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# Hairstyles You Can Try Before You Buy
HairMixer.com

By Going Like Sixty | Published 2008-01-12 | Pop Culture
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hairmixer
References: [geeksugar](http://geeksugar.com/947293)

Have you ever seen a [hair style on a star](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/celebrity-twin) and wondered how you would look with a similar 'do? HairMixer.com gives you the chance to "[try on the hair](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/style-chemistry)" before making the big step. A bunch of stars are preloaded in the hair-raising website, but you can add your own or other star pictures. Compare the hairstyles, email to friends, and have fun putting yourself on the cover of a magazine too.

**Implications** - Celebrity-crazed consumers are a huge audience that different companies and brands can tap into. By familiarizing customers with the item they are promoting, a brand can create a personal connection with buyers and therefore effectively attract customers who would not regularly be part of the organization's target audience.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 3.6/10
- Popularity: 82% | Activity: 17% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet)

## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Virtual Hairstyle Try-on:** Creating a digital platform that allows customers to virtually try on hairstyles before committing to a new look, disrupting traditional in-person salon experiences.
- **Personalized Hair Tips:** Developing interactive features that provide personalized recommendations for hairstyles based on individual preferences and facial features, disrupting the traditional salon consultation process.
- **Social Sharing Hair Tools:** Creating hair styling tools that integrate with social media platforms, allowing users to share their hairstyles with friends and followers, disrupting traditional word-of-mouth marketing in the haircare industry.

### Who This Affects Most

- **Beauty:** Beauty brands can integrate virtual hairstyle try-on features into their websites and apps, offering customers a unique way to engage with their products and disrupting traditional in-person salon experiences.
- **Technology:** Technology companies can develop innovative hair try-on tools and algorithms that analyze facial features and hair preferences to recommend personalized hairstyles, disrupting the traditional salon consultation process.
- **Social Media:** Social media platforms can partner with beauty brands and hair tools companies to provide a seamless integration with their products, allowing users to share their hairstyles with friends and followers and disrupting traditional word-of-mouth marketing in the haircare industry.

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- [AR-Enabled Try-On Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/google-6.md)
- [Personalized AI Style](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cutmuse.md)
- [AI Fashion Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/virtualfit.md)
