Is Your Hairstyle Stale?

Ever enter a salon shrieking: "Just re-'do it!"? We hear ya. We invited celebrity stylist Erin Anderson to update the hair of three very-ready MC readers.

By Genevieve Monsma

We've all had a change of heart that results in, well, a change of hair. We outgrow the style, lose weight, or change careers, and it suddenly feels wrong. Hot young celeb stylist Erin Anderson, who has recently been snapped up by VO5 as a style consultant, knows how hair can reflect true character-from sexpots to serious actresses like client Rachel Weisz. She never advises regular clients to "copy" anyone else, but rather to "work a trend" so it enhances their personal style. She also stresses having a heart-to-heart with the person cutting or coloring your hair before making a change: "You must make it perfectly clear to your stylist how far you're willing to go. Otherwise, someone will end up in tears." Here's what went down when the Marie Claire team-including three new-cut candidates-visited her Brooklyn, NY, salon, Woodley & Bunny.

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