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"My hair stylist charges about $120 to dye my hair (highlights or all over color)."

ohhhh where do you go? your hair color in some of your pictures i've seen is similar to what i want!!!! its really pretty. what is your natural color? or is that your natural color and you've just had different colors in the past?? i def want more red in mine though. like a dark auburn

and @ nerdchick..thanks for the suggestion for the DIY color! i'm way way too scared to do it myself though. i googled some at home dyes and found some with good reviews, but then the pictures that were posted were like...shocking red haha. i don't want it to be too shocking. plus i have def dyed my hair myself BADDDDD before haha. i have dark hair so it seems like it'd be hard to mess up but....somehow i manage

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3/27/2011 8:41:45 PM

oops!

3/27/2011 8:43:08 PM

My natural color is auburn but I dye it brown.

I go to Stephanie at Loxxe on Jones in downtown Raleigh (on Jones St off Glenwood).

3/27/2011 8:44:02 PM

here are the prices for alter ego

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"Single Process Color 65 and up Double Process Color 130 and up Full Highlight 90 and up Partial Highlight 75 and up Highlight with Single Color 160 and up"

3/27/2011 8:52:27 PM

^, ^^ thanks!!!

i got highlights once in like 9th grade, but other than that i've never had my hair professionally colored so i'm excitedddd

3/27/2011 8:59:02 PM

kadwack don't forget to add in the price for the cut & blow dry! i would always forget to total it all and was like DAMN when i got the bill, but im in denial about how much i spend on my hair

3/27/2011 10:02:36 PM

Salon Moxie ftw. Get Jenna Emory, she is THE best.

http://www.salon-moxie.com/index.html

prices are reasonable and the salon is great. Full color begins at $82 - I assume it increase based on the level of the designer. She just got promoted too.

3/28/2011 9:46:49 AM

I have pretty dark brown hair, but when I wanted a change to auburn, similiar to yourself, I didn't go with an all over color. I actually asked my stylist to do a halo highlight with the auburn. It came out pretty great.

I have some natural redheads in my family way back, so I guess I looked like a natural red head with the highlights. I got called out at a Jiffy Lube (they were trying to upsell all sorts of crap) and I got mean with them. That's when they were like, "Woooah, calm down Red - seeing that temper of yours!"

3/28/2011 11:57:30 AM

The Mahogany shade is pretty. but I stopped dying my hair less than a year ago. Embracing my natural color plus no touch ups and healthier hair!

3/28/2011 12:19:44 PM

you're lucky. i have too much gray to go "natural." plus i hate my red hair - it doesn't look natural against my skin tone.

3/28/2011 12:28:23 PM

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"Salon Moxie ftw. Get Jenna Emory, she is THE best."

that was my stylist before I moved!!

3/28/2011 1:35:59 PM

^^embrace that gray girl...

i do!


i also look like a skunk, though, so i can understand why most girls wouldn't be too thrilled with that

3/28/2011 1:57:00 PM

oh i got my share of white hairs b/c i am mixed.

3/28/2011 2:23:08 PM

^^^ was she not AWESOME? She can do anything to my hair and make it look stellar. I trust her 100%. Not to mention we've been friends from birth, and our mothers are bff haha.

3/28/2011 2:40:15 PM

bttt. Has anyone actually purchased anything from Vestique?

Turns out I actually know one of the co-owners. Random. But I WANT THIS DRESS. All they have is L, but will be getting more....

3/29/2011 7:18:15 PM

ok finally got one pic for you guys. sorry it was in the am b4 getting ready for work. I never wear my hair completely down at work. so maybe better pics this weekend.
There are 4 on one side and two longer one on the other.

3/29/2011 10:18:43 PM

omg i love them.

i wanna see more pics when you can

3/29/2011 10:19:35 PM

I want them and I want your hair. kthx.

3/29/2011 10:22:03 PM

Cool!!

3/29/2011 10:32:00 PM

I got my hair chopped off recently and the lady who did it had those feathers in her hair - at first I was like "wtf?" and then I read about them in this thread.

I went to Vent in Durham and Kristie (the owner) did it. It just opened so the prices aren't bad at all.

3/29/2011 11:02:09 PM

Well I do have extra to sell. 4 white, 2 black and 3 of the orange/black stripped ones. If anyone is interested.

3/29/2011 11:20:19 PM

ok so i work from home on wednesdays and i had to run out to marshall's to get a lingerie gift for a bachelorette party i'm attending this weekend (ps - i always get my lingerie gifts at marshalls - they have the cutest stuff and it's really inexpensive)

i wasn't planning on buying anything for myself but marshalls always has the best stuff! low and behold, adding to my ever growing shoe collection - these fabulous taupe Kenneth Cole Reaction heeled sandals for summer. ahhhh love love love. and only $39!

3/30/2011 2:06:21 PM

3/30/2011 2:28:08 PM

^The first rule for guys on the ladies talk shop thread is that you don't talk about the ladies talk shop thread.





