Rock the Casbah Establishment
by Amalah
My husband and I have a bet. Can a man try on panties at a victoria’s secret? Erin Uh. Uhhh. You know what? Let’s talk about my hair instead. Audrey’s all, “NOOOOOO!” Since everybody* is clamoring for the backstory and the “whhhhy” over at my other site, I figured it’d be best to confine the [...]
Day and Night, Night and Day
by Amalah
This is the last of the half-assed short columns, I swear. But I am leaving for Austin in like, 10 minutes and am trying to get all these entries written ahead of time. Oh! Woe is me! My writing gig is going to cut into my drinking time! Noooo! Dear Great One Who Has Been [...]
Giving You the Benefit of My Years of Experience. And Idiocy.
by Amalah
I’ve recently gotten into the routine of wearing makeup most every day after years of complaining about the time primping stole from my much-needed beauty sleep. By which I mean laziness. But a new city and a new boyfriend and a new job has prompted me to strive for something more than the just-rolled-out-of-bed look [...]
Various Issues of the Head Area
by Amalah
(A couple more short ones. Less words for you, plus a wicked case of topic whiplash. Bonus!) Amalah, Is is true that your hair becomes “immune” to a shampoo after you use it for awhile? I freaking love my shampoo (Aveda Pure Abundance Volumizing), but my hairdresser says I should alternate shampoos to get rid [...]
Advice That Gets to the Point, More So Than Usual
by Amalah
(All this week I’m making a concentrated effort to clear out the question queue, so I’ll be posting questions that only need shortish kind of answers, which is why I’ve unfairly ignored them in favor of ones I can really blather on about for awhile.) I have a question for you. I have been looking [...]
Hands Don’t Lie
by Amalah
Dear Amy, I have seen the Curel light and love that it moisturizes without being sticky. But I have another more specific lotion question. I’m one of those people who started using anti-aging moisturizer by 20 because I figured that it couldn’t hurt and could only help. My face is still in good shape, but [...]









