Hybrid Hair 2011.

This year's been, without a doubt, my favorite in terms of hairstyles and hair color. It's almost as if the world of hair collaborated and bred personalized hybrid-looks just for me. Because I was particularly infatuated with this year's bold-slash-simple movement, I decided to share them with you all, plus my new favorite and lazy 'do. The past couple years have been focused around keeping your hair color natural. The Jennifers were the poster children for this look (and by Jennifers, I'm referring to Anniston's honey blonde locks and Garner's chestnut brown hair). The fewer highlighting appointments you needed to book, the more on target you were with the trend, up until now. Cue Whitney Port, Liz Lee and Taylor Momsen. While I don't particularly think any of these girls are bombshells, I can't get over their dramatic, avant garde manes. Whitney flawlessly rocks the rainbow (a white hot blend of grown-out roots bled directly into lighter shades of the same hair color -- don't be fooled by the roots and don't believe the hype; this glamorous color is not so easily-maintained), while Liz and Taylor go all-over bold with blaring red and bleach blonde mops.

The braided topknot, a much lusted over runway hairstyle, is perhaps my new favorite of the bunch. 

If you've been following my blog whatsoever, you know I'm a big advocate of dual usage: the ability 

to reuse an outfit or style for multiple occasions, whether they are high class or Friday-cas. The braided

 topknot takes care of this requirement. Because I cannot rephrase the directions anymore eloquently than

 I found them, enjoy your how-to right here.

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 adorable, too. Just saying..)

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Hope you all have a fabulous weekend, meet you back at the office Monday morning! x