At FRESHWATER, a group of hairdressers have brought out the best of the northern beaches, organising a huge charity drive for the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

I expect, utterly '' irrationally, that if I can get my hair to look better at the hairdressers, then the rest of the world will fall into step! 

A few months ago, I was waiting to have my hair cut at the hairdressers, John Frieda's Mayfair salon. The mirrors make it appear as if the salon goes on and on into infinity an endless row of women sitting with their beige or blue gowns fastened at the neck.

The buzz on the catwalks is that soaring beehive hairstyles are back. Here are expert tips to build the upstyles from scratch, or fake it 'til you make it. She may not be the greatest role model in other ways, but Amy Winehouse's famous beehive hairstyle hairdo has spawned copies the world over. 

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