Hair Makeovers - What Your Hairstyle Says and How to Change It

What Your Hair Says About You (and How to Change the Message)

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the August 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Sometimes your hair just gets away from you. You put in a few highlights, next thing you're sprouting colors previously unseen on humans. You declare war on your curls—until you realize you're spending 70 hours a year working out with the blow-dryer... Four women talk about the moment they realized their hair wasn't them anymore. And what they did about it. And how they feel now.

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