Best Celebrity Hair Styles For Your Face

When you find a celebrity hair style that you really like, you must consider your hair texture and type. Even though you may have the same face shape as your favorite celebrity, that doesn’t mean that her hair style will work with your hair type. For example, some women cut layers into their hair only to find out later that they are unable to style the hair at all. It just falls flat, with no body. Hair texture encompasses the density, wave, movement and body of the hair. There are five basic categories of texture: Straight, Curly, Black, Fine, Chemically Treated and Coarse.

Straight Hair: This hair has no wave or curl. Straight hair typically has natural shine and body.

Curly Hair: This hair has a tighter S-shaped curl with lots of volume. Curly hair is high-maintenance and can appear dull-looking and frizzy. Help from leave-in conditioners and shine enhancers will help alleviate this problem.

Black Hair: This hair is usually dry, brittle and fine. Use of conditioning products and daily massage can gently promote health hair.

Fine Hair: This type of hair can look very lifeless soon after washing. Always use hair care products specially formulated for fine hair.

Chemically Treated: Many hair color processes can change the make up of your hair permanently. Always use shampoos/conditioners designed for colored hair. Also, check that the products contain sunscreen in them to protect your hair from damage caused by the sun.

Coarse Hair. This hair can look very wiry after shampooing. Use of leave-in conditioner to close and smooth the cuticle will help, along with regular deep-conditioning treatments.

To see what texture of hair you have, try threading one of your hairs through a sewing needle. If you have trouble threading it or the hair gets caught as you pull it through, then you have thicker hair such as curly or coarse. If the hair goes right through, then you probably have fine hair.

Hair type encompasses the condition of your scalp, the texture of your hair and how your hair reacts to the environment. There are four basic categories for hair type: Normal, Dry, Oily and Combination.

Normal: This type of hair is neither prone to oiliness or dryness.

Dry: This type of hair will look dull, lifeless and parched, even sometimes frizzy and straw-like.

Oily: This type of hair will look oily, dull and dirty along the whole hair shaft.

Combination: This type of hair will begin to show oiliness about 5-6 hours after washing, while the ends remain dry. This can be caused by the use overuse of conditioners and styling products or by humidity and pollution.

Up-Dos For Hairstyles

Up-do's have always been known as the classier category of the hairstyle race. It brings out your beautiful facial features and leaves less clutter around your face to distract you. Updos have always been the preferred choice to a wedding, anniversary or any other formal occasion for the simple reason that it brings out a kind of panache much needed for the formal event.

Short hairstyles have come in with a bang and more and more girls, ladies and older women are sinking into it and boy does that look good. Well it all depends on your stylist who can bring out a short hairdo to the curves of your head and your features. The Boy George cut is certainly not for everyone, but the number of short hairdos styles is phenomenal making it individualistic.

Now with your short hair how do you get an updo to a formal event? Well nothing is impossible. Updos for shag hairstyles vary from spiky to well set and gelled, curled or a half updo. Yes a half-updo is also a great option. Set the upper section of your hair with a partition that suits your face while the rest can just fall or be curled.

The half or full updo depends on your attire if you want to hide some aspects like broad shoulders or small neck. Chat with your stylist before you settle for any hairdo. These days with technology penetrating every segment of the industry there is ready software available where you can see your own self with the hairdo you prefer.

But don't stick to a particular hairdo just because it looks good on you. Soon you will be pigeon holed with your style so try a different style with your new dress or even the same dress for every occasion. Sometimes the effect of the hairdo comes to perfection when you are fully dressed and your grace and style adds to the hair art.