24 Truly Heinous Crimes Against Hair Committed In The '00s
Straightened fringes and curly hair forever.
Straightening your fringe and curling the rest of your hair.
The contrast made you feel very ~chic~.
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Tying your hair into bunches and then tying bobbles all the way down them.
Bonus points if your bobbles matched your outfit.
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Low bunches that half covered your ears.
It was hard to get your parting straight at the back, but you could always get your mum to help.
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Very high bunches with wispy bits of hair hanging around the side of your face.
Tied up with scrunchies if you were really cool.
Two messy buns on either side of your head.
Secured with lots of bobby pins to make them look natural.
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Home-dyed jet-black hair that was backcombed to within an inch of its life.
Obviously you paired this look with a full inch of eyeliner and foundation two shades too pale for your skin.
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Scrunchies made out of fake hair that was kind of the same colour as your hair but not quite.
Wearing one of these made you feel like a celebrity.
A messy bun with chopsticks poked through it.
Hilary Duff really was the face of the '00s.
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Scraping your fringe back with a zig-zag hairband.
For the ~sporty~ look.
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Bleaching your hair until it went kind of yellow and brushing in a huge side fringe.
Your mum told you it'd ruin your hair, and she was kinda right.
Clipping your fringe back to expose your entire forehead.
If you were growing out a fringe, this was your look.
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Dying your hair bleach blonde on top and jet black on the bottom.
And then vehemently denying that you were going through an emo phase.