I thought <strong>Carrie Underwood</strong> looked great—in her typical country and western way—<a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2010/01/07/2010-peoples-choice-awards-carrie-underwood/" target="_blank">at the People's Choice Awards</a> a few weeks back. But Sunday night, her hair just did NOT do it for me. (We'll talk about makeup in a sec.) This is like an '00s version of the "Rachel" cut, i.e. a heavy top layer with lots of under-cutting and curled inward to frame the face. It's dated—maybe something you'd expect on a TV anchorwoman or politician. And I've already mentioned that I think her colour is slightly too blonde.

Also notice the heavy handedness of the makeup (particularly her too-matte complexion, heavy shadow and overdone brows). No, it's not horrific, but when you look at someone like <a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2010/01/07/2010-peoples-choice-awards-olivia-wilde/" target="_blank">Olivia Wilde</a> (<a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2010/01/07/2010-peoples-choice-awards-olivia-wilde/" target="_blank">at the People's Choice Awards</a>, not <a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2010/01/22/2010-golden-globe-awards-olivia-wilde/" target="_blank">the Globes</a>), you see a major difference. Also? Carrie and Olivia are about the same age (25, 26). But Carrie could easily pass for 10 years older. Shame.