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Stench Blossoms

Having a bit of a hair dilemma.

Don't know whether to keep my hair short and platinum blonde or go back to my natural colour and let it grow.

Sugar Free

OldGoat: I'm almost certain I saw you on the D.A.R.T. on the way home earlier today. If not, then someone is your facial hair double!

Twee.

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Having a bit of a hair dilemma.

Don't know whether to keep my hair short and platinum blonde or go back to my natural colour and let it grow.

I think there's something impending Autumn that makes people want to change their hair! It's pretty much all I've been thinking of all week :pac:

What's your natural colour? I'd let the hair grow if I were you, it's so versatile! I've had really long hair for about two years now and I just love that I can scoop it all up off my face, or have it really long. Sometimes I do it in a low messy bun and it looks like I have short hair. Best of both worlds!

In saying that, I feel I need a change from long, and thinking of going short. Let's swap hair

jokettle

I was going to give the same advice as Twee! Keep it long, I used to have short hair and have been growing it out for 6 years now. The versitility is worth it!

But, I did get a change and got my hair dyed today

Acoshla

Saw heathersissy's shoes from What Did You Wear Today in Penneys today, or ones really like them, fab!

squeakyduck

Sugar Free wrote: »

OldGoat: I'm almost certain I saw you on the D.A.R.T. on the way home earlier today. If not, then someone is your facial hair double!

He's a hard man to miss! More than likely was him! The first time I met him I knew it was him!

Links234

this is pretty cool, and may be of some interest to some peeps here:

OldGoat

Sugar Free wrote: »

OldGoat: I'm almost certain I saw you on the D.A.R.T. on the way home earlier today. If not, then someone is your facial hair double!

Could very well have done so.
Think fat oulfella, sweaty and uncomfortable, head stuck in a book. Being a workday I'll have been doing my best Jeremy Clarkson style of dress - a navy blazer combined with jeans and hiking boots. Not my best look I have to say.

Stench Blossoms

Twee. wrote: »

I think there's something impending Autumn that makes people want to change their hair! It's pretty much all I've been thinking of all week :pac:

What's your natural colour? I'd let the hair grow if I were you, it's so versatile! I've had really long hair for about two years now and I just love that I can scoop it all up off my face, or have it really long. Sometimes I do it in a low messy bun and it looks like I have short hair. Best of both worlds!

In saying that, I feel I need a change from long, and thinking of going short. Let's swap hair

It's kinda a strawberry blonde colour. I'm not really sure anymore, it's been so long since I've been dying it!

I'm gonna head to the hairdressers today and see if they'll be able to colour the rest of my hair to match my roots. Hopefully they can.

reallyrose

New post in "What I wore today" thread.
It's a mod warning.

Sugar Free

OldGoat wrote: »

Could very well have done so.
Think fat oulfella, sweaty and uncomfortable, head stuck in a book. Being a workday I'll have been doing my best Jeremy Clarkson style of dress - a navy blazer combined with jeans and hiking boots. Not my best look I have to say.

Well I'm no different. It's uncomfortably warm in my office so my standard work attire recently is a poloshirt and chinos. I was wearing a pale orange polo, beige chinos and tan/brown shoes on the train in question, just in case!

phasers

Heathersissy I honestly thought your picture in the WDYWT Glenda Gilson :eek:


Speaking of hair changes, I'm going from dark brown to platinum blonde tomorrow! I think there's something in the air.

I'm kind of scared now, but I'm so fed up of my hair and I've been talking about this forever. Plus, it will make my stupid grey roots less noticeable.

Ophiopogon

I have gone from brown to blond to red to black and back agian and I just think its the best feeling to change drastically, you don't get that feeling from just a cut or clothes.

Unfortunatley, I develped a serious allergy to hair colour, so have been stuck witht brown hair for the last five years.

Anyone who is thinking of doing a proper change...please do it, if it doesn't work its fairly easy to change/fix and sure you'll have plenty of years to stick with the final colour in the end.

Valentina

Links234 wrote: »

this is pretty cool

I love the idea of this. I have a sewing machine and am often embellishing cheap tshirts, must give this a go next time!

xOxSinéadxOx

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Having a bit of a hair dilemma.

Don't know whether to keep my hair short and platinum blonde or go back to my natural colour and let it grow.

I'm doing my hair just like that next week! :pac:
Well it's already short but need to get style cut back into it. and blonde waayy!

Links234

gotta say, fair play to heathersissy for posting in the what are you wearing thread

ThurstonWhore wrote: »

I love the idea of this. I have a sewing machine and am often embellishing cheap tshirts, must give this a go next time!

