Get some real feathered hair, courtesy of Sean James

By Laura Medina

Sean James of Fred Segal Santa Monica.

Hair stylist to the celebrities, such as Conan O' Brien and New York Fashion Week veteran, Sean James rattled off the top three Summer hair styles: highlights, of course, the top knot, and feathers in your hair.

Not feathered, layered hair or the Shag. Nope. He talked about something organic as it is high tech.

If highlights makes you yawn, why not glue real feathers into your hair?

Doable. While he chatted, Mr. James deftly combed and detangled this scribe's tangled mess of a rat's nest, smoothed, and flipped the hair in flipped tiled sections, the ultimated Farah Fawcett Feathered Flip. This was just the start.

By selecting a section, the same way you pick a highlight, he placed two feathers on top of the hair section, applied organic glue then heat-sealed with an iron.

Protein on top of protein by protein. Healthy.

Instead of a the normal and expected highlight, do something truly bohemian and highlight your hair with feathers for that earthy but sophisicated look for Summer. A leap up from clipping roach clips to your hair.

Look closely, the fluffy, green feather subtly adds an iridescent highlight that is surprising yet natural.