(Photo by Getty)This morning, I woke up in a panic. Somehow, I managed to sleep through three alarms — how one doesn't wake up to a blaring
Baby, Baby, Baby by
Justin Bieber, I'll never understand — meaning I had just 15 minutes to choose an outfit, brush my teeth, make myself look, at the minimum, at least somewhat presentable, and run out the door.
So as I was frantically spritzing down my super-fine locks with a cloud of dry shampoo — really, is it not the
worst when you have no time to shower? — I had a lightbulb moment.
See, last week,
Chloe Grace Moretz attended the
Movie 43 premiere with her bangs swooped back by three bobby pins.

And a few weeks before that, I
obsessed over this colorful bobby pin combo
Katharine McPhee sported at the NBCUniversal 2013 Winter TCA Tour.

So, knowing I would probably have a case of the McBangs by noon — yes, my bangs resemble a McDonald's stove top when they aren't washed — I decided to follow suit and secured my side-swept fringe with a trio of pins like so:

Not only did both my roommate and my boss tell me they loved the adorable adjustment, a stranger in the bathroom even stopped me to swoon over my hair! Swoon. Over my
day-old hair.
So there you have it — three bobby pins saved me from a bad hair day. Whodathunk?
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