1) My hair takes about a minute or two to comb through. I usually don't fool around with the hair sprays or gel to get the hair to hold straight, and besides I don't have alot of time when I'm getting ready for work

2) My hair is just above the shoulders, but curls up at the ends making it shorter than it appears
At this time I'm keeping my hair shade to its natural, boring crappy looking dark brown. Don't have time to change it right now anyways *shrugs*