There were dark times. Dark, dark, mullet-filled times.
2002: Blake had a glorious curly mullet.
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2003: Still the long glorious mullet, but he's got some dry split ends. Conditioner, Blake!
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2003: Oh god, this is a very very dark moment in Blake Shelton hair history. He looks like a college kid at his first Rusted Root Concert.
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2004: An important milestone: Blake discovers hair gel.
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