Hairy Situation: Lindsay Lightens Up, Straightens Out Before Court

Wonderwall, Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 9:53am (PST)

By Kat Giantis

If you were a day away from facing a felony charge that could land you in the pokey for up to three years, how would you spend your remaining 24 hours? Seeing loved ones? Maybe doing some much-needed soul-searching?

If you're Lindsay Lohan, you spend it making sure you're ready for your close-up, which in this case will be mug shot No. 5.

The allegedly sticky-fingered starlet, 24, spent nearly three hours on Tuesday getting her blonde hair highlighted and blown out at the Byron & Tracey salon in Beverly Hills (that's her exiting in a floral dress at left)

During the appointment, LiLo chatted with her assistant as several minions presented outfits for her approval, says E! Online, which adds that she wasn't "acting weird at all" and seemed "super sweet."

Lohan appeared just as unruffled during a brief meeting with her probation officer at a Santa Monica courthouse earlier in the day.

"Lindsay looked like she doesn't have a care in the world," relays an X17 paparazzo. "She totally was smiling and seemed in a really good mood."

RELATED: A rundown of Lindsay's alleged acts of thievery

Lohan is due in court at 1:30 PT Wednesday to answer to a charge of felony grand theft stemming from a $2,500 necklace that she purportedly stole from a Los Angeles jeweler.

TMZ reports the issues-beset onetime actress has told friends she plans to fight the accusations vigorously.

"I honestly feel I did nothing wrong," she supposedly said. "I'm pleading not guilty because I'm NOT!"

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