Scarlett Johansson Straight, Brunette, Long Hairstyle
Scarlett Johansson's sleek, straight brunette hair is a dramatic shift from her usual hairstyles, so try this style if you want to mix things up. To get her look:
1. To start, apply smoothing cream if you have wavy or curly hair and blow dry hair straight using a paddle brush.
2. Then, go over your hair with a straightener, taking your time and making sure the sections of hair are very small, so you can get it really, really straight.
3. Next, use a comb to make a neat part directly down the middle of your crown, all the way back.
4. Finish with a shine mist, to get that extra-glossy look. Then sweep your hair behind your shoulders, and you're good to go.
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Rachel Bilson's Long, Straight, Layered Hairstyle
Rachel Bilson's sleek style is a great choice for straight hair. Steal her style: 1. If your hair isn't already straight, apply a straightening balm and blow dry hair. Follow up with a flat iron if needed to get it super-sleek.2. For more flair, do a zigzag part instead of a straight down-the-middle one.3. Smooth on a shine serum to finish the look.
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Megan Fox Long, Straight Hairstyle
Megan Fox's style with a side part is a perfect way to show off super-straight hair. Get her look: 1. Start by combing a straightening serum through your hair. 2. Make a straight side part.3. Using a flat brush, blow dry your hair straight, aiming the nozzle of the blow dryer down your hair length. 4. Heat up a straightening iron and slide it from roots to tips5. Put a few drops of shine serum in the palms of your hands, massage palms together and smooth over your hair from the part down.
Mariska Hargitay Layered Hairstyle with Long Bangs
Mariska Hargitay's style is a perfect choice for fine, straight hair. What to do:1. This look is all about the cut, so take this picture to your stylist and ask for a short, layered bob with long, sideswept bangs. 2. To do this 'do, use mousse at the roots of your hair and blow dry hair up at the roots to get some volume, then style straight.3. Fix your bangs by holding them to one side, between your second and third fingers, as you dry.4. For the finishing touch, put a little wax on your fingertips and piece out the ends of your hair. Keep the wax just on the ends or your style will fall flat.
Madonna Brunette, Straight Bob
Madonna's bob has super-smooth, ultra-sleek strands and a defined center part. If you want this look, it's all about the cut. What to do: 1. Ask your hairdresser for a blunt haircut with no layers.2. Start with a smoothing cream on damp hair and blow dry straight with a flat paddle brush. 3. Then, go over with a flat iron to give your hair shine and get it really straight. Be sure to keep the iron on the move. It shouldn't stay in one area for too long or you could fry your hair.4. Spray your hairbrush with hairspray and gently brush through hair.
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Liv Tyler Brunette Updo
Liv Tyler's easy updo works best on straight, medium to long hair with long bangs. What to do: 1. Begin with perfectly straight hair (do a run-through with a flat iron if you must). Rub some shine serum between your hands and smooth over hair to get extra shine.2. Part hair to the side. 3. Tease roots at the crown for a little lift, spritz with hairspray and smooth over with a comb. 4. With the exception of your bangs, which should be neatly swept to the side, pull hair back into a mid-level pony. Secure with an elastic.5. Wind your ponytail into a bun and pin into place, tucking in any loose ends. Mist with hairspray.
Lisa Rinna Short Hairstyle with Sideswept Bangs
Lisa Rinna's feathery bangs are a great way to handle over-grown fringe. To get the look: 1. Brush damp bangs into one section and spray the top and bottom of them with styling spray. Then mist the rest of your hair with the same spray.2. Using a Mason Pearson-style brush, blow dry your bangs to the left, and the right, back and forth until they're 80 percent dry. This helps knock out any bendy-ness so they end up smooth.3. Finish blow drying bangs in the direction you want them to end up. 4. After you've styled the rest of your hair, brush the bangs into place, finger comb 'em (to break them up), then mist allover with flexible-hold hairspray.
Lisa Rinna Sexy Shag Hairstyle
When Lisa Rinna dresses up, she goes for a more polished finish. Steal her style:1. To get the look, apply a lightweight hair gel and blow dry to 80 percent with your hands. 2. Then switch to a Mason Pearson-style, boar-bristle brush and finish blow drying. Scoop hair up at the roots for volume (bangs, too), and be sure to dry it with a soft bend. Gently direct the ends outward, for a gentle flick.3. Finish by pinching a bit of styling wax through the ends. Just enough to define them.