Ah damn it

3/30/2011 2:30:41 PM

Just took the plunge on these:

Orig 395.00
DSW Clearance 99.00
-$35 in promotional credit
Total: 64 + tax



Would these look ok with my cap and gown?? I wish we still had black caps and gowns

Nvm that'd be red overload and the shades prob won't match up. Such a shameeee

3/30/2011 8:27:54 PM

OMG ... those are awesome!! go for it! what a steal! who cares if you don't wear it with the gown!!!

3/30/2011 10:16:08 PM

I love my patent leather shoes. You'd get a lot of use out of red ones. Definitely consider buying them.

3/30/2011 10:20:21 PM

Oh heck yeah.. I had already bought those suckers before even posting. THEY'RE AWESOME NO DOUBT.

You're right, Nerdchick.. I actually didn't even have my cap and gown in mind when I first wanted to purchase them but then I thought hmm these might be great for graduation.

^I've always wanted patent leather shoes and I've always wanted red pumps so this encompassed all of my wants/needs/lets-call-them-needs-because-it-justifies-them-further

Though it really would have been awesome to wear these back when we did the black caps and gowns NCSU FAIL

3/30/2011 10:26:05 PM

agreed. I have patent leather red peep toes and I love wearing them...get em anyway rock em...keep em forever and get em fixed when needed

3/30/2011 10:27:29 PM

oh well, no black robes. but you can always wear them with your slinkiest LBD ... SMOKIN!!!!

3/30/2011 10:44:55 PM

^U RITE.. WE SO EXCITED!

3/30/2011 11:07:09 PM

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Cass.. these are SO CUTE. Taupe is going to be sooo perfect for summer and I love the strappiness and stacked heel. Glad you stumbled across them at a steal I just love finding good deals.

3/30/2011 11:35:43 PM

I can't decide where I should get a new swim suit...old navy has failed me this year...normally they are my trustworthy place for suits.

I dunno, I may have to bite the bullet and go to some place around here and pay way to much for a suit, but I gotta get something that fits me right, I hate being in a suit and tugging at it or being afraid i'm going to get exposed.

I gotta get a swim suit body at some point in my life so that it's much easier to find a suit.


Basically I need a one piece, halter top, boob coverage, low cut in the legs.

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3/30/2011 11:38:15 PM

http://www.unique-vintage.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=bathing+suit&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

they have suits like that. i have one. i love it.

3/31/2011 12:13:48 AM

i have had good luck in the past finding decent suits at department stores

you have to dig a bit but they have suits that tend to fit those needs imo

3/31/2011 12:15:08 AM

YOu know what would be cool...if there was a website that I can submit a picture of myself and then they would tell what suit would look best on you

3/31/2011 9:36:25 AM

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"Cass.. these are SO CUTE. Taupe is going to be sooo perfect for summer and I love the strappiness and stacked heel. Glad you stumbled across them at a steal I just love finding good deals. "

THANKS! I had to search high and freaking low for them! i found them but then i couldn't find the taupe boxes anywhere so i had to walk up and down the aisles and stop every time i saw a Kenneth Cole box to find the taupe ones and then try to find them in my size. thankfully they did. they have them in black too but i liked the taupe so much more!

3/31/2011 9:43:42 AM

I've worn the same bathing suit for 5 years

3/31/2011 9:45:38 AM

I haven't worn a bathing suit for just about 5 years

3/31/2011 9:47:20 AM

I swim at the gym so I use that same suit at the beach. I've never owned a bikini and probably never will.

3/31/2011 9:50:30 AM

i am abathing suit fanatic even though i dont wear them that often..... the way most girls are about shoes-i am with swimsuits (and shoes)

3/31/2011 9:54:03 AM

^same here

But since I wear one pieces I'm always on the search for super cute ones that show my personality. It sucks that they make so many boring one pieces and sooooo many cute 2 piece suits.

Makes me wanna sew some together lol

3/31/2011 10:00:07 AM

it's just hard to find a suit that I wanna drop $80 on knowing that I'm going to be wearing all summer on the beach and I'm only going to get one summer out of it

3/31/2011 10:06:45 AM

that's why you buy more than one suit

3/31/2011 10:08:27 AM

^read my mind

3/31/2011 10:10:52 AM

Well yeah I do...that's the issue, hard enough finding one that I wanna do that for, much less two, and with the amount of time I spend on the beach in the summer suits are ruined for me. One day I'll be skinny and I can wear a two piece....those are so much easier to find

3/31/2011 10:16:38 AM

Couldn't find the pic to post it.....but I broke down and bought this dress....I'm in LOVE!!!


http://www.ideeli.com/events/43326/offers/1276378/latest_view/990534

3/31/2011 1:45:56 PM

OMG GIMME GIMME

3/31/2011 1:47:21 PM

Got a cobolt jersy maxi dress yesterday. was trying to find a pic and came across this. I want! not in the green though.

3/31/2011 2:40:35 PM

you guys looking for 1-piece suits should check out modcloth, they always have cute retro 1-pieces (plus sizes too)

3/31/2011 2:58:59 PM