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Angelina Jolie Shows Her Dark Side... Again

Filed under: Celebrities with Style, Hair Cut and Style

Angelina - From Brown to Blond to Black, and Back

    Angelina's nearly black wig for Evelyn A. Salt is quite chic and sleek. Wonder if she'll borrow this look in real life?

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    Proof that Angie can go both ways -- at least when it comes to hair color. Here, also for Evelyn A. Salt, she's a blonde bombshell.

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    Angelina sported chestnut highlights in her dark locks at the 2009 Oscars.

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    Sleek, shiny, and seriously chocolate brown in 2008.

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    Last May at a premiere for A Mighty Heart, Angelina's hair was lightened up subtle copper highlights, just in time for summer.

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    Angelina brightened up her look with blonde highlights in 2005.

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    In 2004, while promoting Shark Tale, Angelina's locks were a lovely shade of auburn.

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    In 2001, Angelina went platinum for her role in "Life or Something Like It."

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    Angelina wore a dark, goth 'do when she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Girl, Interrupted in 2000.

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    Angie's character in 2000's Girl, Interrupted may have been dark, but the hair was light.

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We told you last month that Angelina Jolie was flipping her wig in her new flick, "Evelyn A. Salt," but we just can't get enough of the hair color changes. New photos show the beauty going from brash and blonde to sexy and subdued in an almost black wig.

Angelina could shave her head and still be stunning! But even if she can get away with any hue, we definitely have our preferences. Let us know which of Jolie's many shades you prefer by voting in the poll.

Is Kim Kardashian Gettin' Wiggy With It?

Filed under: Hair Care, Celebrities with Style, Beauty Tips, Hair Cut and Style

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As the days get brighter, so do the locks of your favorite celebrities.

In the past couple of weeks, both Jessica Alba and Halle Berry have spring-ified their dark 'do's with lighter highlights. So when we saw this recent photo of Kim Kardashian, we thought she was jumping on the blond bandwagon as well.

But, in her latest blog entry, Kim reveals that she punked us all. The curvy reality star writes, "It's a wig! Did I have you fooled? I did a fabulous photo shoot this weekend for Scott Barnes' book About Face. Chuckie Amos did the hair and transformed me with this blond wig and they put this hair piece on! I haven't taken it off since, because I'm really loving the look."

We love Kim's exotic beauty, and are happy to see that she's still a stunning brunette (In our opinion, there are enough cookie-cutter blonds in Hollywood). Here's hoping that Kim wasn't so wigged out by her temporary look that she decides to make it permanent.

Blonde Hair Flipbook

    Angelina Jolie on the set of Salt
    Jolie makes a drastic beauty switch in her new movie role transforming from a raven-haired femme fatale to a blonde all-business woman.

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    Drew Barrymore, January 2009
    Drew Barrymore's locks have vacillated between shades of honey, caramel, and sunny blond, but this is the first time we're seeing her with an all-out platinum 'do. Her hair looks full and funky swept up in a punky updo, which is a huge tress trend for spring.

    Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde
    Witherspoon's Elle Woods inspired blondes everywhere to follow their dreams while staying true to their gorgeous hair color.

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    Marilyn Monroe at her Home in 1953
    Not much needs to be said about the infamous Ms Monroe, whose blonde locks and stunning beauty speak for themselves.

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    Pamela Anderson in Baywatch
    Anderson's role as C.J. Parker on '90s hit Baywatch, landed her a place in the blond hall of fame.

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    Nicole Richie at a 2007 Pool Party in Beverly Hills
    As she grew from notorious party girl to mature new mom, Richie's ditched her ratty extensions for this gorgeous shade of blonde.

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    Gwyneth Paltrow at a Press Conference for Two Lovers during the 61st Cannes International Film Festival
    Paltrow has been many shades of blonde - but we love this classy platinum bob!

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    Naomi Campbell at Fashion Group International's 22nd Annual 'Night Of Stars' in New York City
    Campbell's stick-straight blonde mane plays perfectly with her stunning caramel complexion.

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    Gwen Stefani at the 2006 American Music Awards
    The former No Doubt front woman keeps her trade market locks as blonde as possible.

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    Goldie Hawn in 1967
    Hawn's blonde 'do was the height of 60s mod style and she still blonde after all these years!

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Scarlett Johnasson in Oscar de la Renta - I Want That!

Filed under: Get the Look

scarlett johanssonYet another fashion hit from the red carpet premiere of "He's Just Not That Into You." We love it just as much as the others because seriously, how utterly gorgeous does that shade of pink and those bursts of reds and golden yellows look against her fair skin and newly darkened do?

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Scarlett Johansson - Blond Bombshell Shows Her Dark Side

Filed under: Celebrities with Style

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Scarlett Johansson, with her light hair and killer curves, has been considered a blond bombshell ever since she hit the silver screen. And yeah, ScarJo has been sporting slightly darker tresses for a while -- we haven't seen her as a light blond since last August. But the dark reddish blond she's been wearing was still really soft, and definitely didn't prepare us for her newest look .

