Whether your hair is fine like "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively's or thick like Anne Hathaway's, you can easily wear at least one of these stunning styles. Here's how.
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Blake Lively
Best for: medium to long hair
To put a glamorous twist in a low-key style like Lively's, create a side part and braid two 1-inch sections (about an inch apart) from one side of your part toward your ear. Secure the braids to the hanging hair with bobby pins or small clips. Set with hairspray.
Image taken in New York City on July 28, 2008
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Anne Hathaway
Best for: medium-length hair
Mastering this braided updo requires knowing how to French braid. You'll need to create two of them on each side of your head. (Need step-by-step help? Watch this braid video.)
Images taken in Las Vegas on March 13, 2008
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Bar Rafaeli
Best for: long hair
This quick and easy 'do adds subtle texture to otherwise perfectly sleek hair (no doubt straightened with a good flatiron like CHI Turbo Ceramic 1" Flat Iron, $180). Simply braid a 1-inch section of hair from your center part down and around your face and secure with a small elastic (try Goody Ouchless Thin Elastics, $2.99). For more hairstyles you can recreate in a flash, check out this quick hairstyles gallery.
Image taken in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2008
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Nicole Richie
Best for: short to medium-length hair
To get jumbo braids like Richie's, reverse braid two large sections (top and bottom) around the sides of your head back toward the nape of your neck. (To reverse braid, move pieces under instead of over one another.) Secure braids, then twist hanging hair into a bun and secure with bobby pins. See other ways Richie puts a braided spin on the classic bun.
Images taken in Los Angeles on June 8, 2008
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Whether your hair is fine like "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively's or thick like Anne Hathaway's, you can easily wear at least one of these stunning styles. Here's how.
