The tangled mess turned beautiful.

Via Martha Stewart

You stumble out of bed and wink open your eyes and see yourself in the mirror. Horrified, you clutch at the mop of hair that is laying in every direction but straight. You blink a couple times and wonder if you got struck by lightning, or the fairies, in a fit of mischief, knotted it up.  Then you give it up as lost, deal with it as best you can and hope no one looks too close.

Sadly, those days come too often  for my vanity. However, when you put on a touch of make-up and have enough time to do something with the "mop," you can walk out the door looking all right. In fact, pretty good. However, for those days when you are upset with your hair, have about zero time, but need to jerk it up with style for the day, I hope I bring you great news.
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Low French Braided Up-do

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A simple braid on the side or straight back, or add a twist with a fishtail braid (fishtails are very popular right now).

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Tutorial: here.

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French Braided Bun

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Elegant up-do

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Simple side bun

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Braided Bun

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There is hope! I am super excited about trying out these cute little up-dos! Play around.