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Celebrity Hair Styles - Curly Looks

Find a hair style to suit natural curls.  Look below for loads of styles to suit curly hair, and lots of stars to take inspiration from.

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Best For - Again, this works better for natural curls or waves.

Color - Very dark brown

Seen At - The 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards

Another of Halle's cropped looks; this one is a little shorter but still with enough length to allow the hairs curls to show.

For Halle's hair type, this is a simple style to create.  Run some wax through the hair with your fingers, while it's dry, separating the curls and adding some definition to the natural curls.

Categories - Awards Styles, Crops, Curly Hair, Dark Brown, Halle Berry

Good For- Only people with naturally curly hair, which is thick and has loads of body.

Color- Honey Blonde

To get this look you'll have to go to the hairdressers and get a layered bob, to maximise texture. Then once its washed a short blast with the hair dryer is all it needs. If you want a more choppy finish get some flat heated irons, such as Morphy Richards Mark hill Kick It, to break up the ends of the hair and make it kick out like Keira's.

Follow with some John Freida Tousled Tresses Texturizer, a texturising wa in fab mist form, which will create a broken up piecy finish.

Categories - Bobs, Curly Hair, Heart Shaped Face Styles, Honey Blonde, Keira Knightley, Oval Face Shape, Waves,

Suits - Most face shapes

Best For - Mid-Length hair and if you've got some help to pin up your curls

Begin by blow-drying damp or wet hair using a round brush to create some volume at the crown and roots.

Loosely tong the hair then pull it into a low ponytail at the back. Begin twisting hairs up and then pin or clip them into place. It's fine if this isn't the neatest hair style ever - Hayden's look was slightly messy but still ultra glam.

Finish with hairspray to keep everything in place.

Categories - Buns, Curly Hair, Golden Blonde, Hayden Panettiere, Honey Blonde, Medium Length, Oval Face Shape, Prom Styles, Shoulder Length Hair, Up-Dos, Waves, Wedding Styles,

Suits - Most face shapes, expect square or long

Color - Golden Blonde

Seen At - The Chanel HC Fashion Show during Paris Fashion Week in January 2011

For Kirsten's pretty and glam look create a deep side-parting.

Use some medium-sized curling irons wrapping sections of about 1-2 inches up to just above ear height.  Try to let the curls cool as it will help them hold better.

Take the front section of the side of the parting that has most hair and curl it higher than all the others.  It's a simple little touch that really amps up the glamour.

Finish by tucking one side behind your ear then mist some strong-hold hairspray over the curls to make sure they don't start to drop.

Categories - Bobs, Curly Hair, Golden Blonde, Hollywood Curls, Kirsten Dunst, Short Hair, Shoulder Length Hair, Waves

Cheryl's look as of late-2009 when she ditched her long extensions in favour of this fresher tousled look.

Color - Dark Brown

Suits - Most face shapes

To style this look needs lots of texture so add some volumising mousse or spray to the roots of damp hair.

Apply to medium-large sized velcro rollers, rolling up to the roots for volume. For some extra curl and kick at the ends you might also want to use a curling iron to curl some sections - holding the tongs for about 10 seconds to lock the wave in place.

Once dry, gently remove the rollers and secure your new waves and curls with hairspray.

Categories - Cheryl Cole, Curly Hair, Dark Brown, Shoulder Length Hair, Waves,

Seen At - The 2011 Golden Globe Awards

Best For - Most face shapes

For this look begin with natural curls or waves; or create your own by blow-drying then using a 1-2 inch curling iron in alternating directions on your hair.

To style, create a deep side-part and sweep your hair across the front.

Tie your hair into a medium-low ponytail at the back but leave some sections loose at the side like Lea.

Twist the length of your hair up and into a loose bun around the base of the ponytail and pin into place - if a few pieces sprig out that's okay, this isn't meant to be a pristine look.

Now style your loose section with your fingers, and if you feel you need to, use the curling irons to create so extra waves.

Finish with a mist of strong-hold hairspray to secure.

