Star Style
by Krista Michelle Arrigo

Get your favorite celebs' hair styles with these tips from hair experts Tony Beckerman, vice president of creative services and artistic development for haircolorxpress International, an interactive color salon that specializes in hair and custom blend cosmetics, and Ernie McCraw, director of education for Sally Beauty Supply, the world's largest supplier of professional beauty products.

Get HALLE BERRY's style: Short and spiky
Halle has her stylist to thank for her fabulous hair. "It looks pretty easy, but a good cut is essential to keep that feathery look," says McCraw. Once you have her cut he suggests using a wax, pomade, or paste like New Image End Game Hair Paste or Ion Styling Solutions Texturizing Hair Wax (both $6, www.sallybeauty.com) to mold the style into shape. For lift, start at the roots and use your fingers to work the product through selected hair strands, while gently pulling upward.

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Get Nicole Kidman's style: Short and wavy
Soft and natural coils like Nicole's are this season's new curl, Beckerman says, and they work well on both long and short lengths. To create this sultry wave, spiral your hair around a one-inch curling iron like this one from Conair ($9, www.conair.com). "Starting from the middle, wrap your hair around [the iron] rather than curling it up." This will create curls that are large and loose rather than tight and tiny. Then, coat your locks with smoothing silicone drops like Ice Drops from haircolorxpress ($10, www.haircolorxpress.com). Aside from the satin-like sheen they'll leave, they'll also protect and provide sunscreen.

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Get Faith Hill's style: Long and wavy
Get Faith's fab' hair with Beckerman's two-day curl-activating tip: Wear your hair in braids for one day, and before you take them out, run a flat iron, like this one from Hot Tools ($27.99, www.metrobeauty.com), over each one. Next, brush your fingers through with defrizzing drops like Frizz-Ease Hair Serum ($4, at drugstores) and style your hair into loose waves. "The larger the braid, the bigger the wave," Beckerman says. To try: Different size braids to create a fun and funky bed-head style.

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Get Selma Blair's style:
Style: Short and straight
"If you have a short neck, you should wear your hair short," says Beckerman. "It gives the illusion that you're slimmer and taller, and it will show off your neck and hair line." He suggests a cut that's chin length or to the neckline. "Not short and tapered, but [a cut] that's long and wispy, so the shape of the head shows." To create different types of texture, he says, work waxes, volume mousses, gels, or a pomade like Citré Shine Glossing Pomade ($5, at drugstores) through your hair. "Concentrate more on the ends and middle, going away from the scalp and toward the ends."

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