Viola! I have been Made-Over

For months I have romped around town with a new do. Sick and tired of being labeled as only a blonde made me wonder what it would be like to go back to my roots. Armed with brown hair dye and a hopeful wish, I took to my locks wishing it to come out looking decent. Well.... let's just say it wasn't the best look for me.


Brown dye over bleach blonde hair pretty much turns green. After years of being too scared to try anything new with my hair, here I was with green hair. Instead of a tragic look slapped upon my face, I just laughed. What should I have expected? Did I really think it would turn out looking wonderful? No, but I was hopeful and hope died that day.


The next day I returned back to the store to purchase more brown dye. Hey, I could try again. Maybe an extra couple of bottles would take to my hair better? It did, thankfully. Thanksgiving and Christmas came and went. A dividing line grew among of friends and family. They either loved it or they hated it.


"It looks so much more natural," said my neighbor.


"I think you look good," said my husband.


"You just don't even look like Leigh Ann," said my eighty something year old Aunt.


"You need to put a little more blonde in it," said my pap paw.


"Mom, is your hair green," asked my youngest.



I took their questions and statements with a grain of salt. Whatever, it's my hair and it's my life, I told myself. I'm the only one who has to walk around looking like this and if I want to be a brunette, it's my prerogative. I want to walk around with green hair, I can!


Well... slowly but surely as they snow melted away and the promise of spring awakened in my spirit, the dreams of blonde began to reemerge from hiding. Looking at pictures of myself from seasons past, sporting blonde locks began to call to me again. And so, I wound up in the hairstylist chair ready to reembark on my past.


Little by little my hair has changed. I did the dark hair thing and I'm almost back to where I was a year ago. A little shorter in length but that's alright.

It's hair! Feel free to play with it!

Mel Gibson wants his wife back: What do you think she should do?

Poor, poor Mel. He is missing is wife after leaving her for another woman....

Although Mel Gibson impregnated Oksana Grigorieva with his 8th child, left his wife of 30 years to be with this woman and later regretted it, he is now trying to woo his ex back into his arms.

"He is still in love with Robyn. He realizes he made a huge mistake leaving her." A source has revealed. [blogs.babble]

A huge mistake huh, Mel? A woman who lived with you through DUI after DUI and produced seven children for you and then you allowed pictures to surface of you with another woman? Get over yourself.

Personally, if I had been married to a marry for thirty years, birthed 7 babies, had to deal with Mel's drunk ways and then he left me for a younger version only to realize he had it made with me, I'd say: Too Bad!

Do you think Mel's Ex-Wife should even consider taking him back?

What's up with posing with your newborn half naked?

I laughed this morning out loud and almost snorted coffee out of my nose when I switched over from my home page to UsMagazine. If any of you out there follow my blog, you know I have teeny tiny obsession with gossip magazines; their tabs sit nice and neat on my favorite's bar.

This morning, Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart are exposing the world to their new bundle of joy, Billie Beatrice. They not only expose the baby, but Eric Dane's chest is also available for viewing.

Why do some parent's feel the need to pose shirtless or half naked with their babies? Are the parents so sleep deprived that a shirt couldn't be found when the camera flashed? I mean, this couple is not at home where bottles and diapers and dirty blankets abound when private pictures are documented. These people are in a studio where clothing was required to get in there. "McSteamy" had to have arrived dressed don't you think?

Would you pose half naked with your newborn?

Testing Cover Girl's ShadowBlast: A lesson in choosing the right color for you face.

For Shine Beauty Guru's latest assignment, we were asked to choose a color. Because I had recently tried a cool purple eye shadow I loved, I figured why not the Purple Plume. I always enjoyed looking at purple on my lids before, why not this time?

WRONG!

On my skin, the radiant purple turned mauve. Mauve is a color I associate with bad 80's design: tacky balloon shades, ugly floral patterns and borders with cows and chickens. This was the color my mom used in my childhood home to add a little "spice" to our home and it has haunted me to this day. You could say, I was horrified when I looked in the mirror and was reminded of days lounging around staring at wooden cows and chickens as decorations. My face was washed in an instant.

Beside the fact I chose the wrong color, Cover Girl's ShadowBlast is a unique tool in producing a smoky eye look. It's creamy, goes on easy and a breeze to use. Just don't twist it too far because it will break.

How to use it is written right on the applicator. Step one goes on first and then you highlight your lid with step two. You can blend the color with your finger if it's too bright. Pretty simple but make sure you choose the right color!

* After completing my bachelor's in Interior Design, I can happily tell you, my mom has a home that is fit for a magazine now. She may not be an interior designer but she has always been good investing. She spent her money wisely.

