Paris Fashion Week 2024: Chris Appleton Reveals his Hair Trends and Styling Tips
At Paris Fashion Week 2024, Shark Beauty held our inaugural hair show at the prestigious Palais Galliera, in collaboration with Vogue.
We caught up with our global ambassador Chris Appleton, grabbing five minutes between his live hair styling demonstrations and expert creative direction, to ask about hair trends, Shark Beauty, and how he creates those iconic wet looks and bouncy blow outs.
Can you tell us about your role as ambassador for Shark Beauty?
I am so proud to be a Shark Beauty Ambassador. Everyone deserves great hair and it’s actually not that hard to do once you know how. So, I love being able to teach people how to achieve the best for themselves at home.
How were you involved with the Paris Fashion Week show, and how was the experience?
I was thrilled to curate Shark Beauty’s first show, creating exclusive looks using Shark Beauty hair tools, including an ultra-modern wet look and a classic bouncy blow out. The event itself was amazing to be involved with, and held in such a stunning venue that really showcased the looks.
What is your favourite Shark Beauty product?
It has to be the Shark FlexFusion. It is amazing. It has absolutely everything that you need for the entire week. From wet to dry, to all the refresh days in between. There’s an attachment for everything, but not only that - each individual product performs. Being a professional hairdresser, performance is key, and I have been blown away with the Shark FlexFusion.
What is your most iconic look?
That’s too hard. There’s too many to choose from, what they do all have in common though is that they must withstand the test of time. Quite often I have to do my client’s hair about 5 or 6 hours before an event, because they have to do press interviews before. So, for me, I like to choose looks that last but that also reflect their identity, as my job is helping to bring this out.
What is the secret to wet look hair?
Well… you can over complicate this. It took me all of 7 minutes to do this look at the Shark Beauty show at Paris Fashion week. The key products you need are the Shark SpeedStyle Pro and Color Wow Pop and Lock. I have lots of tutorials of this on my TikTok.
How do you achieve the best bouncy blow out?
Starting with wet hair, you can use your Shark FlexFusion to get your hair to 80% dry. Then, coat the hair with Color Wow Raise the Root spray. Using the barrel to start curling from the front backwards. If you have time, after each curl, pin to set them in place. Brush out the curls and spray with hair spray as you do so to set in place.
What else have you got lined up for Paris Fashion Week 2024?
It’s a jam-packed week! The energy in Paris is amazing right now. I can’t wait until Sunday as I’ll be doing the hair for the Ottolinger show, so watch out to see the looks we’ve created!