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10 Hair Trends You'll Want to Try in 2012

If you're considering a new cut, color, style, or treatment, make it one of these trends everyone will be talking about this year

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It's impossible to predict every hairstyle and color that will go from Hollywood fad to full-on, mainstream trend. Did anyone really think Lauren Conrad's multi-colored hue or Katy Perry's hot-pink bob would have women everywhere filling their beauty-supply-store baskets with Manic Panic?

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But top stylists do have something like a crystal ball when it comes to hair trends: They’re the ones who create the trends in the first place. They work on Fashion Week shows more than six months before the actual season, and then they recreate those runway looks on celebrity clients. In turn, the stars hit the red carpet and set the trends in motion among the masses.

Even if you aren't looking for the "it" cut or hottest color for your 2012 hairstyles, there are plenty of high-tech salon treatments, fresh-looking updos, and braiding techniques worth trying. If you want to stay ahead of the curve, here's what you should be doing to your hair in 2012 (Katy Perry's latest, craziest styles not included).

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i love all these new trends!!

by sportimonki13 Monday, February 20, 2012 at 01:14AM Report as inappropriate

I like the ombre layers and the straight waves. The looks appear very simple and easy to do and I sleep with my hair in braids anyway to prevent tangles, I love that I can turn it into a style!

by RoleModel Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:37AM Report as inappropriate

i'm intrigued by the "tape" extensions! but i'm not sure i get the difference between all the types of "waves"!

by jenstar313 Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:07AM Report as inappropriate

They could have picked a better picture for the layered bob, that woman's hair looks fried and horrible. As a natural curly head, I'm definitely not liking the "straight" curl idea. Just let curls be curls!

by unfamiliargirl Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 07:53PM Report as inappropriate

I wonder how many people follow trends with their hairstyle, rather than wearing a style that looks best on them. I guess if you want to stay current you need to make some changes. The important thing is to have a style that looks and feels good!

by alictasia Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 06:53AM Report as inappropriate

I really like a lot of these hair styles. I had to go all natural and chop my hair off so the layered bob is what I am heading towards in about two months.

by SummerOrchid Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 01:04AM Report as inappropriate

love the whole hair make-over

by czerwona Friday, February 10, 2012 at 11:20PM Report as inappropriate

I am definitely going to try the highlights aound the face and the ombre coloring like Jessica Biel. The layered bob is cute enough for even a short hair-aphobic to try!

by SpaceyStacie Friday, February 10, 2012 at 05:40PM Report as inappropriate

I'm still keeping my beachy waves, mainly because my hair does that naturally and it takes less time to mess with it!

by WiccanLady Friday, February 10, 2012 at 01:14PM Report as inappropriate