Not everyone cares about fashion and not everyone wears makeup, but one thing is for sure… everyone has HAIR! Fixing your hair is a part of your daily routine whether you like it or not. Whether you choose to throw it back in a ponytail or prep your hair for a fabulous hairdo with curlers and styling gel, you still have a “style”. If you’re looking for something new that is on par with this year’s hottest hair trends, then you’ve come to the right place!

Here at The Fashionable Housewife, we have details on each Hairstyle along with how-to’s and tips to get the best look for your face shape.

Scroll through the list of Hairstyles for Spring / Sumer 2009 below…

Spring / Summer 2009 Hair Cut Trends:

* Cropped Bob
* Pixie Crop
* Long Hair
* The Bob

Spring / Summer 2009 Hair Style Trends:

* Off Center Chignons
* Center Parted Hair
* Straight and Sleek
* Loose Curls and Waves
* Braids
* Ponytails
* Sculpted Up-dos
* Hair Accessories

Spring / Summer 2009 Hair Color Trends:

* Peroxide Blonde
* Red
* Blonde
* Brunette

Hair Tip Of The Day: Get the right haircut!

If losing weight isn’t on your agenda but you want to look thinner, you can actually appear slimmer, just by getting the right haircut!

“The most important factor in cutting and styling hair to appear thinner is to avoid roundness,” says celebrity hair stylist Marco Pelusi of Marco Pelusi Hair Studio in West Hollywood, Calif. Steer clear of bobs and short haircuts, which accentuate roundness. Instead, create slimming angles with deep side parts, texturized ends and layered cuts like these. Your cut should softly frame your face and neck and fall between your chin and shoulder with layers starting just under your cheekbones.

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If you had a Bob in Fall 2008, then you want to go with a Cropped Bob for Spring / Summer 2009. It’s more extreme than a standard Bob cut, giving you a new look without too much fuss. It’s not quite as short as a pixie crop, but it’s definitely shorter than a Bob.

The best example of a Cropped Bob is Paris Hilton’s recent hair cut (see top right pic) as well as Katie Holmes recent hairstyles. This is a very easy style to create and maintain with little prep time in the morning. Just wash, blow dry with a round brush, lightly spritz with hair spray and you’re good to go!

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In 2009, the hair trends are all about the extremes. When it comes to The Bob Hairstyle, it’s the real “play-it-safe” hair-doo for 2009. It’s the only hair cut that isn’t extreme in any one direction and it’s leftover from 2008 so you have a high risk of blending in with the crowd with a bob this spring.

So we recommend going shorter and getting a Pixie Cut. It’s a low maintenance hairstyle that is perfect for busy women, moms, and gals that just want something more interesting than a standard bob cut.

Mix it up a bit is to have your stylist cut a few fringe style bangs for you. Play with texturizing sprays and waxes for added dimension.

Textured Crop: To achieve this easy-going hairstyle, ask your stylist for choppy layers. For optimal results, have your stylist use a razor for this part. This adds texture and dimension. Wash and air-dry and finish with a styling wax to enhance the layered pieces. The volume created by the short pieces on the top of your head will add height and beautiful volume. This helps balance a round face like Mandy Moore’s.

Messy Look: You can also go for a messier look like Agyness Deyn by simply shampooing, conditioning and apply mousse while hair is still wet. Then let air-dry. When dry, add a shine wax to the ends. And to get the messy look, grab hair at the crown and pull up after applying the wax. Spray lightly with a flexible hold hair spray like Aussie Opposites Attract Extra Strong + Touchable Feel Hairspray

Pixie Cut: Rub a large blob of sculpting serum or mousse in your hands and work through your hair. Continue brushing through with a one-inch ceramic round brush pulling hair forward toward the face. Let hair air-dry. Or you can blow-dry hair forward and accentuate the pieces with styling wax.

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Some of the styles highlighted above are as follows:

* Center Parted Hair
* Off Center Chignons
* Ponytails and Up-dos
* Long and Flowing
* Straight and Sleek
* Body and Waves
* Sculpted Up-dos

The best example of gorgeous long hair for Spring / Summer 2009 is Lindsay Lohan’s recent haircut. Long waves, gently tousled back and flowing around the face is just so feminine and attractive.

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Three Basic Bobs:

Conservative Bob This type of Bob is the most popular and the easiest to achieve. Have your stylist cut your hair all one length, with or without bangs. Depending on your face shape, you may want something chin length like Katie Holmes, or something a little longer, more like Jennifer Aniston. To get this look, wash your hair with volumizing shampoo and conditioner. Towel dry and apply a small amount of root-lifting mousse to damp hair and then blow dry with a hair dryer and large round brush. Finish off with a shine spray to give your hair a sleek, shiny look.
Flipped Bob This adorable version of the Bob is slightly layered and fringe style or texturized bangs. Have your stylist cut you hair so that it naturally wants to flip out instead of under. You can style your hair the same way as the bob above, but when you get to the back, flip the ends out with your large round brush, instead of encouraging it to curl under. You can use a small amount of styling wax to define pieces for a modern look.
Layered Bob Layering and side-swept bangs create this curly Bob. Encourage the natural curl in your hair during humid months with a curling shampoo and conditioner, towel dry, and follow with a generous amount of curl enhancer. Blow dry your hair with a hair dryer with a diffuser or let it dry on it’s own, all the while scrunching it to encourage the curls. Don’t mess with it too much. You want defined curls, not a firzzy mess, so don’t play with it too much. You can even use a sprial curling iron to force stubborn hairs and direct them towards your face.

