Make-up hints

Hey Cristl...I had straight brown/auburn hair before chemo and although it came back wavy at first (and several nondescript colors ), it went back to being straight and fine, like a baby's and like yours, within the first year. I've been having blong highlights ever since and have begun to grow it as looooong as possible. But my first year was rough until I figured out what looked best on me. I found that asking my stylist to cut it in a "cute boy style" did the trick and I perked it up by using a strong styling gel to spike the front/bangs a bit. It really did look pretty cute and if I ever get over my obsession with long hair, I'd go back to that style.

~Marin

Marin, if I hadn't asked the nail tech the best way to get good looking polish at home I wouldn't have known her trick, so it isn't entirely my method. I just started wearing polish more consistantly last year after realizing that my nails were looking good enough to show off and after paying for a manicure that afterwards I thought, 'Wow, I could have done this at home' and before I got home a couple of nails messed up from not drying long enough. (I didn't ask her, I asked another friend how to do it) Although I do have a trouble thumb nail that won't grow and occasionally get back on the nail biting wagon briefly. When I do that, I forget the polish until they grow back to a decent length. Right now they are between an med length and long length. I need to trim a couple, but when I start trimming them is when I start biting them again .

Sheila

OMG Tina!!! Haaaa. I had to read your post twice, thinking what's so funny about a bandana? Then reread MY post. I am crying laughing so hard!!! LOL.

Carmen Miranda

How the heck does your hair grow that MUCH!?!

NO, I mean compared to your hair NOW.

Wow thanks for the posts ladies!  I am trying to be patient but it is so hard.  Wow Raye... you look pretty no matter what length it is!  Well, I will check back in after my tiny trim today.  We will see what he comes up with.  I have a feeling though that I wont be parting with the wig anytime soon.

BRR - me too.

Trim and shave - that's my motto.

I haven't been waxed either. Seabreeze after a shave works wonders on any little bumps too.

Well, I'll keep waxing, y'all, because I love how it makes me feel (not to mention the sexual benefits )! But maybe since I had the area lasered first (right after chemo when it started coming back), it's safer for me. In any event, that article makes me wonder why it's okay to wax every other body part, but not the pubis. Sorry to be political, but it sounds like another case of insinuating that women's genitals are "dirty" even though they're saying they should be kept naturally hairy. Seriously, why don't women get skin infections from waxing their underarms (where there's tons of sweat and bacteria) or their faces?

Okay, off my soapbox !

~Marin

I love the purology anti frizz smoothing serum. It by far blows away all the frizz ease products on the market, b/c it's not too thick and greasy.

Or falling on the bar of your brother's bicycle. ouch.

Yes, the pubis should be fine - I agree that they are concerned with the bacteria into the other areas and that bacteria getting into a waxed spot and causing an infection. Not hard to imagine. Funny how the conversation goes back and forth between the frizzies and waxing - maybe it's my strange sense of humor.

Today, I splurged and bought a nice hair straightener - I hope I do not regret it. It is called BabyBliss? and has 1 1/4 plates in blue.

The plates are silver in color - I meant that the flat iron itself is a pretty blue. At least I didn't type that a bought a nice banana to straighten my hair.