Primadonna Ballerina (Bun)

• Step 1: Be incredibly lazy
• Step 2: Locate ponytail holder, bobby pin, pencil, chopstick, whatever!
• Step 3: Be super f’in lazy
• Step 4: Pile every strand of hair on top of head for a messy (but chic) bun
• Step 5: Continue being wonderfully lazy, but now effortlessly adorable :)

The topknot, messy updo or ballerina bun as I call it, is hardly a new trend for me. For years, it has accompanied Mimi to the gym, the grocery store, in the car home after one of those looooong days. Hell, it’s even played wingman plenty of nights out clubbing.

“I’ll take a gin&tonic and a Goody elastic. Thx.”

It’s my go to “F&%$ it!” hairstyle, and now that it’s a major beauty trend, I figure it’s blogworthy (Sheep go baaaaahhhh!)

I love the topknot because it is so effortless, but when done right such a bangalicious style. Badass, but sexy- like walking around with a boombox blaring Ri-Ri’s “Hard” on top of your noggin!

EXCUSE ME WHILE I DIEEEE LAUGHING AT THAT IMAGE!

And some of the most dynamic domes have been getting top heavy recently- J.Lo, Cameron Diaz, Keri Russell and Nic Richie rocks the topknot like nobody’s business. She’s even bequeathed her love of the do to her own little ballerina! Last weekend I spotted “it” model gal Sessilee Lopez sporting a seriously slick bun at the Belvedere Pink Grapefruit soiree in NY.

So, if you’re having a hair-raising, not quite HighEnd moment, follow Mimi’s 5 steps to get on top! For a process with a few more details, hit up Beauty Banter’s how to for the perfect messy ballerina bun.