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• Top Hair Trends for Spring

  Textured waves, pretty ponytails and voluminous blowouts: Here’s a look at the best new hair for the warm seasons ahead.

• The Costume Hater’s Guide to Halloween

  Do you hide behind closed doors on October 31? With these simple makeup and no-costume-required dress-up tips, we take the “boo” out of Halloween.

• Summer Beauty Makeover

  Forget what you’ve done in summers past. This season, makeup and hair are getting an update. Here are five simple steps to your new look.

• Gorgeous Hair: Getting the Most From Conditioners

  Choosing the right conditioning products for your type of hair will keep it salon-lustrous. But how do you know which product is right for you?

• Secrets to Getting Gorgeous Hair

  Styling cream, gel, pomade, paste, mousse, wax, serum -- oh, my! Stylists decode 10 top products and explain which will help you get to-die-for hair.

• Simple Steps to Beautiful Holiday Hair

  Need a dazzling party look for the holidays? These three hairstyles will have you turning heads.

• Hair, Makeup and Nail Trends for 2012

  The updo gets a decorative swatch of color, lipstick loses its sheen, and manicures go topsy-turvy. Here’s how to get a jump on next year’s freshest looks.

• Blow-dry Your Hair Like a Pro

  Want to emulate that perfect blowout your stylist did yesterday? The secret to salon-perfect hair is in your hands.

• Michelle Obama’s Hair Care Secrets Unclassified

  From her classic updos at state dinners to the slicked-back ponytail she sports on family vacations, Michelle Obama always shows off hair that is perfect for the occasion. Pros share how the first lady pulls this off.

• Kate Middleton: Royal Wedding Beauty

  How should the future queen wear her hair and makeup for the royal wedding? Plus, a four-week countdown to your most beautiful hair for your own big day.

• New Hair Trends for Spring

  It’s not too early to start thinking about a new ’do for spring. Our stylist forecasters clue you in on the hair trends for the warm months ahead.

• Top Hairstyles to Do With a Curling Iron

  You’ve mastered the flat iron and can’t live without your blow-dryer. Now, add a curling iron to your repertory and never fall into a hair rut again.

• Latest Celebrity Hair Color Trends

  In 2011, the chicest hair color trends include polished, multidimensional color. To achieve this, take a cue from celebrities like Keira Knightley, Jennifer Aniston and the stars of “Gossip Girls.”

• Trend Alert: Matte Hair

  Shiny hair will never go out of style, but for those at the front of the fashion pack, the matte look is all the rage. Here’s how to deliberately dull down your hair.

• At-home Hair Color

  Here’s to-dye-for advice from the pros on how to achieve head-turning, salonlike color at home.

• The Most Gorgeous Hair in Sports

  On and off the court, the women of tennis keep their hair long, beautiful and healthy.

• Spring to Summer: Short Hairstyles

  Gwyneth Paltrow, Victoria Beckham and Ashley Olsen are all rocking the new look: jagged, shoulder-length hair. Here’s how you can master the art of the chop style.

• Report From Fashion Week: New Hair Trends

  Hair was the ultimate accessory on the fall fashion runways. Here are the new hair trends you need this season, plus tips on how to change your own do for a truly stylish head-to-toe look.

• Hairstyle Classics: How to Keep That Do From Looking Dated

  The shag, the bob, the pixie, long and sleek -- here's expert advice on tweaking these timeless styles for today.

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• Six Tricks for Shiny Hair

  Getting a glossy, mega-watt mane doesn’t need to take a village to accomplish. Here are a few easy tricks to give your hair mirror-like shine, just in time for summer.

• 5 Quick Volume Boosters

  Big hair is ba-aack!

• Beauty Tips From the Olympics

• Top 4 Celebrity Hair Transformations

  While we don’t necessarily recommend digging up your old photos and making a trip down embarrassing hairstyle lane, take a look at how these celebs have transformed their style.

• Three Quick Ways to Update Your Hair

• Easy Red-carpet Hair

• Fall Fashion Week 2012: Takeaway Trends

• 5 Beauty Trends Men Don’t Get

• Hair Trend Alert: Ombre Color and Undone Hair

• Summer Hair Trends to Try Now

• Hair Trend Alert: Ombre Color

• Celebrity Style: Best Oscar Hair

• The Most Flattering Necklines for Your Hairstyle

• Put a Brake on Blond Hair Color

• Hair Chic

  I’m no stranger to fashionable cities, having lived in Paris, Milan, Monte Carlo and Manhattan, where I’ve styled the hair of some of the world’s most glamorous women. So it almost pains me to admit that the most trend-setting women in the world live in Tokyo

• Get a Short ’Do -- or Try One Virtually

  With all the adorable hair accessories on the market right now, this is a great time to try out a short, sassy ’do.

• Summer Hair Tips

  Summer is all about low-key beauty...

• Easy Tips for Sexy Summer Hair

  After a long, cold winter and a very cool spring, along comes summer, and the living gets easier.

• Spring Hair!

  Spring: warmer weather with daffodils peeking their little yellow heads out of the soil. What can we do to bring spring to its fullest in our own beauty regime?

• Hair That Keeps Turning Heads

• Holiday Hair

• What’s Tops in Hair: Texture

• The New Must-have: Hair Accessories