The Things We Do To Our Hair For Love
by Amalah
Dear Amalah, In 20 days I will be traveling to a foreign country where the showers are OK in temperature, but water pressure? The water pressure is akin to a girl scout shower at daycamp, where they know you are going home in two hours anyway and where merely showing you how to poke holes [...]
Puppy pajamas were not on my wish list.
Happy New Year! How was your holiday? Did you get what you wanted? I got something. What are you looking at? You’re looking at what happens when your mother takes your daughter shopping to get you a Christmas present. If your mother does this and does absolutely zero steering, your daughter will buy you pajamas [...]
Fare thee well, 2006.
Well, it’s been another year. Didn’t it feel year-ish? As if we’ve come full circle? Call me crazy, but right now it feels like something old is ending, and something new is just about to begin. We all know what the end of the year means: it means that pundits everywhere are holding forth on [...]
She’s Got Bette Davis Devil Eyes
by Amalah
Hi Amy, I’ve recently discovered this site and think it’s awesome!!! I’ve been reading the archives and done the search thing but not seen anything close to my problem so I’m hoping you can give me some help to my dilemma. It’s my eyes. They’re different colors. Seriously different. One is pale blue and the [...]
Rosebud! Rooooosebuuuud!
by Amalah
Dear Amalah, I have a sickness. It is called ‘Constant Lip-Balm Application’ or CLBA. A couple of years ago I attempted to heal myself by ditching lip balms that, by their very design, perpetuated the vicious cycle of CLBA, at least for me (ie, Chapstick, Blistex, even Burt’s Bees). I was eventually cured of CLBA [...]
The Beach Girls
by Amalah
Dear Amy Amalalala, How the chuffing hell do you use this Bumble & Bumble Surf Spray stuff? Everyone says it’s really good and I totally want beachy hair. I even like my hair when it rains because it goes all wavy and bouncy (am I weird?). Anyway, I bought some Surf Spray and it makes [...]
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