Leave it to Lauren Conrad to find a charming way to get us excited about braids again. Or, rather, leave it to her clever longtime hairstylist, Kristin Ess. Ess calls this cool twist a "messy macrame ...

Some of you groaned when I announced that our March Beauty Resolution was to play with braids. I heard cries of "I'm all thumbs!" "Figuring out my taxes is way easier!" and "When I braid I come out ...