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This was especially evident watching Michelle Obama take Europe by storm as she officially cemented her reputation as America's First Lady of Style. Mrs. Obama obviously does wear many expensive fashion frocks, but she often mixes and matches her high-end clothes with inexpensive pieces from stores many of us frequent. The price tag of her clothes may vary but her look is always the same. Her simply chic bob is the constant that dictates her image. She has become America's queen of fashion. Mrs. Obama has reinforced a valuable lesson: Your hair says it all. When your hair is looks good, you look good, no matter what you are wearing. 
Madonna has become famous for reinventing herself throughout her long career. We have seen her with bleached, platinum-blond hair, brown hair, and now a softer, golden-blond color. Her hair has been styled long, short and everything in between. She has looked like an MTV video star, a sex kitten in "Erotica" and as the ultimate cougar with her Brazilian boy toy Jesus in tow. Most recently it is interesting to note that Madonna has been photographed in her most natural look to date in an effort to adopt a 4-year-old girl from Malawi. Madonna is obviously aware of the importance of the image she projects. This constant change has proved to be key to her longevity. Each look helped to create the illusion that even though her music might be from the same artist, this is where the similarity ends. What should we learn from Madonna? Change is good, especially if you want to live a proverbial nine lives. 
Amy Winehouse is one more celebrity I must mention whose hair defines her persona. Her hair is unique, defies gravity, and separates her from all others. Her hair suggests a complete indifference to tradition. She's not interested in what others think about her or her lifestyle. Every inch of her raven-black, sky-high beehive hair exemplifies both her unique talent and her often scandalous lifestyle. Will she ever opt for a more traditional hair style? I sincerely doubt it. She is a rebel to the core. These three woman are extreme examples of what your hair says about you. Not all hair has to make such an obvious statement to give hints about you and your personality. It can be a detail as subtle as a flirty bang, a few extra highlights, or the length of your hair. Never forget that your hair is your most important fashion accessory.
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Once I talk with the potential makeover and feel that she is ready for a major change, the race to the reveal begins. The women's looks are in my hands. I have about two hours to make a transition that usually takes about a year. Oh, and by the way, remember I am doing this live on national TV. Now, do you understand what I mean when I say I am "juiced?”
Are you a diamond in the rough? Have you not cut or colored your hair in the last six months? Are you so busy with your children, husband, and career that there's not a second left for you? Have you given into weight gain, a few wrinkles, or a few grays? You might be a diamond in the rough and it could be time for a makeover!
First of all, you don't have to be ambushed on the TODAY show to get a great makeover. You can do it at home. I would recommend that you start with your haircut. A great haircut that looks good with your face shape is the foundation of your new look. I know you're thinking, "Great, but where do I find this perfect haircut?" Look around whenever you're out and if you see a great haircut, ask who cut it. The person with the cut will be flattered and you might have found a new hairstylist. Call and go for a consultation. Let the hairdresser know you are ready for a new look. Be open to suggestions. If you don't agree with the stylist at all, you probably are in the wrong salon. Move on and go for more consultations.
Once you find the best hairdresser for your hair, make an appointment. You don't have to start with a major change. Your makeover can happen over time. The most important thing is to get started. Make a small change with each haircut. You will have a new look before you know it. Once you have a new haircut, it's time to rethink your hair color. The first step is to look at your hair color today. Is it dull, grey or flat looking? Has it become darker over time? Is it flattering to your complexion? If not, do something about it. You can color your hair at home or at the salon. When you want a major change, it's best to go to the salon. Not only do they have the skills and materials, professionals have the "color eye" to look at you. They can see immediately what color would be best on you. Besides picking the right color for you, the mess of color stays at the salon, not in your bathroom.
The last part of the makeover is the finish of the hair or the blow dry. The blow dry can make a good haircut great. Hair should look groomed, but never forced into place. You should develop your blow drying skills, so you are not a slave to your hairdresser. Now you're ready for a little make-up and a whole new you.
By the way, I am watching the most glamorous Grammy award show I have ever seen while writing this blog. Almost gone are the edgy fashions, hair, and make-up typical of the music industry. For the most part, the women looked like old Hollywood. Armani, Calvin Klein, and Celine were the designers of choice for the Grammy’s 50th anniversary. The hair was as glamorous and modern as the dresses.