Recommended products for recreating this look -

Categories - Awards Styles, Brown Hair, Buns, Curly Hair, Dark Brown, Long Hair, Medium Length, Oval Face Shape, Prom Styles,Up-Dos, Waves,

Suits - Most face shapes but avoid if you have a wide or square shaped face

Seen At - The May 2010 Premiere of The Prince of Persia

First, create your curls using a medium-large hot-rollers, taking them right up to the roots.  Don't worry about trying to get a perfect finish to them, since they'll be getting pinned up anyway.

After creating your curls, collect all your hair and tie it in a high ponytail - don't make it too tight though, you still want volume and movement at the roots.

Take sections of the ponytail and loosely pin them up around the base ponytail, and onto the  back of the head.  Again, don't worry about trying to get a perfect finish.  You can see in Gemma's pic she has a few loose sprigs and ends.

Once you're happy everything is secure, finish with a light mist of hairspray.

Categories - Curly Hair, Dark Brown, Gemma Arterton, Medium Length, Shoulder Length Hair, Up-Dos, Waves,

Updo - Seen at the 2002 Oscars

Suits- Heart and Oval shaped face

Good for- Girls with naturally wavy hair

Color- Auburn

Styles like this shouldn't look too perfect so run some wax through your hair to give your curls a messy appearance.

Twist your hair up into a messy do leaving a few tendrils lying loose around your face. For Julia's look tuck your hair into a French plait and leave the ends loose.

Finally to get more defined curls around your face, like Julia's take one tendril at a time and coil the hair around your index finger, then to make sure the curls stay in place spray them lightly with some lacquer.

Categories - Auburn Hair, Awards Styles, Buns, Curly Hair, Heart Shaped Face Styles, Julia Roberts, Medium Length, Oscars, Oval Face Shape, Shoulder Length Hair, Up-Dos, Waves,

Suits- Oval and Heart shaped faces.

Color- A rustic red base under strawberry blonde pieces.

Good For- Long hair

To get this look apply John Frieda Frizz Ease Serum, to towel dried hair then dry with a diffuser.

 Section off your hair ear to ear and use a small curling iron to create a mass of tumbling ringlets around your face.  Twist the back section of hair into a tight tube and secure with a bobby pin.

Tong the ends and finish by raking some wax through your hair to break up the curls, then randomly pin up some tendrils, so just a few hang around your face.

Categories -  Curly Hair, Heart Shaped Face Styles, Hollywood Curls, Honey Blonde, Medium Length, Nicole Kidman, Oval Face Shape, Prom Styles, Red Hair, Strawberry Blonde, Up-Dos,

At the National TV Awards in January 2010 Cheryl wore up her cute cut in a glam up-do.

Best For - Mid-length or layered hair to give the perfect length of loose curls at the front.

Color - Dark Brown

To get the look tong your hair all the way around, doing it by about one-inch sections at a time.

Now take your curls (leaving a few loose at the front) and use hairpins to grip them up into a bun. This is a glam look but not too precise or fussy, it's okay if a few parts are a little messy or loose as the bun doesn't need to be really neat.

Finish with a good spritz of hairspray.

Recommended products for achieving this look -

Categories - Cheryl Cole, Curly Hair, Dark Brown, Medium Length, Prom Styles, Shoulder Length Hair, Up-Dos, Waves, Wedding Styles,

Suits - Most face shapes, expect long

Color - Golden Blonde with a few lighter sections and highlights

Seen At - An event in February 2011

For Brooklyn's pretty-glam look first spritz some texturizing spray over the lengths of damp hair as it will help curls to hold later.

Create your parting and blow-dry hair to create smoothness and a little height and body.

To create the curls, use some medium-sized curling irons, wrapping sections of about 1-2 inches, up to about brow height.

If you usually have problems making your curls last, try pinning them up after curling 0 this will allow the curls to cool and will help them keep shape.

Once the curl creating is complete, run your fingers through to break up and define them - don't brush them through!

Finish with a mist some strong-hold hairspray over the curls, another step which should help them last all night.

Categories - Brooklyn Decker, Curly Hair, Golden Blonde, Long Hair, Medium Length,

The Look - Super-pretty side-swept bun

Seen at - The 2010 Emmy Awards

Creating this look, Keri was styled by Jonathan Hanousek.

