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"Remember when I attempted to copy one of Fergie&amp;#x27;s updos a couple weeks ago and kinda failed? Well, the hairstylist responsible for that style invited me into his salon so he could show me the tricks behind the look. Check it out. To recap, here&amp;#x27;s a photo of Fergie&amp;#x27;s hairstyle, which you guys said I should wear to Glamour&amp;#x27;s Women of the Year awards. Here&amp;#x27;s what I came up with. Cute, but it didn&amp;#x27;t really look anything like Fergie&amp;#x27;s version. Well, after getting a how-to lesson from the man behind Fergie&amp;#x27;s updo, Rodney Cutler, I can tell you that I no longer feel so disappointed in my hair-styling skills. As it turns out, I probably would have needed four hours and six arms in order to pull off her exact look on my own. Rodney and one of the stylists from his Cutler salon, Emma, took my hair through the same steps Fergie&amp;#x27;s went through before the Grammys. Step 1: Blow the hair very big. Emma worked spray mousse from my roots all the way to my ends and also misted on a volumizer as she blew my hair out with a medium-sized round brush. The goal was to bulk the hair up with product so it has a slightly waxy, grippy texture. &amp;quot;You want it to almost not feel like hair anymore,&amp;quot; as Emma put it. Step 2: Curl one-inch sections with a tiny curling iron (about a one inch barrel). I ended up with a head full of bouncy ringlets. They need to be very, very tight so they don&amp;#x27;t fall out when you brush them later. To help with this, Emma misted thermal styling spray on each section before curling. Step 3: Gently brush out the curls one small section at a time using a medium boar-bristle brush. You&amp;#x27;ll end up with huge, Brigitte Bardot-esque waves that have tons of texture. Step 4: Tease your roots, especially up at the crown, by back-brushing with the hairbrush. You want a little bump effect going on toward the back of the hair. Step 5: The easy part! Twist your ends into a loose side chignon and secure with a few extra-large hairpins (at least two inches long). Let some face-framing curls fall out, or pull them out strategically. Voila! Here&amp;#x27;s my hair immediately after it was done. As the day went on, the curls relaxed just enough and the updo looked just like Fergie&amp;#x27;s. So cute and fun to wear. Here are the products Rodney and Emma used, from start to finish. (They also used Cutler Specialist Volumizing Spray.) All in all, the updo took two hours, and that&amp;#x27;s with two sets of stylist hands. However, I&amp;#x27;m totally going to buy a tiny curling iron and try this sort of technique at home sometime; Emma says you can save tons of time by using a larger iron on the back of your head, as that part barely shows in this hairstyle anyway. What do you guys think of my latest Fergie-inspired hairstyle? Would you wear your hair like this, or is it too retro for your style? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging into Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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