2026 is the year of hair changes.
It’s out with the old and in with the new for stars including Alix Earle, Brooks Nader, Cassie Randolf and more.
Take Earle, for example, who cut long, wispy bangs on January 25. She rocked a fringed style with curled ends, showing off her refreshed look on Instagram. Another celeb who opted for change this year was Cassie Randolph, who chopped her long hair into a dimensional bob.
McKenna Grace debuted fiery red hair on April 24 while embodying her upcoming Scooby-Doo series character, Daphne Blake.
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Layla Taylor debuted a wispy fringe and highlights during a trip to New York City on May 11.
Mariska Hargitay opened about why she decided to cut her signature long hair into a bob during a May 14, episode of Today. “Do you know that I was at the photo shoot for ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ and I had my hair — I was still shooting ‘SVU.’ I got there, and it just came to me. I said, ‘I have to cut my hair off,’” the Law & Order actress said of her Broadway audition. “My wonderful hairdresser, Adair, was like, ‘OK,’ and he got a wig for me in, by the way, 20 minutes. So, that photoshoot was a wig because I had to go back to ‘SVU.’ When I went back and I just cut it, everyone said, ‘Was it hard for you?’ I said, ‘Not at all.’ I had such clarity that I needed something new and I wanted to get rid of it because there’s a different energy in this character. ”
Keep scrolling to see every hair transformation of 2026:
