The start of a new year marks the opportunity for redefining one's outlook on the next 12 months. And what better way to do it then through a new hair cut, hair style, or hair colour?
2010 hair styles for women
2010 hairstyle trends will feature a lot of new looks: there are the new hair trend heavily influenced by the recent Spring 2010 catwalks, and there are the reworkings and evolutions of last year's hair trends. Below are Fashionising.com's top picks for hair styles in 2010, with seasonal styles alongside looks for hair from short to long. For more on hair cut trends keep reading.
Side braid hair style
If there is one hairstyle trend in 2010 that has capture most everyone's imagination this is it. A hair trend for those with longer hair, the side braid was on the catwalk one day and a trend on the streets the next day. Follow the link to find out more, including inspiration and styling pictures.Having appeared on our radar in 2009, 1940s hair styles will continue as an inspiration for women's hairstyles in 2010. As it was last year this hair trend is again inspired by the late 40s and, to a lesser degree, the early 1950s.
- Waves should be firm but not curly
- Suitable for all hair colours, though less effective on black hair
- Wear it with an off-centre or side part, not a centre part
- Length wise, it must fall below the shoulders
- Pair with classic make-up and styling
- Inspired by film noir, confidence and sexual innuendo go hand in hand with 1940s wavey hair
- Suitable both for the Autumn (Fall) / Winter 2010 and Spring / Summer 2010 seasons
There are two 20th century fashion revivals happening in 2010. The 1940s revival gives us the 1940s hair style above, while the 1970s influence upon 2010 gives us two distinct hairstyle trends.
Straight long hair, naturally styled
- Slickly styled, but not so slick that it feels overly styled or straightened
- Should be voluminous
- Predominantly styled on the Spring 2010 catwalks with a side part, but will work equally as well with a centre part
- Definitely a style tha works for super-long hair, i.e. hair that falls to the midriff
- Suitable both for the Autumn (Fall) / Winter 2010 and Spring / Summer 2010 seasons
1970's inspired flowing texture
- Different from the waved hairstyle inspired by the 1940s, this flowing, textured, (and sometimes) waved hairstyle trend in 2010 relies instead on natural-looking waves that border on bed hair
- Suitable with both a centre part and an off-centre part
- As with straight and naturally styled long hair, flowing waves also work well when very long
- Best suited to the Spring 2010 / Summer 2010 season
If there's a 2010 hairstyle that screams attitude in 2010 it's slicked hair. Perfect for the younger set, there are three slicked hairstyles to try out in 2010.
The Slicked Back
Slicked back with gel, with fingers or a wide toothed comb providing the texture, 2010's slicked back hairstyle mixes hair slicked back across the top of the head with textured length. Though we've seen a dry, heavily brushed texturing for the length, avoid it and stick to a wet look as seen on Alexander Wang and Thakoon's Spring 2010 catwalks.
Masculine / androgynous slicked hair
The slicked side becomes the slicked all-over for this masculine take on a wet look hairstyle in 2010, this is a hair trend that also perfectly suits one of the year's fashion trends: the female dandy.
- A hairstyle trend that'll work great for short hair cuts in 2010
- Don't be scared by the sexual orientation connotations that might be raised with this hair style; accusations of the pixie crop being a 'hair style for lesbians only' were wholly unfounded and the pixie cut went on to become one of the 2009's most dominant hair cuts
- Look to men's hair styling products, but not the heavy waxes and pomades. Rather, invest in a tub of Brylcreem
- Strongly define the line of the part, and wear it as far to the side as is suitable for your face shape
Hair trends 2011
The beginning of a new year doesn't just mean new clothes for your wardrobe, it means updating your style, it means evolving it. And of equal importance to having the right clothes and accessories is keeping your hairstyle up to date.
