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Hot Hair: 15 Easy Summer Updos

Beat the heat with our 15 fave summer updos!
Up and Away
Yaya Summer 1085
By Tia Williams · Updated October 28, 2020
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The last thing you want to deal with in sweltering weather is big, fussy hair. Your best bet on hot, humid days? An easy-breezy updo!

Whether artfully undone or super-sleek, updos manage to keep your hair off your neck and make you look effortlessly chic.

From Selita Ebanks’ plaited chignon to Zoe Saldana’s pin-tucked curls, we’ve compiled our fifteen favorite hot weather-beating upsweeps.