Britney Spears was still the center of attention in 2004. Here's a picture of the goddess with one of her best layered hairstyles for long locks. The graduated layering looks modern and a little playful. Layers, of course, are one of the easiest ways to make long hair interesting and stylish, as Britney well illustrates.

Sarah Michelle Gellar had her medium hair in a very simple romantic style. It looks really cute.

Mandy Moore has shorter than chin-length hair in a very sweet teen style. Mandy's trick to keep short hair from looking boring is always to keep it full and pretty natural without looking "big" or extreme.

Jennifer Aniston's gorgeous hair by one of the best celebrity hairstylists in America once again received well-deserved attention. It has a neat style with what looks like a blowout on just one side (or at least more work on that side) for a very slightly flippy look. The body looks perfect.

Jaime Pressly has attractive short hair. It's longer than Mandy's, but still shorter than chin-length. It's a fun, low-maintenance short cut that falls across her forehead on one side.

Jennifer Garner has a natural teen style with bangs.

Jessica Simpson looks amazing in thick medium blond hair. Notice how it is thicker on one side. There's only one word for it: sexy.

Liv Tyler got everyone's attention with a unique and funky red carpet hairdo. We hadn't seen anything like it before, but it did have its own special charm, and it was judged to be one of the best styles.

Liv dressed her short hair in a classy vintage style, pulled to one side, with big waves that first curled in dramatic fashion right next to, and 'around,' her left eye. Lots of quality hairspray needed for this one to make it stay exactly where you want it, "suspended."

Kelly Ripa looked mature, fun, and cute at the same time with a simple medium-length bob. It's a timeless classic face-framing style she enhanced with highlighting.

Brittany Daniel drew a lot of attention, especially in women's hair magazines (one of which made her their cover girl), with her sassy short haircut. It's a fun beveled bob haircut which is flippy on one side.

Cameron Diaz almost always has her hair straight, and here the beautiful blonde has it in her favorite texture cut to shoulder length. It looks good with strong highlighting.

Alyssa Milano has what may be the shortest hairstyle of any top female celebrity in America today. Alyssa cut off her hair and dramatically cut down her styling options, but she added a hair ornament, and looks very cute.

Two pop culture icons of simple living received attention.

Paris Hilton is pictured after removing her hair extensions in an extremely short hair style. It must be the shortest hairstyle she's ever had while we've known her; it's ear-length or shorter. As with Alyssa, there isn't much she can do with it, but it's sideparted.

Nicole Richie keeps it simple in a ponytail.

Christina Applegate shows us a simple, youthful summer look. She has her short hair pulled back.

Tara Reid is in a red evening dress and is wearing a straight layered hairstyle down.

Mischa Barton is dressed for an evening out, and wearing her straight hair down, but she looks younger, because she has bangs.

Ashlee Simpson and Rachel Bilson both were featured in the hairstyle mag's "Looks We Love" section.

Ashlee has shiny hair with bangs and layers; whereas Rachel has her brown hair in an easy style half up.

This issue had over 500 hairdo photos, and a short section where men rated women's haircuts. Check it out to see key summer looks and learn about the five coolest hair trends.

Hair Magazine: Celebrity Hairstyles

August 2004

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Britney Spears Haircuts

Liv Tyler

Brittany Daniel