0 Hairstyles That Make You Look 10 Years Younger or Older

OLDER: Elegant, yes—but we can almost smell the Aqua Net.

KATE WINSLET

YOUNGER: Pinned up, but not prim—this look has got swing.

SHERYL CROW

OLDER: Limp and lifeless hair is like announcing, "I've given up."

SHERYL CROW

YOUNGER: Big, bouncy waves turn back the clock

LEIGHTON MEESTER

OLDER: Perfect corkscrew spirals have not been in style since 1986—right around when Meester was born.

LEIGHTON MEESTER

YOUNGER: Long, tousled layers are more modern—and less matronly

PENÉLOPE CRUZ

OLDER: These blocky bangs with a big bun aren't sultry—they're schoolmarm-y.

PENÉLOPE CRUZ

YOUNGER: Side-swept bangs instantly soften her whole look

SARAH JESSICA PARKER

OLDER: Yanked-back hair is severe on anyone who isn't a 13-year-old ballerina. (Maybe even them.)

SARAH JESSICA PARKER

YOUNGER: A little volume (not too much) at the crown is a spritz from the fountain of youth.

BEYONCÉ

OLDER: There's something too stiff and out of proportion here—we keep thinking Big Love.

BEYONCÉ

YOUNGER: She's young and fresh with a deep side part and clean-cut ends.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON

OLDER: Hair that's too dark and heavy for your skin tone is only OK for vampires (they never age).

SCARLETT JOHANSSON

YOUNGER: A lighter shade of brown is less austere and more flattering

KATE MOSS

OLDER: Bleached out is as bad as too dark—the harsh way it lights the face piles on years.

KATE MOSS

YOUNGER: A warm, flattering blonde shade brings her face back in line with the date on her passport.

KATIE HOLMES

OLDER: As adorable as her daughter is, this hair you expect to see on someone in mom jeans.

KATIE HOLMES

YOUNGER: She's both more sophisticated and younger-looking with a cute, layered bob.

GWYNETH PALTROW

OLDER: Retro is always risky because it reminds us of things that are...old. And this is very Veronica Lake.

GWYNETH PALTROW

YOUNGER: Sometimes all it takes to update to a younger look is a quick snip or flip, like the center part here.

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