"Graphik" by Shampoo by Michel Dervyn
The "Graphik" collection from Shampoo by Michel Dervyn is a study in texture and geometric design. The looks meld curved lines and clean edges with deep textures and silky finishes.
From the super-short, gamine cuts for her to the mussed and seductive crops for him, these styles are hip and up-to-the-minute without being overly trendy.
Cropped Blonde Locks
Creamy blonde locks, cropped super short with fine-grained texturing, form the medium for this gamine cut. The longer forelock and smoothly curved perimeter lines feel organic—almost as if the hair naturally grew into this style, with no encouragement. The look is both dramatic and classic, evoking pop icons like Annie Lennox and David Bowie without seeming dated or retro.
The styling is simple. The hair is blown straight with a texturing product and then enhanced with additional product to define the layers and enhance the style’s appearance. This definition avoids a "fuzzy" look, keeping the style clean and controlled.
Creative Styling
When you think of versatile styles, you generally picture hair with some length, allowing for varied looks from the same cut. However, even gamine crops can gain a whole new outlook with creative styling techniques. Here, we see the previous short haircut reimagined.
The short hair is blown out to maximize volume and break away from the "close-cropped" appearance of its previous incarnation. A volumizing, sculpting product creates structure and allows for the peaks shown here, which serve as a focal point. The overall effect is a soft, diffused finish with an edgy twist.
Short Top-Weighted Hairstyle
This pixie cut look is dramatic without seeming drastic. The short, top-weighted style features a "bowl-like" cut with a weight line falling at the tops of the ears as it travels around the head. The lower portions are finely layered for a simple, feathery finish around the perimeter, while the upper sections are layered for a feathery look as well. The real attraction here comes from the color work.
The base color—a deep, cool sable—is enhanced with a warm, burnished-copper tone in the forward sections. The effect is gentle yet unmistakably warm and inviting. The intricacy of the color application, with its perfectly blended strands, adds visual interest that makes the look far greater than the sum of its parts.
Coppery Crop
This coppery short hairstyle is characterized by crisp, clean lines and carefully controlled styling. The long, curved fringe and pseudo-bob cut along the sides give the look a chic, artistic feel. The hair is side-parted and styled for complete smoothness, creating a satiny finish and highlighting the dimensional quality of the color.
Wild Style for Short Hair
Once again, we see the power of restyling and the dramatic differences achievable with a single cut. The clean-edged cut showcased so smoothly in the previous look is reborn into the wild child style shown here. Blown out with a structuring product to build volume and fullness, the hair is sculpted into a froth of curved layers that crisscross in artfully random patterns.
The dimensionality of the hair color, whose fine-grained striations were eloquently showcased in the previous style, becomes a diffuse glow of warmth under the lighting, adding fire to the style. This is a look that is truly amped up to full volume.
Natural Feel Men's Style
The flowing locks of a golden-haired youth could have stepped from the lines of a poem by Lord Byron himself. This man's cut is a contemporary interpretation of the neo-classic "devil-lock" style. Characterized by a long forelock with tapered layering, the hairstyle is classic in its broad-spectrum suitability for many different men.
The longer-on-top, shorter-back-and-sides cut is a classic staple among men's haircuts. The specific details of this basic premise create various looks. In this case, the sides and back are tapered without the usual blocky, defined perimeter lines, resulting in a style with a natural feel. It is appealing without looking contrived.
Feathery Look for Men
Once again, we see how a simple look can be transformed with different styling techniques. The devil-lock cut from the previous style is revisited with a twist here. While the previous incarnation focused on smooth styling and accentuating gentle curves, this reworking adds volume and emphasizes the texture of the layers and overall silhouette.
The hair is blown out with a flat brush after being treated with a structuring product. This adds substance and helps the locks stand out on their own. The finished look is feathery and diffuse, giving a softness to the hairstyle that is both brooding and romantic.
Up-to-Date Men's Look
Here, we see a shining example of modern influence on the classic men's haircut. The layered style follows traditional perimeter lines but is executed with a razor tool and given choppy texture in the layering.
Styling is simple: blow-dry the hair using a strong-hold styling gel and a vented brush to create a full, soft mass of hair. After drying, apply a dab of pomade or styling wax and rake your fingers through the hair to define the layers and reshape locks into an artful series of peaks along the center top section. The finished look is modern without being trendy and flattering without being predictable.
Hairstyles: Shampoo by Michel Dervyn