I'm sure my Asian readers will be more familiar with the sticker picture phenomenon that was so popular in the late 1990s to early 2000s. My friends and I always took sticker pictures when we got together, and traded them among ourselves like baseball cards. It was always fun to find a familiar face on someone's sticker picture collection, to exclaim, "I didn't know you know _____!" I used to collect all my sticker pictures in my planner, which I personalized and made pretty with tons of stickers and colored pens (decorating planners was another trend back then). Here's just one page out of the dozens I had in my planner: Slowly, the sticker picture fad died out and was soon replaced with...
Continue readingEarlier today I decided to cash in my push present and went for a steam perm and cut — my first in almost a year! Sitting patiently through the 3 hour process, I took a look at myself in the full-length mirror and was dismayed to see how fat and swollen my calves, ankles, and feet have gotten. I realized right then and there that I am now the proud owner of cankles: I took the above picture with my camera and uploaded it to Facebook, in hopes that mommy friends will chime in to reassure me that the swelling will disappear after giving birth. And they did — most said that their calves, ankles and feet returned to normal just a few...
Continue readingCircle Lenses are special contact lenses that are designed to make the wearer's irises appear larger, creating a doe-eyed, anime-like appearance. Many in the western world first became acquainted with them when the NYTimes and The Inquisitr recently ran pieces warning consumers of their potential dangers. The fact of the matter is, Circle Lenses have been around in Asia for years now and are just as safe as regular contact lenses (provided that you purchase them from a reputable dealer). Just as long as you take care to clean and store them properly, do not wear them for extended periods of time, never wear them past their expiration dates, do not share them with friends, and wear the correct prescription strength (if needed)...
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A couple of months ago I forgot to bring my shampoo while staying at my parents' house. I stood in the shower pondering my choices. I could use my sister's Herbal Essences, or the cheap Costco brand that has been sitting in the corner for more than a year. The thing is, I'm ultra-sensitive to smells (I have always been this way) and if a scent hits me the wrong way, I'll feel dizzy and nauseous. Hence the lack of candles, oils, etc around the house. My scent sensitivity has naturally heightened with the pregnancy, and so I have only been using unscented or lightly-scented products as a result. Herbal Essences is NOT lightly-scented. I took a whiff of the stuff and immediately...
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