Here are a few ideas and tips on hair-dos that can work for any occasion. Whether it’s a night on the town, an outing with the co-workers or dinner with the family, look your best this holiday season.
Mandy Moore
From Cristophe
Hair 411: Modern take on a ’60s half up, half down style
How-To: Apply volumizing tonic to wet hair. Separate hair into front and back sections and blow dry using a medium barrel brush, keeping the hair wrapped around the brush until it cools. Dry the sides without adding any volume, focus all the volume on the crown. Dry the bangs forward first then pull the ends around to the side. Tease the crown section slightly to create height and add a light coat of hairspray. Pull each side loosely back while twisting and reunite the sides together in the back and secure with a barrette or clip. Rub gloss/shine product in palms and pull thru random pieces of hair.
Nelly Furtado
From Paul Cucinello
Hair 411: Soft, romantic up-sweep in ginger blonde
How-To: Hair is lightened overall with a high-lift color and then overlaid with a ginger blonde gloss. Apply a volumizer to the hair and blow dry upside down. Take large sections and wrap them around a 1 1/2-inch curling iron to create soft waves. Spray the hair with a light hair spray to set the curls and when dry, run your fingers through to soften. Gather the ends, twist and tuck them under. Secure with large bobbi pins.
Vanessa Minillo
From Francky L’Official
Hair 411: Vanessa’s dark chocolate brown color, is great for this season
How-To: For this look, start by shampooing and blow drying the hair straight. To add volume, start with a volumizing mousse and tease the top part of the hair by brushing hair downward from root to ends to avoid damage. Then, loosely pull the top part of the hair back from the ears and pin back to complete the look.
Victoria Beckham
From Paul Cucinello
Hair 411: A short light blonde “graduated surfer-crop”
How-To: Heavy highlights are placed into a light brown based hair color. Apply a thermal protectant and blow dry hair with a paddle brush creating a side part with volume in the crown. Hair is then raked trough with a styling pomade.
Queen Latifa
From Paul Cucinello
Hair 411: Long, soft curls in a light cocoa brown
How-To: Apply a thermal protectant to damp hair. Create an off-center part. Take hair section by section and wrap onto hot rollers vertically around the head, alternating one forward and one back. Continue in a brick laying pattern. Let the rollers set until cool and fully formed. Unwrap the rollers and gently scrunch hair with a light shine oil.
Whitney Port
From Paul Cucinello
Hair 411: Long cool blonde hair with a bouncy blow dry
How-To: Icy blonde highlights are added to create a California blonde look. Apply a smoothing, conditioning balm and blow dry the hair section by section with a very large round brush. Allow each section to cool while you dry the next. Flip your hair over and gather the ends. Apply a shine oil to the ends of the hair. Flip your hair back over and smooth out the part and frame.
