Pouf! The Instant Updo

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Take your bangs (or, if you don’t have bangs, take the hair in the front of your head that would be your bangs) and tease them at the root. Brush the hair back, smoothing it on top of your head; push that section of hair forward, just a bit, so you’re left with a pompadour-like pouf in the front. Use bobby pins to pin the ends down. Spray with a bit of hair spray then sweep up the rest of your hair in any updo you like!

—Angelique Serrano