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Home • Hair

Top 10: Hairstyles of the Week, 2-1-13

Stunning updos, glossy bobs and more head-turning styles from awards season.
By Nicole Marie Melton · Updated October 28, 2020
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01
Kerry Washington

Where: The 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California

Why: Washington’s glossy waves and eyebrow-grazing bangs make a stunning style statement.

Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
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02
Tracee Ellis Ross

Where: ELLE‘s 2nd Annual Women In TV Event at Soho House in West Hollywood, California

Why: This woman can do no wrong in our book. Her easy-breezy topknot adds a casual twist to her elegant look.

Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
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03
Niecy Nash

Where: The 44th NAACP Image Awards nominee’s luncheon in Beverly Hills, California

Why: Nash was all smiles in layered, bouncy curls with a chic, side-swept bang.

Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
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04
Vanessa Williams

Where: The NAACP Image Awards 9th Annual Hollywood Bureau Symposium at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles

Why: There’s nothing that says “fierce, fun and fabulous” like a short, layered haircut. Williams’s new look is so chic!

Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
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05
NeNe Leakes
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Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
06
Sharon Leal

Where: The Los Angeles Premiere Movie 43 at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California

Why: Leal debuted a short sleek bob that frames her face beautifully.

Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
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07
Kimora Lee Simmons

Where: The SiriusXM studios in NYC

Why: Waist-length locks are just so chic! If anyone could pull off this daring mane move, it’s the one and only Kimora.

Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
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08
Teyonah Parris

Where: The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles

Why: Parris’s natural hair updo was all the rage among naturalistas! Get the scoop on this luxe look from her stylist here.

Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
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09
Alicia Keys

Where: ’40 Principales Awards’ 2012 photocall at Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid, Spain

Why: Keys turned up the glamour in this sky-high, curly updo.

Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
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10
Alfre Woodard

Where: The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles

Why: Woodard wowed in a lovely layered bob. Her glowing, amber hair color highlights her skin flawlessly.

Top 10: Week's Best Hairstyles
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