I found the pic on reddit (where else? ) and the general idea came from this site: http://www.generation-t.com/category/t-shirt-projects/

it's a seriously cool site and should be a great interest to those who are good at reworking old clothes and things. probably something I should do, considering I have dozens of old T-shirts that I could mess around with.

D'Agger

Any advice for a fella who's trying to grow his hair a bit long - not down to my shoulders or anything, more of a mullet.

It always gets to a stage where it's very hard to style...I end up giving up and cutting it.

Any tips on styles/gels worth trying to get through the awkward stage would be appreciated

Links234

PaulieC wrote: »

Any tips on styles/gels worth trying to get through the awkward stage would be appreciated

if it's just to keep it out of your eyes, dax short & neat works really well, and try a side parting.

D'Agger

Links234 wrote: »

if it's just to keep it out of your eyes, dax short & neat works really well, and try a side parting.

Got it cleaned up for a wedding I have to go to this week.

It's still very short - nowhere near going in my eyes but a bit too long to spike and not used to doing anything else.

Basically just got it thinned out and cleaned up around the sideburns etc and I'm sweeping it over to one side liek you mentioned

Very happy with it

Denisejcc

lindtee wrote: »

Saw these in some magazine during the week. They are from forever 21. Just went to see if I could buy them and they are out of stock on the site:( Did a google search and they sold out really quickly and are now a much sought after item, selling for 3 times the price on ebay and the like. Has anyone seen similar ones any where? Very sad I am:( Edit - It looks like they've been on sale since Jan so no surprise they are sold out

What about these ones from Korkys? €39.99

lindtee

Thanks Denisejcc, will keep those in mind:)

Denisejcc

No probs, youre welcome, I love both of them, too high for me though I'd be like a giant! :D

rainbow kirby

Got a proper bra fitting done a couple of days ago. I've bought 6 new bras since then. :eek:

(Debenhams sale FTW, got a nice Freya one for €12 )

Resi12

I think I am in love:

Michellenman

They look incredibly comfortable.. *drool

Malari

I have a white blazer that I just noticed has "no dry-cleaning" AND "no washing" symbols



It's not really dirty or anything, but I just want to freshen it up a bit. Do you think it would be safe to hand-wash?

Valentina

Malari wrote: »

I have a white blazer that I just noticed has "no dry-cleaning" AND "no washing" symbols



It's not really dirty or anything, but I just want to freshen it up a bit. Do you think it would be safe to hand-wash?

Hand wash it with a little bit of baby shampoo or stick it in the washing machine if yours has a hand wash cycle.
Then shape it and lay it flat to dry.

It should be fine

Malari

ThurstonWhore wrote: »

Hand wash it with a little bit of baby shampoo or stick it in the washing machine if yours has a hand wash cycle.
Then shape it and lay it flat to dry.

It should be fine

Thanks, I will try that. I can't see anything going wrong :pac: It's white, so no colours to run or anything! I've just never seen that on an item of clothing before - don't clean....no way, no how!

Valentina

Malari wrote: »

Thanks, I will try that. I can't see anything going wrong :pac: It's white, so no colours to run or anything! I've just never seen that on an item of clothing before - don't clean....no way, no how!

Yeah I have a cashmere sweater that has those don't clean labels on it but I just stick it in the machine on hand wash cycle and it's always been fine.

Acoshla

Acoshla wrote: »

I'm wearing a blue and green dress with pink heels to my godson's christening on Saturday, it looks fab, the colour blocking works really well with the style and colours...

Wore this on Saturday, did pink nails, a gorgeous statement ring with blue green pink and purple glass, metallic blue bracelet and a blue/green feather headband, got a load of compliments on it, including my 17 year old cousin who said "LOVE the colour blocking, well done"

fillefatale

Malari wrote: »

I have a white blazer that I just noticed has "no dry-cleaning" AND "no washing" symbols



It's not really dirty or anything, but I just want to freshen it up a bit. Do you think it would be safe to hand-wash?

Like the others said. With my vintage dresses I turn them inside out, put them in a pillowcase - put them on the gentlest setting on the machine. I've had no problems yet.

Stench Blossoms

ThurstonWhore wrote: »

Yeah I have a cashmere sweater that has those don't clean labels on it but I just stick it in the machine on hand wash cycle and it's always been fine.

I had the same labels on an A&F top and it turned into this:

Twee.

Waaah my amazing snakeskin maxi from Zara has a huge tear on one of the seams! You'd barely notice because of the way the fabric hangs, but just had a look at it there and yup a big tear! The store only had a few of them last week, I hope there's one in my size left If not I'm just gonna keep it and get it fixed myself. I wonder if they'll reimburse me for the alteration fee if I get it done while I'm still here...? Hmm!

moonflower

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Having a bit of a hair dilemma.

Don't know whether to keep my hair short and platinum blonde or go back to my natural colour and let it grow.

