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Well, hello there! I’m coming to you from 29,000 feet up…on my way to Southern California to see friends and, you guessed it, make my annual visit to Ramirez Tran to get mah hairs did. For those of you mildly invested in the life and times of my hair, I get it cut and colored once a year by Anh and Johnny, and then let it grow out like a disheveled mermaid. Rinse and repeat. (Although due to a scheduling snafu, Sal will be cutting my hair today, and according to his Instagram account, I think I’m in good hands.)

I thought it would be apropo to take a little stroll down Ramirez Tran memory lane….

First, we had the lightening of the virgin hair in 2013.

Then we had some major lopping off in 2014.

And then a little bang action later that year.

And now? This is the current state of my hair. (How’s that for a horrible morning selfie?)

Long, flat, with some really grown-out highlights. (I am so ready for this appointment!)

So! What shall I do? I can’t do anything high maintenance because I obviously don’t have these hair dynamos at my beck and call since I live halfway across the country. They are always fantastic at giving me cuts and color than last a looooong time, so I’m thinking a little something like this?

I would be saying sayonara to a fair amount of hair, but I’m totally game. Also, I’m loving those subdued highlights…I think it’s time for me to tone down the lighter ends a bit.

What say you? You have about 4 hours to chime in or forever hold your peace. Mwah!

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I am frequently asked about how I achieve the undone waves featured in the above photo. Well, my love for the Ion Titanium Pro Multi Styler from Sally Beauty knows no bounds. It started with this tutorial from a few months ago – I had just recently started using the multi-styler, and I knew I liked it, but had no idea that it would pretty much replace every other styling tool I owned. (Well, except for my hair dryer, of course.) This baby does it all. It straightens (even stubborn, cowlicky bangs), waves, curls, flips, you name it.

As many of you know, I only wash and style my hair twice a week, so this iron is a workhorse on those days. I usually blow dry and then create the messy waves I demonstrated in the tutorial, but I also can’t live without it to help manage completely rogue bang sections on the other days when I wake up, walk to the bathroom, and take a gander at something similar to this. (Good ol’ R Pat can rock it, but not so much over here.)

The key to the iron is the small surface area that makes it easy to work with short hair like bangs, but also the shape of the iron. As you can see in the above photo the iron curves all the way around, and it heats up on the sides as well, not just the plates in the middle. That way, you get a full curl, instead of the usual flat iron curled-yet-crimped look. It’s pretty cool.

Also, it heats anywhere between 0 and 450 degrees to accommodate most hair types. I like to keep the heat around 350.

To keep things fair, thought, I do I have one beef. If I had to choose one thing I didn’t adore about the iron, it would be the color. I much prefer simple black, but if blurple is your thing, you will love it. (Obviously not an issue that affects the performance of the iron…I’m just a nitpicky lady.)

What’s your favorite styling tool? Sally Beauty is featuring tons of favorites over the month of March as part of their Beautiful Finds at Beautiful Prices campaign. Some of the categories featured are Best Selling, Blogger Faves, Cult Faves, New Finds, Stylist Picks and Top Pinned. If you are looking for a new tool, I highly recommend checking it out!

You know I’m a tad obsessed with creating the perfect waves, right? I mean, I’ve done the traditional curling iron wave, the clipless curling iron wave, the flat iron wave…well, it’s a new year and I’m trying a new tool for my waves, The Ion Titanium Pro Multi Styler. This year I’m obsessed with a super undone, casual wave with bangs – think a melding of Francoise Hardy and Brigitte Bardot.

The search for a new tool really stemmed from the fact that since the bangs are back, I occasionally need to use a flat iron, which wasn’t the case pre-bang. When I saw this all-in-one tool, I got really excited because my bathroom storage is practically non-existent and you know I love to simplify, and this is essentially a curling iron and flat iron in one. So! I decided to give it a whirl, and I’m really loving the messy casual waves it creates.

Take a look for yourself. (This tutorial will also work for those of you with traditional flat irons!)

The technique of curling your hair with a flat iron is really simple, once you get the hang of it. Also, if a video tutorial is your thing, check out this one I did about 5 years ago. I had to laugh a little bit at the quality of the video…what can I say, I was a newbie back then.)

Okay! So, here’s the technique. Grab a 1-inch section of hair.

Clamp your flat iron down on the hair about mid-shaft.

Rotate the iron 180 degrees and then slowly pull downwards while twisting your wrist. That’s it!

Let me show you how I do it. First, I section off the top half of my hair and begin working through the bottom layer.

Then I let down more of my hair and begin again.

After you get used to twisting the iron, you can get through your hair super fast.

Now, the VERY BEST thing about this particular iron is that you can use as a flat iron as well. Let’s say you accidentally curl a section way too tight.

No worries, my friend. You can flat iron that crazy curl right out. #thumbsup

After working though my hair, I was left with a little Hardy/Bardot hybrid style.

I can’t get enough of the messy waves and bangs for 2015. New bangs, new waves, happy girl.