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5 Great Blondes Over 40

Color pro Rick Wellman tells you how to get celebrity blonde.

By: Cynthia Nellis
September 22, 2011
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Experts agree that going lighter after 40 is often a good idea. So we turned to our go-to color expert, Rick Wellman of the Patrick Melville Salon in New York for tips on how to get the best blonde over 40.

Michelle Pfeifer has a great hair color pros call "organic"
Madonna has a soft blonde hair color
Gwen Stefani has great platinum blonde hair
Pamela Anderson's iconic blonde hair
Deborah Harry has white blonde hair
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10 Short Hairstyles for Women Over 50

Pixies, shags and other short hairstyles for women over 50.

By: Cynthia Nellis
October 29, 2010
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Who says women over 50 can't look trendy and fun with short hair styles? Try a short curly 'do like Alfre Woodard's, a sassy boyish style like Sharon Stone, an office-ready cut like Katie Couric's or sexy bangs like Kris Jenner.

Katie Couric Hair
Kris Jenner
Alfre Woodard
Kathy Baker
Robin Roberts
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Blonde Hair Over 50

Blonde Hair Over 50

By: Cynthia Nellis
August 27, 2010
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Do blondes really have more fun? These over 50 gals seem to think so, in hues of shocking platinum, blonde highlights and golden blonde.

diane sawyer
Kim Basinger
katie couric
meryl streep
annie lennox
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Short Hair = No Sex?

Why a haircut may not just be a haircut

By: Cynthia Nellis
August 18, 2010
14 Comments
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Source: David Thompson/Getty Images

I was inspired by this short haircut on actress Michelle Williams, even though I'm probably twice her age. I've worn this type of haircut all summer and loved every minute of it.

Here's the thing about short hair: men hate it, women like it.

Am I generalizing? Of course. But while long hair symbolizes things like femininity and fertility, short hair for women is the opposite: a rebellion against societal norms.

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Is Going Blond Dumb?

The more gray comes in, the more blond makes sense

By: Gerit Quealy
May 7, 2010
4 Comments
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Vogue editor Anna Wintour has "lightened up" in recent years.

Anna Wintour, the indomitable seen/unseen editor-in-chief of Vogue, has been spotted everywhere in her signature dark sunglasses and dark brown pageboy helmet. 

Until relatively recently, that is. Truthfully, she is the last person I would ever have expected to go blond.

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5 Great Blondes Over 40

Color pro Rick Wellman tells you how to get celebrity blonde.

By: Cynthia Nellis
September 22, 2011
print

Experts agree that going lighter after 40 is often a good idea. So we turned to our go-to color expert, Rick Wellman of the Patrick Melville Salon in New York for tips on how to get the best blonde over 40.

Michelle Pfeifer has a great hair color pros call "organic"
Madonna has a soft blonde hair color
Gwen Stefani has great platinum blonde hair
Pamela Anderson's iconic blonde hair
Deborah Harry has white blonde hair
View Slideshow
| style

10 Short Hairstyles for Women Over 50

Pixies, shags and other short hairstyles for women over 50.

By: Cynthia Nellis
October 29, 2010
print

Who says women over 50 can't look trendy and fun with short hair styles? Try a short curly 'do like Alfre Woodard's, a sassy boyish style like Sharon Stone, an office-ready cut like Katie Couric's or sexy bangs like Kris Jenner.

Katie Couric Hair
Kris Jenner
Alfre Woodard
Kathy Baker
Robin Roberts
View Slideshow
| style

Blonde Hair Over 50

Blonde Hair Over 50

By: Cynthia Nellis
August 27, 2010
print

Do blondes really have more fun? These over 50 gals seem to think so, in hues of shocking platinum, blonde highlights and golden blonde.

diane sawyer
Kim Basinger
katie couric
meryl streep
annie lennox
View Slideshow

Short Hair = No Sex?

Why a haircut may not just be a haircut

By: Cynthia Nellis
August 18, 2010
14 Comments
print
Source: David Thompson/Getty Images

I was inspired by this short haircut on actress Michelle Williams, even though I'm probably twice her age. I've worn this type of haircut all summer and loved every minute of it.

Here's the thing about short hair: men hate it, women like it.

Am I generalizing? Of course. But while long hair symbolizes things like femininity and fertility, short hair for women is the opposite: a rebellion against societal norms.

Read More

Is Going Blond Dumb?

The more gray comes in, the more blond makes sense

By: Gerit Quealy
May 7, 2010
4 Comments
print

Vogue editor Anna Wintour has "lightened up" in recent years.

Anna Wintour, the indomitable seen/unseen editor-in-chief of Vogue, has been spotted everywhere in her signature dark sunglasses and dark brown pageboy helmet. 

Until relatively recently, that is. Truthfully, she is the last person I would ever have expected to go blond.

Read More

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