Day 22: Baby, You're a Firework

I decided since it was a holiday I'd do a hairstyle that wasn't quite like my usual stuff.  This is, after all, a free country!

I started with the ever-popular braided back bangs-high pony combo:

Then ratted the heck out of that pony (so fun!):

Then I pinned the ratted mess so it became a wide bun:

Now for the fun part:  I pulled out small strands of hair from the bun, hairsprayed them, and then flat-ironed them so they would become stiff:

Unfortunately, my hair is too long for the firework-ey explosion effect I was going for.  If it was short, you'd better believe I'd have firework hair, sticking straight up!  But this has to do for today:

This took about 5 minutes.

Happy Independence Day!!!