Best Celebrity Hairstyles for 2010 Top Celebrity Hairstyles 2010 - How to Copy Celebrity

Top Celebrity Hairstyles 2010 - How to Copy Celebrity - ELLE America's top salons divulge their most requested Hollywood 'dos

Good hair is contagious! For the fourth year, ELLE polled the country's 100 best salons to reveal the most coveted celebrity styles from coast to coast—and how to copycat them with ease.

The Bang

Winner: Nicole Richie

It's no surprise that the prize for best fringe goes to Richie. "The full bang is very late '60s, early '70s, so it's the perfect vintage accessory," says Richie's stylist, Andy Lecompte. To whip her heavy bangs into shape (which he does every three to four weeks), Lecompte razors them to below the brow, keeping the length slightly shorter in the middle "so they stay out of her eyes," and finishes by blending the outer fringe into the sides. "Nicole Richie's look really resonates with our long-haired clients who want a change but won't compromise on length," says Adrienne Rogers, co-owner of Hush Salon in Philadelphia.

The Bang

Runner-Up: Zooey Deschanel

Retro-adorable Deschanel is the runner-up.

The Bang: Pro Picks

Richie totes a Mason Pearson Boar Bristle & Nylon brush to touch up bangs.

The Bang: Pro Picks

Lecompte adds a dab of Phyto Professional Matte Texturizing Paste to "lightly define" fringe.

The Bang: Pro Picks

Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray "soaks up excess oil without leaving behind white residue," Lecompte says.

Long & Straight

Winner: Reese Witherspoon

The best performance for sleek strands goes to golden girl Reese Witherspoon. The secret to Witherspoon's covetable style? "I cut face-framing layers from the top of the head, not by holding them out to the side," says her stylist, Mark Townsend. "This adds bounce and keeps ends from looking stringy." And because straight hair reflects the most light, her style boasts extra shine. "This style is so popular because it's superflattering," says Sanda Petrut, a senior stylist at Chicago's posh Maxine Salon. "The long, chin-length layers accentuate the cheekbones and add sexy yet sophisticated movement to the hair— something every woman wants."

Long & Straight

Runner-Up: Beyoncé

Hitmaker Beyoncé comes in a close second.

Long & Straight: Pro Picks

Townsend spritzes a bit of Moroccanoil Glimmer Shine Spray onto his palms and lightly distributes it through Witherspoon's hair "to separate and define layers."

Long & Straight: Pro Picks

Townsend's blow-dry essential: Dove Body & Lift Volumizing Mousse to "keep hair full of volume all day."

Long & Straight: Pro Picks

Townsend's other blow-dry essential: His Spornette Porcupine Rounder Brush, which "gives amazing bounce."

The Pixie

Winner: Halle Berry

Halle Berry—and her hair—can do no wrong. For the second year in a row, she sits atop salons' request lists—but this time she's cut her waves loose in favor of a pixie. "To wear short hair you must be confident," says Berry's stylist, Neeko Abriol. "It works great on Halle because she has an amazing neckline and cheekbones and she's not afraid to show them." Abriol keeps Berry's sides short, with an extra inch of length on top to create texture and "keep it versatile." In the great outdoors of Montana, "women like cuts that are easy to style," says Laura Peretto, owner of Sugar Salon in Helena, where Berry's do is No. 1. "It's low maintenance, but you can still dress it up with a few loose curls or by roughing up the surface."

The Pixie

Runner-Up: Carey Mulligan

Short-cut runner-up, Oscar nominee Mulligan, also favors a pixie.

The Pixie: Pro Picks

Abriol uses Bumble and Bumble Styling Creme to "build up" texture in Berry's hair.

The Pixie: Pro Picks

Stylist Didier Malige adds luster to Mulligan's blond crop with Fekkai Brilliant Glossing Sheer Shine Mist.

The Pixie: Pro Picks

To give a sleek finish and clean up cowlicks, Abriol uses FHI heat Platform 4/10" Styling Iron.

The Wave

Winner: Kim Kardashian

When it comes to Kim Kardashian, the only thing talked about more than the curves of her body are the curves of her long hair. "I give Kim bouncy waves by vertically wrapping hair from root to end in small sections around a 1.5-inch iron," says her stylist, Frankie Payne. "A few long layers give her hair that extra body." Hawaii's salt-spray beaches and moisturepacked climate make Kardashian's beachy strands a hit: "Hawaiians have always had an affinity for long hair," says Joe Randazzo, owner of J Salon in Honolulu. "Our clients love the versatility of Kim's layered waves—from soft and subtle to more sexy and defined."

The Wave

Runner-Up: Taylor Swift

Women envy Swift for more than her talent and her friendship with hunky Taylor Lautner; they love her natural coils.

