

"I'm seeing a lot of women in South Africa creatively exploring shapes and techniques to stretch their natural hair," says Riley. Riley is the creative director for the 2019 Mizani global images, which she created in Johannesburg with a team of South African artists. According to stylist Pekela Riley, the look de jour is all about texture stretching and shaping. The Cut: The defining characteristic of the cuts happening in South Africa has less to do with the length of the hair and more to do with the styling. What we found was anything but redundant.įrom Seoul to Sydney, Berlin to Toronto, these are the haircuts and styles that are getting real-life likes in international salons.

We asked beauty insiders with major stamps on their passports to key us in to the brightest hair trends hiding beneath the surge of likes. Which is why we went analog to nail down the coolest haircuts and styles - not just in one localized city, like New York or Los Angeles, but the biggest trends all around the world. But the app has also made for an influx of homogeneous beauty looks, because we all get bombarded with the same well-liked posts.īecause the Instagram algorithm is clearly biased, sussing out micro, localized trends feels tougher than ever.

For beauty lovers, the social-media platform has given us a steady stream of new celebrity cuts, product leaks, and a surge of of-the-moment hair color trends. Instagram may be just seven years old, but it’s damned near impossible to remember how we got on without it.
