Sleep Rocks
by Amalah
Dear Amalah: I am not a morning person. The noise of my alarm clock in the morning makes me want to scream and kick, and possibly cry depending on my mood. Therefore, I take my showers at night, usually not too long before bed. Which enables me to sleep in for as long as I [...]
A Shave Obsessive
by Amalah
Amalah, Amalah, Amalah: Can I just start by saying that I love Advice Smackdown, and if I could, I would eat it for breakfast every single day? On to my question. I’m in a shaving gel rut. I hate every kind I’ve ever purchased in my entire life. It always smells too strong for me [...]
Wednesday Furniture Smackdown!
by Amalah
Well, hi, I’m not sure if this fits in the “Advice Smackdown” theme of things, but I have a question, and I definitely KNOW that you have the answer. Just how durable is the Ikea furniture? Obviously you’ve tested it through moving, a child, a husband, pets, and various other misadventures, so you know the [...]
All Hail Curel
by Amalah
This is an emergency! I swear! I am having some serious issues with a little problem I like to call SWDS (Severe Winter Dry Skin). It has gotten to the point that I have tons of cracks and very scary looking dry patches all over my hands. I work in a health services related field, [...]
Kooky Things, Argh
by Amalah
Dear Amalah, After having three children and experiencing various degrees of hair lushness then hair loss (nothing radical), it has come to this: tendrils. God!!! I wear my longish hair up every single day in a kind of messy topknot, which probably contributed to the tendril outbreak. But: now I have these horrid things to [...]
The Care of Suede and Other Magical Creatures
by Amalah
Since you are the cross between Coach super-goddess and generally helpful person, I figured you were the right person to which to send this inquiry. PLEASE please help, as I really don’t want my first foray into the Coach purse world to scar me from future purchases. Please? So. For Christmas I received this absolutely [...]
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