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Certain politicians may grumble about "cat ladies." But it was the movie Dog Days which affirmed Nina Dobrev as a star with many Hair Fans. She shared a Crown Award in 2018 for her work in a romantic comedy involving dog-lovers. What voters really loved, though, was Dobrev's thick mid-length style with full-power bangs. She hasn't displayed that look much through the years, often choosing traditional longer cuts. But in the heat of mid-August, Dobrev made perhaps an even bigger switch. In light of her upcoming film It Happened One Summer, she changed from brunette to late-summer lightness. "Turns out blondes do have more fun," she wrote on Instagram.
Fun for her, maybe - but what about the Hair Fans who admire her? They voted Dobrev down; 80% of them prefer she remain brunette (4-1). "Brunette and bangs for the win!" one proclaimed. Another said the darker shade "compliments her eyes better." And the "new" picture we posted is much more likely to fall in Dobrev's eyes, unless those waves are well-sprayed. Comments on Instagram seem more divided. One praised Dobrev for still having "healthy hair" (in caps), while another compared her to Sarah Jessica Parker during her Sex and the City years - and it didn't seem like a compliment.
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While we used to have a "Men's Top Five" list to go with Top Ten Tresses, it's a rare occasion when we focus on male hairstyles. But Erling Haaland is one time to make an exception. He's one of the world's most famous soccer players, from Norway's national team to Manchester City in England's Premier League. And he's tied his hair back for some matches in a unique way that includes a circle. (We're not sure if that's connected to his love of yoga.) So when Haaland went to a shop on the eve of the Premier League opner for a buzz cut, it created bigger buzz than any "Leagues Cup" match in North America. "Time to get a fresh start," he explained on social media.
Some would say Haaland now looks more like a "real man" - but do Hair Fans agree? Not many dared to vote on it, but everyone who did prefer the short cut (3-0). No one offered a comment about the change. But we would note that under the definition of Super-Hair, Haaland's tie-back would not qualify. His buzz cut wouldn't be in the running, either - much too short to be interesting. But headbands are OK, so Spain and Real Madrid's Marc Cucurella often qualifies. Yet if you're waiting for the Women's World Cup in 2027, we understand.
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With a first name like hers, she'd better have been born in January. Indeed, actress January Jones was. Yet her looks once made her July-hot - as in a "Hot 100 Women" list of Maxim magazine. Jones made her biggest career splash in the period-piece TV series Mad Men. She's had other roles since then - including one in the summer of 2026 that was billed by pop culture watchers as "secret." Yet a photo somehow leaked of Jones at a mirror in New York, with what some called her longest hair in years. The bob made famous on TV was several inches lower, approaching the bust line.
We have no idea what the secret project is. But we know Hair Fans are torn by Jones's change. A week-long question ended with 57% prefering her hair longer (4-3), but that came down to the final vote. "I like the color better in the shorter do," one person commented. While color was not our real issue, it may have looked brighter because Jones was on a Golden Globe Awards red carpet. That was a January in Beverly Hills - in January, if you know what we mean.
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Her "career highlights" at Columbus State University in Georgia include a second-place finish at a cross-country meet in Atlanta. But the team biography page says nothing about what's making Noah Griffeth famous in the world of Super-Hair. Since enrolling at CSU, she's become the Columbus City League champion, won the 2025 multi-city All-Star Challenge, was named the winner of Best Manes on Campus Elite Eight Week, reached the semifinal round of Super-Hair Wars and captured the Crown Award for Best Hairstyle in Athletics. That impressive hair resume put Griffeth's long flowing waves on our Top Ten Tresses list. And now she adds to it, by winning your annual vote to be #1 hairstyle in the world!
As with most of Griffeth's contests, this one wasn't close. She ran away with 67% of the votes in our week-long contest. Another college runner tied for second place, as Buffalo's Sophie Brettholtz received 17%. The only "grown-up" (well, college graduate) to win a vote was CNN political analyst Sabrina Singh, also at 17%. She tied for first a year ago. The other seven members of our list stunningly received no support at all. Yet Griffeth seems humble about her Super-Hair, as she keeps her Instagram account private and seems very selective about who follows her. That page shows her embracing somebody with the long hair flying back - but what are we to make of that? This is a young woman Hair Fans want to see, front-and-center with all her glory.
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She once sang about the sun coming out "tomorrow." Now she's part of a "Brand New Day." That's how the acting career of Sadie Sink has succeeded - from Annie on Broadway to the 2026 Spider-Man film. Sink is becoming a fixture in Marvel movies, after appearing for years in
Could one style or the other, well, Sink Sadie for good? We asked Hair Fans for their preference, and 71% of them concluded the bangs should stay away (5-2). "Normally, I'm all for bangs," one commenter wrote, "but those are far too wispy." Perhaps the photo we found was unfair; the Bvlgari photos on Sink's Instagram account have them thicker. They also reveal that Sink doesn't mind letting her hair drop in her eyes. That's why she's not the hero in those Marvel films - though wouldn't it be great if a woman with Super-Hair actually was?
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Dark Angel now may be a dark, distant memory for Jessica Alba - even though that was the TV role that made her an international star. That was in the early 2000s. Now Alba acts off and on, while focusing on her "Honest Company" business. The focus is understandable, as Wikipedia indicates that's made her a multi-millionaire. Yet Alba remains a Hollywood beauty to many. So when she made a summer cut to her long hair in mid-July, celebrity magazines paid attention. "Shortest look in years," one headline said - stopping a couple of inches below the shoulders. Alba even took fans to the salon where it happened via Instagram, and she seemed to be thrilled with the change.
Are you thrilled with Alba's change, though? Not quite, our voters said. Three-fourths of them preferred Alba's look longer in our week-long question (6-2). Hair Fans were split on a similar cut in 2021, but preferred length in 2009. No one gave an explanation either way this time - and this admittedly is a tough call for us. The long style probably is easier to keep in line. But Alba tempts us with attractive arrangements which seem dangerously close to falling out of line. Since her Instagram profile says, "I play make believe for a living," could we please join her in that - perhaps a hair wrestling match, like the Dark Angel used to have?
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Who was your favorite in the era of "Wilson Phillips" - especially your hair favorite? Chynna Phillips had the fun-looking short cut which sometimes seemed dramatically at the edge of dropping, yet never did. Wendy Wilson had the mid-length cut which balanced the group musically, but seemed ordinary to us. Then there was Carnie Wilson, the plus-size singer with bangs which seemed very hard to muss. Carnie still has the singing voice to make her a star. But at age 58, the bangs apparently are in the distant past. These days, she makes hair news with her color. She was brunette (at least to our eyes) when the group first made it big. More recently, she was a redhead for seven years. But Carnie declared on social media in July that it was time to add "just a little bit of honey" to the look.
To borrow from a Nashville food trend, does the honey make Wilson look hotter? Apparently not - because our voters supported the red shade by an 80% margin in our week-long question (4-1). While no one left a comment, we'd say the darker color seems more natural. And we wonder if she'd consider bringing back those bangs, even though they probably would not be as sturdy as they were in the 1990s. Without them, Wilson's overall style strikes us as routine and easy to bring down.
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