Lisa Rinna Shag Hairstyle with Bangs
Lisa Rinna's shaggy cut is perfect for finer hair or to soften a square face. To get the look: 1. For her playful style, mist damp hair with a texturizing spray and rough dry it with your hands only. This pumps up the sexy, disheveled factor, big time. 2. If your bangs aren't naturally straight, brush them side to side as you blow dry. (A Mason Pearson-style, boar-bristle brush is a great bang-tamer.)3. Finish with a smear of styling paste. Rub it between your hands and fingers and rake them though your ends to play up the fun flicked-out vibe.
Lindsay Lohan Romantic Updo for a Wedding
Lindsay Lohan's side chignon works great on day-old hair. To get the look: 1. Gather hair into a side pony, leaving half of your hair out at the front. Secure with an elastic.2. Curl ponytail with a 1-inch curling iron.3. To get a bit of texture, grab random sections of the ponytail and tease them with a comb, then gently smooth out with a brush. Mist with hairspray.4. Tie the ponytail into a knot, pinning into place with as many pins as it takes. If a few strands pop out, leave them. You want a slightly messy finish.5. Part the front of your hair in the center and gather the sides loosely back, wrapping ends that are long enough around the elastic to cover it. Pin into place.6. Set with more hairspray.
Lindsay Lohan Romantic, Brunette Updo
Lindsay Lohan's wispy low bun is perfect for date nights. Steal her look: 1. Blow dry hair straight with a round brush and apply shine serum.2. Backcomb (tease) hair at the crown of your head and set with hairspray. Smooth the top with a comb or paddle brush.3. Pull hair back into a ponytail at the nape of your neck, securing with an elastic and leaving out 2-inch sections (to frame your face) plus a 1-inch section of hair underneath.4. Wrap the sections of hair that were left out of the ponytail around a one-inch curling iron.5. Start making a bun by pulling the ponytail through the elastic -- but not all the way through. The end of the pony should be sticking out of the bun, close to your neck. 6. Wrap the section that was left out beneath the ponytail around the elastic to disguise it. Secure with a bobby pin.
Lindsay Lohan Long, Straight, Brunette Hairstyle
Lindsay Lohan's long, chocolate 'do is perfect for naturally straight hair. Steal her style: 1. Start with a trim that gives you long, slightly layered bangs but is otherwise the same length all around.2. Apply gel or volumizing spray at the crown of your head, part hair in the center and blow dry with a paddle brush while pulling hair up at the crown to get volume.3. If hair isn't stick-straight at this point, run through it with a flatiron to get it that way. 4. Smooth a quarter-sized dollop of shine serum throughout and mist with hairspray to set. (If you need more length, clip in matching long, straight hair extensions like Lindsay's and blend with fingers.)
Lindsay Lohan Long, Layered, Brunette Hairstyle with Bangs
Lindsay Lohan shows how to rescue a blowout with ear-tucked waves. Steal her style: 1. This style works best on dirty hair, so wait a day or two after washing. If roots look oily, soak up any grease with a little dry shampoo.2. Backcomb (tease) hair starting at the crown for a little "bump" of volume, then smooth over with a brush.3. Part the front of your hair in the center and tuck behind your hears.4. If you want a little more wave on the ends of your hair, wrap sections loosely around an extra-hot, 1-inch curling iron, release and set with hairspray.
Kristian Alfonso Medium, Straight Hairstyle
Kristian Alfonso's style is perfect for medium-length, straight hair on an oval-shaped face. How to get "The Days of Our Lives" star's look: 1. If your hair isn't straight, apply smoothing cream or gel and blow dry it out straight and smooth using a paddle brush. 2. Bend over and blow dry your hair upside down for several seconds, to give it a bit of extra body all over. 3. Part your hair off slightly to one side (whichever side feels most natural) and smooth it out again with a brush for a simple, gorgeous look.
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Kim Kardashian Half Updo for Prom
Kim Kardashian's long half updo hairstyle is fierce for straight hair and will stay put through hours of dancing. Steal her style:1. Start by sectioning off hair into two parts: the top half of your head in a horseshoe shape and the bottom half, which you will leave alone for now.2. Apply an ample amount of strong hold gel or molding cream to your horseshoe shape and tease the hair, starting at the back of your head and working your way forwards until you reach the inch before your forehead.3. With fine tooth comb, brush that remaining inch over your teased section and start sculpting back, spraying with strong hold hairspray as you mold into shape.4. Slick back the sides of your hair and pin back underneath the ends of the teased section, hiding the bobby pins.5. Twist a couple large sections from the bottom half of your hair around the barrel of a curling iron. Spray with hairspray as needed.