Alicia Keys had three wardrobe changes with two hair changes. She looked absolutely beautiful in her elegant faux hawk. Beyoncé had a new log bob with a shorter nape that was blonder than she has ever been. Fergie looked like she was ready to accept an Academy Award. She wore her hair long, blond, and wavy. New teen sensation, Miley Cyrus had the same hair style as Fergie, only wore a brunette shade. Rihanna’s new short hair du jour looked great with her bangs down and up and off her face.
The writers’ strike is all but over, and it looks like everyone is ready to celebrate. The Academy Awards are 13 days away, but who's counting?
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Baby bumps seem to be the biggest trend for 2008. Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, and Jennifer Lopez are all pregnant. Gwen Stefani recently announced that she is pregnant with her second child. The rumor mill is running rampant suggesting Angelina Jolie is pregnant again simply because she looked beautiful in a flowing dress at the SAG Awards. The glamorous celebrity world has become enamored with babies. Women often look more beautiful today during and after pregnancy than ever before. Is there a new secret out there to share with the rest of us mere mortals? Is it really all about being happy?
I do believe that being happy is key to looking your most beautiful. It affects your attitude and the way you feel about yourself. When you feel beautiful, you most always look beautiful. That fact said, you still have to work at looking good everyday. Pregnancy does present some challenges, but nothing you can't handle.
So you gained a few pounds and because your hormones are on a rampage, your hair can turn excessively oily or dry. It can grow at lightning speed or seem to stop growing for a full nine months. If you are lucky, your hair will actually grow in thicker and longer than normal.
Perhaps the most dreaded moment is when your doctor says you can't color your hair. At first you think, "Okay, that's doable,” but as the pounds come on, you realize your fate. You are becoming a full figured woman with roots. This is a tough pill to swallow, especially for moms to be with grey hair. Dark roots are acceptable, even hip. Grey roots just look dull and frumpy.
I always recommend that my clients follow their doctor’s advice. If your doctor says "don't color your hair,” don't color your hair! If you are trying to become pregnant, bring your hair color closer to its natural color. This will prevent harsh root lines as your color grows. If you have grey hair you are going to have to be a bit more creative. Think about moving your part or not having one at all. Something as simple as a head band can camouflage and extend a touch up for a couple months.
Many doctors suggest coloring hair after the first trimester. If this is the case, you are golden, as in blond, ginger as in red, or chocolate as in brown. Make the most of your hair to go with your new curvaceous body. Hair that is a pinch brighter always gives your complexion a bit of a glow. Now is the time to pick a brighter shade or add a few extra highlights around your face. When people start telling you how great you look, just smile and look demure. Glance down and barely touch your baby bump. They will never guess your baby glow was helped with a little hair color. They will just think you are a beautiful, pregnant woman.
Now is not the time to be practical. If you want to wear your hair long, wear it long. Long hair is the easiest hair to maintain and you can always tie it back. Just be sure your hair is shaped to your face. Remember to always allow for a changing face shape and body proportion throughout your pregnancy. This should be kept in consideration, especially for women who want to sport a new short 'do. Your hair style should always be able to accent your best features and camouflage your worst. Short hair should always be pretty and flirty, and long on style.
Baby bumps are the start of a new beginning. They can also be the beginning of a new and more beautiful you. Have Julia Roberts and new mom Naomi Watts ever looked better? I don't think so!
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Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston, Katie Holmes, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Jessica Simpson, and Lindsay Lohan all have their own W Magazine cover for the November issue. Do you know what else they have in common? They all are wearing big, sexy, beautiful hair. Their hair color is perfect, and the hair looks as shiny as a Pantene conditioner commercial. You know what I mean, when the hair looks so polished and perfect that it doesn't look quite real. This is a “heads up" for all of us mere mortals to notice. Hair that is in great condition is a major beauty trend this season. It also looks alluring, sultry, and young. I think it might be the perfect time to talk about conditioning our hair.
