TRENDS Flexibility and movement highlight new hairstyles

Fresh color and cut will transform your hair style into your best accessory.
SCRIPPS HOWARD
There's something about a gorgeous head of hair that makes you want to stare.
A woman can be strolling down the street without a stitch of makeup on, in sweats and a T-shirt, lugging grocery bags to her car, but if her hair is just-stepped-out-of-the-salon perfect, you can't help but notice and make a mental note to book a blow-dry.
Hair is one part of yourself that you can continually reinvent. Through color, fresh cuts and new styles you can go from classic career woman to sophisticated socialite to trendy jet-setter.
Let's face it -- a great new hairstyle is not only an ego boost but your best accessory.
With the change in seasons, now is a perfect time to experiment with trends. We took six women to Paul Garcia's salon in Denver to uncover the latest looks.
Garcia cut styles from long to short, and colorist Irene Mayster hooked the customer's up with the hottest hair hues.
The biggest trends this season? Cuts with flexibility and movement.
Valerie Ewing, 20
UThe cut: Ewing is growing her hair out, so Garcia opted to give her a basic bang and blunt bob look. He used a "dusting" technique to give the hair more movement and make it look thicker.
UThe color: Ewing's hair was an orange-blond color when she came into the salon, so Mayster blended her hair to a softer, strawberry shade. She made Ewing's bangs a solid golden color to add contrast.
Maytal Laronn, 18
UThe cut: Garcia gave Laronn a modern flip. He sliced through the hair to make it more romantic and strong.
UThe color: Caramel highlights were used to break up Laronn's auburn color and give it a glamorous edge.
Lauren Lyons, 21
UThe cut: Lyons' hair was overly thinned out and limp when she came into the salon. Garcia wanted to give her a 1950's, Joey Heatherton-inspired cut that could look sleek and classic or really tousled and young.
At the back of her neck, Garcia cut in a drop-out, so it looks like a beveled bob from the back, but from the front it looks soft and pretty.
UThe color: Lyons' color was too solid, so Mayster gave her color a little more depth to break things up.
Jenny Amen, 23
UThe cut: Garcia updated Amen's long hair with a double bang, adding freshness to her otherwise classic and simple cut. The double bang gives her a geometric look around the face while adding movement to the hair.
UThe color: Mayster added chunks of bright blond to Amen's naturally dark-blond hair.
Barb Gallaher, 45
UThe cut: Gallaher's previous cut was a simple bang and long bob. Garcia kept her thick hair long and gave her a double bang, giving her style more bluntness without sacrificing movement.
UThe color: Mayster brightened Gallaher's natural dark-blond hair and added some deep red shades on the bottom layers and throughout the hair for drama.
Sally Lyons, 51
UThe cut: Lyons' hair was essentially a bob when she came into the salon. Garcia cut in an overlay of geometric lines underneath her top layer to give her more volume at the crown. The cut has a lot of flexibility -- Lyons can wear it smooth and slicked back or spiky and funky.
UThe color: Mayster took Lyons back to her natural, darker blond color. She then broke it up with lighter and darker pieces to add contrast.