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Hairstyles and Head Looks are changing.  Not only is black as a fashion garment colour back, but so too is blonde as a hair colour.  Some of us never gave up being a blonde and never will.

The look of the cool screen starlet blonde needs glamorous groomed hair. The tousled Boho look is moving on to glossy slick smooth hair with chignon dressing.  Grow your hair so you can wear it ballerina style in a classy chignon or even a more adventurous split Butterfly chignons.  Think Grace Kelly and Lauren Bacall and mix smooth untangled voluminous abundant curls at shoulder level with sleek crowns with side partings.

Concentrate on getting a sleek little updo as flaunted by Nicole Kidman,  Kate Hudson and the ever glamorous Gwen Stefani.  Think sleek, shiny and long.  If long is your ideal remember it is likely to take 2 years to grow hair so consider adding real extensions or clip in extensions.  Or opt for the more tousled look of 60's icon Brigitte Bardot - even a little bouffant is acceptable and it will balance that puffball look should you decide to follow the fashion.

 
Bobs

Asymmetric bob styles look classy in a modern way and the asymmetric cut of substantially longer hair cut on one side than the other is set to take off. 

Simple bobs like that worn by Erin O’Connor with her glossy black bob is perfect if you cannot see yourself as a pouting blonde.  Instead be a 20s screen siren Louise Brooks style.  There are 60s fringes and blunt cuts.

Hair style trends change all the time and much of the change is how an individual’s hair reacts to a particular celebrity cut in a different manner as no stylist is constantly retouching the style.  So the street version is always slightly different.

 
Hairbands and Barrettes

Pretty up your hair with hair accessories, combs, barrettes, decorative bobby pins, clips, butterflies and hair bands.  Yes hair bands.  Claire's Accessories are selling hair bands in suede effects although these are wider than usual.  They are worn 60s style with some hair height at the crown. 

Tip 5: Groomed and styled romantic hair and daring modern takes on the '60s mod style are in. The verging on unkempt style of 2005 is out.

Jay predicts a somewhat seismic shift in hair this year. While 2005's bohemian chic style ‑- loose, wavy and natural ‑- will live on in a slightly more shaped and refined "romantic" style, the real trendsetters will be going for modern mod looks.

"I saw a picture of Sienna Miller on Vogue the other day and her haircut, the way she had been shot and made up all screamed Twiggy from the 1960s," says Jay. "The makeup won't be as extreme, of course, but I think a more mod look is on the horizon ‑- shorter, cuter haircuts and more fitted jackets and clothes."

Watch for glimpses of these trends and more on cycle six of America's Next Top Model, starting this spring. Plus there'll be a surprise ending that Jay promises will leave you stunned.

(Jay Manuel may be reached at JayManuel.com. There, he maintains the J. Manual, which contains the latest beauty tips he uses on photo shoots around the world.)