The first question is do hair conditioners work? Everyone knows that once hair grows from your head it's dead, so how can it be brought back to life? Well, conditioning can't bring hair back from the dead, but we can make it look better than it ever did before you brushed it, teased it or put in too much color. Hair conditioning is an illusion that works. Most conditioners contain keratin which is an amino acid. This will resurface the hair and not wash out completely, but it should be maintained from shampoo to shampoo.
Conditioners can add moisture, strengthen fragile hair, detangle, add gloss, and add light oils to keep hair pliable. Hair conditioners can make dry, dull, beat up hair look more like the hair you fantasize about. Hair in good condition looks like the hair you had in your teens. This gives your hair a more vital look, just like good skin and bright eyes. Everyone over thirty knows exactly what I am talking about and what a difference this makes in our appearance. One of my Beverly Hills clients once told me that at a certain point, it is all a matter of patch, patch, patch. I am starting to understand what she meant.
Before I start talking about conditioners, we should talk about proper hair maintenance. Treat your hair with love. Moderation is key. The more you abuse it with frequent blow-outs, extreme coloring, and styling products with high alcohol content, the more you will need to condition your hair.
The condition of your hair is predetermined by its texture. Curly hair is usually dry hair. This means you should probably use a thick, rich, moisturizing conditioner.
TIP - If your hair is exceptionally course, do not rinse out all of the conditioner. This will help keep the hair moist, pliable, and manageable.
The curse of fine hair is that it usually has no body, goes flat instantly, and is often fly away. Most people with fine hair refuse to use conditioners because they fear conditioner will exaggerate these conditions. They are wrong.
TIP - Use a delicate conditioner on the ends of hair only. Fine hair is the most delicate hair. You must carefully use a wide tooth comb on the ends of your hair and work upwards towards your scalp. This will help prevent split and fly away ends.
BEAUTY NOTE - Volumizing shampoos and conditioners don't add volume to your hair. They are simply light enough not to make your hair become flat or oily.
If you have normal hair , just shop around and find the best conditioner for you.
TIP - If your hair looks good on day two, you found a conditioner that works for you. You don't have to break the bank finding the right conditioner. Many midrange priced conditioners work well on normal hair.
Leave-in conditioners work best on excessively dry or chemically processed hair. Leave-in conditioners work especially well on women of color. TIP - Less is more. Excessive use of leave-in conditioners will make hair look oily, not glossy.
There is a new Japanese thermal conditioning treatment that does last longer than a few shampoos because the conditioner is flat ironed into the hair with protein and moisturizers. This is especially effective on very damaged hair. This will help the roughed up cuticle to lie down and result in healthier, and shinier looking hair.
If your hair still looks dull after conditioning, it is time to color your hair. Start with a semi permanent color close to your own. This will instantly make your color rich and vibrant.
The new big hair has to look healthy or you are going to look like you are doing a sixties or eighties retro look. This is a no go! Remember this year’s big hair blows in the wind, shines in the sun, and always turns heads. Never forget your conditioner. It is probably the biggest trend of the New Year.
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The big question I am asked every year is "How is everyone wearing their hair?” Long? Short? As I predicted in June's blog "trend alert!" short hair is showing up everywhere. Katie Holmes, Victoria Beckham, Rihanna, Ellen Barkin, Jenny McCarthy, and many more are all sporting the new bob. Honorable mentions must be given to Vogue's Anna Wintour for making this chicer than chic styles her trademark.
BEAUTY NOTE - Anna's hair style is the same, but her hair color has gone through a metamorphosis. Anna Wintour is now a "no doubt about it blond."
That is all news but it is not the hair headline. The mane story this year is big hair is back. Full sexy hair is the look. Whether it is long or short, wavy or straight, doesn't really matter. This is the year to plump up your hair. Volume is key to update any style. Penelope Cruz, Eva Mendes, Kate Moss, Hayden Panettiere, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Emmy Rossum, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Gisele Bundchen are all celebrities that have opted for big hair. Even the short trend setting bobs are worn full. The reason why so many have tossed their flat iron is simple. Big hair is soft and sexy. It makes almost every one look beautiful.
