If you’ve got long hair, then there are a wide variety of choices available to you. Keep your length yet add bounce and structure with long layers or a razored cut. Go with an easy updo by pulling your hair into a ponytail, twisting the ponytail, then securing with a clip and tucking stray ends under the twist. For a sporty look, try two long braids. To soften the look, pull some wispy tendrils out and let them fall around your face.

For more ideas on how to style your long hair, check out some celebrity hairstyles. Great celebrity hairstyles for long-haired girls include those sported by Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet, Victoria Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Hairstyles for Short Hair

Short hair can be anything from chin-length locks to a short cut. You can go glamorous with a bouncy short bob, or playful with a razored pixie cut. Try accenting short hair with pale highlights to add interest. Long layers can help add volume to a short cut.

To get an idea about the short cut that would look great on you, why not check out celebrity hairstyles worn by stars that share your facial structure (you should be so lucky!)? Sienna Miller recently sported a kicky short cut with long layers that would look great on ladies with oval or heart shaped faces. Or go shorter and try a cut like the one Halle Berry made famous in the nineties.

Wedding Do’s

Getting ready for the big day? For wedding hairstyles, choose the one that flatters your face shape as well as your wedding dress the most.

Colouring and Highlights

Colour can also make a big difference in your style. Choose highlights that are complementary with your natural hair colour and skin tone. For cool toned brunettes, try creamy cool shades of beige and toffee. For warm toned brunettes, go for caramel highlights. Blondes can go with highlights in shades like platinum and butterscotch. Redheads can add depth and interest with ribbons of auburn and gold. You can have your stylist do your colour, or do it yourself with one of the many home hair colouring kits offered on the market today.

Hair Care Basics

Regardless of which hairstyle you choose for yourself, keep your tresses looking great with some tender loving care. All hair types can benefit from a weekly deep conditioning. Be sure to get regular trims to discourage nasty split ends, and use a clarifying shampoo once a month to remove buildup left by styling products.

UpDos: Get back to your girlhood talents and start braiding. Ponytails and braids are hot, hot, hot. As much as we LOVED the loose bun trend of yester year, it’s purported not to be back this spring, according to Glamour magazine. Like a garland headdress, a single braid woven across the top of the head is nothing if not romantic and it’s a brilliant alternative to hair clips for keeping hair off your face.

This look, coined the “empire braid”, is a favourite of stylists all over the globe. Worn with the rest of the hair down it gives an almost Greek princess feel, while when teamed with a high ponytail the look is much more edgy. This can be so soft and elegant it even makes a sex kitten like Jessica Simpson look grown-up. It’s a most perfect hairstyle to team with this season’s crisp fashion lines.

A trend that has stuck through from winter is waves. Long waves are still hot, while straightening irons are still not. Over-ironed hair has been out now for a couple of seasons and it stays out for spring, many fashionistas preferring the lower maintenance and softer look that waves have to offer. Opt for straight, but full hair with a few loose waves you can get via velcro rollers or winding hair around a full-barreled curling iron.

Oh, and by the way, don’t go cutting your hair into any new short styles. Super long hair is so very Gwyneth and so very now, as long as you keep it trim and in good glossy shape. But if you aren’t naturally in possession of long locks, please please please step away from the glue and put the hair extensions down, you’re not fooling anybody with those rats’ tails hanging out the bottom of your real hair. They spell one thing – tacky!

Finally whatever your hair style, spring is the perfect time to replenish your hair’s beauty. You’ve stopped partying so hard, you’ve done your detox, and you’ve lost your winter pounds – don’t forget your crowning glory, it deserves as much care and attention as the rest of you.

Some useful resources to check out:

Naturally Curly – an inspiring online community of naturally curly women, who are happy not to own any hair straighteners.

UK Unisex Hair Salons – find your local unisex hairdresser.