I hate it when they are right...

...so I love magazines.  Just ask The Fiance.  There are way too many of them around the apartment.  For years I have read all kinds of beauty advice about how to lose inches, have long nails, blah blah blah and for years  I have read that cold water and a cold blow dryer makes your hair look healthier and shiner.  But being that I love warm almost scalding hot showers that was a no go for me.  Plus I love feeling warm and cozy from the heat of the blow dryer.

So a few weeks ago I decided to start lightening my hair ( I am in California damn it might as well go for it).  Well apparently the salon, (despite being one of the most  exclusive aka expensive in town), only has so much hot water.  So when you are there for three hours for a treatment, highlights, treatment, gloss and it is the end of the day (because I made the appointment on a whim that morning) your hair rinses will get progressively colder as the day goes.  So I thought my hair looked insanely shiny because it saw the credit card bill and thought it had better shine or I would be pissed but I was thinking, maybe it was the cold freezing water that was used that day.  And you know what? It was.  Right before you end your shower put your water on cold and finish your shower that way (I know, it sucks, just bend your body away).  And then use the cold setting on your hairdryer.

And as I (and my not as shiny hair) learned today (because I was cold and used a hot shower and a hot dryer) there are no bonus points for doing this the day before....you need to do it every.damn.day.

I am currently trying to prove the carb haters wrong by not eating carbs to prove it will not work for weight loss.  Will keep you posted.

Been too long!

Update on my last cooking recipe:


Beef Daube Provençal

Sooooooo yummy.  Everyone should make it.  There is a lot of meat though so I would recommend adding additional vegetables.

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By the way, was just at the corner store.  Here is what the guy in front of me bought for lunch:
Liverwurst Sandwich.  Salt and vinegar potato chips.  Powerbar.  Ritz crackers with cheese in handy one serving pack.  Crackers with fake smeared on fake yellow cheese on like sandwiches.  I forgot that I was not wearing my sunglasses and I think I was openly staring at his purchase.  Because you know, with all of that sodium where was the beverage?