I always feel like I should apologize for jumping onto my "heels do not make the woman" soapbox because it's such a big issue for me. Reducing my wife to Not A Woman (which happens all the freaking time and is not something I'm accusing you of) because she can only wear flats isn't fair for about a billion reasons, etc.
but all my pants are too long (hence the collection of heels, quasi-wedges, and platforms). The real solution to this is to hem my goddamn pants.
I'm sure it's a stupid question, but have you discovered ankle length? Aliyah is 5'3" with average legs, and she never thought to try on ankle length pants...but they are right for her! (My super short friend Sid is also a recent convert to the ankle length trouser.) Were I to wear trousers, I would pursue the ankle length. (But I don't wear trousers very often so it's a non-issue for me.)
but I'd love to see the photos anyway.
I never turn down a request to share pictures of my lovely wife!
Short hair suits her face and habits a lot better, but I do admit the era of long sex hair was great.
(My big Hair Project right now is getting purple hair to work in some capacity. Whee things I don't actually know how to do!)
Are we talking "purple like the background of your DW" or "some variation on burgundy"? Because to get your dark hair the color of your DW background, you'll need to bleach it for somewhere between an 30 minutes and two hours to get it close to a white blonde using a professional grade bleach (like Wella Wellite Powder Lightener or Clairol Basic White) mixed with a 20 volume developer, then dye over. (A bleach tip, if I may: check the bleach every 15-20 minutes by looking in the mirror. You'll actually see it lightening your hair, and you can see when your hair gets close to the color you want. It's really neat.) For the purple, you might find it with Manic Panic or Ben Nye...but I have no idea, actually. The brand I use isn't widely available, but it's got really good purple. (It's Creative Image Adore, if you stumble upon it.)
To maintain your color, you'll want to give up swimming and shampoo. A conditioner-only wash is the only good way to maintain bright, unnatural colors for more than a week.
If you are going for some variation on burgundy, the professional lines of Feria and Clairol's Miss Clairol have some good red-burgundy things that turn out something like this on dark hair, no bleaching necessary.
Either way, you need to hit up something like Sally Beauty Supply (or a local shop that has the same stock) to manage these adventures.
(I know way too freaking much about managing freakish hair colors. Obviously.)
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Date: 2010-08-27 12:08 (UTC)but all my pants are too long (hence the collection of heels, quasi-wedges, and platforms). The real solution to this is to hem my goddamn pants.
I'm sure it's a stupid question, but have you discovered ankle length? Aliyah is 5'3" with average legs, and she never thought to try on ankle length pants...but they are right for her! (My super short friend Sid is also a recent convert to the ankle length trouser.) Were I to wear trousers, I would pursue the ankle length. (But I don't wear trousers very often so it's a non-issue for me.)
but I'd love to see the photos anyway.
I never turn down a request to share pictures of my lovely wife!
Short hair suits her face and habits a lot better, but I do admit the era of long sex hair was great.
(My big Hair Project right now is getting purple hair to work in some capacity. Whee things I don't actually know how to do!)
Are we talking "purple like the background of your DW" or "some variation on burgundy"? Because to get your dark hair the color of your DW background, you'll need to bleach it for somewhere between an 30 minutes and two hours to get it close to a white blonde using a professional grade bleach (like Wella Wellite Powder Lightener or Clairol Basic White) mixed with a 20 volume developer, then dye over. (A bleach tip, if I may: check the bleach every 15-20 minutes by looking in the mirror. You'll actually see it lightening your hair, and you can see when your hair gets close to the color you want. It's really neat.) For the purple, you might find it with Manic Panic or Ben Nye...but I have no idea, actually. The brand I use isn't widely available, but it's got really good purple. (It's Creative Image Adore, if you stumble upon it.)
To maintain your color, you'll want to give up swimming and shampoo. A conditioner-only wash is the only good way to maintain bright, unnatural colors for more than a week.
If you are going for some variation on burgundy, the professional lines of Feria and Clairol's Miss Clairol have some good red-burgundy things that turn out something like this on dark hair, no bleaching necessary.
Either way, you need to hit up something like Sally Beauty Supply (or a local shop that has the same stock) to manage these adventures.
(I know way too freaking much about managing freakish hair colors. Obviously.)