1. Depends on what I'm doing. If I'm doing nothing, about 5 seconds to pull a brush through it. If I'm casually going to the shops or something I'll straighten out the front, thats about 5 minutes for the straighteners to heat up. If I'm going to the pub/club I'll take time to wash it then fully straighten it, depending on my laziness this could take 1 - 3 hours.

2. Right now it's blonde, a bit below shoulder length, straightish and tied back in a loose ponytail in a pretty dark purple hair scrunchie It's a bit of a mess, I'm not going out or anything today, so I haven't bothered with it.