Every season brings new hair inspirations but 2026 marks a step change: less extreme effects, more natural textures and a '90 e 2000 years fashion return. In this article, we’ll discover the haircut, colour and styles which are conquering hair salons and catwalks together with some tips to repeat them.
Hairstyle trends 2026: haircut, texture and inspiration
The year 2026 privileges haircut having a natural movement and sharp geometries.
The mini shag restyled from the ’70, comes back with short locks on the front and a layered structure giving volume without requesting an elaborated hairstyle: an haircut giving value to the hair texture despite opposing it.
Besides this inspiration, suggestions of the year ’90 and 2000 come back showing soft fringes and less even lengths breaking the strict of the last past years.
The bob cut remains a fixed step, able to suit different texture and hair lengths without losing identity, while the layered bob cut continues to be the most versatile choice for those looking for a stunning haircut, easy to manage every day at the hair salon.
Hair colour 2026: tri dimension, warm nuances
For what concerns colour, the strongest trend is tri dimension
Less high-contrast highlights despite the sharp balayage, showing reflections melting at the root instead of marking it neatly.
The blonde Bessette, inspired to warm, sophisticated nuances of the year ’90 is the most requested nuance of the season.
On the contrary, some are looking for other nuances like the deep black which can give brightness on layered, long haircuts.
Copper and red complete the 2026 palette and they are proposed with less even fades much more similar to the natural colour, with a less artificial approach featuring the whole season.
Romantic hairstyles: the Bridgerton effect
The 2026 fashion weeks showed the return of some romantic updos, also thanks to the success of the Netflix Bridgerton series: hair tied back naturally, loose strands framing the face and an airy finish that is never overly structured.
The strength of this trend lies in its easy execution: it’s sufficient to work the ends with soft waves maybe with the help of a professional iron and tie the hair leaving some loose strands.
Reproducing elaborated hairstyles is not the case: the Bridgerton effect works just because it
Interprets romanticism in a nowadays key, showing sensitive volumes and a looking like spontaneous structure even if it is created in detail.
Choosing your hairstyle according to your face shape
The shape of your face is the most solid criteria on which choosing your haircut or style, independently from the season trends. Any bone structure gives value to different dimensions: a bad, calibrated volume may give accent on a face which on the contrary must be softened, while an haircut thought on the right lines, gives a natural accent on one’s one physiognomy.
Oval face
The most balanced dimension, practically suiting any kind of haircut or hairstyle without special constraint.
Round face
Haircuts making the silhouette long such as the long bob or high hairdo, help balancing the dimensions
Square face
Soft, larger lines like large waves or rounded bob shaping the sharp corners of the face jaw
Triangolar face
The volume in the highest part of the head, visibly balances a marked jaw.
Rectangular face
Fringes and short haircuts optically reduce the face length, softening the dimensions
Diamond face
Layered haircuts give value to cheekbones marking the step points of this face shape.
How to keep your hairstyle every day
A long-life result requires a specific daily routine: lightweight haircare products not weighing on the hair fibre, a controlled use of the heat not to damage the hair health over time and small tips to refresh the hair fold, such as a detailed brushing or a touch of dry haircare product on the edges.
To be able to obtain all that, a professional tool plays an essential role: a professional hair dryer allows for a long-term styling, reducing the thermic stress while keeping the colour brightness, key elements for the tri-dimensions nuances of the season.
The right hair dryer to reproduce the hairstyle trends at home
Every trend written above, find its ally in the daily drying gesture; the passage showing whether a haircut or texture are going to maintain the shape created during the styling.
Not only all the hair dryer models respond in the same way at different needs: power, temperature and kind of nozzle may change the result for what concerns lengths, texture and colour.
Here are some tips on how to choose the Parlux models according to the hair trend you wish to reproduce.
parlux Elysium
Parlux Elysium®, having 9 speed and temperature combinations, a 2300 Watt professional digital motor combines in a compact size the same versatility required by the season trends:
The easy-to-use possibility makes it suitable to shag and layered bob, while the AirFusion nozzles allow for a definition on sharp, straight basis as requested by the soft wave Bridgerton style.
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Parlux Alyon
Parlux Alyon® combines lightweight and high performances in a design also suitable outside the hair salon, the ideal model to be used for the look maintenance in between an appointment and another.
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Parlux 3200 Plus
Finally, the Parlux 3200® Plus, which remains a renewed classic model: the natural choice for those looking for a traditional, reliable hair drying such as the bob, without giving up sturdiness and long-life over time.
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