What has happened to LA teens? Where’s the glitter and the green eyeshadow and the garish nail polish and the crazy hair dos? They’re all so grown-up and styled to within an inch of their lives, it’s actually a little boring. You like to see a few worst-dressed shockers at every big event, but it seems there are fewer and fewer of those these days. Possibly because stars employ stylists even when going out for a frappuccino.

(True story: a friend of mine who’s in the industry over there was telling me how a certain store allows certain stars to shop there for free, on the condition that they’re given enough notice of the star’s arrival to alert the paparazzi. Because the star knows she’s basically walking into a photo opp, she calls her hair stylist and makeup artist to get her ready for the outing, so that she’ll look great when snapped swinging her bags of free goods. Isn’t that just crazy?)

Anyway, back to the Teen Choice Awards, which were held in LA the other night. Foundation was flawless, eyes were edged neatly in black or slicked with a little liquid liner, and pale pink was the nail polish du jour. It was all so picture-perfect and polished - except, thankfully, for the hair, which is where LA teens stay true to their casual beach-babe roots. The two hot looks of the night: sunkissed brunette waves (Leighton Meester, Rachel Bilson) and tousled blonde updos (Blake Lively, Hayden Panettiere). Although while it all kind of took the edge off the perfection of the night, it was hardly controversial. It’s enough to make you beg Britney to come back on the scene.

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