Dos and Don’ts Of Touching Up Home Hair Color
by Amalah
Hi Amy, I am a huge fan of your work and I have a beauty question that I figured would be right up the Advice Smackdown alley. I dyed my hair last month from brunette to auburnish using a home kit. (And by “I dyed” I mean I made my husband dye my hair) It [...]
How to Treat & Prevent a Sunburned Scalp
by Amalah
Amy, I noticed that in your latest column about dandruff, you never mentioned that it might not be dandruff at all, but a sunburned scalp. I don’t know about other people, but I know that if I don’t cover up where my hair is parted, it’s going to burn, flake, and imitate dandruff. I can’t [...]
Smackdown Updates V: Philosophy’s Hope in a Bottle Cage Match
by Amalah
You know, sometimes when I’m writing specific product-related entries here, I annoy myself with my complete inability to write a declarative sentence. I tend to grey-area things up with a lot of wishy-washy language, since I’m hesitant to make bold claims about something being the Best! Product! Ever!, even if I really think that. Today, [...]
Am I Allergic to Bare Minerals? Here’s How to Tell.
by Amalah
Amy, I have been reading your blogs on and off for a lot of years now. Sometimes I get a little too addicted to the Internet and have to make myself stop for a while. But I always come back. Anyway, I have a question. It’s sort of time sensitive since it involves whether or [...]
The Perfect Postpartum Wardobe
by Amalah
Hey Amalah/Amy; I’m a new reader, but enjoying your sass/honesty/poop jokes tremendously. Here’s my question: I’m 32 wks pregnant with my first baby (stretch marks already, what’s up with that? but not my question). But I am looking for what cute but comfy clothes to wear in the hospital and the first few days at [...]
No Glass Slippers Allowed: What to Wear to Buckingham Palace
by Amalah
Amy, HELP. So here’s my dilemma. I live in London and have been lucky enough to be invited to the Buckingham Palace Garden Party this year. July 22, to be precise. Which suddenly seems very soon. I got the dress sorted freakishly easily – saw it online, went to the shop, tried it on, found [...]
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