I'm totally smitten with Blake Lively's textured ponytail. You too? Blakestar obviously is. The Gossip Girl star's worn it twice in the space of a week. And why not? It's totally gorge. All sexy and teased and not at all prim and proper. But fun and flirty just like her. She first sported it on Saturday at day three of Comic-Con and then chose it again for Wednesday night's screening of Twelve. The only slight variation in styling is the face-framing tendrils that she teamed it with on Wednesday. I totally dig the style. It's cute and breezy, not to mention easy to recreate. It works great on day-old hair but evo haze styling powder ($29.95) will sort you out if you're all clean and baby-haired. Then tease your hair from the roots, loosely pull into a pony, taking out an inch-wide section to wrap around the elastic and then Bob's your uncle you're done. Just finish with a light hairspray and pull out a few front bits if you like. Simple, huh?
Last year may have been Lauren Conrad's final season on The Hills, but that didn't mean the star was going to miss out on the wrap party for the series last night. Always one to look pretty as a picture, Lauren attended the soirée wearing this voluminous ponytail. LOVE.
STEP 1: Start by separating the front of the hair from the back. Tease the front section and pull back slightly to one side, securing with an elastic at the crown. Be sure to focus on keeping the front pouffy and use a comb to lightly tame any roughness.
Bored by a plain ponytail? Then it's time to get messy. Inspired by Lela Rose's runway, we've come up with a quick, easy way to transform a dull hairstyle into a fresh new look. Check it!
As any devoted Bella fan (Swan or Sugar) will know, Eclipse is nearly here. Recap for anyone who's been living under a rock, surviving on moss for the last three years: Eclipse is the third movie in The Twilight Saga which catapulted Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene and co. to fame. If I was Ash, I'd be totes gutted about not having a nickname. Saying that AGree is ridiculous, not to mention already a word. But anywayz, as any mega A-lister knows, looking good is very important. Us discerning T-listers (no way are we Z) judge look to them for inspiration. And Ashley is a good source. For the Belgium premiere, it was hair scrapped back, Cheerios-stylee, and pink lip tint. The day before, in Madrid, she was all about the kohl, golden caramel gloss and half-up, half-down 'do (thank you extensions). Thoughts?
June has been a busy month for this little globetrotting Gossip Girlstar. Monte Carlo, Toronto, photocalls, award shows. Anyone would expect Jessica Szohr to look ready for 1,000 zzzzz's but she look anything but at the MuchMusic Video Awards in a sequined tangerine number. She went with a textured low-pony that sat at the nape of her neck and worked a centre part with some lightly tonged face-framing strands. LOVE. Especially with that winged eye. Earlier in the month, at the 50th Anniversary of the Monte Carlo TV Festival, Jess channelled Gwyneth with her cone-head style 'do which fell a little flat for me. Too much frizz. I did like her teased day-time pony on Day Three of the festival, though. Very chillaxed glam. Got a favourite?
As this looks set to become Katy Perry's signature style (she's worn it twice in a matter of days), I thought we better discuss the ol' high pony. Usually the domain of the Cheerios, Katy's trying to bring it to the masses. I don't know if she'll have much success as you need Rapunzel's hair or a trillion extensions to make it look less '90s housewife, more high fashion. But I do like her addition of the braid (oh how I love thee) to hide the hair tie and jazz up an otherwise simple style. Whaddya think? See yourself wearing it? Or do you want her to bring back the Bettie Page bangs?
Anna, honey, have you ever heard of the phrase, "Step around me, not on me*"? I think you're about to. From Kristen Stewart. Sure, you two look like you're BFFs but no girlfriend of mine gets away with blatantly stealing my style. Uh uh. No sir. The pouffy pony is KStew's sig-na-ture, man. And girl got to get mad when she sees you wearing it. Makeup-wise, Anna worked a silvery midnight blue-gold combo on the eyes which seems to be happening a lot lately. Both Iman and Whitney Port sported a similar makeup style at yesterday's CFDA Fashion Awards. It's been worked into a wing and finished with a light pink gloss. You like?
Gwyneth Paltrow is a right little minx. Just when we'd gotten used to expecting the unexpected, she's done a complete 180 and is now showing off her more demure side. Just a coupla weeks ago it was all about channelling the runway (and Penelope Pitstop), now it's all sleek and simple styling with a straight high ponytail and neutral makeup palette. She looks absolutely beaut-iful, so radiant, but is it your fave Gwynnie P look?
Poor SJP. Hot on the heels of the massively-anticipated Sex and the City 2 promo tour, she's got all eyes on her again for the CFDA Fashion Awards. What I like about Sarah Jessica is that she rarely disappoints, yet she always mixes it up. Not an easy thing to do. But she does it so well. I'm totally digging the pouffiness of her ponytail. It's a little bit Carolina Herrera and Tracy Reese Spring 2010, a little bit KStew. LOVE the sparkly lavender shadow, too. Whaddya think, a keeper or not?
Last week, we noticed that Kristen Stewart was sporting extensions and after seeing her hair at the MTV Movie Awards, we almost forgot that her length isn't her own, it looks so natural, unlike a certain Miss Miley. Fekkai stylist Adir Abergel used extensions to create Kristen's high, textured ponytail for the event. Instead of a traditional clip-in, Kristen is wearing track extensions — just a simple length of hair.
Abergel wrapped the track around her own natural ponytail so that her shorter strands weren't visible, then pinned the track to the base of her ponytail. He covered the track completely by wrapping a piece of Kristen's hair from underneath around the track and then pinning it. To keep it all in place, he added Frédéric Fekkai Coiff Fini Sheer Hold Hairspray ($46). So whether your hair is all yours, or you're using extensions like KStew, that's the secret to a perfect pony.
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