A little height in the hair is flattering to everyone. It is the instant way to add a touch of "sex kitten" to your look. Before you run to the drugstore for an industrial size can of hair spray please finish reading this blog. Big hair this go-around has a new look and feel. It certainly is not like it was in the 60's, 80's, or even the early 90's. It moves when you do, and it is soft and touchable. The body and volume is throughout the hair, not just the crown of the head. Hair looks fluid, never like it's has been frozen in place.
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1. Light products are essential. Hair should look clean, not product heavy. Use a shampoo, conditioner, and styling products that are appropriate for your hair texture. Hair should never look coated or weighed down. Styling products must give body but never make the hair look stiff. I must shamelessly give my Louis Licari Root Lift Spray a plug here. It gives just enough hold and is never sticky. The added bonus of root lift products is they give lift to the roots and leave the ends of the hair with its natural texture.
1. Blow dryers, round brushes, hair spray, and even rollers are back. They never actually went anyplace. I must tell you that I have never been to a shoot where the hair dresser did not use these tools. No matter how the model's hair ends up looking the hairdresser always starts out with a blow dry and then a set of velcro rollers. This is a sure fire way to give hair lift and body even if it is to be worn straight. Hair styled to be worn straight hair also requires the use of a paddle brush.
TIP - Flip head over and concentrate on straightening the ends of the hair with a paddle brush. This will give you a straight hair look and maintain body and fullness throughout your hair. The smallest amount of hair spray used after the comb out is the last part of the hairstylist ritual.
TIP - Give your hair a quick mist of hair spray while it is still in rollers for extra body. By the way, I think that hair spray is the closest product that both professional and amateurs use. Fess up! I know you have your favorite spray hidden someplace. This gives body to the finest hair. Don't worry, if you only use a fine mist you won't look like a dowager.
3. A great cut with long layers is the foundation for big hair. This gives the hair easy lift for fullness. This works on all textures of hair. If your hair is very fine barely layer the ends. This will maintain fullness and provide movement.
4. If your hair has waves, show it off! Emphasis the wave with a large barrel curling iron. Place the curling iron in the same direction as your wave. This will result in a glamorous wave and not little girl curls.
5. I know that women with fine hair are thinking, "Great! What am I suppose to do this year?" Fine hair can look fuller too. The tip here is to not overdo your hair. This will make your hair look like a stiff and teased hair style from another era. Modern hair should always look free and easy. Start with a good cut with barely-there layers. Blow-dry your hair, using a volumizing root lift, with a round brush lifting the hair off the scalp. Very gently back-comb the root of your hair. Lightly use hair spray for extra support. These steps will give your hair maximum fullness. If hair is very fine you must keep your hair very short.
Short styles give the illusion of fullness to the finest hair. If longer hair is your fantasy you should consider a hair piece or extensions. I am sure that celebs like Sharon Stone's and Paris Hilton's long hair styles have been attached in a few hours rather than grown for years.
WARNING - Woven or glued extensions on delicate fine hair can lead to some hair loss. Clip-on falls and extensions are gentler to the hair.
This is the year of glamorous and feminine hair. Hair should look effortlessly styled. Think big, live large, and look beautiful!
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Spring Fashion Week 2007 is winding down. It started in New York and went to London, Milan, and Paris. I attended events, read the newspapers, and perused the internet, watching for the newest trends in beauty. I found myself looking at the models so closely, as if they were under a microscope. The big news this season wasn't something new I saw, it's what I did not see. Highlights! There wasn't one streak on the runway. Is this the end of an era? Should I have my foils recycled into sandwich wrappers?
Wait a minute! I just did a segment on The Today Show last week on at home highlights, and the models looked great. How could this be? Am I becoming the "Jekyll and Hyde" of hair color? Not to worry, I think I still have my wits about me! The look of highlights and hair color in general has taken a radical change.
It is definitely the time for a revaluation of your hair color.
The way I see it is that there are three parallel universes: They are made up of the LA contingent (actors), the traveling gypsies (models), and we the people (you and I).
Actors are still having a love affair with highlights, but the romance might be on the wane. Think of some recent A-listers who have chosen a solid hair color. Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Scarlett Johansson, and most recently young Hollywood's Rumer Willis and Nelly Furtado have become all over blonds. Angelina Jolie, Hilary Swank, Kate Beckinsale, Teri Hatcher are various shades of brown without a highlight in sight. Susan Sarandon, Julianne Moore, and Julia Roberts have chosen to be quintessential red heads.
