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The Most Googled Celebrity Hair Styles in America

We partnered with Google to find the nation's most-searched celeb styles—and went deep to uncover the how-tos you really want.

By Cotton Codinha
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This article originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of ELLE.

From the most sought-after hairstyles in the USA—here's looking at those billowy curls, Beyoncé—to the nation's best-selling products and a new clan of supernova stylists, ELLE's ultimate guide to good hair, all season long.


The Most Googled Long Hair

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Queen Bey's loose waves inspired obsessive browsing, with Blake Lively, Mila Kunis, and Chrissy Teigen close behind for their cascading lengths.


Timing is Everything: Celebrity stylist Kim Kimble, the maestro behind Beyoncé's looks, shampoos B when she wants extra body. "But if I want texture," she says, "it's easier when it's not freshly blown out."


Learn Fractions: The secret to beachy waves, according to Lively's go-to pro, Rod Ortega, is his three-tiered approach with a curling iron: "The bottom third of hair is left straighter, the middle third wavier, and the top third, even more so."

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1. Ortega primes hair with L'Oreal Paris Elnett hairspray (#1 above; $5.99, drugstore.com) to give flat hair texture and prep it for curling. "It's brushable," Ortega says, "so you can layer it and get more body."


2. Next, Ortega rolls two-inch sections of hair around the T3 Whirl Trio curling iron (#2; $270, sephora.com) and holds for five seconds, leaving the ends free to maintain natural texture.


3. To keep curls from looking matte, Kimble uses Pantene Pro-V Color Care CC Shine Spray (#3; $3.97, walmart.com) and forgoes the brush. "After I curl, I mist the hair, then style with my fingers," she says.

The Most Googled Bobs

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Chameleon Rihanna's sleek bob and Jennifer Lawrence's short, bright chop had us all racing to our screens.


The Sweet Spot: "Look at the neck—the perfect bob should hit right under the chin," says Ursula Stephen, Rihanna's hair wizard.


Let Your Pillow Do the Work: Riawna Capri, architect of J.Law's cut and co-owner of L.A.'s Nine Zero One Salon, recommends this nighttime routine to add texture: Shampoo hair, douse it with leave-in conditioner, then "sleep on it to lock in extra curls and kinks."

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For a slick bob: "If you've got a good flatiron," Stephen says, "you won't have to worry about using it every day to maintain that sleek look." To keep a clean chop "silky and smooth," she spritzes TIGI S Factor Flat Iron Shine Spray (#1; $32.50, ulta.com) onto dry hair.


For a more textured bob: Capri finger-combs MarulaOil Rare Oil 3-in-1 Styling Cream (#2; $30, loxabeauty.com) into damp hair for added definition. "While hair is drying, slide sunglasses up on your head, then push them forward," Capri says. "It gives a nice lift in the front." She adds, "The key to short, textured hair is clean-dirty hair." Add grit to clean hair with Unite Expanda Dust Volumizing Powder (#3; $25, drugstore.com) at roots.

The Most Googled Bangs

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With their chic, shaggy—almost heavy—bangs, Zendaya, Emma Stone, and Taylor Swift redefined #goals.


Opposites Attract: Kimble, star of WE tv's L.A. Hair and the woman responsible for Zendaya's varied looks (many of which are custom wigs and weaves), says the key to ultra-flattering bangs is shape: "People with rounded faces look better with a square bang. For a square face, a rounded bang looks soft and pretty."


Flatter Your Curves: When blow-drying, "people like to pull directly out with their brush, but I always suggest to style bangs in the direction you want them to lie," says L'Oréal Paris hairstylist Mara Roszak, who uses a round brush to encourage the fringe to follow "the curvature of the forehead" on clients like Stone.


Home Improvement: "I've seen some disasters," Kimble says of DIY bang trimming. If you can't resist the urge, "use your eyebrows as a guide, and stay right above or right below them."


Less Is Best: To refresh lackluster bangs, Roszak uses simple H2O. "Water can end up being your best friend. You don't have to drench the bangs; just mist them and restyle."

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To keep frizz down: Kimble works in Pantene Pro-V Curl Defining Mousse (#1; $4.99, jet.com) to keep waves from falling flat—but for tighter spirals, she recommends a cream to keep down frizz. "I love that movement. It reminds me of the '70s," Kimble says.


To keep bangs in place: To avoid flyaways when blow-drying, angle the nozzle of the CHI Touch 2 Hairdryer (#2, $169.99, ulta.com) downward on wet bangs. "Hair has a good memory from wet to dry," Roszak says.


For side bangs: To amp up hair's natural texture, Roszak mists L'Oreal Paris Txt It Tousle Waves Spray (#3; $4.99, lorealparisusa.com), then scrunches the ends of sideswept bangs with her hands.

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Celeb With the Most-Googled Off-Duty Hair

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The queen of the low-key undo, Gigi Hadid, inspired a flurry of searches for everything from her easy ponytail to her shiny Amazonian lengths.


Get Right: As the model's stylist, Jennifer Yepez, stresses, it's all about hair health: "Invest in a really good hair mask."


Forget Your Watch: "Some people leave a mask on all day," Yepez says. "Throw your hair in a bun to do errands. I was on a boat recently, and this girl had her hair up in an amazing braid that looked very editorial. I asked what product she was using, and it turned out she had her hair in an oil treatment. She looked great."

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1. To combat fried ends from heat styling, Yepez dusts on Oribe Gold Lust serum (#1; $52, oribe.com) sparingly with her palms.


2. Yepez loves super-conditioning Ouai hair mask (#2; $32, sephora.com) so much, she uses it on her own hair up to three times a week.


3. Yepez recommends Klorane dry shampoo (#3; $10, sephora.com) to stretch time between washings: "I actually really love it. It doesn't make your hair look gray, like some can."

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