All New for 2009: 10 Hairstyles That Make You Look 10 Years Younger

Even celebrities have bad hair days. Here, the red-carpet looks that will add a decade to any face—famous or not.

March 22, 2009

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2009 Jon Furniss
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Kate Winslet
Younger: Pinned up, but not prim—this look has got swing.
2009 Getty Images
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Kate Winslet
Older: Elegant, yes—but we can almost smell the Aqua Net.

2009 Jeff Vespa
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Sheryl Crow
Older: Limp and lifeless hair is like announcing, "I've given up."
2009 Jon Kopaloff
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Sheryl Crow
Younger: Big, bouncy waves turn back the clock.

2008 Getty Images
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Leighton Meester
Older: Perfect corkscrew spirals have not been in style since 1986—right around when Meester was born.
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2007 Getty Images
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Leighton Meester
Younger: Long, tousled layers are more modern—and less matronly.

2009 Fred Duval
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Penélope Cruz
Older: These blocky bangs with a big bun aren't sultry—they're schoolmarm-y.
2009 Ray Mickshaw
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Penélope Cruz
Younger: Side-swept bangs instantly soften her whole look.

2009 Bruce Glikas
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Older: Yanked-back hair is severe on anyone who isn't a 13-year-old ballerina. (Maybe even them.)
2008 Anita Bugge
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Younger: A little volume (not too much) at the crown is a spritz from the fountain of youth.

2008 Al Pereira
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Beyoncé
Older: There's something too stiff and out of proportion here—we keep thinking Big Love.
2008 FilmMagic
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Beyoncé
Younger: She's young and fresh with a deep side part and clean-cut ends.

2009 Daniele Venturelli
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Scarlett Johansson
Older: Hair that's too dark and heavy for your skin tone is only OK for vampires (they never age).
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Scarlett Johansson
Younger: A lighter shade of brown is less austere and more flattering.

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Kate Moss
Older: Bleached out is as bad as too dark—the harsh way it lights the face piles on years.
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Kate Moss
Younger: A warm, flattering blonde shade brings her face back in line with the date on her passport.

2009 AFP
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Katie Holmes
Older: As adorable as her daughter is, this hair you expect to see on someone in mom jeans.
Eamoon McCormack/WireImage
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Katie Holmes
Younger: She's both more sophisticated and younger-looking with a cute, layered bob.

2009 WireImage
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Older: Retro is always risky because it reminds us of things that are...old. And this is very Veronica Lake.
WireImage.com
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Younger: Sometimes all it takes to update to a younger look is a quick snip or flip, like the center part here.