by Louanne Cox

Created on: February 27, 2008

Once upon a time there lived a girl called Sarah, she had unruly red hair that tended to go frizzy and had terrible split ends. One day Sarah met Prince Charming and her life changed beyond belief. "Oh my God," the royal hairdresser exclaimed and wheeled her off for deep conditioning treatments and regular trims. Over twenty years later in a magazine interview you would hardly believe it was the same person. I am talking, of course, about Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York who, speaking from her New York penthouse, now sports sleek, shiny hair. She has obviously kept up all the tricks the royal hairdresser imparted to her.

How would you like hair that looked as glamorous as your favorite celebrity? Well the secret ingredient is money. With money no object then beautiful tresses are yours for the taking. Nothing can quite replace personal hairdressers who will come to your house so that you're not photographed looking a mess. However there are some tips that you can use on a beer budget.

Tip one comes from Tim Rogers who is stylist to the likes of Amanda Peet and Diane Sawyer. He recommends only washing every other day as water can be very drying to hair. He also tells his clients not to forget to use sunscreen on their hair and to cover it up with hats and scarves during the middle of the day.

When it comes to shiny hair there are a couple of secrets that I've found. Liv Tyler uses ice cubes! Can you imagine that headline, the mind boggles. Anyway she rubs the ice cube up and down the hair shaft to make it shine. Apparently the ice cube chills the hair which seals the cuticle resulting in gleaming hair. Clear some freezer space now.

The other tip for shiny hair comes from Crystal Tesinsky who is stylist to Laura Pepron, Kelly Ripa and Nicole Ritchie. She recommends blow-drying the hair straight because straight hair reflects more light so will always appear shinier. Then she adds shine sprays that contain silicone sparkles. Jessica Alba likes one called Luce Sheer Gloss, this product contains light reflecting polymers which are reputed to last longer than silicone products.

Now let's look at hair coloring. The number one tip with celebrity hair coloring is to get a colorist to do it for you. It is possible to get the effect with an off the counter hair coloring product, but there is no way a star will apply it themselves. They also get root touch-ups and glazes done every month to avoid having their roots showing. However, if they did get caught with roots then Jessica

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