Better Off Brunette

    Angelina Jolie proves that even the most beautiful face in the world fades under too-golden locks.

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    Ashlee Simpson was just another pre-fab bottle blonde; an auburn shock gives her a likable edge.

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    Beyonce's blond beehive bombed compared to her glam mahogany 'do.

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    Christina Ricci looked washed out under a platinum rinse, while darker hair reveals her bombshell side.

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    Drew Barrymore's chestnut tresses give the free spirit gravitas.

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    Jessica Biel is almost forgettable with white hair, but looks red-hot with brunette locks.

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    Mandy Moore looked like everyteen with her honey highlights; her mocha tendrils are mature and sexy.

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    Rumer Willis's peroxided pixie pales in comparison to a short cut in a chocolate-y hue.

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    Selma Blair's punky white crop put the focus on her 'do instead of her striking features.

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    Lindsay Lohan earns sophistication points when her hair's more beachy than bleachy.

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Scarlett went dark. Really, really dark. Like, kinda goth dark -- what's the motivation? Is she hoping to be the next dark-haired siren on Mickey Rourke's to-do list? Is she really into the Twilight series? Did she want the curtains to match the carpet?

Some stars are definitely better off as brunettes -- check out this gallery at Lemondrop for proof! Then, tell us whether or not you like her new look in the poll, and leave us a comment as to why you think she went dangerously dark!

Are you digging ScarJo's new do?

Pro Advice for Brave at Home Hair Dyers - Tip of the day

Filed under: Style Tip of the Day

Hair dyeDue to the sagging economy, many women are shunning the salon in favor of at-home hair color for a number of good reasons. It's easy. It's quick. It's cheap. But with trying something new usually comes with a hairy mistake or two. Here are a few professional tips to ensure that you skip the mistakes and make it straight to healthy, shiny hair land.

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Tip of the Day: Red Hair is IN

Filed under: Style Tip of the Day

What's with all the red heads anymore? We all know that only a low 1 – 3% of the population is natural so what's got everyone reaching for the dye box?

Just taking a stab at it, we're guessing women are:

• Tired of blonde and brunette stereotypes
• In need of change
• Looking to turn heads
• Loving the fiery and fierce redhead stereotype

Fierce? Fiery? Maybe we should jump on the red bandwagon!

Check out these redhead celebs in all their sizzling hot glory.

Frederic Fekkai Salon Glaze Clear Shine Rinse: yay or nay?

Filed under: Hair Care, Product Reviews

I'm not the biggest beauty junkie, but I do like trying out products when all the magazines are touting them as the next miracle creation. Most of the time, I'm less than impressed, but when I do find a new addition to my makeup bag or medicine cabinet, it's so worth it. (I will never regret the $17 I spent on my Shu Uemura eyelash curler.)

So I decided to give Frederic Fekkai's Salon Glaze Clear Shine Rinse ($28) a whirl after reading about it seemingly everywhere this month. The silicone-based treatment promises it "binds shine, recharges color, and adds silkiness to the hair." Kind of like a DIY glossing treatment--which was just what my blonde highlights needed after a long summer.

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Two wrongs don't make Color Oops right

Filed under: Hair Care


We know we sound like a broken record, but DIY hair color is a risky proposition. It seems simple when you read the package, but in real life people leave chemicals on for too long, pick the wrong color or mix processes that should always, always be separate, like bleach over henna'd hair.

If it's at all possible, we recommend -- STRONGLY, yes, we're yelling -- that you go to a pro to get your hair dyed. This goes double if you make a mistake coloring your hair yourself. Do not try to fix it at home, get help!

We practice what we preach and see our colorist regularly. In fact, it was under the dryer at our hair salon last week that we read about the latest home craziness: Color Oops Home Color Remover.

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Tip of the day: At home hair color 101

Filed under: Hair Care, Style Tip of the Day


Alright, alright so at home hair color isn't the best way to go we admit. However, with the dollar floundering around like a fish out of water, $200+ salon trips just ain't happenin. So we've had to resort to that $10 box with high hopes that one day, just maybe one day, we'll get that at home color right.

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Tip of the day: Summer proof your do

Filed under: Hair Care, Style Tip of the Day


We all love the sunshine, warmth, and good times that the summer brings. We don't love the sweaty, oily, frizzy hair. But fear not friends, it doesn't have to be that way! There are a few pieces of advice that will get you through the summer sans frizzes.

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Review: "How Not To Look Old" by Charla Krupp

Filed under: Style in the News, Hair Care, Cosmetics, Skin Care, Celebrities with Style


A friend received a review copy of Charla Krupp's How Not To Look Old, and gave it to us as a joke because, pshaw, we are so not old. Obviously we don't need any of that advice.

Except...every single woman who walked into our living room picked up that book and sat, engrossed, reading it from cover to cover. And so did we. Looks like Charla is on to something after all.