The Wave: Pro Picks

Bumble and bumble Thickening Hairspray coats strands to make a "perfect base" for waves, Payne says.

The Wave: Pro Picks

A dab of T3 Boost "seals in shine and eliminates frizz."

The Wave: Pro Picks

Payne uses Hot Tools 1.5" Curling Iron, working from the nape of the neck up: "It really makes curls last."

The Shade

Winner: Jennifer Aniston

Americans seem to be debating everything these days except their favorite color: the sun-kissed shade of Jennifer Aniston's hair. "She has been one of the most popular sources of inspiration at our salon for the past 15 years. Her soft highlights remain the most requested look today," says William George, owner of the James Joseph Salon in Boston. "Women like the fact that her hair doesn't look obviously foiled," says Negin Zand, Aniston's colorist, who uses balayage to paint on a trio of baby and golden blond highlights along with light brown lowlights. "Keep the highlights finer at the root and thicker at the bottom for the most natural effect," says Zand, who finishes with a clear Redken gloss, which makes hair supershiny. At right, the runners-up for most requested colors by shade.

The Shade: Maintenance Crew

Aniston maintains a soft, healthy base for color with Shu Uemura Art of Hair Moisture Velvet Nourishing Treatment.

The Shade: Maintenance Crew

Zand recommends L'Oréal Professionnel Série Expert Lumino Contrast Shampoo to keep "color looking fresh."

The Shade: Maintenance Crew

A light moisture spray, like Rene Furterer Fioravanti No Rinse Detangling Spray, will help hair "look brilliant all day."

The Shade: Strawberry

Winner: Christina Hendricks

The Shade: Caramel

Winner: Jennifer Lopez

The Shade: Champagne

Winner: Reese Witherspoon

The Shade: Chestnut

Winner: Sandra Bullock

The Shade: Honey

Winner: Sarah Jessica Parker

The Shade: Auburn

Winner: Julianne Moore

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Claire Danes Hair and Makeup

Claire Danes Hair and Makeup - ELLE The actress reflects on her hair and makeup—from My So-Called Life to today

Yesterday, we spoke one-on-one with Claire Danes in her NYC hotel suite. The two-time Emmy nominee (she recently got a nod for her leading role in the HBO film Temple Grandin) was in town to promote prescription lash-amplifier Latisse. As the newest celebrity spokesmodel for the brand, Danes says her job is easy. "I love the product, which is helpful," she laughs, perched amiably on a couch in an Alberta Ferretti shift. Keep reading for more of Danes' must-haves (she actually let us dig through her personal makeup bag!) and beauty secrets.

How long have you been using Latisse?
I've been using it since the beginning of the year—it takes about 16 weeks for the full effect to occur but you gradually see a difference. I had to exercise patience, but it was a great little adventure. I use it at night after washing my face, one wand per lid. I apply it like eyeliner and just let it do its thing!

What other products are part of your bedtime routine?
My skin is a bit sensitive, so Cetaphil is my standby. I also use toner and a light layer of moisturizer—I use a lot of Kiehl's and other natural brands.

Besides using Latisse, how else do you like to play up your eyes?
Metallic shadows like Laura Mercier's Metallic Crème Eye Color in Gold are great. I also use a lash curler and Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Lash-Extending Treatment Mascara. The big question is always eyes or lips? I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with now—and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I'm a pretty low-maintenance person and it's too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips.

What was the first mascara you ever bought?
That's a good memory—it was that Maybelline mascara in the pink tube called Great Lash. It's a classic and it still works great! A lot of makeup artists use it on set.

Your lashes look great—and so does your hair! What's your secret?
I can't credit Latisse for it! Peter Butler styles my hair and my friend Steven Amendola colors it. It's pretty blond right now—it was naturally this blond when I was 6-years-old.

It's a far cry from the red hair you sported as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life.
In the first episode Angela dyes her hair from blond to red. It was this fire-engine red Manic Panic color and it looked like I'd committed murder every time I took a shower.

Angela's `90s fashions seem to be making a comeback on the fall 2010 runways. How do you feel about that?
Yeah, the layered, grunge look from the `90s is having a big resurgence. That was a good time for me—I don't mind revisiting it. But what's going to happen next? I wonder what the aughts are going to be like when we recycle them.

You have so much going on right now—what's up next?
I don't know. I'm just figuring out what it is to be married [to husband and fellow actor Hugh Dancy]—I'm enjoying that! I bought a country house fairly recently, so I'm settling into our new domestic life. We keep talking about painting the house and I tell him I can do it with my lashes!

