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Girl Talk Thursday – Quick & Dirty Guide To Hair

Amber — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:11:46 +0000

So I have had so many hairstyles through my life that I can’t even count them on my fingers. Bobs, shags, layers, braids, long, short, razer cut…well you get the picture, or do you?

Today I’m going to talk about the hair I do pretty much whenever my hair is too dirty to cooperate and I’ve run out of time in the morning to wash it.

It’s called the Twist and Tail!

Now, I warn you I am totally doing this after work with no makeup on. I look like shit warmed over. Can you handle it? I hope so! OK well the first pic is taken before i went to work when I had makeup on but who’s doing the tutorial here? The only requirement i have is that you DON’T MIND MY ROOTS! This is, after all, the lazy girls guide to hair.

It’s super easy and works well if you have bangs that are growing out.

Just get a scrunchy and one of those pop type clips you get in a pack of like, 12 at the drug store. You don’t even need a brush if you don’t want to use one!

First take all of your bangs and pull them to the side.

Start twisting from the opposite side from where you want to pin your bangs (I go from left to right)

Stop twisting when you’ve reached the side of your head. Pin in place with a pop clip. Don’t worry that there’s hair length left we’ll deal with that later.

At this point you can leave it like this if you’re lazy or skip to the next step.

Gather hair into a ponytail. I go for a mid point ponytail not too high not too low. This is so if i have bumps underneath they don’t show and so all the hair stays in the scrunchy.

You’re done! Spray with crap (hairspray) if you want but this is not required.

It’s totally OK if you have bumps in the ponytail or you can’t get a straight ponytail. We’re not looking for accuracy here. If it bothers you that much then go for that “Messy bun/ponytail” that we all know and love!

That’s how it’s done girls!

You can do this at work in the middle of the day. I do it in between calls to get my hair out of the way because our office goes hot and cold with the air conditioning.

Girl Talk Thursday – Craftification!!!

Amber — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:34:06 +0000

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So just by the exclamation marks in the title you can already tell where this is going…

My name is Amber and I am a craftaholic. Yes it’s true. I’m always on the hunt for my next project. But, I can stop anytime I want to. I don’t need saving! That all being typed as I stare at my huge Fire Mountain Gems haul sitting on my dining room table, and the 3…yes, THREE crochet projects sitting on my couch.

I’ve always loved art and crafts. When I was in preschool we had a graduation when it was time for us to move on to kindergarten. Do you know what i got as my graduation present from the school??? A HUGE copy paper box (you know the ones that used to hold the dot matrix printer paper?) full of art and craft supplies.

I come from a prety crafty family on my mom’s side. My Grammy always sewed, painted, did embroidery, painted and crocheted. As a child I always did crafts with my mom and my Grammy. We would make decorations at the holidays, do some painting on rainy days or just draw when we were bored. My uncles were the artists when it came to drawing. AMAZING!

Newdays I have taken on the craft gene and embraced it with love and respect. The crafts I currently love are as follows; crochet, jewelry making, scrapbooking/jpaper crafts and knitting. I love all types of crafts though and will try anything once. If it doesn’t work out I pass the supplies on to someone who could use them.

Currently I am working on a market bag, a blanket and a scarf in crochet. I’m putting together pendulum necklaces and learning to make earrings AND making rune sets out of polymer clay. It’s definitely an exciting time in my crafty world. The crochet projects are gifts and the rest I am thinking of putting in my Etsy shop.

So I guess the answer to the Girl Talk Thursday question is HELL YES I get crafty!!!

Girl Talk Thursday – Roommates!

Amber — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:37:56 +0000

They say that you don’t know someone until you’ve lived with them. I don’t know who “They” are but I know they’re definitely right.

I’ve had my share of roommates. Some of them have been a pleasure to live with while some have been a nightmare to live with. It’s super hard when you think you know someone then move in with them to find out they are raving lunatics. I don’t mean raving like ranting I mean raving as in “Let’s dress up like we’re rainbow Brite rejects and eat E all night long while we blast happy hardcore remixes of our favorite 80’s cartoon songs at full volume.” Yeah, that kind of raving.

Back in 2002 I lived in a little apartment near my parent’s house. It was my first apartment of my own since moving out of my ex’s apartment in 98 (which is another story for another time.) The place wasn’t super luxurious or anything. As a mater of fact it bordered on super ghetto status. I lived there by myself for a year before a friend of mine asked me a favor. Her best friend needed a place to stay because shegot kicked out of her boyfriend’s house. I’d known both girls for years and I should have known better but, being the good friend I was i HAD to help.

The chaos started almost immediately. I had to move my things out of the living room so that “she could have a space of her own.” This space was my freaking LIVING ROOM! The place wit hthe TV, stereo and the internet connection (since I wasn’t cool enough to have DSL or cable yet.) It went on from there. All nighters, loud techno music, random people at the house all the time. It just kept going.

Finally when I went on vacation to Illinois with some friends it was the last straw. I kept getting crank called by them because they were high and drunk, probably bored. Talking about how they brought her hamster over and it was pooping everywhere. When I got home from the trip I came home to find my bedroom door locked and the “roommate” in there with some guy…ON MY BED!!. So I was certainly done.

I left the house to run errands after kicking them out of my room (and burning the bedding.) When I came back I brought ALL of my friends and family with me to have a movie night. I came in and turned off their music by stopping the CD player and chucking the CD out the door. i popped in some really sappy chick flick and we all proceeded to get very drunk and talk a whole lot of mess.

They left that night and we thought they wouldn’t be back. I took that point to empty my house of all of their things. I put it all in the garage and told them they could schedule a time with me to pick it up. They tried to spout all of this Landmark Furum (cult brainwashing BS.) at me and I laughed and continued to watch them load their things into their truck.

I’ve talked to the girl who originally asked me to help her friend a few times since and she’s realized that the situation was never a good idea. I’ve still never been paid for phone bills and things that were broken while they stayed there.

I’ve had other roommates since then, all with their own crazy stories. But I’ll save those for another time. Too much drama in a day can be hazardous to your health!