Summer Hair Challenge: The Results Are In! (And We Are Floored)
Whoa, guys. We are, as the title says, floored. So many of you ladies—and spattering of gents—took us up on our second annual Summer Hair Challenge, and you all look freaking fabulous. More than 130 of you did it, which stands as a testament to how much this clean beauty thing is growing. As promised we have a winner. This lucky girl is going to get a basket loaded with amazing clean haircare courtesy of NuboNau.
And the winner is…77! Sarah from San Francisco! (Sarah, the rest of us are green with envy.)
Now, without further ado, have a look at our Summer Hair Challenge lovelies. Keep scrolling. There’s a lot of ’em. Feel free to fawn in the comments.
(Good thing our anonymous winner-picker didn’t pick 132, cause that number isn’t here. Oops! Instead we have 26a and 26b—don’t ask. Um, intern, anyone? Ya, we need one. And if we have any takers here who are amazing at organizational-type things, we’re on the hunt.)
To everyone who participated, we send a huge hug. We are deeply grateful for your support.
Please share this via your networks: your blogs, your Facebook and Twitter. This message of health and natural beauty seems to spread best through word of mouth.
P.S. If you’re missing the Friday Deal, we’re sorry! We just figured that since it’s a long weekend and some people are (hopefully) leaving work early, that we’d skip this week. Plus which, having 130 beauties up on the site for a few days wouldn’t look too shabby either. A most wonderful holiday to all!
1. Monika Kowalska, Chicago, IL
2. Kathryn Borel, Los Angeles CA
3. Erika, Brooklyn, NY
4. Pamee Shah, Austin, TX
5. Anna, Denton, TX
6. Sydney Skillen, Middlebury, IN
7. Emma M.
8. Caralien Speth, Princeton, NJ
9. Jessica Cassity, Brooklyn, NY en route to Portland, OR
10. Michele Falcone, Long Island, NY
11. Anna Singer, New York, NY
12. Nicola Spunt, Toronto, ON
13. Liz Phelps, New York, NY
14. Kang Pang Yen, Malaysia
15. Anna N, Houston, TX
16. Kim Board Malaga, Spain
17. Sarah, Minnesota
18. Annie
19. Katrina, Chicago, IL
20. Katie, Barrackville, West Virginia
21. Sarah Montgomery
22. Eva, Brooklyn, NY
23. Liz, Boston, MA
24. Tori, Knoxville, TN
25. Anni
26a. Jessica, Iowa
26b. Mathew Swenson, Los Angeles, CA
27. Shen Beauty, Brooklyn, NY
28. Aska Masumiya
29. Colleen McCulla, Troy, OH
30. Leslie Araujo-Guevara
31. Harmony, Washington, DC
32. Kit, Brooklyn, NY
33. Holly Thayer, Detroit, MI
34. Therese, Los Angeles, CA
35. Leilah Ezra and baby, Brooklyn, NY
36. Autumn Whitefield-Madrano, New York, NY
37. Kim, Long Island, NY
38. Beth, Lake Havasu City, AZ
39. Clarisse, Houston, TX
40. Bridgid Tierney
41. Veronica, Los Angeles, CA
42. Hallie, Orange County, CA
43. Julie, Roberts, WI
44. Ariel, Portland, MA
45. Jean, Willow River, MN
46. Lisa, Rochester, NY
47. Carly Karas
48. Gretchen Miller, Chicago, IL
49. Naydja, Alexandria, VA
50. Amanda Lee, Memphis TN
51. Jessa Blades, Brooklyn, NY
52. Lisa Reinhardt, Phoenix, AZ
53. Katherine, Houston, TX
54. Amy, Paris, FR
55. Rebekah, New Mexico
56. Karen, Boston, MA
57. Katelyn, Kinmount, ON
58. Miranda, Portland, OR
59. Marissa, New York, NY
60. Christina, Florida
61. Simone LeBlanc, Los Angeles
62. Margaret, New York, NY
63. Audrey, Baltimore, MD
64. Rachel Silvernail, Reston, VA
65. Nicole, Brooklyn, NY
66. Shelley, Indianapolis, IN
67. Tina Wexler, Brooklyn, NY
68. Laci Thomas
69. Amber Wagley, Ft. Wayne, IN
70. Davinia, Malta
71. Megan, Dallas, TX
72. Amy, New York, NY
73. Juyun Choi
74. Stephanie C, Eden Prairie, MN
75. Amy, Salt Lake City, UT
77. Sarah, San Francisco, CA
78. Erica Braverman
