I’m seriously blown away by everything that has happened in 2011 - what a great year! And is there any better way to reminisce about the year that was than with a Letterman-style Top Ten List? I don’t think so. So without further ado, here are the top Drybar moments of 2011. Drumroll please…

10. On his morning radio show, Ryan Seacrest convinced Justin Bieber to prank call us and request “The Bieber Blowdry”. Hilarity ensued.

9. I developed a girl-crush on Mila Kunis and her perfect hair. (Exhibit A, below)

8. Around the same time, I started driving a van. No, not a minivan. A Drybar truck. (Ok, alright, I don’t actually drive it personally, but we do use it to make our rounds around town whenever we’re opening a new shop.)

7. Reese Witherspoon wowed us on the October cover of Marie Claire…

6. …And I was both humbled and honored to be called the top beauty expert of 2011 by Marie Claire in the November issue.

5. We teamed up with the brilliant and hilarious Bethenny Frankel to create the Skinnygirl Cocktails Ponytail and to add her Skinnygirl Margaritas and White Cranberry Cosmos to our complimentary cocktail menu.

4. So many amazing things were happening that we shot a sizzle video to sum it all up in just over 2 minutes. That’s how we do it here in Hollywood!

3. Like many other of-the-moment celebutantes, Buttercup launched her own clothing line.

2. In its final season, Entourage, one of my all-time favorite shows, took over Drybar West Hollywood for a day to film an episode.

1. We expanded to the East Coast, opening our first location in NYC‘s Flatiron District. (A second location is opening in Midtown on January 26.) They say if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

From all of us at Drybar, cheers to the year ahead!

xo,
Alli