We haven’t gotten around yet to discussing Britney Spears’s recent emergence at a charity event, looking healthy, happy and glowing.  The perfect-yet-not-too-orange tan, the flattering-yet-subtle makeup, the tasteful (well, tasteful enough) dress…it’s all wonderful.  Plus–look, ma!–presentable hair!  It’s not perfection…but it’s ten times better than what we’ve seen in the past year.  Oh, Britney, I’ve missed you.

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So, remember how I said I went to Miami this weekend for a day?  It all happened so quickly that I barely remember the actual trip!  Note to self…flying across the country for less than 24 hours is not reeeally worth it, unless Eddie Vedder will be waiting for you when you disembark.  I was invited by Nivea to attend the Shay Todd fashion show, and stayed at the Hotel de Soleil on Ocean Drive.  After the show, I went to the after party at Mokai, and then (randomly!) encountered a dear old friend at Set.  I’m working with Nivea to have a giveaway for you, so I should have those details Friday…stay tuned!

The Shay Todd fashion show at the Setai Hotel, sponsored by Nivea and (my favorite antioxidant cocktail!) VeeV

My room at the Hotel de Soleil

Another view of my sadly underenjoyed room at the Hotel de Soleil

Hotel balcony - with private jacuzzi!  No time to enjoy it, alas

Me, at the Shay Todd show.  I started off the evening with sleek, straight hair.  Five minutes later, I kid you not, I ran back to my hotel room to find a rubber band and put it in a ponytail.  How I ever survived south Florida summers, I shall never know.  (Oh, right, because I fled!)

Friends at Set

Sure, Hayden Panettiere is the, oh, seventeenth Hollywood starlet to chop all her hair off–but I think it’s adorable and very fresh.  I’m contemplating a crop of my own…what do you think? 

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Okaay.  Katie Holmes‘ hair is up to some very strange things here.  How many cans of hairspray do you think had to die to make this ‘do live?  I’ve missed you and your weird hairstyles, Mrs. Cruise.

Suri, meanwhile, is just chilling, like, “Um, yes, I am adorable.  What up.”

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Katie’s returning to TV this fall, guest-starring on Eli Stone, alongside Jonny Lee Miller, who is of course Angelina Jolie’s ex-husband.

Ring?  Who needs a ring?  Kate Middleton chills out at this weekend’s 46664 concert in London, looking gorgeous as always.  Does this chick ever have a bad hair day?  I Googled “Kate Middleton” and “hair” (yeah, make of that what you will) and came across this fascinating article from the Daily Mail that I remember devouring a couple years back.  It appears that Kate visits Richard Ward in Chelsea off the Kings Road, which is hardly surprising, since Richard is one of the most high profile hairstylists in England.  (He does countless celebrities, as well as a few royals like Sophie, Countess of Wessex, but is most famously linked to Elizabeth Hurley.)  I wonder…do you think Richard’s minions make housecalls, or is Kate simply ridiculously good at the personal blowouts?  And how much time does she spend getting ready every day?  Does she wear sweats and sport ratty ponytails on her days off from making fabulous public appearances, or lounge around her house looking like butter wouldn’t melt?  Things to ponder.  (Very frivolous things…but still.)

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Taylor Momsen (better known as Jenny Humphrey from Gossip Girl) chilled on location yesterday in Oyster Bay, Long Island, pictured below.  (I once nannyed for a family in Oyster Bay.  It was a truly bone-chilling summer, and I’m not talking about the weather.)  Anyhoo, I was flipping through pictures on People.com, as you do, and came across this one.  “Hmm, Jenny is so cute, even with her hair in those dorky rollers,” I thought, about to click onto the next time suck, when I realized: “Wait a minute!  Rollers!  So that’s how they get her hair so bouncy!”  Taylor doesn’t have the world’s thickest tresses, so it makes sense they’d want to pump up the volume as much as possible—but I’m jealous that her end result is sleek, smooth waves, whereas my result with hot (or even Velcro) rollers would be “Texas Beauty Queen Circa 1987.”  My best friend A. has similarly thin hair and relied on rollers for the first four years I knew her.  I was endlessly fascinated watching her roll her hair this way and that, and must confess I’m still something of a moron when it comes to them.  Ah, yes, I know roller theory, that’s for sure.  But if I were studying at Roller University and taking my practical finals?  I would—sob!—probably fail.  And then be left with bad hair, to boot. 

If I had a set of rollers at my house, you totally know what I’d be doing tonight.  Alas…I don’t.

Daria Werbowy, Kate Moss and some other hot chick (okay, Lara Stone) naked in a bed together…with fabulous hair to boot?  A fantasy that both men and women can get behind!  I cannot express to you how much I covet Kate Moss’s bangs and casual waves here.  Coaxing my cowlick-y frizz into beach babe perfection is something of a Jolie obsession, and considering how messy this style looks (and is supposed to look!) you wouldn’t believe how much flipping effort it takes.  My best method for waves after the jump:

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Next time you’re in Blighty, pop by the Whisky Mist, the latest venture from the owners and promoters of royal-favorite Mahiki.  It’s located in the Hilton on Park Lane, where the terrible club Zeta used to be, and is aiming for a chic, older, upscale crowd.  Promoter Guy Pelly is one of Prince William’s closest friends, so where he goes, the Sloanies (ah, yes, they’re still alive and well!) follow.

Prince Harry’s girlfriend Chelsy Davy coming out of Whisky Mist last night in London.  I don’t know if this is her natural color (very possible) or just a wonderfully subtle highlighting job, but Jolie likey

Both Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz have been frequently photographed on the town recently, always glowy, happy and beautiful.  I must confess, however, that I think Jessica’s hair looks too long, probably because it’s likely extensions as opposed to her natural locks.  (Awkwardly positioned layers are a telltale sign of extensions, as well as a sudden though nearly-imperceptible difference in the color, shine and texture of various areas of hair.  Speaking from experience here!)  Her California-beach-babe blonde is perfection, but I’d love to see her with a fresh, shorter haircut that allows her pretty face to take center stage.  Ashlee, on the other hand…well, pregnancy certainly agrees with her, doesn’t it?  (I’d never noticed that not-so-little tattoo on her wrist.  Leave it to me for that to be the thing I notice in this photo.)  Still completely digging the red…

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