When I am at home and not going anywhere, it's always up, but I NEVER wear it up outside of the house. Even if I were going to run a marathon, I'd find a cute way to keep at least part of it down or wear a hat and cute earrings to distract, but never just up slicked back all the way. The only time I've worn it up was in a fashion show I walked in at school, and even then I really tried hard to not have to wear it that way, but they insisted. The shape of my face is not flattering in my opinion to have all of my hair pulled tight off of my face.