Why All Carry On Luggage Should Be Banned

Spirit Airlines, a small Florida based airline, has caused an uproar with a plan to charge those who carry on luggage. I gasped the first time I witnessed the news. It was a happy gasp. Finally, an airline with a brain.

When major airlines began charging for checked baggage, I was outraged. How could they? Our drinks and peanuts where stripped from our trips and then a charges for luggage? What was the airline industry thinking? How expensive could a can off of soda and a bag of peanuts really be? Why not just put the expense into the ticket and forget the thought ever crossed anybody's mind?

After years of traveling, people with carry on luggage bug me to no end. For one thing, even with posted signs about the size the airline accepts for these bags, no one seems to abide by them. It's like explaining to a child they can only buy the toy under $10 and having to repeatedly say to them as they choose, it's over the limit. Someone is always going to try and manipulate the system and get past with a bag too big. Then when they are boarding the plane, they take forever to shove the too big bag into the too small compartment. In return the rule breaker takes up all of the room for the one who followed the rules. We've all witnessed it. Standing in the aisle waiting for it to move and looking ahead to the person huffing a puffing with the oversized bag thinking to yourself, "What an idiot. Come on!! I want to sit down."

Why the airline should ban all carry on luggage:

It's a nuisance for the passengers:

How many times have you tried to board a plane only to stop midway down the terminal because every person on board it pushing and shoving their bag into an overhead bin. If it doesn't fit under the seat, you cannot bring it on board. All bags carrying clothing and other knickknacks should be treated as freight. It fits in the bottom part of the plane designed for cargo.

It's a nuisance for airline crew:

How many time have you seen after all the overhead bins are full, the staff tagging bags unable to fit, preparing them for gate check? It's time to help out the crew and let them get back to handing out peanuts and drinks, not toting luggage around.

It's a safety hazard:

The inside of an airbus is not designed for traffic. It's a one way street. If people are standing in the aisle with luggage, safety of passengers and crew is in jeopardy. How many times have you been smacked with a piece of luggage as someone walks by or tripped over the luggage with pull handles? Not a pleasant feeling.

So many people are outraged carry on luggage may have a charge attached to it that your US Senators are taking aim at the airline industry and demanding fees be stopped. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, is leading the charge to get airline to back off. Last Wednesday, Schumer introduced a bill along with the help of other senators, Mendez, D-NJ, Shaheen, D, NH, Frank Lautenburg, D-NJ, Ben Cardin, D-MD, and Amy Klobuchar, D-MN, seeks to efficently ban the fees by imposing an excise tax on fees collected by the airline.

The easiest way to clean up this mess is to ban all carry on luggage that would fit into an overhead bin. If it fits under the seat, it's fine.

What do the Kardashian's Sell?

To revamp the Miami store owned by the infamous Kardashian Sisters, Dash, Khloe and Kourtney pose nude.

Khloe blogged, "Kourt and I came to Miami to revamp Dash, and that's exactly what we did! We worked our little tushies off and we are so excited about the store's fab new makeover that we thought what better way to celebrate than by getting one of our own?" [UsMagazine]

Together with two of their "Dash Employees," the reality television stars are covered in air brushed bodysuits that say "Dash Miami."

After seeing the news, I began to wonder just what these girls were selling. After searching online for awhile, I have concluded: I can't tell.

From the pictures they are selling the public though, it seems a lot less like clothing than airbrushing for the body.

Lady Gaga: Poster Child for Abstinence?

Lady Gaga is treading into uncharted territories speaking about reasons why not to have sex. Usually dressed in provocative outfits that warrant tell-tale signs of sexuality, no one could have ever guessed she would be one to preach abstinence.

Recently while attending a M.A.C. Viva Glam event, Lady Gaga surprised herself by saying "I can't believe I'm saying this -- don't have sex. It's not really cool anymore to have sex all the time. It's cooler to be strong and independent. It's OK not to have sex, it's OK to get to know people. I'm celibate. Celibacy is fine." [CNN]

To young women out there who were pressured into having sex because all the cool kids were, she is saying: you don't have to do something unless you want to do it.

I think she is really awesome for being up front and honest with her fans on actions that can occur when partaking in risky sexual behaviors that change many women and men forever. Whether it be STD's, AIDS, unwanted pregnancies or emotions that come along with being physically intimate with another, Lady Gaga embraces her fame in ways many in the spotlight of media do not. She tells her fans to take care of themselves and not worry what others are doing.

With a fan base of many pre-teens, Lady Gaga realizes her role as a role model. Many look up to her because of her individuality and spunkiness. Speaking to men and women on why choosing not to have sex until they are ready is a huge step in gaining ground on helping those who have yet to learn not to let peer pressure run their lives. Isn't that what mom's and dad's around the world hope for their children?

Wait, until you are ready.

Whew! And it only took a half dressed popstar to say it!