Here are some great tips to keep your cool in the summer heat, temperature wise and fashion wise.

For long hair:

Ponytails and Pigtails.

For a fun tip to pull up your piggies try taking an elastic and attaching two bobbi-pins on either side, then wrap the band around your ponytail and push the bobbi-pins in place.   The advantage is a little more flexibility, and healthy for you hair.  Sometimes elastics can cause breakage and stress on your locks.

Add a little Jazz to those piggies.

Try some messy buns.  Messy buns are just that, messy, crazy, unpredictable, and adorable.  Try twisting your hair as your ties you hair band around your locks.  Then gentle pull out pieces and reshape to create you perfect look.  The addition of bobbi-pins can always be your best friend when it comes to this look

For ladies with bangs:  Try the braided headband.

Any method of braiding can work, and this is great to keep your hair away from you face on those hot and sticky days.  Dress it up for a night at the club, or dress it down for your afternoon jog.

For more extreme measures  you can ask you hair dresser to partially shave your head.  Latest trend setters have been sporting partial shaved hair with designs shaped into it.

Stay cool.. and feel free to share you tips and favs!!

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A faux hawk is simply the  subdued version of the 80’s Mohawk. It blends rock & roll with a little bit of punk. The most appeal to choosing a faux hawk over a mohawk, is the cut is much more diverse.  Unlike the mohawk, the faux has has many more variations of the look, and it does not require  the sacrifice of shaving your hair off.

The faux hawk is much less drastic regarding the cut, but is much more diverse then its parent, the Mohawk.  Notice the layers in the picture above.  The ears are cut out.  The bangs are layered in a way that the crown has a shorter bang, as opposed to the center of the head where the bangs are left cut longer. Why this is?  It creates a more wearable texture for your cut.  The hair can be worn spiked up, while you can style the bangs along the crown of your head straight down and across your forehead.   Here are some extra styling tips for short cropped faux hawks.   Wear the hair spiked straight up with the bangs across the forehead.  Spike the hair to the sides.  Be diverse with your bangs by styling, or pinning them to the side, spiking them straight up.  Tease your hair!

How to style your faux hawk.  While your hair is somewhat wet apply a gel or molding paste to the roots of the hair on around the top and sides.   Use a hairdryer and your fingertips, create a texturized look by using the right amount of gel or molding paste on the tips of your hair after you have dried it and shape the direction you’d like the hair so go.  Remember that your molding your hair into a new look.  So add some hairspray if needed or for ultra fine hair to add some volume and grundgyness.  Texturized cuts like this are great on thick, porous, hair.

How to style a faux hawk with long hair.  If  you decided that the short crop is too drastic of a change for you it’s not problem.  You can still style the faux hawk with a long or medium length hair.  The first step is to section off the hair around your crown and pin it away from the rest of your hair.  Next, you split your hair into two ponytails, one directly under the other.  Grab the pinned section at the crown of your head and add some hairspray and tease the hair.  Remember to apple the spray to the roots and comb through the ends.  This will add needed volume.  Then use bobby pins to secure the hair near the ponytails.  If your have trouble teasing your hair click here for instructions.

Sometimes when you hear the words ‘Bowl Haircut’ you think of Jim Carey in Dumb and Dumber, or some geeky twelve year old boy, or an asian dude smiling in a school photo.  Well, gosh darnit those fashionistas have done it again!  I’ve spotted two bowl cuts in the last few days in NYC, and one on as Astoria bound ‘N’ train.  And I know it’s been a while since Chloe Sevigny has rocked hers.

Oh, this gal has been lucky to have been beautysmacked.   A candid shot, but take it from me, she walked right off Fashion Ave.  A girl with a cut like this strikes confidence in her appearance.  This isn’t a cut that everyone can wear.  The bangs style are usually as far as most women will go to emulating a bowl haircut.  As mentioned before the cut is usually something associated with young boys and, well,  bowls.   Her hair is a little wavy, but it’s cut in a blunt style and covers the earlobes, which is the traditional bowl cut style.   She was rocking everything she wore, the patterned dress, the trendy granny boots, the curves, the bag, Everything!  I wouldn’t wear the heart glasses myself, but I think she could pull them off with her short bowl cut.  What do you think?

AnnaLynne McCord may not be a ‘A’ list actress, but she has an ‘A’ list style.  Here we see another celebrity absorbing 80’s big, curly hair.  All those curly headed ladies out there… are these trends making you jump out of your seat like me?I have spent years fighting my curls, and finally I am embracing them.  Acceptance of what you have is more empowering and transmits confidence abroad.  ALTHOUGH, I have to be a little bit smug when people are telling me they are jealous of my curls

Regardless, get out those old pictures of your cousins, mothers, brothers, or sisters from the 80’s, and indulge yourself in their big curly hair.  Next up PERMS!!

People.com has a great pic of AnnaLynne McCord rocking her 80’s style hair:

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With the hundreds of monthly fashion magazines soaring off the newsstands one thing that has been appearing frequently in the ads and editorial is frizzy, teased hair.  When the 80’s made it’s come-back 7 years ago on the catwalks and onto the street fashion all the fashionistas were missing was the bigger-is-better hair.  Although the current fashion forward look is a progressive mixture of the late 80’s and early 90’s.  Grungy pants, doc martens, loose tees, tucked in shirts, button down jackets, and parachute pants. The 80’s is not over yet regarding hair.   Editorial shoots and catwalks are teasing, poofing, and glamorizing frizzy hair.  A battle has been won for those with the natural poof of frizz. If your not ready to wear you natural frizz, it’s okay, we’ve got plenty of styling tips here on how to tame you mane in beautysmack, but if you dare to sport a frizzy look they try matching with a subdued look of dress.  Notice in this Prada ad that although the texture of the clothing is complex it does not compete with the big hair.  If you try to match it against a more dramatic dress you could come off more of a drag queen than a fashion forward chick.  Vneck tops and low cut are a definite if you want to show off you frizz.  Try to remember that now your big hair is your main accessory.  This is a great way to save some cash and save your style at the same time.  Visit our post on how to tease your hair if you dare to strut your stuff out there…

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Medium length Bob’s have been in in the trends for some time now.  Fall 2009 is no exception.  The light cut flatters the neck and is complimented by light, airy scarves and long necklaces.  This season the bobs will be wearing more volume and length than the previous.  To create more volume at your look apply a small amount of gel or mousse to the roots of the hair.  You really want all the emphasis on the roots as to not weigh the hair down by applying to the ends.  It helps to have a good brush while drying. The best brush to use is a large, rounded brush with vents to allow the air to flow through.   We’re going to see more waves  flowing throughout the hair and longer bangs worn to the side.  Fashion forward you will be seeing a lot of blazers and jackets, and these bobs will look fab with that look.