{Hair} Ponytail swoop

I have a confession. I get the Allure magazine. {Insert judgmental looks here} I love looking through all the fashion, hair, and makeup tips. And it was free with our credit card points...it was about the only thing we could get so why not. Anyways, as I was looking through the latest issue there was all this buzz about the bang swoop being the hot thing on the runway. Back in college I rocked a mean bang swoop. So I figured if it was popular now I was either way ahead of the fashion trend or didn't have a clue what I was doing, I'm going with the first option ;) And since it was in a magazine I figured I'd give it a shot for this experiment here. Without further ado the swoop.

Front view

Back and side view (W's artsy picture)

LB "helping"

How I did it: I straightened my hair and then pulled it back in a low loose pony tail, leaving my bang section out. Then I teased that section to give it a little more volume and swooped it back pinning it so that it wouldn't fall in my eyes. I then hair-sprayed it all to keep the frizzes down.

Time investment: 30 minutes. (including the time it took me to straighten)
Product: Bobby pins and hairspray
Longevity: All day. Well, almost all day until LB got a hold of my hair and yanked the ponytail out. But I'm sure if I wasn't on the floor wrestling him it would've lasted.

Not sure I can still pull off the swoop. Think i will need to get a new haircut that gives me a little more volume in the bang area to really pull this off again. I did like how quick and easy this style was to do so that is a big plus in my book but it wasn't really too much of a swoop.

I do have a confession though, I tried a different hairstyle and it was a MAJOR flop. W tried to be nice when he saw it but even he couldn't keep a straight face. So I may muster up the courage to give it a try again and take a picture, hopefully it will turn out better the second time around. I wasted about 45 minutes trying and trying to get the style to work but there was no hope for it. I'm hoping if I try it a second time I will be able to fix the mistakes I made the first time and hopefully yield better results and if not, we will all just get a big laugh about it :)