There’s one thing that seems to be uniting the biggest hair trends of 2025, and that’s a drift towards more low-maintenance, genuinely wearable styles with a real focus on hair health. High-shine finishes and a shift towards rich, buttery hair colours mean that the dominating hairstyles this year will walk the line of looking incredibly expensive yet being easy enough to recreate at home. And the latest trend about to take off fits this bill perfectly: ghost waves.
Renowned for his ability to spot a hair trend before it hits the mainstream, hairstylist and trend forecaster Tom Smith recently touted ghost waves as a style to watch for spring/summer—and I’m already obsessed.
