FEW MEN’S hairstyles provoke withering remarks the way frosted tips do. In the 1990s and early 2000s, however, teen heatthrobs, from actors to athletes to boy-band members, bravely made the highlighted look their calling card. Young women wondered what it might feel like to run their hands through David Beckham’s startlingly streaked strands, or to tousle Justin Timberlake’s gelled, noodle-esque curls. Men who wanted to be tousled jumped on the bleach bandwagon.

In the years since, frosted tips waxed and waned before being…

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