Home • News Top 10: Hairstyles of the Week 6/8/2012 Top 10: Hairstyles of the Week 6/8/2012 By Essence · Updated October 28, 2020 01 1335013 Where: Why: 02 1334963 Where: Why: 03 1334933 Where: Why: 04 1334913 Where: Why: 05 1334893 Where: Why: 06 1334883 Where: Why: 07 1334843 Where: Why: 08 #10: Solange Knowles Where: The 2012 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Why: Knowles is one of our favorite naturalistas and we love how fluffy her natural coils are. 09 #9: Chanté Moore Where: The Signature LA Fitness grand opening in Woodland Hills, California. Why: Moore loves flaunting her natural waves and we love seeing her in them. 10 #8: Tina Atkins-Campbell Where: The 2012 Apollo Spring Gala at The Apollo Theater in New York City. Why: Atkins-Campbell picked a honey-gold hair color that’s perfect for her skin tone. 11 #7: Alicia Keys Where: The Social Innovation Summit 2012 at United Nations Plaza in New York City. Why: Keys ditched her flat-ironed strands in exchange for a head full of cascading curls. 12 #6: Sanaa Lathan Where: The 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards at Town Hall in New York City. Why: Lathan turned up the glam in chunky spirals with a center part. 13 #5: First Lady Michelle Obama Where: The unveiling of First Family portraits in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. Why: Mrs. Obama’s signature bob always looks stunning and we especially love the flipped curls she added. 14 #4: June Ambrose Where: The 2012 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Why: Ambrose knows how to work her fashion game and this full mane of soft waves shows she’s on top of the hair trends, too. 15 #3: Jennifer Hudson Where: The Samsung’s Annual Hope for Children gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Why: Hudson paired blunt bangs with long waves — which we don’t see often, but works perfectly for her face shape. 16 #2: Yvette Nicole Brown Where: The 23rd Annual “A Time For Heros”’ Celebrity Picnic at Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles. Why: Brown’s angled cut flatters her face and makes her curls pop. 17 #1: Ciara Where: The Los Angeles premiere of That’s My Boy. Why: Ciara’s audacious hair color took a while to grow on us, but we’ve gotta admit that she looks hot.