Scrolling through Instagram the other night (as one does for 10 hours when they should really be sleeping), I spotted a scarily relatable beauty meme on Lunya’s Instagram account: “78% of women reading this are wearing their hair in a weird bun right now.” Um, yep! I thought as I immediately commented with a raised-hand emoji.
Even though I feel extremely lucky to be able to WFH and carry on my beauty-editor duties from the comfort of my couch or bed (don’t judge me), it’s put an indisputable cramp in my hairstyling routine. When it comes to my strands, I’m pretty low-maintenance to begin with, so you can imagine the effect little to no human contact has had on my day-to-day hair MO.
Most days, I want a hairstyle that’s easy and fuss-free, but sometimes an important Zoom meeting begs for something slightly more elevated than my heavy rotation of high ponies and messy topknots. So to provide some expert guidance, we asked celebrity hairstylist Sarah Potempa to take over our Instagram with a live tutorial featuring her favorite, easy-to-execute braided-bun hairstyle. (Potempa’s the master of all things chic and easy—just look at the three lickety-split hairstyles she taught me late last year!)
