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| Salma Hayek |
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| Ali Larter |
Oh, to be a celebrity. Who else gets to change her look on a
whim, be a stylist/colorist’s muse, or better yet, get PAID to change her looks
for a role? They’re the hair chameleons that sell magazines, the ones whose
pictures we tear out and run to our salon, begging, “make me look like this!”Or
in the case of one of our favorite celebs featured here today, “if my hair
comes out like this, I will never step foot in this salon again. Ever.”
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| Emily Blunt |
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| Julianne Houghdd caption |
The Bounce: Since
our last “Cinderella Transformations” post, a surprising number of stars have
cut off a collective couple of yards of hair – Ali Larter, Salma Hayek, Emily Blunt, Julianne Hough, Emma Roberts,
and Selena Gomez, with half of them
opting for the long bob, or “lob.”
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| Emma Roberts |
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| Selena Gomez |
Others who fall into our other categories have cut their
hair shorter as well, but this is the group whose primary change was hair
length, although Miss Gomez went right back to waist-length extensions just a
week or two ago for the MTV Europe Music
Awards. I think they all look
wonderful, and their accompanying color changes (warm caramel highlights for
Salma, some lowlights for Julianne and Emma, a deeper chestnut for Emily, and a
slightly lighter brunette for Selena) are universally flattering.
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| Nicole Ritchie |
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| Mila Kunis |
The Bangs: Nicole Ritchie, Jenna Dewan, Rachel Weisz,
and Mila Kunis jumped on the bang
bandwagon, although Mila’s MAY be clip-ons added to her up-do for the Marine
Corps Ball.
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| Rachel Weisz |
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| Jenna Dewan |
Rachel and Nicole both cut some length from the bottom as well,
with Nicole returning to her signature Bohemian eye-grazing fringes and Rachel
opting for a wispier bang. Jenna cut long blunt bangs, and somehow ended up
with longer hair – salon magic?
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| Kylie Minogue |
The Color: The
color changes were certainly drastic! Kylie
Minogue went from decades sporting a variety of blonde shades to a deep
reddish brown. By abandoning the “fake bake,” dying her brows the recommended shade darker than her new color, and
changing her makeup colors, she handles the transformation well, and her skin
looks almost translucent. Women of a certain age don’t often go darker (it can
be too harsh), but she makes this work.
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| Kristen Wiig |
Funny lady Kristen
Wiig tends to prove that point; her bronze-y strands and amber highlights
were much more flattering than her new one-dimensional espresso brown. Her old
color warmed her skin and made her blue eyes sparkle.
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| Demi Lovato |
Former Disney teen star Demi
Lovato debuted her fiery red strands via Twitter , and it’s hard to judge
between a heavily styled and made-up “before” picture and a very candid shot
sans makeup. It would appear the shade works with her natural coloring, but we
should probably reserve judgment until we see her in equivalent circumstances.
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| Drew Barrymore |
And finally, we have the most puzzling transformation of
all. The perfectly lovely and down-to-earth Drew Barrymore, Cover Girl Cosmetics’ “face,” is certainly known
for her eclectic style and willingness to play around with her hair’s length
and color, but this is inexplicable. I’m not even going to address whether it
suits her skin tone or even name the shades, and whether she matched her brows
or her makeup to her new look. It’s just awful, unflattering, and as I
mentioned in the opening paragraph, any other woman would take one look in the
mirror, burst into tears, and swear to “never step foot in this salon again.
Ever.” Her red hair was beautiful. This is the first truly awful misstep we’ve
seen from her, and I just hope Cover Girl has a clause in her contract that
forces her to change it, or she’s cast in a role and is paid to.
Until next week, ciao!
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