By Christine Fellingham

Style Matters columnist

Special to The Courier-Journal

You rarely spot one-namers such as Angelina, Demi or Jessica looking anything but chic — but that’s not just because they’re geneticalSpill some of their best insider celebrity hairdresser insights forly gifted. It’s also because they’ve got a slew of celebrity hairdressers at their beck and call.

If you or I could have a big-name celebrity hairdresser running from designer showroom to designer showroom orchestrating our outfits, we’d probably look paparazzi-ready too.

But why shouldn’t we mere mortals have some of the same fashionable guidance that overpaid celebrities get? After all, we may need it more.

So I called all my favorite celeb image handlers and asked them to spill some of their best insider celebrity hairdresser insights. Here are six of their great tips to help focus and update your look in the new year.

GET A BIG HAT

The fashionistas of the world are following our lead and pulling out the hats for big occasions.

“I love the drama of a hat,” says celebrity hairdresser Phillip Bloch, who styles Jada Pinkett Smith, Salma Hayek and Sandra Bullock and is a fashion expert for E! Channel.

“They finish an outfit, they frame your face and they’re having a moment in fashion,” Bloch says. “You can wear them for events and parties, but I love them with jeans and a long sweater or a fitted coat.

“Right now, the bigger the better.”

TRADE YOUR BRONZER FOR BLUSH

“The bronzed look is just about done,” says Michelle Burke, the makeup artist for “Elizabethtown” and the upcoming “Mission: Impossible III.”

“Everyone is doing it — and not very well. They tend to look either too sparkly and fake or too brown and flat.”

Burke’s pick for the new year?

“Not pink, but apricot,” she says. “I use sheer peach on lighter skin and a deeper, more ambery tone on darker skin. But it adds this fabulous ping of color to your face. Just smile and dust it on the apple of your cheeks. It gives you this great healthy flush.”

BUY A HEADBAND

What’s over for the new year?

“Those big hair clamps,” says Enzo Angileri, the celebrity hairdresser who jets around perfecting Charlize Theron’s locks.

“They were OK when they were just tortoise color. Now you see women with their hair up in these gigantic purple clamps that match their outfits — it’s awful.”

Instead, he says that we — like Charlize — should tame our tresses with headbands.

“I don’t like the schoolgirl kind,” he says, “but a skinny black ribbon or simple grosgrain or a clear Plexiglas style looks very clean and modern. I love them whether your hair is down or short or long or even in a ponytail. It works whether you’re dressed up or not.”

Sharon Osbourne’s new bob has been voted the best celebrity hairstyle of 2005.The X Factor judge swapped her red streaks for a sleek brunette cut – and the public have rated it top of the crops. Other celebrity hairstyles winners include Ashes hero Kevin Pietersen and his skunk look came second in the survey by Yahoo!, ahead of David Beckham.

Another sporting star, Welsh rugby ace Gavin Henson, came fourth with his trademark spiky do. Fifth was Sienna Miller, who recently ditched her boho locks in favor of a Sixties crop. Charlotte Church was sixth, followed by Jordan and Kate Moss. Nearly 3,000 people were surveyed about their favorite celebrity hairstyle.

A spokesman said: “The survey shows many of us take style inspiration from Sharon Osbourne’s new look.”But it may not suit everyone – we recommend testing celebrity hairstyles before you go for the chop.”