Before: Tara Amaral, 49

Tara is a mom of three and a vice-president at a payroll services company, so she wanted “a style that’s easy to take care of and age-appropriate. I don’t think I should have the haircut my [teen] daughter does.” But with little time to style her thick, heavy hair, Tara didn’t always look polished, she admits. She hoped to step it up with a still-low-maintenance update and maybe tweak the color she uses to hide her gray, too. (Her T-shirt by American Apparel.)