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Amanda Bynes: Beautiful as a blond and a brunette

Filed under: Hair Care, Celebrities with Style

We have kind of a girl crush on Amanda Bynes. She's beautiful, funny, knows how to dress, and seems to be a great role model for her young fans from What a Girl Wants and Hairspray. Or, at least, she manages to stay out of the tabloids and keeps her naughty bits covered.

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Go longer between highlights with this

Filed under: Hair Care, Steals and Deals

I'll be honest with you -- I have seriously botched my hair color with at-home products. I've turned it green and I've turned it brassy gold, and I've definitely learned that hair color is something to leave to the pros. Most of the time.

With summer coming up, many of you will be heading to the salon to get some highlights, and chances are it won't be cheap. Personally, I love the look of subtle highlights, but I'm not into roots, and I hate having to spend $140 every six weeks. And so, I've found a great solution -- Clairol Natural Instincts semi-permanent hair color.

Natural Instincts has loads of shades and it's easy to find the right one for you -- their Find Your Shade function is excellent. It actually gave me the exact three colors I switch between (Amber Shimmer, Toasted Almond, and Navajo Bronze, depending on time of year and how light my highlights are). What makes this product even better is that it smells great, cleans up easily, only takes 10 minutes, and leaves my hair feeling really soft.

Of course, if you're preparing for an event and your hair has to be just right, see a professional or at least try the product out months beforehand to make sure you'll get the result you want. In my experience, though, Natural Instincts is a huge time saver, and, at under $10 a box, it's a big money saver, too!

Do you have an trick to extend time between visits to the salon? Do tell!

Turn that celeb photo upside down!

Filed under: Hair Care, Celebrities with Style

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I'm about to go do some damage to my stick-straight, anorexically thin, baby fine, lifelessly limp, painfully long hair this weekend, and just in time, we received a fantastic tip via our "Tips" line from Styledasher Jodi!

When you are going to use a celebrity as an example for a hair color (or even style), turn the photo upside-down so you don't focus on the celebrity's face (which is presumably, all made up and gorgeous), and only on the hair color.

Brilliant!

But really, I actually was hoping that my stylist could magically make me look like Jessica Alba.

Gingerism: is it racism?

Filed under: Hair Care

Surely you're heard the phrase "red-headed step-child" before. If you haven't, hopefully you can get the drift of what it means.

For those of us who have heard the saying or -- for shame -- even used it, you have to wonder how red-heads managed to get such a bad reputation.

Historians suggest that contemporary anti-red-head sentiment largely stems from the 19th-century clash between the British and the Irish. Surprisingly, evidence of gingerism (like racism, but based on hair color) can be found as far back as the Egyptians, who used to sacrifice red-heads.

According the BBC, red-head hating is still going strong around the world, but especially in the UK. Based on anecdotal reports, nearly every natural red-head has faced at least some kind of discrimination ranging from childhood taunting, to sexual rejection to violent hate crimes. (The most extreme case of anti-red-head sentiment, of course, being the 2003 stabbing of a red-headed 20-year-old man.)

So what do you think? Do the red-heads you know tend to get more flack?

And if you are a red-head, have you ever faced hardship because of your hair color?

How You Voted

    Threesome or topless?
    More than 3/4 of you think the CK campaign 'Threesome' campaign was more risque than Wrangler's topless models. Get the full story here.

    Inzemove and Fred & Farid

    Do these ads belong in the U.S.?
    StyleList readers were nearly evenly divided on this, with 52% thinking that they should run in the States, and 48% finding them inappropriate. Get the full story here.

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    Curly or Straight?
    While 30% of you think she's so beautiful that her hair doesn't even matter, 49% of you prefer her curls. Get the full story here.

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    Offensive or artistic?
    Just over 50% of StyleList readers said they weren't offended by this shirt, but didn't know if it was totally appropriate to wear in public. Unfortunately, that wasn't the opinion in Dubai. Get the full story here.

    Photo: eBay

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    Strapless dresses on 13-year-olds
    StyleList readers think strapless dresses should be saved for older girls -- 41% of you think the look is too mature. Get the full story here.

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    Is Megan the new Angelina?
    Half of you think Megan needs to get her own identity and quit copying Angie, but more than a quarter said Jolie doesn't stand a chance against this Fox. Get the full story here.

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    Did Calvin Klein respond to public's outcry?
    The controversial "threesome" billboard in Soho has been replaced with this one, but 51% of you believe it was just to keep people talking about the brand, not because CK caved. Get the full story here.

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    Calvin Klein's Racy Ad
    Is it art or practically pornography? About 40% of StyleList readers found this billboard obscene. Get the full story.

    Maggie Coughlan, AOL

    Palin's Pedi
    Do you think Sarah Palin's funky pedicure was appropriate? If so, you're in good company -- 68% of you said it was fun and fabulous. Get the full story.

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    Bright, Light, or Dark as Night?
    How do you like your toenails painted? Over half of StyleList readers prefer their piggies with bright, perky polish. Get the full story.

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