Jen Atkin
Celebrity Hairstylist and Founder
- Title:
- Celebrity Hairstylist and Founder
- Company:
- OUAI
- Expertise:
- Blowouts and heat styling, Waves and texture, Event and red-carpet styling, Hair trends
Jen Atkin started as a salon assistant and spent about 15 years as a celebrity hairstylist in Los Angeles, known for blowouts, waves and red-carpet styling. She was profiled by The New York Times in 2015 and named to the WWD Beauty Inc Top 100.
She founded the haircare brand OUAI in 2016, which Procter & Gamble agreed to acquire in 2021, and the brand Mane. Her book, Blowing My Way to the Top, was published by Harper Wave in 2020.
What Jen reviews for us
Styling how-tos: blow-drying, waves and event styling for short hair.
Disclosure
Jen Atkin founded OUAI and Mane. She does not review product recommendations or comparisons that involve those brands. Short Hairstyles Edit itself is brand-neutral: we recommend product types and ingredients, never brands. Read our editorial guidelines.
