Pink Channels Marilyn - or her Coiffure at Least. Here's How Steal Her Look.

Celebrity hairstylist Marcia Hamilton styled Pink for this shoot. Here's how to steal some of this hair magic for yourself:

1. Start with freshly-shampooed & -conditioned locks. Hamilton used White Sands Orchid Bliss Shampoo and Conditioner for this shoot. "The hot pink mybotto inverted bottle holder (seen here) allows me to get all of the shampoo and conditioner out of the bottle, even to the very last drop," reveals Hamilton.

2. Apply a few pumps of volumizing mousse evenly from roots to tips for lift and texture.

3. Using a medium-round boar-bristle brush, blow hair dry.

4. Clip extension pieces into the crown of your hair, making sure to leave enough out on the perimeters for coverage. "If your hair is fine or a bit short," adds Marcia, "I suggest using clip in extensions to achieve P!nk's 'Marilyn' style. Approximately 3 pieces should do the trick."

5. Spray hair with a heat protect styling spray (her pick: White Sands Liquid Texture Firm) and use a medium-to-large curling iron to curl your entire head. The leave it for a few minutes to cool completely.

6. For streaks of playful color, apply Hypercolor Hair Powder with a makeup brush. Then set the style with a medium hold hairspray, teasing the roots a bit before combing through the curls for this sexy voluminous look.

For this rockabilly pompadour, start with dirty hair.

1. If your hair is really clean, add a bit of a mattifying powder.

2. Section out the crown area and create volume with a large-barrel curling iron. As each curl is formed, pin it out of the way before moving to the next section of hair.

3. Take a nickel size glob of pomade and rub hands together, applying to the sides and back.

4. Brush sides back. If hair is too long, secure with bobby pins.

5. Take pins out of the crown, tease and run fingers through the curls. Spray with White Sands Stuck Up Mega Hold Hairspray for maximum hold and volume.

- Lesley Scott

(photos: Deborah Anderson)

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The fall/winter 2012-13 menswear fashion shows were looking pretty slick and snazzy - a vertible parade of modern dandies. Which means proper grooming is back, especially an artfully coiffed 'do, be it a tousled-but-not-really coif a la Hermes, more sporty & au natural (Calvin) or somewhere in between the Italian ladies man stepping out (Prada) or the too-cool-for-school British lad in Burberry Prorsum.

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Mermaids Coast the Pop Culture Wave

Although vampires have ruled the pop culture roost for the past few years, with the sun finally setting on the Twilight saga, it's time for a new mythical creature to ascend.

This time from the briny depths ... mermaids!

From fashion, to book movies to beauty - as I discussed in this post (from 2010!) in which I gave you a HUGE heads-up on this watery trend just washing up now - mermaids are in the spotlight right now. "Mermaids are incredibly sexy," says Susan Rockefeller, an Oceana board member and director of *Mission of Mermaids* - a short film about preserving the oceans. "It's really about getting back into that beauty of being connected to the sea. In this fast-paced, Twitter-based world, we need a mermaid moment."

In *Fathomless*, teen mermaids (mer-teens) seduce mortals & steal their souls, while *Wrecked* features a mer-man who rescues a shipwrecked teen (man, those kids, they do love reading about the follies of mer-folk).

Hans Christian Anderson's *The Little Mermaid* has now inspired an action remake and at the Spring 2013 runway shows, Nylon mag noted the "mermaid braids" at Holly Fulton, fish scale prints at Monique Lhuillier and the fact that Zac Posen gave his red carpet frocks fish-fin-like flares.

And the Mama Canary in the monster pop culture mineshaft was recently sporting an anchor tatt described by Lady Gaga as her "Stamp of His Mermaid".

Mermaids even have their own Twitter hashtag #mermaidsarereal and people happily shell out $1000 for rent-a-mermaids to don their neoprene fins & blinged-out bras and entertain at events swimming around in the tanks at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa at events (they breathe through "hooka lines" from the surface).

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How chic does she look out & about in L.A. with her sleek 'do & these cool skinnies: The Multi Zip Stiletto in Camouflage from Current/Elliott. Snag her look for day with a slim black tank, some leather flip flops & a two-tone bag that mirrors both the gray color in the jeans & the black of the top. Then, when the sun sets, step out in the same pair of pants, just paired with some notice-me neon brights..and if you're truly ballsy, eyeshadow to match.

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Janelle does more than talk the talk & wait for her phat endorsement check - she also founded Super7, her non-profit committed to providing essential "Super Powers" to young women and young girls everywhere, focusing on their health, well being, and personal dreams. "

Janelle is a true force of energy and a beautiful spirit who truly delights in her creative journey, not just the destination," adds Esi Eggleston Bracey, VP and General Manager, COVERGIRL Cosmetics. "We're elated and can’t wait to show the world another dimension of her artistic ‘superpowers’ as a member of our COVERGIRL family."

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Valentino, Roberto Cavalli, Paul Smith and Lanvin (the flamboyant creation at left) recently collaborated with Harrods on one-of-a-kind crowns especially for the luxury store's spectacular Diamond Jubilee window displays.

The Paul Smith crown is festooned with trinkets, buttons & patriotic memorabilia (how fabulously British), while Cavalli opted for flowers & butterflies. And Valentino went classically elegant with just a touch of sparkle a la the house's signature red carpet glam.

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Many of this spring & summer's runway styles feature either a middle part or deep side part and are relatively straight - and straightforward to replicate, provided you have the right tools at your fingertips:

TOOL #1: The right brush. Smooth, sleek styles need a paddle or dressing brush, while wavy or curlier coiffures are easy to achieve with a ceramic radial brush to create lift at the root and curls galore.

TOOL #2: Good gadgetry. Ideally, your hairdryer should fit comfortably in your hand, be powerful and provide you with a lot of flexibility by having enough different heat settings.  Whatever style you're going for, when you're done with the drying part, at the very end, finish with a good cold blast of air to help set the style and make it last. While ghd is known for their flat irons, they also make an excellent top shelf hairdryer, the ghd Air. Its user-friendly design is good for both right-handed folk as well as lefties, and it features advanced ionic technology. In English: as you dry your tresses, these negative ions are created which do the opposite of regular hairdryers and actually help repair your hair during drying. And if you style your 'do frequently, this is a huge bonus!

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We recently put to the Fresh Start Oily/Straight-to-Normal formula to the test - on video, no less - to see if it could revive our lank locks, and were pleasantly surprised at how it helped transform our unwashed mop into something sleek & presentable. So the answer is "yes". 

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Bored With Your Coiffure? Try On New Tresses with InStyle's Fun Hair Try-On App

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