Sunday, November 19, 2006
And here I am!
I took so long to get my photo posted!man!well,here I am!And finally after struggling I have come to love me as me and I don't care what anybody else says.I can't change anything as much as I may hate it but I can definitely count the endless beauties I possess!Rock on!
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Bad Hair Year
This is a picture from WAYYYY back when I cut my hair really short..and i'll never do that again! I hated it!! so check out the before and the after, does she look like the same person?
I saw a classic example the other day of "mom jeans", or rather the wrangler butt. can you believe that i wore these kind of jeans for awhile? I even had some roper cowboy boots, and we took western swing dance lessons..i must have been deluded.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Let's Talk Hair
As a little girl, I wanted to grow up and do hair. I cut the hair off all my dolls and my barbies, and played beauty shop when I could. I can actually wield a pair of hair cutting scissors pretty well.
But for some reason, I grew up and decided not to do that, but instead to become a social worker.....wow...far stretch. But I still love hair and products too. I know a lot of little tricks. Curly hair, straight hair, short, long, hong duck dong.
I've always changed my hairstyle frequently but my least favorite was a really short cut I got after dyl was born. I hated it. If you had a bad hair day, there was no out. So I grew it out, and have never cut it off since, and I'll never go that short again.
I've had bangs, and grew them out numerous times. I've had perms, and straightened. My hair is naturally straight but I fought that for many years. I permed my hair but it took a perm really well, plus I knew which products to use, and how to fix it.
I haven't had a perm for about 3 yrs now? The growout process was tough, but it can be alleviated by using the tool I showed Emma when I visited there last. This is what I use now, and when I needed to straighten a partially permed do, a
Hot Brush. This smoothes, and straightens. But you need to use it when your hair is just slightly damp.
For perms, I have the following advice. First of all, I have a pet peeve with people who have perms, and then brush their hair. Don't do that. Just don't. The least amount of messing with it, the better. I always got compliments on my hair, and told it looked like natural curl. Here is a picture of the last time my hair was permed.
this picture is not very good, I'll look for a better one and post it.
tips for permed hair:
Use a
diffuser, only this type, with the large cup.
Use a product that helps soften, and clump the curls together. When you wash your hair, run your fingers through it in the shower with the conditioner, and from that point, use NO combs, picks or brushes. When you take the towel off, apply your product, then scrunch the hair with your hands, and loosen the hair gently by putting your fingers on your scalp and wiggling your hair around, I hope this is making sense? Let it air dry for while, then finish it off with the diffuser. Spray it with an aerosol spray such as Sebastian Shaper Plus hairspray, one of my favs.
If you have naturally curly hair, or a perm with not much curl left, you can really enhance the curls with that diffuser. Instead of letting it air dry, you apply a firm hold product, then you dry the entire head with the diffuser, gathering large sections of hair into the cup of the diffuser, hold it up to the scalp and let it stay there until you can't stand the heat, then move onto another section. You will be amazed at how a diffuser can bring out the curls in your hair, but of course you have to finish it up with a firm hold spray. You can achieve the same thing by scrunching with your hands, but it's way easier with the diffuser. And don't use a cheap diffuser that comes with your blowdryer, you HAVE to use the large cupped one. Period, don't argue with me.
There are a lot of hair care products on the market, and frankly I've become a little confused recently. The hairspray is the easiest for me to decide on whether or not I like it. Some that I like are:
Sebastian Shaper Plus
Big Sexy Hair
Paul Mitchell Fast Drying Sculpting Spray
One of my all time favorite product lines is Aveda. These are only available in certain salons, that have to be Aveda certified.....That means either they sell exclusively Aveda products, or keep it to a minimum of other types. We have ONE in town. That's it.
My favorite product from Aveda is the Deep Penetrating Hair Revitalizer. I use it about twice a week, and boy does it make your hair soft and sleek. And it smells DIVINE.
As for shampoos and such, I think that a lot of brands are comparable, and I can't seem to find just one that I'm loyal too. I switch off and on a lot. I'm now going to show you my "collection". Don't be ashamed of me. I have issues....
First we have the gels, root pumps, hairsprays, etc...
Then we have the different shampoos and conditioners I switch around all the time, and this picture does not include the stuff in the shower....Oops.....
yeah, I'm bad....sue me....but I love products! Smells, packaging, whatever. I'm just a sucker.
Lets hear from all of you about your favorite hair products and why that is!!
feel free to join in with pictures of your h air as well, or ask advice!
