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Tanai: Goth fashionista? But of course! lol Kidding. I don't know thing one about fashion.

Hair: Another CWC. I've discovered that the gumminess was caused by the Enjoy leave-in spray conditioner, so it will no longer be a leave-in option. Style today is a flipped ponytail.

Health: I've taken up power walking again. Every night that I don't have something else going on, I'm going to walk. And I plan to alternate between speed walking/jogging and weighted walking on different nights. Curse these 6 lbs.!

Fashion DON'T! I live near a high school, so my early commute showcases all kinds of fashion clichés, faux pas and otherwise trendy disasters. But none so unfortunate as the one I witnessed this morning.
   A pair of girls (at least I think they were both girls) passed in front of my car as they crossed the street. Their "style," if one might call it that, was somewhere between mall punk and typical teenage hoochie. One wore skin tight jeans and a very low cut purple top with a few dogtag necklaces cascading down over her not-yet-ample bosom.
   But it was the other girl's getup that garnered a reaction. The back of her white, pleated, plaid micro mini had somehow become caught by her backpack, exposing way more than anyone would probably care to see. Either she was wearing thong panties or none at all because the majority of her arse was hanging out there. She didn't seem the least bit aware.
   What could I do but laugh hysterically?

Other Stuff: So... *yaaawwwnnn* morning shift. And for some reason, my office smells like microwavable brownies, only less appetizing.
   Between phone calls, I've been keeping myself busy making paper snowmen. In my neighbourhood, someone will make 2 snowmen out of white poster board and place them in gift bags, along with a small gift and a set of instructions, on their neighbours' doorsteps. The 2 neighbours who received the gifts and the snowmen are then supposed to follow the instructions and put the snowman in their window and make 2 new snowmen for other neighbours. Get it?

My place got hit last night, so I'm on the job and determined to make some quality snowmen. I traced a few circular objects at the office onto glossy white poster board, cut the circles out, then glued them together. After they had time to dry, I cut some snazzy tophats out of foam board and stuck them on at a slight angle.
   Their eyes are round blobs of black glitter, as will their mouths be once I've made their noses...out of neon orange paper, naturally.
   They also have black buttons on the front of the body in the same foam board material as the tophats. I'll probably make little stick arms out of black construction paper when I get home...then adorn their necks with swanky scarves made from the most gorgeous ribbon I can find. Hopefully tonight, 2 of my neighbours will have some very stylish snowmen.

I also took the time to revise the instructions instead of copying them because they were littered with typos and misspelled words. Argh! That is a pet peeve of mine. So yeah, I improved the instructions as well.

Oy, the phone's going crazy now. Catch y'all later.

JL: I have a very slow growth rate: 4" per year. If my hair was at uneven lengths, I would be getting a trim every 3 months.

Tanai: Quote:

Hunnay, that faux pas should be outlawed anyway. Lingerie should not be making public appearances. Even Madonna gave it up eventually.
Then again, it does make the rest of us who actually know how to dress ourselves look better.

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Schools have more important things to worry about, if you ask me.
It's sad that high school kids put so much effort into dressing badly. It's even sadder that their parents, who should have better judgment, allow their kids to go out that way for whatever reason. So the responsibility falls on the schools? No. They're going about it completely wrong.

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Quite so.

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Hmm...I might have to look for that while I'm out this evening. Thanx for the tip.

Hair: Last night, I was able to get a bunch of new hair stuff. Yup, folks...this is why I housesit.
    I got Pantene Detangling Light Conditioning Spray, 12.6 oz. bottles of Pantene Full & Thick S&C, a huge bottle of TRESemmé Anti-Breakage shampoo, an even huger bottle of Pantene Full & Thick conditioner and also a bottle of Pantene Fortifying Treatment.
    As a side note, OMG @ the black chandelier on the Pantene homepage!

