HOW TO | DIY Ballerina Bun (Sock Bun)

And... finally. A video is here.

Due to my newbie editing skills Step 3 was edited right over. It says to roll your toe-less sock into a donut, which is what the next 3 years (or so it feels like) of the video demonstrate

It's my first one. Please don't judge.

Unless, of course, you love it.

Then judge away.

EXPERT SECRETS | Best hairstyling secret of 2011!

Here's a taste...

Can you tell which picture is before, which is after? If not, have those eyes checked, love. I can reveal that this costs zero dollars, requires zero product and even works on a butchered barnet that's thin and fine like mine. For real. I mean the husband hasn't titled my before bun "the pencil eraser" without cause.

The full tutorial is coming soon [tomorrow.... as my sodding USB cable has gone and hidden itself]... and we'll keep 'em coming throughout the month.

We figure our December Advent calendar this year should be a month of gifts TO YOU instead of gift ideas for others. And experiences are more fun and lasting than things anyway. Teach a man to fish girl to do her hair and all that.

[Editor's note: Please excuse the crackpot pictures. Taken post-workout with my phone. Classy, I know. but too excited to wait... or, indeed, put on makeup, or something other than workout gear for my closeup, dahling.]

HOW TO | Add volume to flat hair

IT SEEMS that 99.9 percent of articles about hair woes deal with frizz. That doesn't help us limp-locked ladies who would give anything for even the slightest hint of frizz if it meant our hair had more volume.

For trendy, sexy, fashionable hair, you generally require some sort of volume. Skull-hugging looks like slicked-back ponytails, top knots and pixie cuts work on only two kinds of people: runway models and children. And gamine girls. For those of us who crave hair with body, there are ways you can breathe life into flat hair.

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