The Quickest, Coolest Top Knot You'll Ever Try

This crisscross top knot might just be the easiest party hair to pull off. Matt Fugate, a stylist at the Sally Hershberger Downtown Salon, shows you the ropes.

1. Separate the top half of your hair from the bottom half. "Create a top knot with the top half of your hair and secure it with bobby pins; that way you have the foundation to wrap the lower half of your hair around," Fugate says.

2. Divide the lower half of your hair into two sections.  

3. Wrap the lower right portion of your hair around the left side of your bun. After you've wrapped it around your top knot, keep it in place with a few bobby pins — this creates the first crisscross.

4. Repeat the above step on the opposite side. Take the left lower section of hair and wrap it around the right side of your hair and around your bun. Then, adorn your bun with a hair accessory.

Now swipe on a red lip and go!

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The Quickest Way to Pretty Feet This Summer

With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching and temperatures (finally) on the rise, we know you're going to be showing off your warm weather shoes of choice on the regular.

Sadly for us ladies, summer shoes often come with blisters, swelling, and red feet. We have the quickest fix for at least one of those.

Loni Albert, Cosmo's associate beauty editor, recently shared with us that she turns to a blue-ish teal shade (think Tiffany's box) when picking out a polish for her toes. The theory is that the cool blue color helps offset the redness on your feet—and it really works!

We gave this theory a go and are obsessed. But don't just take our word for it, try it out for yourself and let us know how you like it!

Here are a few pretty blueish-teal polishes to paint on: Essie Where's My Chauffeur, $8, essie.com, China Glaze Nail Laquer with Hardeners in Audrey, $7, drugstore.com, and Jin Soon Poppy Blue Nail Polish, $18, jinsoon.com.

Will you be using this quick trick to score sandal-ready feet this summer?

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