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Kelly Clarkson Straight Half Updo
Kelly Clarkson's sleek half updo looks chic yet flirty -- perfect for a casual night out. Steal her look:
1. Whether your hair is straight or slightly textured, apply a straightening cream, then use a paddle brush to blow dry hair. Pull each section straight while you dry, as smooth locks are the key to this look.
2. Set and polish strands by smoothing over 2-inch sections with a straightening iron.
3. To create the Bardot-Bump, start by making a part on either side of your head. Next, gather the top section of hair that falls between the parts and lift vertically.
4. Tease the backside of this section of hair, then spritz with hairspray. Push slightly forward for height -- don't go overboard unless you actually like Snookie's pouf -- then pin into place with a few bobby pins.
5. Finish the style with some hairspray to hold in place.
Kelly Clarkson Straight, Long Hairstyle
Kelly Clarkson's simple, straight down-'do is a basic yet beautiful everyday look. What to do:
1. Start by applying a frizz-fighting styling lotion to damp hair.
2. Using a paddle brush, apply tension in a downward direction while blow drying hair straight. Don't bother trying to give the ends any bend whatsoever, as sleekness is what you're going for here.
3. Once hair is dry, spray 2-inch sections with a heat protectant, shine-enhancing spray, then run a straightening iron over each section.
4. Finish the style by rubbing pomade through strands to create definition.
Kelly Clarkson Straight, Brunette Bob
Kelly Clarkson's short, brunette style looks great on round face shapes. Get her look:
1. Mix a few drops of a shine serum with a straightening lotion, then apply to damp hair.
2. Blow dry hair straight using a round brush. As you run the brush through each section, turn it under at the ends to create the subtle bend.
3. Rub a glossing cream in palms then smooth over the surface of hair to polish the look.
Katie Holmes Short, Blunt, Brunette Hairstyle
Katie Holmes' short, blunt hair is a dramatic style if you're going to a formal occasion and want something a little out of the ordinary. What to do:1. To start, apply a straightening cream to damp hair or an anti-frizz serum if your hair is already stick-straight.2. Then, blow dry your hair straight with a paddle brush.3. Next, go over your hair with a straightener, making sure all the waves are out.4. Then, tease the hair at the back of the crown of your head with a comb (though nothing too drastic). Smooth the top layer of hair over the teased section.5. Finally, create a side part, and apply pomade or shine serum, and tuck hair behind ears to finish off the look.
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Katie Holmes Sexy, Brunette Bob
Katie Holmes' show-stopping bob is ideal for those with short hair that want a really dressy look. What to do:1. If your hair isn't already straight, apply straightening cream to damp hair.2. Then, clip up the top half your hair and use a round brush to dry the lower section, piece by piece. When the brush gets to the tips, twist your wrist at the end to curl it under slightly. Then dry the top section.3. Then, tease the hair at the crown of your head with a comb (only a little, refrain from tease-overkill).4. Smooth the top layer of hair over the teased section.5. Finally, create a side part -- make sure it's very severe -- then finish with a light holding spray so that the side part stays in place.
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Jessica Stroup Brunette Updo
Jessica Stroup's chic updo works perfectly on straight, layered hair with long, sideswept bangs. Steal her style: 1. If your hair is already straight, great. If not, just blow dry it straight with a paddle brush (use straightening balm if necessary).2. Gather hair into a bun, either straight back or to the side, leaving your bangs and a few side pieces out. Secure with an elastic and bobby pins.3. Make a deep side part with leftover pieces and flatiron them until they are super sleek.4. Mist with shine spray if you want an extra glossy finish. Then set the entire look with hairspray.
Drew Barrymore Long, Sedu Hairstyle
Drew Barrymore's straight locks make a great sophisticated look for a fancy lunch or a special dinner. 1. To start, blow dry with a round brush, to maximize volume. Spray on leave-in conditioner, which helps protect your hair from the heat of the straightening iron.2. Choose a hair straightener that is best for your hair length and thickness, and, working with small, 2-inch sections, smooth your hair, gliding the iron down from the root of your hair to the tip. 3. Don't brush your hair after using the straightener, because it can make hair frizzy. Instead, finger comb your hair, arranging the front pieces to frame your face, and lightly mist with hairspray to make the look hold.
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