Beauty Top 5: Best At-Home Hair-Color Products Best at Home Hair Color Product - At Home Hair Color Brands

Best at Home Hair Color Product - At Home Hair Color Brands - ELLE The votes are in—these DIY hair-color kits are a shade above the rest

Fake Out

For "brilliant, bright color" with "natural highlights," try . L'Oréal Féria

Quick Change

"Cover every single gray" and get "shiny hair that lasts for weeks" with Clairol Perfect 10.

A-Plus

Garnier 100% Color "conditions while it colors," leaving hair "soft and shiny."

Brush it On

Get an "easy, flawless application" and "professional quality color" with Fekkai Salon Color.

Best Buy

Revlon Colorist is "simple to use," provides "natural color," and "doesn't break the bank."

Marion Cotillard Hairstyles – Hairstyle Pictures

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Drew Barrymore Hairstyle - 2010 Drew Barrymore Hairstyles

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Hollywood Hairstyles – Celebrities with Long Hair – ELLE

Hollywood Hairstyles – Celebrities with Long Hair – ELLE - ELLE Put pixie cuts and bobs on hold—long hair is the style du jour

Short hair will always be chic but long, below-the-shoulder locks are making a comeback. Just look at Ashley Greene's do for evidence: While last year the Eclipse star opted for a short bob, this summer she's flaunting superlong tresses.

Greene chopped her strands for practical reasons—shorter hair was easier to pin under the wig she donned while shooting Eclipse—but her current length is worn out of preference: After filming for Eclipse wrapped, Louise Moon of Sally Hershberger LA outfitted Greene with hair extensions.

Since then, the actress has continued to embrace cascading locks—and as far as hairstylist Ted Gibson is concerned, the longer her hair, the better. "She's sexy, young, and the new It Girl in Hollywood—long hair best accentuates her beauty," says Gibson, who has been working with Greene since January.

Another of Gibson's clients, the formerly bobbed Anne Hathaway, also has a noticeably longer style. "Annie's growing her hair out and so are Zoe Saldana, Victoria Beckham, and Emma Watson," says Gibson. "I was a fan of shorter hair, but long hair is definitely coming back."

If you're enraptured with the Rapunzel look, Gibson says a layered cut is the key to keeping hair from falling flat (and dragging your face down with it). "Long layers through the interior and shorter layers around the front add movement to longer hair," says the mane master, adding that middle-of-the-back tresses are totally doable, no matter what your age.

Watch as Ted Gibson adds sexy layers to an ELLE.com staffer's ultralong hairstyle.

Bang Hairstyles– Celebrities with Bangs Hairstyles

Bang Hairstyles– Celebrities with Bangs Hairstyles - ELLE If you want that I’m-with-(or in)-the-band look, bangs might just be the ticket

You hear all kinds of adoring catcalls at concerts, usually of the "I love you" or the "You rock!" variety, volleyed like verbal undergarments from the dark depths of the crowd to the performers onstage. Still, it came as some surprise at a recent She & Him show when a male voice bellowed, "You have awesome bangs!" to Zooey Deschanel as she tuned her guitar between songs. While the actress-slash-singer fluttered her Kewpie-doll eyes and muttered aw-shucks thanks, I glanced around at the audience and noticed something: Almost every woman in New York City's Bowery Ballroom that night, including myself, was sporting forehead-concealing fringe. I hadn't realized it, but I was a member of a club: When I got home, I typed "Deschanel bangs" into Google and got 430,000 results.

"Zooey's bangs are the most requested in the salons where I work," says Deschanel's hairstylist (and, truth be told, my own) Michelle Fiona, who is based both at Whit-temore House Salon in New York City and Cowboys & Angels in San Francisco. "One or two people a week bring in photos of her and ask for that cut—and most of them don't know I do her hair." But it's not merely that the (500) Days of Summer star has particu-larly enviable tresses. "They want what the haircut conveys," Fiona says. "There's something about bangs that makes you look cool." Indeed, think of many other indie-scene pinup girls—Jenny Lewis, Chan Marshall, Karen O, the Raveonettes' Sharin Foo, or -Alison Mosshart, the sable-haired singer who fronts both the Kills and the Dead Weather. What do they have in common? You guessed it. Somewhere along the way, bangs have become the rock 'n' roll haircut of choice.

It's not too surprising to learn that the "invention" of bangs as a women's hairstyle is generally credited to a musician turned hairstylist: A chap named Ziryab—evidently quite a pop star in his day—founded a cosmetology school in Spain in the ninth century and introduced a wildly popular short-in-the-front, long-at-the-sides coiffure. In the twentieth century, bangs became imbued with a hint of rebellion when they appeared as part of the controversial bob in the 1920s—it's hard to imagine now, but Louise Brooks' iconic haircut, with its shiny curtain of sharp, jet-black fringe, was initially considered shocking. When bangs became popular again in the late 1950s and early '60s, it was in tandem with the rise of rock 'n' roll: Girl groups such as the Ronettes and the Supremes paired cocktail dresses with banged bouffants; mod trendsetters such as Mary Quant adopted the Vidal Sassoon pageboy; Nico telegraphed glacial cool as the bassoon-voiced front woman in the Velvet Underground; and pretty much every woman who hung out with the Beatles and the Stones—Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Pattie Boyd—had a fringe. In France, très chic singers such as Jane Birkin and Françoise Hardy peered out from beneath deep-cut brunette bangs, forever imbuing the style with a touch of je ne sais quoi.

