Jessi Ngatikaura

Jessi Ngatikaura, who now goes by Jessi Draper, is a hairstylist, businesswoman and reality television personality based in Utah, known as a cast member of the Hulu series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. She is the co-owner of the hair company JZ Styles and posts hair and lifestyle videos on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

Career

She began with a hair-focused YouTube channel, started in 2016, before building a following on Instagram and TikTok. According to her YouTube channel, she opened her salon, JZ Styles, about eight years earlier and later added a hair extension company, a haircare line and an education business. The JZ Styles business includes a salon in Utah, hair extensions, haircare products and accessories, and a hair school, JZ Academy, which teaches online and in person. She has said she started the company when she was about 21.

She has appeared in The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Hulu's reality series about a group of Utah social media creators, since its first season in 2024. In November 2025 she changed the surname on her Instagram and TikTok profiles from Ngatikaura to Draper. She also co-hosted the hair and lifestyle podcast Just JZ.