The model world is small and has fewer main players. They are usually so young and beautiful that they still have great natural color that needs very little help. Most of the time semi-permanents and glazes are the colors used on these girls to add shine and to make their hair colors rich. But this is not the reason why models are not wearing highlights. Highlights are not the look this season on the runway.
Then there are the "we the people" in the real world. You know, the people who work, maintain a home, occasionally have fun, and always try our best to look great. It's not easy. Who has the time to watch television, read newspapers and fashion magazines, and go to movies to watch for new trends? Not too many people I know. So let me make it easy for you and give you the 411 on hair color today.
All over colors are becoming more important. Hair color with high contrast to the base color is out of date. Your hair should never look streaked, ash, and above all, frosted. Highlights still work and are the prettiest and most natural way to make you and your hair color look brighter.
Highlights are not to be ignored. Anything that helps us look prettier, younger, less stressed and tired, is something we should take full advantage. The tone of today’s highlights are different. They must blend with your base color. Special effect colors, bold stripes, dark tips, or colors not found in nature are out of style. Color that looks like you where born with it (if you were incredibly lucky!) is what's in. Today’s lesson is to keep it real.
TIP - If you want a dramatic color change, don't try to do it with highlights alone. You must apply a single process color first.
Hair color should look like it is yours, not from your hair colorist. This season's hair color theme, "keep it real and keep it simple." (By the way, I am keeping my highlighting foils!)
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Highlighting is and has been the most popular blonde-ing process for many years. Probably because it is the most natural way to add color and dimension to your hair. Every set of highlights is unique to you, your hair color, and your hairstyle. Highlights can look like you were lucky enough to be born with them or like you live at your hair salon. They can look youthful and naive or sophisticated and elegant. This is exactly why they are so popular. No two highlights look exactly alike.
The style of highlights is always changing. Audrey Hepburn was the first to make platinum stripes her trademark in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Farrah Fawcett's streaks made her the Charlie's Angel we will never forget. Christie Brinkley looked perpetually kissed by the sun, Cindy Crawford wore two face-framing chunks of obviously fake blonde around her face and Gisele Bundchen only bothered to highlight the bottom half of her hair. They all looked fabulous.
You ask who are my favorite celebrities with highlights this season? I'd have to go with with Reese Witherspoon, Ali Larter, Portia de Rossi, Natalie Morales, Giuliana DePandi, Heidi Klum, and let's not forget the incessantly beautiful 
Michelle Pfeiffer.
Now that we decided that highlights are a great way to color your hair, let's talk about the easiest and the least expensive way to maintain this color. The answer is to do it yourself at home. I can see your eyes crossing as you are reading this blog, but I am going to walk you through this process step by step. Now take a deep breath and continue to read. I am going to keep this really simple.
The first decision is whether to use a hair painting kit or a highlighting cap. The color mixture for the cap is stronger and can make your hair blonder. The cap does make it more difficult to place the highlights exactly where you want them because you are pulling the strands from a general area through holes in a "hat".
Hair painting kits simplify the process. There are hair painting kits made especially for blondes, brunettes, and red heads. The color mixture is not as strong as the cap and they automatically develop to the appropriate shade to brighten your base color. You can also apply the hair color mixture on the exact hair you want highlighted. The hair painting kit delivers more "sure fire" natural results. Hair painting kits also prevent the aging "frosted" look from highlights that are too white. Always keep at-home hair color as simple as possible. Use a hair painting kit for at-home highlights.
TIP - Skip the highlighting cap. Go to a salon if you want a more dramatic result than a hair painting kit can provide.
Now it's time to read the directions on the color box. (I know! Boring!) Reading the directions can make the difference between looking like you are ready to walk the red carpet or like you need to wear a baseball cap.
Directions will tell you how to mix the color correctly and remind you not to forget to use your gloves. Pretty hair color and stained fingers don't go well together. Directions will explain how long to leave the color mixture on your hair. Usually, the lighter you want your hair to be the longer you leave the mixture on. I think all highlights should be within two shades of your base color.