Keri's hair is naturally curly but instead of straightenening them out, they were enhanced and refined for this look with a touch of MoroccanOil Light before being blow-dried with a diffuser.

Extra refinement was added with a one-inch barrel curling iron wrapped around random curls.

Jonathon then sprayed on MoroccanOil Glimmer Spray and raked it through her hair with his fingers, breaking up her hairline.

Gathering the hair back, he pulled it into a side ponytail that pinned into a loose bun.

Frederic Fekkai Sheer Hold Hairspray was applied; then, the finishing touch: a flower adornment from Jennifer Behr.

Categories - Awards Styles, Brown Hair, Buns, Curly Hair, Light Brown, Medium Length, Prom Styles, Shoulder Length Hair, Side Swept, Up-Dos, Waves, Wedding Styles,

Golden Curls - Seen at the 2004 Oscars

Suits - Almost any face shape.

Color - A warm golden blonde.

To get this style wet your hair, then when it's about 90% dry wrap large sections of your hair around medium, to large sized Velcro, or hot rollers, until all of your hair is covered.

Once dry remove the rollers and gently separate the curls with your fingers, don't brush them through, as you don't want to ruin the curls.

Once you've put your hair into a centre shed and are happy with your style, lightly mist with some hairspray.

Categories - Awards Styles, Curly Hair, Golden Blonde, Honey Blonde, Julia Roberts, Long Hair, Oscars, Oval Face Shape,

The Look - Super-pretty up-do

Seen at - The June 2010 41st Songwriters Hall of Fame Event

Taylor has naturally curly hair which is often brought out with the help of  a diffuser.

Despite her natural curls, this look still looks like it has some extra refinement added with the help of some small-barrel curling irons.

Oils work great on naturally curly hair, use your fingers to rake a product like MoroccanOil Glimmer Spray through the hair and break up the curls a little while adding gorgeous shine.

The hair was gathered back and secured with pins and hairspray before the addition of her beautiful flower accessory.

Categories - Buns, Curly Hair, Heart Shaped Face Styles, Light Brown, Medium Length, Oval Face Shape, Prom Styles, Shoulder Length Hair, Taylor Swift, Up-Dos, Wedding Styles,

Seen At - The 2010 Grammy Awards

He started off by applying Moroccanoil Treatment to Jennifer's still-wet hair then blow- dried with a round brush to help add volume and body.

Taking a 1-inch curling iron, her curled sections of her hair up, and away from her face.

After letting the curls set, he used his fingers to combo them through a little then applied some Moroccan Oil Hydrating Styling Cream to help hold the curls and texture.

The hair was backcombed underneath to help boost volume.

Then, the look was finished with a mist of Moroccan Oil Luminous Hairspray for hold and shine.

Categories - Awards Styles, Brown Hair, Curly Hair, Jennifer Lopez, Long Hair, Medium Length, Waves,

Color - A dark brown base with lots of golden brown and copper pieces and highlights

Seen At - The 2010 Academy Awards

Best For - Hair with natural waves or curls

Finish the look with a lot of hairspray to make sure the style holds.

Categories - Awards Styles, Brown Hair, Buns, Curly Hair, Long Hair, Medium Length, Miley Cyrus, Oscars, Prom Styles, Up-Dos,

Colour - Ice Blonde

Suits - Almost every face shape.

For this look ask your hairdresser to give you a long eye skimming fringe and also a few layers around your face.

To style blow-dry your hair and sweep your fringe to the side like Paris. Take one section of hair at a time and wrap it around some medium, to large sized tongs, to leave some pretty curls.

Finish of the look with a spritz of hairspray all over.

Categories - Curly Hair, Extensions, Fringe, Long Face Shape Styles, Long Hair, Oval Face Shape, Paris Hilton, Super Long Hair,

Suits - Oval face shapes

Color - Very dark brown

Seen At - The 12th Annual Young Hollywood Awards in May 2010

Looking at Nina's roots in this style, it looks like she gave her hair a break from the constant straightening and let her natural waves give this look some added texture.

