Hair Today, Different Tomorrow

True Story: Every day I wake up and say to myself: Self, today is the day you are going to do soft waves at the office. And then I imagine getting off the elevator at the office or sashaying down the street to catch the metro in a cinched trench (another fantasy item) and I feel great about myself, my look and—of course—my hair. But then as the morning progresses and I’m downing a green juice in between sips of coffee, because I spent too long reading the papers online and I’m running late for work, and, oops, I haven’t showered yet, all of those thoughts and desires for soft waves vanish. And the reality remains that I’m lucky if I actually washed my hair that day, never mind styled it. So when I stumbled upon this new-to-me beauty site called BeautyRiot.com, I was pretty shocked and awed about this awesome girl’s ability to try a do every day for a month. She claims to have been in a similar rut as me hair-wise and so determined to break out, she tried and tested different styles, updos and combing techniques. The best thing about the photo gallery are the product call-outs and the application tips. I’ll admit, although inspired, I seriously doubt I’m going to be taking the hair challenge anyday soon. But I am taking out all the necessary accessories for the aforementioned soft waves tonight. And tomorrow, I’m going to wake up early to get it all done in time… Swak –Jenna Mahoney

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