Of course, the singers who most firmly cemented bangs as an intrinsic element of the rock-chick hairstyle were Chrissie Hynde, who first stepped onstage with eye-obscuring fringe in the late '70s , and Debbie Harry, whose mussed-up, DIY-looking CBGBs-heyday haircut is still being copied by everyone from Courtney Love to Drew Barrymore. Indeed, bangs have become the go-to style for celebs looking for edge: Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, and Nicole -Richie among them. "They can instantly transform someone's look from conservative to rock 'n' roll," says New York stylist Tommy Buckett of the new Marie Robinson Salon, who has cut sweepy bangs on Rachel McAdams and fashioned a center-parted '70s style on Si-enna Miller. "Having hair in your face makes you look a little mysterious." That's one element of bangs' allure. Another is that they're playfully sex-kitteny. "I love soft, flirty, lash-level bangs," Fiona says. "I call them `man-catchers.' " (On the flip side, I've found they can also hide a multitude of sins, including wrinkles, acne, and unkempt eyebrows.)

Can anyone wear bangs? Most hairstylists agree that where there's a will, there's a way. "Your hairdresser needs to look at the shape of your face and determine what type is best for you," says stylist Oscar Blandi. "They can really bring out your eyes and cheekbones. But you have to be careful. For example, if you have a round face, blunt bangs cut straight across the forehead can widen your cheeks and make you look like you have meatballs in your mouth."

As a general rule, long, side-swept bangs will downplay a broad face, while an above-the-eyebrows fringe will add length to your features. Different proportions, as Fiona points out, "can put you into different genres": rockabillies typically wear their bangs Bettie Page short; emo kids like them asymmetrical. "I think heavy bangs that fall just below the eyebrows are the hottest," Fiona says. "If you go too short, you'll lose the sexy, undone effect. You'll look like a baby doll instead of a hot babe."

Buckett agrees. "For a real rocker look, you'll want bangs hanging in your eyes like Hynde's," he says. "I cut them in a subtle M shape, which makes them look longer than they actually are—that way the hair doesn't impede your ability to see."

Whether you wear bangs sleek and retro-sweet like Katy Perry or roughed up à la Mosshart, the right product is key. "Bangs look cool when they're slightly piecey," says Blandi, who likes to use an antifrizz serum and his Jasmine Oil Shine Spray. "But you want to keep them soft, not stiff, so whatever your product, you shouldn't use very much of it." To quash unwanted bumps, Fiona suggests angling your blow-dryer down onto bangs from above while brushing them side to side across the forehead. "It's called `wrap-drying,' " she says. "Your head acts like a -roller, so it makes any cowlick or curl lie flat."

Personally, I can't imagine ever being without bangs. Beyond being merely a visual cue to my musical tastes (hello, fellow She & Him fans!), they're part of who I am. They Might Be Giants have an ode to the haircut, the lyrics of which run, "I'm only holding your hand so I can look at your bangs." So if they're man-catchers, that's cool, too.

Salma Hayek Hairstyles – Hairstyle Pictures

Salma Hayek Hairstyles – Hairstyle Pictures - ELLE Vote for the Grown Ups star’s best dos through the years

Rock 'n’ Roll Bangs: Fringe-Flaunting Icons Through the Years Celebrity Bangs Hairstyles – Bangs Hairstyles

Celebrity Bangs Hairstyles – Bangs Hairstyles - ELLE From Jane Birkin to Zooey Deschanel, these women know how to rock bangs right

Bangs (and bag) icon Jane Birkin

Rihanna's forehead-sweeping fringe

Smoldering Nico

Debbie Harry's bleached crop

'60's-era Tina Turner

Alison Mosshart's long rocker bangs

Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power

Marianne Faithfull

French chanteuse Françoise Hardy

Zooey Deschanel

Karen O's cool bowl cut

The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde

Courtney Love

early Fleetwood Mac-era Stevie Nicks

Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan

Oscar Blandi Jasmine Oil Shine Spray gives bangs a glossy sheen

Oribe Imperméable Anti-Humidity Spray keeps the frizzies at bay

Fiona uses Sachajuan Ocean Mist to refresh and volumize flat fringe

Buckett uses Tresemmé Anti-Frizz Secret Smoothing Crème to tame flyaways