No matter which Bob you pick, keep it natural looking. Healthy, shiny hair is the most important thing. Your hair style is just secondary. Remember to mention to your stylist that you want it simple and easy to manage. That’s the Bob trademark!

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One of the hot hairstyles we saw on the Spring 2009 runway was off-center Chignons. These structured side buns starred at 3.1 Phillip Lim’s spring 2009 show and promise an easy, updated look that you’ll want to rock this spring.

A Chignon is just a fancy word for a bun. It’s very versatile and can be worn tight or loose for a totally feminine look. An easy hairstyle almost anyone can do, unless your hair is very short. If you do it properly, it will stay put for a long time, leaving you to worry about other more important things.

The Chignon is not a harsh “librarian” bun though. It’s softer and looser, which makes this a very feminine look. Once you know how to do it properly, you’ll be able to do it in seconds as you run out the door.

How To Make A Chignon

First put your hair in a ponytail, high or low will do. Then twist your hair, hold it like that, and wrap it around the base of your ponytail (where the elastic is). Then secure it with another elastic and a few bobby pins. We recommend getting small and large bobby pins for extra security.

Depending on the look you are going for, you can either do the initial ponytail tight, loose, or off-center. You can even spice it up a little and back-comb your hair with a little texurizing mousse and do everything loosely for a wonderfully feminine chignon.

You can even choose to use hair sticks or jewels to adorn your chignon bun with. If you are wearing this hair style for a wedding or an evening event, there are many fancy hair accessories you can use to dress it up.

Such accessories can be found at Claire’s. You can also get unique Hand Carved Hair Sticks or Elegant Hair Sticks for fancier occasions.

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Hairstylist Laurent Philippon chose a sleek center part for hair in the BCBG Spring 2009 show. This set a standard for long hair that will carry into Spring and Summer 2009. The centered part hairstyle was also seen in Gap’s Spring 2009 show.

An effortless and totally sexy hairstyle for anyone to wear. Perfect for work or evening, as it’s versatile. As long as you can tolerate your hair down and in your way, then this hairstyle shouldn’t be a problem for you at all!

How To Get The Look

Shampoo and condition hair and let towel dry for a few minutes with a Hair Turban. Then blow dry hair with a Round Brush to soften the effect of the center part so you don’t look too harsh. A slight wave to your hair will add a bit of movement and life.

Be sure to use a good quality hair dryer like FHI Heat Nano Weight pro 1800 Dryer from Bliss.com. (Using old hair dryers can burn your hair and damage it. It is wise to invest in a new one every couple years.)

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Whether your hair is short or long, straight sleek styles will be a huge thing this Spring 2009. If you aren’t accustomed to using a Straightening Iron, you better get one fast!

We recommend the HairArt Ceramic Straightening Iron and the Infiniti by Conair Ceramic Straightener.

I personally use the Infiniti by Conair Ceramic Styler, 1 3/4″ Straightener and I love it. No complaints. Very easy to use, and get my incredibly stubborn hair straight as an arrow every time.

You can also help your hair be sleek and straight with affordable products like Sexy Hair Concepts Straight Sexy Hair Smooth & Seal, Aerated Anti-Frizz Spray and Enjoy Straightener which is my personal favorite.

How To Get The Look

• Start by washing your hair with a really good straightening like Sleek.look by Matrix Smoothing System Shampoo. Follow with a light conditioner like Sleek.look by Matrix Smoothing System Conditioner. Those are my personal favorites and they work really well for creating sleek, straight hair.
• Towel dry for a few minutes with a Hair Turban
• Apply a light layer of Enjoy Straightener or another high quality Hair Straightening Balm
• Blow dry hair with a hair dryer on a low setting. Gently blow dry hair straight with a Round Brush.
• When hair is dry, straighten out any wavy spots or stubborn areas with a quality Ceramic Straightening Iron
• Finish look with a product that will add shine like Enjoy Shine & Smooth or Enjoy Shine Spray

To get sleek, straight hair, I prefer Enjoy Hair Care Products because they work the best. I’ve tried A LOT of different products over the years trying to get my frizzy mane to look straight and sexy, so I can tell you dozens of products that don’t work. There are very, very few that actually give me the look I’m going for and Enjoy Hair Care Products are one of the few companies I know of that really and truly works.

The Enjoy Shine Spray is probably my favorite product of all. I use it every single day after I style my hair. It adds just the right amount of healthy shine without looking greasy or heavy. It doesn’t make my hair dirty either. I just love it.

