I've stopped shampooing my head, and it's working out pretty well, not that my hair extrapolates that well around here. My no-cone was made simple by buying conditioner at Lush.

Veganese works well for that. When my hair was shorter, I swore by it. As much as no-cones would be nice, I've broken down and accepted that I can't comb through my hair without them once it's past my shoulders, so after two years of no-cones, I'm back on the smack.

It's a sickness.

I swear by Ouidad's [link] stuff for curly hair, especially Botanical Boost and Tress F/X. It's wonderful. Can't live without it. Their products are more expensive than drugstore stuff, but about the same as Bumble & Bumble. And so totally worth it. I usually use the Curl Quencher line because my hair is so dry and frizzy, but PlayCurl is nice too.

And I also agree with not washing your hair every day, even for curly hair.

Any recommendations for eyeshadow colors for me, peeps? I've been wearing red-brown for a couple years and I'm bored bored bored. Also, I normally wear black liquid liner, but looking at photos it looks too hard and heavy.

And while I've got better than 20/20 vision (yay Lasik), I wouldn't mind a really kickin' pair of glasses, so if Hec or anyone else with awesome glasses links is around...

In other words, I need the Bitch Makeover!

Any recommendations for eyeshadow colors for me, peeps? I've been wearing red-brown for a couple years and I'm bored bored bored. Also, I normally wear black liquid liner, but looking at photos it looks too hard and heavy.

Olive green with a gold shimmer. Muted plum. Gold. Pale warm browns.

If I wear liner, it's usually a dark copper brown or a dark olive green. Yes, I own a lot of Urban Decay.

I like the Urban Decay stuff I have, so I'll try their shadow. They're connected to Hard Candy somehow, I take it? As I love Hard Candy shadows.

Sweet! They ship to APO addresses, which Sephora does not. Although my husband likes the dice bags that Sephora sends, so he'll be bummed.

I don't think they're connected to Hard Candy at all.

The UD shadows are really nice. Sin, X, and Snow would probably look nice on you, and you'd most likely be able to pull of Acid Rain, but I accept that people not me tend to avoid the lime greens.

I almost ordered Acid Rain, in fact. I have some other lime green shadow I really like - the only problem is finding the right outfit to wear with it. For some reason I don't like lime green eyes with black clothes on me.

And serially:

The title deserves to be snarked, but I note that men get their reward centers lit up, while women just get a break from anxiety. [link]

thanks for all the hair info. i have it marked for future reference.

Happy Birthday EpicTangent!!

Happy Birthday EpicTanget and tiggy!!!!

And Happy Summer Solstice! You guys get the longest day of the year for your birthdays.

My mommy just brought me a coffee and an egg sandwich. Yes, I'm thirty, but she's still my mommy when she does things like this.

Aww. Dat's good mommy.

filk to the tune of "Darlin' Clementine"

Hah! That's excellent. Have you heard Tom Lehrer doing Clementine? (So to speak)