Will Our New First Lady Successfully Avoid Helmet Hair?

Sorry that I'm about to take last night's historic election down to a superficial, beauty-centric level (hey, that's what we do in the Beauty Dept.!), but can you believe the gorgeousness of our new First Family? As I stared at them, I began to wonder whether Michelle will keep her hair straight, with the occasional up-flip at the ends, or whether she'll end up with one of the more helmet-like hairdos generally associated with her new role. It's the Hairbot hairdo of the political realm.

One example: When Hillary Clinton first became First Lady, she traded in straight shoulder-length hair similar to Michelle Obama's for a curled helmet 'do in the tradition of Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter. Thank goodness it loosened back up over time!The curled-helmet tradition continued through Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush, and Hillary and Laura Bush only managed to break free a little bit; their styles were still always short and appeared to require several cans of hairspray. What do you think--will Michelle Obama be the one to dramatically change the First Lady hair look? Or will she cave in and adopt the usual heavily sprayed helmet? What kind of hairstyle would you love to see hit the White House? A blunt Gwyneth bob, perhaps? Or do you wish our First Lady would grow her hair superlong? Should she go ringlet-curly, or maybe pixie short?

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by Petra Guglielmetti

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