Saturday, November 04, 2006
My 2 Cents
Well, after practically breaking my arm (hee hee hee!) Susie has convinced me to join this group of lovelies. My name is Leslee. You can call me Leslee. But I'll answer to Les, L, Sissy Anne, Chevelle's Mom, and Hey-You. I'm 27 and have been living my happily-ever-after for a little over 7 years. I have a kid. Her name is Chevelle but you can call her Peanut. My day job is the business office at one of the churches in my town. It's a good job. Any job where you do deal with people can be stressful at times, my job isn't really different, you just have to be nicer and use nicer words. I take Jazz dance lessons every Thursday and
love it! I tried Tap for a month, but it really didn't fit in my schedule so I dropped it. I've always wanted to be a dancer but growing up dirt poor in a rural community it didn't happen. I think everyone should get to do what they want in life. It just might not happen when you want.
Hmmm... what else can I say?
Oh, here's a picture of me that I took tonight after getting my hair cut.
Usually I hate me in bangs, but these I can handle. they're long enough to tuck behind my ears if I need them to be but still shorter then the rest of my hair.
Ok. I've got some tips on being a hottie.1. Eye Contact. While driving down the road make eye contact with other drivers but ALWAYS be the first to look away. It's flirting, but even married women can do it without getting into to much trouble.2. Moisturize. Especially now that the winter months are upon us the central heat that most of us spend most if not all our day in is very dry. Most of us remember to put moisturizer on our faces but don't forget your necks. People see that area too.3. Shave more then once a week. I know you're wearing pants every day and "no one" sees your hairy legs, but it's gross. Smooth is the best way to go to maintain hottieness.
4. Smile. Nothing screams hottie more then a bright smile on your face. If you don't feel like smiling at the rude person that is demanding your attention a smile says your a nice person and there are no mean hotties. No in really real life.
Ok, there's my 2 cents. If you don't agree with me keep it to yourself. Ha! Just kidding. I like to kid and laugh and joke around. Nice meetin' ya'll!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Scottsdale Girl
Hi there! Sorry I have not been as involved as I had hoped to be up until now, but when I posted my profile pic Badoozer asked for a full on face shot. So here it is. In all its glory!
I would tear myself APART in this pic, except that, well, it's NOT BAD. AND my daddy is in it. SO that makes it the most awesomest pic in the world. :)
So, there I am in all my current glory. And Suz, I hope you know I visit almost daily to read your wit and laugh. And to check on the other hotties. You're all tewtally kewl and I am proud to be a part of this in any way at all!
Peace out sistahs!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
I am a Hottie Blogger
Being a Hottie Blogger means we are beautiful inside and out.
Regardless of our flaws, our large derriere and wearing the wrong foundation, we are still beautiful. I think that every one of us has something about us that we could do without and on the flip side, have a feature they would love to accentuate. We'll all be happy to give out tips on what the best foundation is, but that is not what makes a Hottie Blogger.
If I can be so bold (Sus, feel free to edit away) I will now offer a definition of a Hottie Blogger as spoken in the first post of the Launch of GHB by our own SusieBadoozie:
...That we not only get comfortable in our own skin, but we celebrate it. We start being hotties, from the inside out. We look in the mirror and we tell ourselves everyday. DANG GIRL, you are HAWT. And the attitude we perpetuate on the inside, will thus infiltrate outward, and gradually we will truly believe we are hotties. We WILL be hotties. Because lets face it ladies, even though you might get told you're hot, do you really believe it? Or do you brush it aside, and believe that old tape playing in your head?
Let's fight the stigma together And lets get hot and be hot. Lets be hotties for ourselves first, then our mates secondly. We can laugh, look, share and explore together. We can swap beauty secrets, and we can encourage and exhort one another. We can have an extreme makeover of the whole body and soul.
Susie is so right!!! So, there should be a couple standards:
1) All levels of hair, makeup, skin, exercise and diet expertise welcome.
2) You must believe there is value in every woman, inside and out.
3) Once a month you must do one or more of the following:
a)Call up a girlfriend and have some time together at a bookstore, a movie, or over coffee.
b)Treat yourself to some girl pampering..ie, color hair, new makeup, take Pilates, uninterrupted bubble bath with chocolate and a tabloid mag, pedicure, a box of chocolate.
c) Take a picture of yourself and POST!!!
Speaking of, I just colored my hair. It looks reddish black in the pic but it's more of a dark chocolate color.