I'm having the exact same dilemma. I've had short, platinum blonde hair since January (except for a few weeks when it was blue), but I want a change for Autumn.

I hate deciding on new hairstyles!

Malari

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

I had the same labels on an A&F top and it turned into this:

Cripes! Well, my blazer was fine in the "delicates" wash (phew ) but I think I will be carefully and personally handwashing anything else fragile after seeing this picture! :eek:

What do they expect, one wear and throw it out?!

Stench Blossoms

moonflower wrote: »

I'm having the exact same dilemma. I've had short, platinum blonde hair since January (except for a few weeks when it was blue), but I want a change for Autumn.

I hate deciding on new hairstyles!

Ha, i dyed mine blue as well. (It was suppose to be purple but got the wrong colour).

I had a consultation in the hair dressers and she said that she could match it up but she'd like me to have a bit more regrowth so it would be easier for her.

After I dyed it blue i dyed it back platinum and that was a disaster. Hair was terribly damaged so had to get it short short.

I hate it now. The way it's growing out it's got no shape what so ever.

Malari wrote: »

Cripes! Well, my blazer was fine in the "delicates" wash (phew ) but I think I will be carefully and personally handwashing anything else fragile after seeing this picture! :eek:

What do they expect, one wear and throw it out?!

I was digusted. I loved that top

Valentina

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

I had the same labels on an A&F top and it turned into this

oh god! :eek:

My ex washed a mohair sweater of mine in a hot wash. When it came out it would have just about fitted the cat

Twee.

ThurstonWhore wrote: »

oh god! :eek:

My ex washed a mohair sweater of mine in a hot wash. When it came out it would have just about fitted the cat

I always tell my friends who borrow my clothes not to wash them, no bother, I'll do it. They think I'm being nice Really it's because I'm afraid they won't wash them right :pac:

Went back to Zara and got the last dress in my size. Success!

tiredcity

this is definitely off topic but went a bit mad last night from boredom while filling a bag for oxfam and ended up photographing my entire wardrobe (minus jeans and a few bags) from the last five years. the good, the tatty and the regretted are all here full size if anyone wants a gander. i couldn't believe how many clothes i have, felt quite guilty on the other hand, going to go into town later so can't say i've exactly reformed overnight...

p.s. please pardon the lack of ironing but i never bother til the day i plan on wearing them!

Toto Wolfcastle

Love it!

How handy would it be to have all your clothes photographed like that? It would be so easy to put outfits together!

I always wanted to be like Cher in Clueless with her whole wardrobe on her computer.

Hermione*

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

I always wanted to be like Cher in Clueless with her whole wardrobe on her computer.

Me, too!
I'd need a lot of storage, though :pac:

tiredcity, that is one very cool pic!

Malari

Anybody see any nice pencil skirts around? I tried on the only one I found in TopShop and the length was closer to the ankles than the knees :rolleyes:

Valentina

Malari wrote: »

Anybody see any nice pencil skirts around? I tried on the only one I found in TopShop and the length was closer to the ankles than the knees :rolleyes:

If you are near Kildare Village I got a gorgeous black pencil skirt in the DKNY shop for €60.

Malari

ThurstonWhore wrote: »

If you are near Kildare Village I got a gorgeous black pencil skirt in the DKNY shop for €60.

Sounds like what I'm after! Black, classic. I'm in Cork, unfortunately.

Valentina

Malari wrote: »

Sounds like what I'm after! Black, classic. I'm in Cork, unfortunately.

D'oh!

I can't find a pic of mine online but this is the style number B311642W if you know anywhere in Cork that stocks DKNYC?

Malari

ThurstonWhore wrote: »

D'oh!

I can't find a pic of mine online but this is the style number B311642W if you know anywhere in Cork that stocks DKNYC?

Thanks, I'll have a closer look in BT!

Twee.

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

I always wanted to be like Cher in Clueless with her whole wardrobe on her computer.

A girl can dream! What a film Think I may watch it tonight!

The Lovely Muffin

Is is just me or does Claudine Keane look older than she actually is?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2027706/Robbie-Keane-wife-Claudine-join-David-Victoria-Beckham-LA.html

Ophiopogon

^^^well you know the way they say couples tend to start looking like each other, maybe her face is trying to catch up with his age!!:D

I've seen her in other pictures looking alot older so I think its just her make up maybe. In one I think the crinkles around the eyes when smiling looked alot deeper.

Semele

Malari wrote: »

Sounds like what I'm after! Black, classic. I'm in Cork, unfortunately.

I got two gorgeous ones in Zara a few weeks ago, the same in black and burgundy from their Basic range. Great length and a lot of comfortable flattering stretch!

Edit: think they were only £25 each too!