79. Rebecca Whitcher, Whitehorse, YT
80. Frances Frishckorn, Charlottesville, VA
81. Alisyn Reid, Little Rock, AR
82. Marisa Reid, Kansas
83. Mae, Los Angeles, CA
84. Carolyn
85. Rachel, Charlotte, NC
86. Danielle, Palm Bay, FL
87. Susanne Daniels, McKinney, TX
88. JoAnna, Atlanta, GA
89. Joy, Philly Suburbs
90. Rachel Malis, Washington, DC
91. Emily, Salt Lake City, UT
92. Lily Chang, Brooklyn, NY
93. Kim Nelson, Chicago, IL
94. Sarah Ruth Goldman, Washington
95. Allison, New York, NY
96. Andreína, Caracas, Venezuela
97. Rachel
98. Mary, Oregon
99. Nicole, Baltimore, Maryland
100. Moxie
101. Elyce Hackley, Provo, UT
102. Caroline, Rochester, NY
103. Lindsay, Boston, MA
104. Danielle Nichols, Mechanicsburg, PA
105. Abbey, Portland, OR
106. Jen, Toronto, ON
107. Caterina, Bucks County, PA
108. Elizabeth Paccione, Stony Point, NY
109. Jenny, Brooklyn, NY
110. Laura Vanderkam, Philadelphia, PA
111. Mark Slutsky, Montreal, QC
112. Stephane, McKinney, Texas
113. Jenna Buesser
114. Rebecca, Boston, MA
115. Beka Meyer (with hilarious husband), Caldwell, ID
116. Kathleen, Atlanta, GA
117. Rebecca, Oakland, CA
118. Annalee, Toronto, ON
119. Melissa W., Bremerton, WA
120. Courtney, Michigan
121. Alyssa, San Francisco, CA
122. Allison, La Mirada, CA
123. Carolina Crespo, Los Angeles, CA
124. Moksha
125. Renee, North Carolina
126. Madeline, Ames, IA
127. Caitlin, Cambridge, MA
128. Brittany, Fort Still, OK
129. Karla, Edmonton, AL
130. Alexandra, Los Angeles, CA
131. Siobhan, Brooklyn, NY
I love this, and meant to enter but ran out of time, oops! I’ll spread the word. Here’s a photo to share of my summer hair challenge: http://www.thriftcore.com/2011/08/positive-body-image-is-thrifty-join.html
Going 100% natural and using no leave-ins is the best thing I ever did for my long, curly, dry hair. You fellow curlies know how hard it is to handle!
Haha, I love number 27!!! Great job everyone, you all look gorgeous.
Do you really need an intern? How many days x week?
Wow, we are so HOT!!! My fave: 27. Rock on.
Wow – I’m both impressed by and a little jealous of how good everyone looks! Congratulations to you all for finding a way to make the challenge work for you!
Such a good way to start a Friday!! Congratulations to all that sent their pics in and high cheers to NMDL for spreading the knowledge on clean beauty!!
Happy weekend to all!
I think any of us would die to be a intern for this site :D
In case anyone is missing the Friday shopping fix, John Masters Organics website has 25% off all body care products through Monday; enter promo code “labor day”.
i want to be an intern! …an internet intern. i live in canada, yo.
also, so much pretty hair!
Oops! There shouldn’t be a space in the promo code, enter “laborday”. Plus they also offer free shipping on all US orders.
#88 has such pretty hair!
Argh, I missed this for the second time! :(
Seriously, though, natural hair shows some great personality. The only styling I do nowadays is simply brushing… my scalp! My ends have crazy curls and people always ask if I had it done… nope. Love all of the pictures here! <3
Look at all these gorgeous ladies! (And couple good lookin’ fellas,) I have total hair envy. Even better, I realized that even my \wild\ hair can look tamed without product. I typically use a few globs of goop to get ringlets, but without anything in my hair it turns out I have beachy waves… who knew?!
Yay! This is so great! I’m glad I was able to participate this year. A question for Alexandra: how do you get your curls to look so amazing and defined just by air drying?! I must know, I have been trying to achieve that my entire life! :)