Pretty Blonde Hairstyles for Girls

Images of beautiful haircuts by top celebrities in America's most popular hair color...

Golden Opportunities

Carrie Underwood with cool very long layered blonde hairstyle (2008). It's a very attractive modern style with lots of layers. It mirrors the contour of her face.

Kellie Pickler with double process blonde hairstyle in 2008. Cute platinum blonde curls for an evening out in Las Vegas at the 43rd Academy Of Country Music Awards.

Delta Goodrem with very long dirty blonde hair in 2008. Possibly using extensions. (It's a lot of natural hair growth for three years.)

Delta Goodrem's short and slightly flippy highlighted brown hairstyle in 2005. Very cute look for the Australian musician that is low on daily maintenance.

Jenny McCarthy's chin-length bob in December 2007. Front view. She has the same hairstyle in 2008. One of the most popular styles today.

Jenny's stunning long wavy style in 2006 before her extreme makeover. She went from long and classic to short and chic.

[+] Elisha Cuthbert (20) with sexy layered hairstyle. This photo was taken the same year as the one of Elisha at the top of this page. It still has blunt layers but this looks backcombed, edgy, cool, messier and sexier. Fashion magazine (May 2003).

Nice blonde bob haircut in the style of Victoria Beckham or Jenny McCarthy's bob, but it's not as extreme. It's beveled and fashionable. Good style for work; it looks professional. Easy to do every day.

Ashlee Simpson with piecey blonde rocker chick hair. Perfect shade of blonde and very hot look. With extensions? Yes, but so what. It's gorgeous! Ash is wearing what is probably one of her best hairstyles. It's borderline frizzy but in the cool rocker girl way.

A brilliant portrait of Britney Spears in happier times. She had a different countenance back then; hopefully she can get it back.

Considerations Before Going Blonde

Blonde is still the most popular hair color in Western culture and never really goes out of style. If you are a brunette or redhead (or even have black hair), and you're thinking about going blonde, what do you need to think about first?

One major issue is maintenance. Do you have the time or interest to keep your color throughout your hair? What about the roots? How often would you touch up or redo your hair?

Exposed roots are one of the looks which women disrespect the most. It is right up there with dirty hair. So if you go blonde but don't maintain your color, expect to lose respect. Women think it looks trashy; and the greater the contrast in color between your roots and dye color, the trashier it looks.

Blondes get less respect anyway, generally speaking, another poll revealed, so you can get extra disrespect if you are blonde and your roots are showing.

Solution? For the last few years hair care companies have been offering touch-up kits to fix the "roots showing" problem. They aren't very expensive so money isn't the main issue; it's time and interest. Many female celebrities have tons of money but are still too lazy or too busy to maintain their blonde hair.

Brides magazine answered a haircolor beauty question in its July/August 2008 issue (p. 98):

Q. So what do you do when your roots start growing in and you can't swing another $250 (for highlighting)?

A. The good news is that roots are in—not a big ugly line of roots—but a soft graduation of color. Ask your stylist to apply the hilites with a brush. This technique (called painting) creates depth at the root, so when the hair does start to grow out it looks more natural—think of Jennifer Aniston's hair. Also keep in mind that less is more. A few highlites cost less and require less maintenance than a full head of hair.

Brides didn't provide a source of its claim that roots are currently in fashion, but it does offer a reasonable idea. For many more blonde hairstyling ideas on this site beyond what you see on this page, try the search site results for "blonde." Many of the pics are labeled by hair color or have links on the pages with their pics to this directory page. You could also search the site by celebrity name of a woman whom you know always or often has blonde hair.

Refreshing Color and Touch-up Advice

Sophisticate's Hairstyle Guide also shared a few ideas on haircolor touch-ups (June/July 2008).

"No matter how great your mane shade looks when you leave the salon," observed SHG, "no one is going to be complimenting you when you have three inches of regrowth."

"If it's all-over color and you need a touch-up," advised Anthony Morrison (Shear Genius), "I would say head back to the salon every four to five weeks. If it's hilites, it depends on how much you have done, or how heavy the hilites are." Salon revisits every five to six weeks may do the trick.

Brunette to Blonde Celebrity Makeovers

Many brunettes become blondes but is that such a good idea? Cosmopolitan magazine (March 2007, p. 79) revealed the results of its opinion poll about several celebrities who changed their look.

Sixty-seven percent prefer Britanny Murphy as a blonde; whereas 87% percent think Hilary Duff looks better with blonde hair. Seventy-five percent feel the most flattering haircolor for Cameron Diaz is blonde. A whopping 89% say blonde is Ashley Olson's best color.

These results are similar to a poll on Beautiful Hairstyles which showed 77% percent believe brunette isn't the ideal color for Britney Spears.

Who looks better as a brunette? Ironically Mandy Moore says her natural color is blonde but 74% like her as a brunette. A staggering 89% say Eve shouldn't be blonde. But that is to be expected because it is difficult for black women to successfully pull off blonde haircolor. (Which is why it isn't that common.)

Heather Graham haircolor is #913 Light Beige Blonde (Courtesy Garnier)

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