What's your favorite 90's hair look: Baby Spice pigtails or butterfly hair clips? The 1990s was a pretty memorable decade for hair battling between grungy looks and teen beauty queens with gelled updos. Take a look at these memorable styles that were all the rage for '90s kids.
Crimping
Everyone had a crimping tool in the 1990s. Celebrities with long and short hair alike crimped their hair, and the style spread among teens all over the country.
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Pop princess Britney Spears became a fashion icon in the '90s. Today, her spiky half-updo looks more like something a poodle would wear.
Tendrils
Julia Stiles' two straight bang strands from "10 Things I Hate About You" formed an iconic style. Featuring two very thin tendrils right in front, this red carpet look was made complete by gelling all the rest of the hair back into a ponytail.
Feathered Bangs
The voluminous bangs that became popular in the '80s didn't go away for many years. Who knows how much hairspray is holding up the hair of this Full House star? "Big hair, don't care," was the motto of many celebrities in the '90s.
High Ponytail
Big, bright, colorful scrunchies worn high up on the head were a standard element of 90's hair. If you needed a new scrunchie, there was always a spare one on one of your friend's wrists.
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Butterfly Clips
Here, Sarah Michelle Gellar is sporting the butterfly clips that became so iconic in 90's hair. If you couldn't pull off cornrows, a crown of butterfly clips around twisted sections was just as good.
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Angled Layers
Layered hair saw its first real popularity in the '90s, as seen here on teen actress Mandy Moore. The layers, cut to frame the face, actually tend to make the face look fuller by curling right at the chin. A center or just-slightly-off-center part was a feature of many 90's hair styles as well.
Pigtails
The Spice Girls were known for their many edgy looks, but the girly pigtails of Baby Spice are probably the best-remembered style.
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Mixed Textures
Celebrity stylists in the '90s clearly didn't believe that "less is more." Melissa Joan Hart is sporting a look that mixes curly and super-straight textures.
The Rachel
Friends star Jennifer Aniston popularized an iconic 90's hair look named after her character. This style featured choppy layers and stark highlights.
Piecey Pixie
Spiky hair remained the trend for women of all ages in the '90s. Meg Ryan was known for her signature long pixie and side part with straightened ends for the spiked texture.
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