Here is the TRADE SECRET to have your hair come out the perfect shade: Do a preview test. A preview test is mixing a small amount of the hair color together and doing a test on a tiny strand of your hair. This will allow you to see exactly how long it takes for your hair to become the perfect shade. The guess work is now gone and you are ready to highlight your hair.
The next step is to figure out what you want your color to look like.
TIP - Think of a celebrity’s hair color to give yourself a mental picture or a map of where you are going to place the highlights.
Style and dry your hair as you will wear it, or cut it first if you are going to sport a new style. This will allow you to see the natural nuances in your hair and where they fall. Most likely these are the strands of hair you will want to exaggerate with a brighter color. The strands to highlight are usually around the face or the focal points of your hair cut, i.e. Where your hair parts, where it is layered, or on the bangs.
TIP - To make the focal points of hair brighter you can always add a few more highlights on a second go-around. Remember, less is more, and contrast with your base color is what gives your hair color dimension.
Applying the color is easy. Dip the brush that comes with the kit into the highlighting mixture. Place a small amount of color on the tip of the brush and paint strands on as evenly as possible. You know how long to leave the color on because you have already done your preview test. Set your timer and shampoo and condition when the alarm goes off. You're done! It's that simple! Now dry your hair and get ready to fall in love.
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Here I am in Los Angeles on the day of the Emmys. You have to be in a coma not to realize that it's a special day. The gym was as busy as Grand Central Station at 7:00am. Every hairdresser and make-up artist in town has been booked weeks in advance and is packed and ready for any beauty emergency.
There is not a root or grey hair to be seen in Hollywood. Everyone looks fluffed, buffed and polished, even if they are going to watch the show on TV. Of course the people in the biz are concerned with the outcome of the awards, but as for the rest of us, we want to watch the fun, fashion, and the eye candy. The big question for us is who is will dominate the red carpet? It's almost 3:00pm. The first of the nominees are about to arrive. Let the games begin!
The all-star players are arriving. They include Ali Larter, Kyra Sedgwick, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Hayden Panettiere, Eva Longoria, Ellen Degeneres and Portia De Rossi, Julia Louis Dryfuss, Debra Messing, Elizabeth Perkins, Katherine Heigl, Marcia Cross, and Kate Walsh. They are doing the meet and greet with Ryan Seacrest, and E!'s other Hollywood fashionistas. This is the perfect moment to notice trends, taste, and new directions in fashion and beauty.
The big hair news this evening is body is back. It doesn't matter if you wear it straight or wavy, hair must have body, bounce, and movement. It is officially time to throw away your flat irons and embrace your curling irons and rollers. Yes ladies, I said rollers! I know you won't throw away your hair spray but use it sparingly and force yourself to put it away. If your hair doesn't look like you can run your fingers through it you used to much spray. Brush it out and pray for the best.
Probably the newest and most flattering look of the night was glamorous waves. Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher, Portia De Rossi, and Kyra Sedgwick all wore what looked like effortless waves. They looked beautiful and were right on trend. Their hair looked finished but soft and touchable.
The new straight hair had a strong showing at the Emmys. Julia Louis Dryfus, Marcia Cross, Eddie Falco, Debra Messing, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Ali Larter all wore straight hair that was either set in rollers or blow dried with large round brushes to make full manes of hair. Hair was full bodied even if it is was worn straight. Straight flat hair looked like last season's award shows.
Elizabeth Perkins, Hayden Panettiere, Heidi Klum, and Katherine Heigl's updos all had the glamor of old Hollywood but looked totally new. The tip to old Hollywood glamor looking new is to keep it simple. Groomed looks right, but every hair in place looks wrong.
Hair that tried to look like something it wasn't was the biggest mistake of the evening. Felicity Huffman tried to make her thin hair look full. It didn't quite work, but she still looked gorgeous. I think an inch off her hair with longer layers may have solved the problem. The beautiful Kate Walsh made the "too much hair spray" mistake. Remember: If your hair doesn’t look like it can move, it's probably not right. Get out the brush!
The show is about to begin. I can't tell you who the winners will be, but I can say that glamor is the trend. Looking pretty looks right.
Watch closely and learn from the pros! The best of the best are out tonight.
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