Sedu Hairstyles with Highlights

Sarah Jessica Parker's long, straight hairstyle is a fantastic casual, yet chic look. To get the look: 1. Shampoo and blow dry hair, making sure your hair is completely dry. Add straightening balm to damp hair before drying, especially if your hair has waves or curls in it, and part hair down the middle.2. Choose a hair straightener that is best for your hair length and thickness. Spray 2-inch sections of hair with shine spray, wait for hair to dry, and smooth your hair in the straightener, gliding the iron down from the root of your hair to the tip. 3. Don't brush your hair after using the straightener, as brushing could cause frizziness. 4. Using a small amount of hair wax, style the front pieces of hair to frame face.

Paris Hilton's hair is a perfect, low maintenance look for girls with short, straight hair with bangs. How to get it: 1. To start, apply smoothing cream (if you have wavy or curly hair) and blow dry hair and bangs straight using a paddle brush. 2. Then, go over your hair with a straightener, making sure no waves or curls have escaped unscathed. You're going to want your bangs straight, too.3. Finally, rub some shine serum through your hair for extra shine, and lightly mist bangs in place with a hairspray. See More Paris Hilton Hairstyles

Nicole Richie's low ponytail and sweeping bangs make a sophisticated style. Get the look: 1. Apply volumizing mousse to damp hair.2. Blow dry hair with a large paddle brush, brushing it under (with the brush under the hair as you pull it through). The paddle brush will help smooth out your hair. Blow dry bangs across forehead and off to the side.3. Use a straightening iron to smooth out 2-inch sections of hair on the sides, in front and in back. Lightly tease hair at the crown of your head for a little extra volume. Smooth top layer over it.4. Leaving bangs free, pull rest of hair back into a ponytail, based slightly above the nape of your neck and to the side, and secure with an elastic band. 5. For bangs, apply a small amount of hair wax to sweep them across your forehead and off to the side. Set the look with a light-hold hairspray. See More Nicole Richie Hairstyles

Nicky Hilton's straight and silky half updo works well for day and nighttime events. What to do: 1. To get the look, apply a straightening serum to damp hair and section off hair with clips. 2. Next, with a round brush, dry in 2-inch sections. Pull the brush gently through the hair and twist the brush under slightly at the end so the tips don't look severely straight. 3. When your hair is completely dry, apply a shine serum, making sure it's applied throughout the hair. 4. Next, take about four inches of hair at your forehead and pull it forward. Then, with a teasing comb, lightly tease the hair at your crown -- more teasing equals more height. 5. Then lay the front hair over the teased section, making sure it's pulled straight and sleek (you want it to be fly-away free) and secure in the back of the crown with a few bobby pins.6. Finish off the look with a holding spray, making sure to get the bouffant, and the rest of your hair, too.

Monica Potter's chic shag is fun and sophisticated. To get the look: 1. Apply mousse to damp hair and part hair slightly off to one side. 2. Using a medium round brush, blow dry hair. Pull brush slowly through hair from roots to the ends near the crown, to add maximum volume. 3. Use hair wax to sweep bangs across forehead and off to the side. Put wax on fingers and also use to direct random small sections of your ends to curl slightly upward.4. Finish style with a light misting of shine spray.

Melissa Reeves' long, straight 'do is a great, fuss-free style for everyday wear. Get the look:1. Apply straightening balm to damp hair, especially if your hair has waves or curls in it, and part hair down the middle. Blow dry with a round brush, pulling hair at the roots through the brush slowly to achieve maximum volume.2. Choose a hair straightener that is best for your hair length and thickness. Spray 2-inch sections of hair with shine spray, wait for hair to dry, and smooth your hair in the straightener, gliding the iron down from the root of your hair to the tip.3. Don't brush your hair after using the straightener, as brushing could cause frizziness.4.Take small sections of hair in front on each side and tuck them behind your ears. Finish look by applying a small amount of hair wax to your fingers and separate ends for a piece-y look.

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

Kristin Chenoweth's simple shag works best on thin hair. To get the look: 1. After you wash your hair, blow dry until slightly damp. 2. Rub gel on your palms, and then rake hands through hair.3. Now blow dry for another 30 seconds using cold air to set the style and give you piece-y texture.

Kathryn Morris is sporting a classic shag cut that's sophisticated, thanks to the razored ends, and easy to style. Get her look: 1. Apply styling mousse and work throughout damp hair. Part hair to the left. 2. Using a large round brush, blow dry small sections of hair. Blow dry bangs to the left, blow ends of hair up (with brush on top of the hair) and pay special attention to hair at the crown of head, where you want the most volume. At crown, pick up very small sections, and, using the round brush, pull brush through strands slowly, beginning at the root and pulling through to the ends. 3. On the top and crown of head, use large hot rollers on sections of hair, leaving them in for just 10 to 15 seconds at a time (you're trying to create body and shape, not actual curls). 4. Use hair wax to separate pieces of hair at the ends, and lightly mist hair with a light-hold hairspray to set the look.

Jewel's long, blonde hair look is pretty for a night out, especially if you have layers. Steal her style: 1. You're going to want straight hair, so if it's curly or wavy, apply a smoothing serum to damp hair, and blow dry straight with a paddle brush.2. To amp it up a notch, go over your hair with a straightener -- we're talking really straight here.3. Then, take a comb and create a side part, almost to the back of your crown.4. Next, take a teasing comb and tease your hair, and once the height's to your liking, smooth over the top layer. 5. Just spritz with a light-hold hairspray and you're done.

Jennifer Aniston's style is great for making an oblong-shaped face look heart-shaped. What to do: 1. Use a leave-in conditioner and blow dry hair. 2. Using the hair straightener that is best for your hair length and thickness, work with small, 2-inch sections and smooth your hair, gliding the iron down from the root of your hair to the tip. 3. Sedu styling rule no. 1: Brushes are a no-no. Your fingers are a yes-yes when it comes to styling. Once you've straightened all your hair, use your fingers to arrange the sections in front to frame your face and lightly mist with hairspray to make the sleek look hold. See More Jennifer Aniston Hairstyles