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The Hottest Hollywood Hairstyles
InStyle.com readers’ poll voted on the hottest Hollywood hairstyles. The top five winners are:
Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Anniston, Eva Longoria, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Simpson
Reese Witherspoon’s Tapered Bangs
Her stylist, Mark Townsend, cuts her bangs ½-inch longer on each side and textures them by cutting into the ends vertically to create
subtle layers. This creates a fringe style that is versatile, and will allow the bangs to be worn to either side, or straight down.
Reese has very fine, silky hair and therefore needs careful tending to create the textured look.
To get her look:
With such fine-textured hair, you need to dry the hair to maximize volume. Use a round brush or the fingers to lift the hair (bangs
especially) to get added volume in the area desired without overstressing the hair. Use a round brush to create gentle bends and
expand the hair ends as you dry and style it.
You can keep your look soft, by indirectly applying hairspray using a brush to apply the spray to the base of the hair at the scalp.
Spray the brush with hairspray and brush it onto the scalp end of the hair. This will give you directional control without making the
whole of the bangs look or feel stiff. You can finish the look using a domed flat iron (one that has curved heating plates). This
helps to create a soft curve and rounds out the ends, rather than creating the super-flat finish common to most situations.
Bangs can get oily when they sit on the face, especially when you have fine hair. If a quick “refresher” is needed between shampoos
you can use a bit of baby powder dusted on the hands and run through the hair to absorb the oil and keep the hair from looking greasy.
Jennifer Anniston’s Sleek Shiny Layers
Stylist Chris McMillan trims Jennifer’s hair by combing it back and cutting it straight across to create the long-layered, slightly
A-line shape. He then uses a point-cutting technique to create a slightly jagged look. However, when the hair is finer in texture,
keep the cut more blunt to prevent a wispy frayed look.
To get her look:
Avoid too much, or too-heavy product which can make the hair lank and heavy. Control frizz using a drop of smoothing serum rubbed on
the hands and run through the ends of damp hair before blow-drying. Another touch of serum adds shine and definition after drying.
Dry the hair using a large round brush to smooth and straighten the hair. Wrap sections around the brush and allow the hair to cool to set
in large bends and swing in the sections. This will create the long-flowing soft curves that work so well with the cut.
To ensure smoothness without flatness, use the straightening iron only on the ends of the hair starting from the mid-point along the
hair to the ends. This prevents you from removing the lift created in the drying process. Control fly-away strands by misting the
fingers with hairspray and passing them over the hairs around the face.
Eva Longoria’s Glamorous Curls
Eva’s long hair falls to mid-back, but in order to create different looks, her stylist, Ken Paves, uses hairpieces. The result is a
layered look that distributes the weight of Eva’s hair and adds movement to enhance her naturally wavy texture.
To get her look:
Use a conditioning spray on your damp hair to shield from heat damage. This also helps to seal the cuticle which adds shine.
Fine-haired people should use a volumizing spray instead. Blow-dry the hair with a large round brush to create lift at the crown
and a smooth finish on top. Hold the brush at an angle up and away from the face as you blow-dry the hair to give the face an open
and lifted look.
Reinforce the natural wave of the hair using a large-barrel curling iron and wrapping thick (2-inch or so) sections spiraling back
away from the face at a downward angle. Once the curls are formed, slide the barrel out of the curl and allow the curl to cool
completely. Remember that until the curl cools fully, it is not set and can be pulled out.
Smooth the top sections of the hair with a paddle brush misted with hairspray, and use a wide-tooth comb to separate and lift the
curls on the sides in the direction they were created. As long as the curls have cooled properly, you’ll simply create separation
and definition in the style.
Angelina Jolie’s Bombshell Blow-Out
In what is best described as a long-circle cut, Jolie’s hair is subtly layered in a below-the-shoulder length. “The cut creates
cascading layers and reduces some of the weight of the hair so that it flows better,” according to her sometime-stylist, David
Babaii. “The key is not to frame the face with too many choppy layers.
To get her look:
If your hair is as silky as Angelina’s use a texturing spray or wave spray to give it an instant lift on damp hair before blow-drying.
Use a medium round brush and roll sections away from the face starting on top of the head.
Wrap one or two inch sections of hair around a 1.5-inch barrel curling iron, hot-roller style, wrapping the hair away from the face.
Hold the iron vertically on the sides. Once the sections are heated, slide the iron out and clip the curls close to the scalp.
You can use a firm-bristle toothbrush with a misting of hairspray to ruff the base of each curled section to create lift and fullness
at the scalp. Confine the ruffing to one inch segments at the scalp area. Ruffing is like back-combing, only performed with a brush.
Hold the segment of hair loosely and direct the brush toward the scalp along the hair shaft.
Use a boar bristle paddle brush to gently glide through the hair. Lightly graze the top layers so as to not lose the lift there; then
shake out the length using your fingers. You can finish the ends using the bristle brush to create a soft, sumptuous look.
Jessica Simpson’s Tousled Waves
Jessica’s stylist, Ken Paves, describes her hair as “lightly layered with shorter pieces in the front curving around the face”. The
goal was creating a look that was touchable and never appeared fussy. Mr. Paves believes this lightly-layered look is “versatile and
universally flattering on any woman”. However, he warns again over-layering the sides as it could lead to the formation of a long shag.
To get her look:
Keep the natural waves. Don’t blow-dry the hair to straighten it at all. Use a light product, like mousse, on damp hair and dry the
hair with a diffused dryer and the fingers to tousle the hair. This keeps as much of the natural texture and wave as possible.
Use two different sizes of curling iron to simulate a more natural curl pattern. Use the larger iron on the upper sections of the head and
the smaller barrel for the lower portions. Separate randomly sized sections for curling to give an uneven effect, which appears more
natural.
You can get a looser look in the curls around the face by taking two-inch sections and twirling it in your fingers a couple of times
before winding it around the iron. When you do wind it around, wrap it away from the face. Don’t clamp the hair in the iron, as this
will create softer, less-crisp, curls.
After letting your hair cool, and the curls are allowed to set, use your fingers to gently loosen and break up the curls. You can
lightly mist the hair with a spray wax while lifting and shaking the hair to add fullness and volume.
It’s crucial to leave the hair alone while it’s warm, or you’ll pull out the curl, and create frizz and fly-away strands.
Stacy
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