If you've got straight hair, start by applying some texturizing spray to your hair while it's damp.

Brush your hair back and slide on an Alice band of your choice - Nina went for a simple black one to blend in with her hair.  The band some smooth down the front, and push the hair back to create some volume behind it.

Gather the hair into a high ponytail at the back of the head, not pulling too tight so as to leave the volume behind the band still there.

Now for the glam curls, if you don't have natural curls, use a medium-size curling iron to add some ringlets to the length of your ponytail, then take those newly-created curls and pin them up randomly, looping some over and using hair pins that closely match your natural hair color to secure them.

Finish with a touch of smoothing balm to take care of any frizzy hairs on the top or side of your hair and complete the style with a good amount of hairspray to hold everything in place.

Categories - Buns, Curly Hair, Dark Brown, Long Hair, Nina Dobrev, Prom Styles, Up-Dos, Waves

Suits - Most face shapes

Seen - September 2010, during New York Fashion Week

Starting with freshly-washed hair, towel-dry till it's damp, then spritz on some shine spray.

If you've got wavy or curly hair, blow-dry with a paddle brush for a smooth base, but if your hair is straight you can probably skip this part.

Create a part right down the middle and set to creating those tumbling curls.  Use medium-large sized curling irons - wrapping them up to about ear height and away from the direction of the face.  Let the curls cool as you go so they will have better hold.

Once you've curled all the way around, gather the hair into a low, loose ponytail at the back of the head, leaving a small amount loose at the front to frame your face.

This style is very soft and free so avoid using too many products on it.  If your hair struggles to hold curls, though, just spritz a light mist of hairspray over them and don't ever brush them through - if they need broken up a little, use your fingers.

Categories - Curly Hair, Golden Blonde, Heart Shaped Face Styles, Light Brown, Long Hair, Oval Face Shape, Pony Tails, Prom Styles, Round Face Shape Style, Wedding Styles, Whitney Port,

Suits - Most face shapes

Color - Dark brown with highlights in a lighter shade of brown

Seen At - The August 2010 Teen Choice Awards

Starting with freshly-washed hair, towel-dry till it's damp, then spritz on some shine spray.

Blow-dry with a large round brush, creating some volume at the roots and crown.

Create your parting and gently backcomb the the crown for a little height at the back.

For those tumbling curls use large hot rollers, wrapping them up to about ear height and away from the direction of the face.  Let the rollers cool as you go some the curl will hold.

Recommended products for achieving this look -

Categories - Black Hair, Curly Hair, Dark Brown, Long Hair, Nina Dobrev,

Suits

Color - Platinum/Ice Blonde

Seen At - The December 2010 Berlin Premiere of Burlesque

For this style, begin by creating Christina's curls.  Take sections of hair roughly one-to-two inches wide and curl them all the way up to about brow height.  Do this for all your hair.

Once the curls are made, let them cool for about 10-15 minutes to set, then you can get to work on creating Christina's half-up, half-down 'do.

Make a parting that is just slightly off-centre and pull some of your curls forward to sit over the shoulders on each side.

Gather some hair at the back to coil and pin up into a high loose bun, making sure you've left enough curls at the back - it's possible Christina used the help of an extra hair add-in at the nape of the neck here but not definite.

Finish with a fine mist of hairspray and for an extra curl boost, you might also want to re-curl some of the sections for a more ringlet-y look.

Categories - Christina Aguilera, Curls, Long Hair, Platinum Blonde,

Run some curl-defining spray, or curling gel through your wet hair and blow-dry.  Use a diffuser if you can as it will help lift the hair, and leave it with less frizz.

Now the tricky part, using a one-inch curling iron, curl small sections of hair, going right the way up to the root, until entire head is done.  This isn't so much tricky, as it is boring after doing about one side of your head.

When finished apply lots of strong hold hairspray to keep the curls in place.

If you feel any are too ringlet-y just run your fingers through them - don't brush, as you might end up turning all your curls straight again.

Categories - AnnaLynne McCord, Curly Hair, Extensions, Long Hair, Super Long Hair, Waves,

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