Anyway, upon returning home from my hair goods shopping spree, I began mixing concoctions like a mad scientist. Shampoos, bodywashes, all with a sense of demented euphoria. What I ended up with was half a bottle of Pantene Full & Thick shampoo, the other half Suave Professionals Volumizing shampoo. With just a little water to dilute them both and help them blend. It's a slightly runny but very sparkly result.
    I used this today as part of my usual CWC and it worked like a dream. Great lather, left my roots very clean. Mission successful.

As for the conditioning portion of the CWC, I used my new, small bottle of Full & Thick conditioner, which has an unfortunately light consistency. It is more of a gel where my usual Pantene Moisture Renewal conditioner is more of a heavy cream.
    My light conditioner is still Suave Vanilla Floral.

In any case, the objective to buying the smaller bottles of Full & Thick S&C was to have lightweight, gawthy-looking bottles to refill all the time.

Body: Weight is now 114 and I am back on my meds.
    Last night, I bought an 18 oz. Suave For Men bodywash. I needed a bodywash bottle that was gothy-looking and could be refilled easily, and I was intrigued by its midnight blue colour. So I brought it home, peeled off the labels and combined it with the remnants of the bodywash that I was already using.
    And no, I don't really have a problem using men's bodywash for a little while. They usually rinse clean and have a strongly refreshing scent...because boys are dirty and they stink.

Other Stuff: Last night, my mother, my sister and I put on our pink, sparkly, satin Victoria's Secret Santa hats to go looking at Christmas lights around the neighbourhood.
    Dad put the top down on my mother's Mustang and my sister, her bf and I all crammed into the backseat. The 5 of us cruised through town in style...until we got rained out. My mother and sister were squealing, and my father, my sister's bf and I were laughing as we raced home, getting pelted with rain. The 3 of us in the backseat tried to cover the Mustang's newly-refurbished interiour with a blanket. It was wild.
    Once we were safely back in our garage, we all grabbed towels and dried the car. Better luck next time.

Tanai: Quote:

Oh, hon. Did you really think I didn't know about Shimmering Onyx? I've owned it on several occasions and found it subpar.
    A big problem with most Cover Girl products is, in addition to being cheap quality, their blacks have a dreadful blue cast to them. As if they're venturing into black territory, but can't quite commit. Almost black. Training wheels black. "Safe black." When it comes to colour, I don't do safe.

The case with Cover Girl eyeshadow is that you have to put a ton of it on for it to show up, and after that, it fades badly. The case with most glitter eyeshadows in general is that the colour will go onto your eyelid, but the glitter will go everywhere except.

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I know how that goes. Drink plenty of water!

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All of them do. Don't kid yourself.

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They are! That's the problem. The actual hat part is pink satin with rhinestones all over. The trim is pink faux fur with shiny, irridescent strands throughout. Pretty, but not my style at all. Oh well.

Hair: Tuesday = clarifying day. Purity wash, DWV rinse, 2nd Purity wash, condition. No leave-in's today, as I was in a typical rush. Thus, I also forgot to bring a hairtie to work, so I couldn't braid. Pencil bun to the rescue! At least until I get home tonight. I might have just enough time to weave a proper braid before going to practice.

Nails: Just won't hold polish until I've grown out the damage, I've decided. So this morning, I slicked them with clear polish (in true Tanai fashion ) and will just leave 'em that way for a week. I am now somewhat following a guide to gothic nail care, so we'll see how it goes.

Health: Didn't get to walk last night since I was up until midnight yakking on the phone with my friend, T. Can't walk tonight on account of band practice. Oy. At least I'm somewhat well rested.

Work: The phone has been insanely busy today. Rather uncommon for a Tuesday. But at least I've had some time to update my résumé and this here hair blog, eh?

Weather: Warming up again. They say mid 80's this week. And the high desert winds are back, throwing dust and leaves all over the place. Looks like this will indeed be another 80° Christmas.

Other Stuff: 20 minutes 'til closing, so I'll just have time for tea. Herbal chai, anyone?