Don’t Let Your Hairstyle Drop Like the New Year’s Eve Ball

Have you found the perfect dress to ring in the New Year, but don’t know how to accessorize?

The beauty experts at Makeover Solutions, an online beauty community featuring virtual tools, have been kind enough to share a few tips for readying your most important accessory – your hair!

Whether it’s an understated updo or delicate curls, make sure you start 2008 off with a great hair day.

• Soft Slept in Curls: Running out the door to that holiday bash? Finger comb a palm-full of curling cream throughout hair and flip your head upside down to help add volume and movement. Use your fingers to guide and direct curls into place and your look will be sure to turn heads.

• The Undone Bun: Use hands to gather the hair back to the center of the head and loosely twirl hair around finger and loop hair to form a bun. Make sure you leave some pieces to hang. Spritz some shine spray to the base of the bun and roots for shine for a look to last you all night long.

• Sexy Messy Hair: No time for a blow-out? Go for that messy, but sexy look. Simply spray a heat defense spray throughout dry hair, blow dry on low heat for just three minutes. Use your fingers to twirl different sections to achieve the fully untamed look – no combs or brushes allowed!

• Shaggy Chic: For those with a shorter cut, flip head upside down and vigorously blow dry using your hands to separate strands. When dry, flip head back and use a flat brush to tame the look. Use a putty product to break up the strands and give hair an edgy look

Makeover Solutions is one of my new favorite sites to play on - it doesn’t just stop at hair. All you have to do is upload a photo to see the different looks on your own face – you can even try out different shades of lipstick, eye makeup, blush, nail polish or even whiten your teeth!