Paula Abdul Is Giving Herself A Makeover For 'X Factor' -- Her Hairstylist Tells HollywoodLife.com About The New Look!

Paula Abdul, 48, wants to look good next to her younger fellow X Factor judges! Some of them are half her age!

Paula‘s hairstylists, Mark Hasche and Peter DeRosa, flew out to New York City to style her hair for the Fox Upfronts, or previews of the station’s fall television shows, May 16 and Mark tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively about her new youthful style!

The hairstyling couple, who own the Peter Mark Salon in Del Ray beach, do the hair for the women of The Real Housewives of New York City as well as Camilla Alves!

“She [Paula] really wants something fun and free and youthful,” says Mark. “She’s on a cast with some women that she’s double their age and she really holds her own up there!”

I have to agree that Paula looks young and fresh with her soft waves and blonde highlights! Whether it’s the hair or maybe even her renewed relationship with Simon Cowell, something is working for Paula!

What about Paula’s other fellow X Factor judge Cheryl Cole, 28, who has been making waves of her own with her big bouffant that was strikingly similar to SJP‘s do?

“Cheryl did have somebody in the morning blow her hair out, but right before she went to the Upfront I touched up her hair for her.” And Mark dishes that “she’s a really really sweet girl!”

It sounds like Paula is in good company on the X Factor set!