Tousled For Tots: Michelle Debuts 'Messy' 'Do At Toy Drive (PHOTOS, POLL)

When First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to a Toys for Tots warehouse in Quantico, Virginia on Wednesday (read more about her visit HERE), she departed from the elegant updo she's favored recently for a deliberately more messy look. What do you think of the new style?

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Comments

[cafecat]

01:44 PM on 12/21/2009

She ought to get that really tousled look and let those strands really hang out while hosting a dinner party at the White House featuring Kimchi and Bulgogi.

[jaguar59]

01:39 PM on 12/20/2009

What the HECK is messy about it??????????????????????????????????????????

[DaisyDooks]

11:56 AM on 01/20/2010

There is nothing messy about FLOTUS' hair. That was a back-handed statement by HP - whose opinion is INSIGNIFICANT in our reality.

Frankly, I like the look.

[DaisyDooks]

11:59 AM on 01/20/2010

The FLOTUS would look elegant in sister locks. Black women look best sporting their manes in its NATURAL texture. Ase!

[Chilito]

08:12 PM on 12/19/2009

The pretender's wife has a certain air about her, but it stretches the definition of the term to call it "style."

[AmericanLeslie]

02:28 PM on 12/20/2009

And it stretches the imagination to describe your comment as intelligent or unbiased.

[AmericanLeslie]

10:35 PM on 12/18/2009

OMG! You mean her hair is laying flat like a white woman's hair? There she goes embarassing our nation after we let her and her family - including her mother - move into our White House! What a shame and a pity! This outstanding First Lady has been helping families non-stop for the past 12 months and for the same amount of time, you've focused on her hairdos, outfits, accessories, sleeveless dresses and whether or not it's appropriate for her to wear shorts when walking the dog in her own yard. I've been watching the media cover FLOTUS since Mamie E.isenhower and I can't recall any of Mrs. Obama's predecessors being subjected to this much scrutiny. You'd think she'd attended an official function with an afro pick stuck in her hair or wearing a shower cap and some scuzzy looking houseshoes. Your continuous focus on her looks as opposed to her actions are making you look tacky, petty and even r.a.c.i.s.t.

[katieandtom]

11:24 AM on 12/21/2009

funny thing is leslie, i was prepared to post a scathing response to your post as i read the first three lines, then i read the rest and realized what you were getting at.

so, here it is from a white girl republican, i am thrilled that the obama family is in the white house, i think it is fantastic that her mother is there helping her with the children. i love that they are young, youthful and vibrant. the young people of this country need hope and a belief that they can be anything they want to be if they work hard enough.

so sorry to burst your bubble, we don't all wish ill for the potus and flotus.

[DaisyDooks]

12:05 PM on 01/20/2010

You didn't bust her bubble. You're just an exception.

[1088]

02:01 AM on 12/18/2009

Look what they are doing to the White House garden for the winter!

http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/12/video-white-house-chef-kass-preps-and.html

[Gmoney1]

12:00 AM on 12/18/2009

what's with this obsession - is it because she's a black woman ?? there was no obsession like this with Laura Bush, her hair, clothes, shoes, etc. -

[ScarlettMocha]

05:45 PM on 12/17/2009

Leave her hair alone! Get a real life, and listen to India:

I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations no no
I am not my hair
I ma not this skin
I am a soul that lives within

[mesioul]

01:03 PM on 12/18/2009

Good point. Thank you.

[DaisyDooks]

12:06 PM on 01/20/2010

Love, love India Arie. She's authentic and a wonderful example for Nubian women.

[FrenchWomenDont]

04:42 PM on 12/17/2009

Here is a picture of Bo driving a police car. After Mrs O returned from Quantico.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/around-town/events/Yes-Dogs-Can-Drive-Cars-79547177.html

[TanzaniteDiamonds]

05:21 PM on 12/17/2009

How cute. Bo is too adorable for words in that pic!

There's also a great photo (on that same link), of the First Lady carrying a red bag of toys.

Thanks for sharing.

[Obamalicious]

06:33 PM on 12/17/2009

ladynaga and I have chatted in a friendly manner here before. I'm sure she didn't feel "on the spot"...

[makeface]

02:52 PM on 12/17/2009

She looks great as always! Now, focus on the tots!

[MakersMark]

02:47 PM on 12/17/2009

Where? I don't see any "messy" do! IT depends on your preference and I think her hair looks just fine.

[SpankedMeGood]

02:07 PM on 12/17/2009

JaneMarple is PoliticalAmazon/MorgaineChya reincarnated.

[BowlingForRevenge]

12:58 PM on 12/17/2009

I like this wavy pull back soooo much better than that tight scalp hug she sometimes wears.
This looks comfy the other looks like it hurts.

I just think it's nice to have a FLOTUS in the White House again without helmet hair. Very nice.

[sharpeningmyclaws]

12:12 PM on 12/17/2009

She is beautiful, and beautiful people can look good in a potato sack! I couldn't pull it off now, but I used to be able to! I always hear men say how they like it when women can pull their hair up quickly and it looks cute.

[sharpeningmyclaws]

12:20 PM on 12/17/2009

I have to say, also, that there are some people who are coifed to perfection--and their hairstyles are still UUUUGLY. Who can determine what looks good? It's personal preferance.

[buggey]

12:07 PM on 12/17/2009

Back off. Don't go there. Be nice and respect the First Lady.

[FrenchWomenDont]

11:21 AM on 12/17/2009

You probably mean "Messy Updo" which is a legitimate hairstyle. However the focus on this headline is the work "messy" which is meant to be construed as an insult. Pretty Sneaky. I want my news delivered by Troubadours.