"I'm chasing after two little ones every day, so my ponytail always looks like this," said Carrie Wessel, 37, pointing to her casually pulled-back hair. "I wish I had the time to make it more polished." To which Nathaniel Hawkins, our on-set hair guru, replied, "You do! All you need is a little shine cream and 30 seconds of flat-ironing." Carrie followed his lead, and a minute later she was all smiles. "Okay, I can't believe how easy that was," she said. "And, wow, what a difference a side part makes!"
Three readers came to us with air-dried hair and a request: Improve my ponytail! The results will revolutionize your everyday hairstyle (not to mention your morning). By Kayleigh Donahue, REDBOOK.