No hairstyle will look fab if your hair color is dull or brassy from the season past. Ess suggests going to a salon to get a gloss or glaze treatment applied to your hair. A clear hair "gloss is basically a 'top coat' for your hair -- it's liquid-y, not creamy, and goes on all over your hair from scalp to ends," she says. The gloss will work to seal your hair and create lots of shine, says Ess.
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Hairstyle Tip 5: Warm up your hair color
Get a tinted hair gloss to enhance the warmer tones in your hair color, which is more appropriate for fall, says Ess. "You can't lighten your hair with gloss, but you can make it slightly warmer," she says. A colored gloss lasts four to six weeks and is cheaper than regular hair color too. If you're pinching serious pennies, most beauty supply stores sell over-the-counter glosses to "use at home in between hair color if you can't get into the salon," says Ess.
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Hairstyle Tip 6: Modify your ponytail
Instead of trying to braid your hair this way and that, a summer trend that caught on like wildfire, let your ponytail loose. Ponytails are huge for fall and this season wear them with volume at the crown (a la Bridget Bardot). To get volume at your crown, use a fine-tooth comb and tease one-inch sections at a time, pushing hair down gently towards your scalp. Then, using the same comb, lightly smooth hair back over the teased section and secure with elastic. Lock everything in place by misting with a strong-hold hairspray like TIGI Hard Head Hard Hold Hairspray, $11.50.
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Hairstyle Tip 7: Experiment with a new hair product
There's no better time for change than during the fall season. Ess says one of the easiest ways to vary your hairstyle is to try a product you don't normally use, "we all love what we love, but try something new. If you've never used a mousse at the root, try it just once. It won't kill you and you might love it," she says. Or, if you've never used a heat styling spray before blow drying, try one. Your hair will likely soak it up and look "incredibly shiny and amazing," says Ess (try Shu Uemura Iron Design, $28). "Give yourself a goal once every couple months, to read about a product that sparks your interest and go get it," she advises.
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Hairstyle Tip 8: Go for a richer, darker hair color
We know it can often be hard to part ways with summer highlights, but fall is all about adding richness to your hair color. "If you're blonde, just go slightly more golden or amber colored. If you're a redhead, go just a little more copper. Brunettes, go a more chocolaty brown," says Ess.
Change is a good thing in our opinion. Just when you think things are getting blas� and you couldn't imagine seeing another "beachy" hairstyle how-to, up comes a new season to reinvigorate your beauty, oh, and lust for life. Hairstyles, like the leaves, are changing and to keep you on trend this fall we found the easiest ways to update your look.
Helping us refurbish our hairstyles to make them fall-appropriate is celebrity stylist to stars like Lauren Conrad and Rachel McAdams, Kristen Ess. She gives us the simplest ways to transition our hair.
But before you revamp any hairstyle, you first have to make sure your hair has recovered from summer fun -- repent, if you will, for its past seasonal sins. Post-summer hair damage from spending time in the sun, salt water, chlorine and air conditioning probably has your hair feeling dull, frizzy, dry and brittle. Check out these quick tips on how to care for summer-damaged hair:
� Replenish moisture: Try an intense hydrating mask on your hair. A product like Frederic Fekkai Protein Rx Anti-Breakage Treatment Mask, $29 can do wonders for dry, brittle locks.
� Minimize frizz: Swap your regular styling products for straightening cream. It fills in the hair's cuticle so that it looks smoother.
� Trim those split ends: Sorry, but the only way to get rid of split ends caused by summer wear and tear is to trim them off to keep the shaft from continuing to spilt.
Now, as the temperature goes down (hoorah), you can keep your hair as cool as the weather with these simple ways to update your hairstyle -- see them now.
