork jackets in his collection. I think there are three main influences that are driving men's hair fashion this season. I call them Euro-Centric, African Embraced and West Coast Surfer influences on men of all ages. I interpret the Euro-Centric trends from my industry friends in London and Europe, who I reach out to regularly to learn 'what's hot' and 'what's not'. We all know that the European trends, especially in London' always travel immediately across the pond. Afro-Centric Inspired Hair Going 'more Euro' this season means lots of short texture looks with high top fades ... tons of texture at the top and really high and tight on the sides. The overall look is more matte versus shine - no more wet looks anymore. Preferred styling and shaping products include texture powders and more clay for the matte finish and high hold ... light on the pomade! Curls are also huge, with lots of mid-length combovers. Also, longer hair is making a comeback, growing out to neck and shoulder length. Many of my students at Hair Lab Detroit Barbering School like the longer cuts. West Coast Surfer The African community-inspired looks include the high top fade variations with pop color added for accent -and comb twists. I recommend using a curl sponge to add product to Afro-textured hair - it's a fantastic urban ethnic market tool for you. To color or lighten hair - or to put fun vivids inside or on top of hair - just twist your curl sponge into a circular motion. Creating blonde streaks to create light in the hair, or simply white washing the tips, adds kick and dimension to any high top fade. Finally, like the ebb and flow of the Pacific tide, the U.S. West Coast Surfer looks never stop influencing the global and the national men's hair fashion scene. Watch for those soft wavy beachy looks ... more beach wave than curl this season. The sun-kissed blonde highlights make any guy look like he's just been surfing, diving, pooling, or beachcombing no matter where you live ... a desired look no matter what the season. One thing's for sure ... men always want to look authentic in the way they dress or wear their hair. Finally, men care just as much about the hair as they do their clothes. Men's grooming overall is now high on the pedestal ... more men are taking better care of themselves which I think is great. As a barber, the cutting tools I use is so important to achieve the most current hair trends. For more piecey textures, the Feather Razors work best for me. I also do lots of shear work for classic shear over comb techniques. For this season's looks, I am definitely using more blends, razors, shears for point cutting, and minimal use of clippers except for those tight fades. Hair Trends, Men