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fall beauty trends 2011 by InStyle

Charlize Theron’s Buttery Blond

KEY COLOR NOTES “This is just such a bright sexy blond,” says colorist Denis De Souza, who works with celebrities like Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde and Rachel Bilson. “To make it work for fall, just be sure to amp up your makeup a bit. That way you won’t look washed out.” De Souza also points out that because the tone is slightly ashy, it’s best reserved for women with fair skin. “Otherwise you get too contrast-y,” he adds.

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2011 new trend ideas to change/enhance your hair style

Long hair

When it comes to the year’s fashion trends a lot of 2011 will focus on embellished, quality details – it won’t be exactly the same for 2011 hairstyles, however. Quality, yes. Embellishment, not always. 2011 won’t be a year in which hair trends are based around adornments and accessories – yes, there’ll be headbands, but there’ll be a larger push towards styles that are au naturel.

Long hair with long, mid and short layers will always provide you with the luxury of bounce, body and fullness of hair. If you’re looking for a change, adding bangs to the cut will enhance the style leaving you loving your new style and feeling great.

Short hair

Waved bob: As the longer bob creeps its way into our 2011 hair trends guide, the question starts to arise: if you go down the path of a shoulder-length bob, how do you keep it interesting and varied? Most of the examples we’ve seen have leaned to straight, or with a modern take on the 70s-glam-blow wave. But here’s another trend that’s arising as a result of 2011’s shoulder-scraping cut: the waved bob.
With the bob in 2011 being generally longer and softer, it’s much easier to pull off a waved style with it. While 40s-inspired pin curls are one option, here’s one that’s more suited to everyday. A casual, textured, beachy wave.

Hair cuts (change/enhance)

When it comes to picking your haircut for 2011 there’s one thing you need to know: the year’s fashion is all about revivals. Revivals of the 60s, revivals of the 70s, and revivals of more recent looks. And as it is for fashion, so too is it for 2011’s haircuts.

In 2011 the most on trend haircuts take their influences from the 20th century, with short haircuts influences by the 1960s and mid-length haircuts influenced by the 1970s. Read on for more information on 2011’s haircut trends.

Fringe / bangs: Trends can sweep in as if on an unstoppable avalanche, changing the landscape entirely (until they run their cycle); such is what the fringe (bangs) did back in 2007. But it doesn’t have to end there. Some can drift on, lingering, having smaller bursts of renewed vigor. This year the fringe makes one such return as a 2011 hair trend.

short hairstyles

Do you want big, dramatic change in your hairstyle? Why not cut it short? Today neat, short hair style and cuts are an acceptable part of being a modem woman and is softer, more natural, and more versatile than ever. High fashion cuts have heavy fringes and internal layering. To encourage movement and texture of short hair style a new cutting technique called “slicing” is often used.

Short hairstyles provide ease and comfort for the wearer. Plus it creates daring, edgier and sexier look for the ladies. Although short hairstyles don’t suit everyone; short trendy hairstyles compliments facial shapes and enhance facial features more than long hair. Popular short hairstyles are bob cut, pixie, wedge cut, jagged, choppy, razor cut and graduated layers. Styling short hairstyles is a definite 1-2-3, because it is low maintenance and highly flexible, in contrast with the belief that short hair style is boring. It can be as dramatic as you want, with the use of blower and styling products like gel or mouse. Or it can also be toned down with the trick of fingers and water.

2010 summer hairstyles

STRAIGHT HAIR

Beach waves are always fun for summer, but as the spring and fall catwalks proved, straight strands like Reese Witherspoon’s are back. Just be sure to soften flatironed tresses by adding a touch of volume and/or wispy bangs to avoid an overly harsh look.

ASYMMETRICAL SHOULDER-LENGTH DO

The grown-out-bob is in—but Anne Hathaway is the only actress with this style who had a bob to begin with! Specially cut and coiffed to appear this way.

FACE-FRAMING STRANDS

If a few pieces of hair stray from your low-pony don’t fret—as Jessica Biel reveals, face-framing strands can be ultrafashionable.

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