When it comes to your college beauty routine, mastering a hairstyle that requires a lot of time and expertise isn’t your first priority. Most days, you end up throwing your hair into a top knot, skipping the shower and spritzing in some dry shampoo or doing a quick blow dry before running out the door. But whether you’re looking to experiment on a weekend or you’re prepping for an important date or event, that standard collegiette ‘do might not cut it—so when you need some hair inspo (or just want to drool over some lust-worthy locks), here are the Instagram accounts you NEED to check out.
1. @guy_tang
Guy Tang might as well be crowned as a champion hair colorist. Forget all the streaky highlights that our local hairstylists do, and look at how he dyes hair—balayage, strawberry-lavender blonde, Elsa-esque silver blonde and of course plenty of bright colors in between!
Hair Story Studio is an elite salon in New York City—in fact, such an elite salon they don’t even give out the address to outsiders. Most of their tresses are highly avant garde, as they look like what we see on runways everywhere. Even we’ll probably never have our hair done by their insanely talented stylists, the salon still shares the story of what happens in-salon each day, exclusively on Insta!
Mr. Aylward’s hands are something of magic, and it is hard for us to wrap our heads around his hairstyling gifts. Seriously how does he get his tresses to be so voluptuous, or get pin-straight hair to look like a pretty basket? Only he has the secret!
Karlie Kloss always looks perfect, and her hair is certainly a key factor… but who’s behind it all? Harry Josh, of course! He’s responsible for many of her ‘dos, and they’re all quite iconic. With his many bold styles for both short and long hair, we can always expect great results from him whether he’s styling for the red carpet or a magazine cover.
5. @ritahazan
What does it take to work for powerful women like Mariah Carey and Queen Bey? Just ask Rita Hazan, who regularly works with such coveted clients. Her Instagram feed gives us an inside peek into the life of an elite hairstylist.
6. @instabraid
We all love to look at great braids on Pinterest, but finding the best can take time—which is why we just follow this account instead, because they’ve got all the prettiest pictures in one place!
Natural-haired beauties, this one’s for you! If you want to embrace your curls and still be creative with how you style your hair, you’ll find all the inspiration you could dream of, right here.