Shag Hairstyles with Highlights

Taylor Momsen's choppy layers and platinum blonde locks are great when you want a little rock 'n' roll edge. Steal her style:1. To get this look, start by applying a smoothing cream to damp hair. 2. Next, blow dry straight using a vent brush. Smooth strands so they lie flat against your head, and blow dry bangs forward.3. When hair is dry, spray a heat protectant product all over before running sections through a straightening iron. 4. Finish the style by running a dab of pomade through the ends and pieces around your face for definition. See More Taylor Momsen Hairstyles

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

Paris Hilton's trendy, straight hairstyle works well for those who have razored bangs and want a dramatic 'do for a night out. Steal her look:1.If your hair is wavy or curly, work in a smoothing cream to damp hair and blow dry straight using a paddle brush, making sure to blow dry your bangs, as well.2. Next, heat up your straightener and touch up any pieces that may still be frizzy, and to insure your hair is uber-straight.3. Brush bangs forward, and use a comb to create a center part about 2-inches back from your forehead and bring it all the way to the back of your crown.4. Finally, apply a little shine serum to complete the look. See More Paris Hilton Hairstyles

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.

Meg Ryan's curls look like they've been slept on, and maybe not washed, and yours can look that way too. How to do it: 1. Apply a curl-defining mousse to damp hair and air dry until it's 80 percent dry, then use a blow dryer with a diffuser and your hands to dry the rest. Lift and twirl your curls or waves around your fingers as you dry it. 2. If needed, touch up a handful of curls with a curling iron.3. Twirl a smear of styling cream through curls, and repeat a few times to get the grunge-level that you desire.

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.

Lori Loughlin's shaggy, shoulder-length strands are a good choice for straight hair. To get her look: 1. Start by applying a volumizing mousse to damp hair.Comb through to evenly distribute, then use a paddle brush to blow dry hair straight.2. For sleekness, spritz 2-inch sections of dry hair with a heat protectant spray, then run them through a straightening iron.3. Rub a shine serum in your palms, then shake through hair to create a piecy, shaggy look. See More Lori Loughlin Hairstyles

Lori Loughlin's shoulder-length, layered strands have slightly flipped ends for a funky shag style.1. To get this look, begin by applying an anti-frizz smoothing cream to damp strands. Frizz is soooo noticeable on shag styles so the key to a sleek look is preventing it pronto.2. Blow dry hair straight in sections using a round brush. Give a slight flip at the ends by turning the brush out and away from your face. 3. Once hair is dry, spread a smoothing cream from roots to tips to tame flyaways. See More Lori Loughlin Hairstyles

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.

Ashlee Simpson's face-framing fringe acts like little arrows that point to her beautiful eyes and cheekbones. Get her look: 1. Apply volumizing mousse to damp hair and blow dry using a large round brush.2. Blow dry til it's 100 percent dry -- that's the key to silky straightness (no laziness allowed). 3. Hit the ends with a flat iron. 4. Mist your bangs with flexible-hold hairspray, then finger comb 'em to break them up. 5. To finish, rub a drop of shine serum in your palms and run them over the ends.