Shag, Black Hairstyles

Shar Jackson's choppy straight hair looks great if yours is short with bangs. To get the look: 1. To start, apply a smoothing serum to damp hair and blow dry hair straight using a paddle brush until it is completely smooth. If your hair is already straight, just apply an anti-frizz serum before drying. Make sure to dry your bangs straight, too.2. Then, with a straightener, go over your hair so that it's literally stick-straight. Get your bangs too, so they sit flat on your forehead.3. Take a teasing comb and tease the hair at the back of your crown and smooth the top layer of hair over.4. Finish off the look by rubbing in a dollop of pomade for added shine. See More Shar Jackson Hairstyles

Mary J. Blige's shag is a good choice for layered, medium length hair. What to do: 1. Apply a straightening cream and blow dry hair with a round brush, flipping your ends out. 2. Follow up with a flat iron to further straighten and flip. 3. Apply styling wax to your ends to keep them from falling limp and to get that piece-y texture.

Ashlee Simpson's face-framing cut and long bangs call attention to her eyes -- super sexy. Get the look here: 1. Apply a defrizzing product to damp hair, flip your head, and blow dry using a vent brush until your strands are 80 percent dry.2. Flip upright. Spritz your crown with volumizing spray and continue blow drying. Lift at the crown for volume, and direct bangs to the side. 3. Hit the ends with a flat iron to play up the fringe (and hot girl vibe). 4. Mist bangs with hairspray. When dry, lightly finger comb them to break them up.

Ashlee Simpson's 'do looks sexy and edgy thanks to fringy defined ends and heavy side-swept bangs. Bring sexy back with these tips:1. Apply a medium-hold gel and blow dry hair using a vent brush. Lift at the roots for volume and direct bangs to the side.2. Run a flat iron from roots to ends. Curve the iron as you go to add a slight bend, so hair isn't stick-straight.3. Polish the ends with a little shine serum. Keep away from your roots so you don't look like you've skipped shampooing for a week, yuck.

Ashlee Simpson's loose waves are super flirty and touchable, yes? Get your wave on with these tips: 1. Mist damp hair with setting spray and let air-dry half way.2.Blow dry with a vent brush but finish with a round brush. Use it to twirl hair away from the face and to direct bangs down (blow bangs to the left and right a few times). 3. Wind 2-inch sections of hair around a medium-barrel curling iron. Only do your hair from eye-level down. 4. When your hair is cool, flip your head and give your roots one good shake to loosen the curls.5. Toss your hair around as you mist it with a light hold hairspray. Dance moves optional but definitely encouraged.

Ashlee Simpson's bodi-fied hair comes from thick, choppy layers in her long shag. Here's how to do it: 1. Mist damp hair with setting spray and let it air dry half way (pretty easy, huh?).2.Blow dry with a vent brush 'til it's 80 percent dry. 3. Finish blow drying with a round brush. Use it to twirl hair away from the face and to direct bangs to the side. 4. Tidy up any flyaways with a little styling cream.5. Humid out? Rainy? Then mist your handiwork with humidity-resistant hairspray.