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We saw a lot of loose curls and waves in the Spring 2009 Runway shows and now that it’s getting closer to Spring, we’re seeing several celebrities jump start this laid-back trend. Audrina Patridge is the one who really made this style a must-have for Spring though. She makes this casual hairstyle smoking hot!

Create This Look:

You’ll need a curling iron like the Conair Tourmaline Ceramic Deep Wave Iron with a 2 1/4″ barrel. Hold the curling iron so that the end is pointing downward. Wrap a small 1 inch section of your hair around the barrel of the curling iron. Do not use the clamp, because you don’t want tight curls, just waves. Leave hair wrapped around barrel for 10-20 seconds or till your hair is slightly curled.

When you hair cools off, tug at the end of each ringlet till they loosen up and look naturally curly. Start with the underneath hairs in the back until you get the hang of this technique.

Lightly mist with a light hold hairspray like Aussie Sydney Smooth 12 Hour Anti-Humidity Hair Spray.

Another easy way to create this look and braid hair in 2 loose braids while hair is still damp and then let it dry overnight. Carefully take it out in the morning and don’t brush it out.

Finish look with a product that will add shine like Enjoy Shine & Smooth or Enjoy Shine Spray.

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The milkmaid braids trend almost made a hit in 2007 and then again in 2008, but never really took off and got really popular. It looks like this time around though, it’s going to catch on. Not only did we see this hairstyle in the Lela Rose spring 2009 show, but we’re seeing it on countless celebrities already!

This cute flirtatious and sexy hair-do is easy and versatile. This style is also perfect for getting long hair up and out of your face for summer. With the promise of warm days ahead, you can start practicing now so you’ll have this style just right for once the weather gets nice! Check out the tips below on how to perfect this cute hairstyle.

How Do I Do It?

• Shampoo and condition hair as normal
• Towel dry lightly and apply a smoothing anti-friz serum to help prevent too many flyaways and control frizz.
• Part hair down the center with a comb and blow dry hair straight with a hair dryer with a diffuser
• Part hair again, creating two separate pieces on either side of your head.
• Secure each side with no-slip elastics just behind your ears.
• Braid each side, careful not to do it too loose or too tight.
• Bring the right one up and over your head and secure with bobby pins
• Continue by bringing the left braid up and over the top of your head, being careful to tuck the elastic underneath so it doesn’t show.
• Secure both sides with bobby pins the best you can so it doesn’t come loose.
• Spray all over with an anti-humidity hair spray
  to reduce the amount of wispiness and frizz.

If you need some visual instructions on how to create this look, check out this video:

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Ponytails are such a classic style. Whether you throw your hair in one just to get it off your face to do housework, or if you carefully put each hair in place for a special event, a ponytail is almost always appropriate and surprisingly very versatile!

1. Shampoo and condition your hair with a straightening shampoo and conditioner like Sunsilk Straight to Perfection Straighten-Up. Let hair dry in a towel for about 10 minutes.

2. Blow-dry your hair straight with a large round brush. Make sure you completely dry the hair around the crown of your head. When you are drying that area, blow from under the roots at an upward angle using the brush. You may want to tip your head upside down to do this.

3. Apply a texturizing mousse like Pantene Pro-V Texturize! Moussing Foam Wax and run it through your hair. Avoid the roots! Push your hair back away from your face and look up as you do this. Then slip hair into a semi-snug ponytail at the nape of your neck, slightly off to one side and then bring some of your tresses over your shoulder.

1. Part hair on one side with a fine tooth comb.

2. French braid from hairline to the end or as far as you can go. Be sure to spritz with a strong hold hair spray as you go along.

3. Pull hair into a loose ponytail and secure with an elastic.

4. Wrap a small amount of hair around the elastic band and secure it with a bobby pin or small clip. Spray with hair spray for extra security.

1. Part hair on one side with a fine tooth comb.

2. French braid from hairline to the end or as far as you can go. Be sure to spritz with a strong hold hair spray as you go along.

3. Secure braid with a small elastic and leave hanging or pull it under the rest of your hair near the nape of your neck and secure with a bobby pin.

4. You may choose to leave your hair straight or curly with this style. It works best with fine to medium hair. Thick hair can get complicated, esp when french braiding.

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Changing your hair color is one of the easiest and most obvious ways to update or change your look for Spring 2009. It doesn’t require a long term commitment like a pixie cut or the bob.

Click here to details on this trend.

Peroxide Blonde Hair

For those of you too squeamish to go for such a bold statement, you can try a rich red, a soft blonde, or a warm brunette shade.

Red Hair

We recommend a bold red like Clairol Haircolor in “Paint The Town Deep Red” 044 or Clairol Balsam Color Locking Creme System in “Dark Auburn” #613.

Blonde Hair

We recommend a soft blonde like Clairol Haircolor Blonde Bombshell in “Extra Light Blonde” #XL2 or Garnier Nutrisse Level 3 Permanent Creme Haircolor in “Macadamia” #90.

Brunette Hair

We recommend trying a warm brown like Garnier Nutrisse Level 3 Permanent Creme Haircolor in “Truffle” #50 or Clairol Balsam Color Locking Creme System in “Light Brown” #608.

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