I used to spend a ton of time experimenting with my hair in high school. I colored it, wore different updos on a regular basis, and even had a perm for a bit. In college, I highlighted it and played with different colors. Then I started working, and dyed it from Asian orange back to its natural dark brown for the sake of professionalism. Since then, I’ve consistently had shoulder-length hair in my natural color.

Snore, right?  My hair is the longest it’s ever been at the moment, and it’s really hot in L.A. this week, so it’s the perfect time to play with updos.  In high school I had to experiment on my own or get ideas from magazines.  It’s a brave new world out there for high school girls, though, with thousands of instructional hair-related YouTube videos available to them.

I tried this one today, and it was as easy as advertised, and looks so much more interesting than an everyday ponytail.