Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Prom Hairstyles - Your Prom Medium Hairstyle

If you are intend to keep a long hairstyle and in the midst of maintain a long hairstyle, and now at the medium length, or you are all this while maintain a medium hairstyle. Then this is perfect for you. From the straight and limp to the thick and naturally curly, you can be sure that there is a medium hairstyle to suit your unique tastes and hair type.

The popularity of the medium length hair style has never waned. In fact, it remains extremely popular today. Certainly, most hairstyles that you see can be considered medium hair styles. Just think about the textured bob or the layered hair cut. Most of these styles look their best at a medium length.

If you ask me? There are a lot more reasons why people choose the medium hairstyle over other types of styles. Firstly, medium hairstyle is easier and quicker to style than longer hair and it affords more versatility than shorter styles. No matter whether you wear it up or down, the medium hairstyle offers a great deal of variety to the wearer. Here are just a few ideas:

Quick and Casual.


No matter if your medium length hairstyle is straight or curly, you can whip it up in a flash to create a simple, casual updo at a moment's notice. Simply pull your medium hair style up into a bun, French twist or ponytail, allowing a few sprigs to escape here and there, and you're done. You can also practice variations of the ponytail and add interest to your medium hair style by changing the amount of hair that you pull through your scrunchie.

Funky and textured.



Probably the most popular medium hairstyles of today feature a lot of textured, creative cutting techniques. By using a combination of scissors and razor, your stylist can turn your medium hairstyle into a fashion statement complete with wispy layers and interesting movement.

Cute and curled.

This medium hairstyle is extremely easy to accomplish if you have natural curl or a perm adding texture to your medium hairstyle. If not, you can easily add interest to your medium hairstyle with hot rollers, tube rollers or a curling iron. Simply, roll your medium hairstyle, spritz it a little, take it down, run your fingers through your medium length hair style, spray and go.

Captivating color.

The medium hairstyle is perhaps the perfect length of hair in which to try funky and fresh color techniques. From chunky highlights to ink-dipped tips, make your medium hair style stand out from the rest with interesting color.

Now you can understand why there are numerous things that you can do to make your medium hairstyle stand out among your peers. While others are stuck pulling their long tresses up or styling their short locks the same old way, you can quickly change your medium hair style to reflect your mood or the occasion. And the beauty of the medium hairstyle is that almost everything you do will be quick and easy.


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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Triumph; Defined (or: Don't Mess with Greg or it Will Cost You Millions!--this one suggested by the man himself:)

If you don't know about Greg's sense of, and quest for, justice, then that probably means you have never met him. He stands up for the cause of justice all the time. Not just for himself, but for society in general. Like a good wife, I always stand behind him. Sometimes, like a bad wife, I stand way behind him in hopes that no one will know we're together. But almost always I agree with and support him.

A few months ago we were on our way from Katowice to Krakow to go to an important, church related dinner. There is a toll freeway running between these cities that makes it faster to get there (it takes about an hour). You pay about 3 dollars when you get on and 3 dollars when you get off. This particular day there was TONS of construction. There's always construction and the traffic is directed to the other side of the freeway now and again so that it becomes a much slower moving 2 lane highway, which makes us mad that we have to pay for it. But THIS time traffic was crawling at a snail's pace. It took us about 2 HOURS to get across that freeway. It was two hours full of us not believing it. We were listening to the radio and lots of people called in to tell what a scandal it was, the traffic on that stretch of "free"way (and how they were going to miss a wedding or their daughter's birthday party because of it). Greg called in as well and encouraged other drivers to refuse to pay at the exit gate.

When we got the exit gate I was astonished to see people giving MONEY to these thieves (THEY should have been bringing out baked goods and apologizing to all the exasperated drivers)! Greg parked our car at the gate (there are lots of gates) and refused to pay. They wouldn't let us through, of course, so Greg asked to speak to a manager or something. The security that is always there came and talked to Greg for awhile. We were there holding up traffic with people having to try to get out of line behind us etc. for about a half an hour. Some people yelled at us to pay the stupid money and let everyone through. Some people got out of their cars (like Greg) to talk to Greg and the security guards and give them a piece of their minds--agreeing with Greg. Because causing a ruckus was not our only goal, we continued to refuse to pay. That meant that the police would have to come and get Greg's information, since, if he went through without paying he would be breaking the law and he would have to go to court. None of Greg's sympathizers agreed to take out their IDs. In the end they just paid and went through. (I felt like telling everyone--since everyone coming up to that gate was angry about the condition on that freeway--that the freeway owners were making idiots of us all! It seemed that if instead of demanding money of us, they asked us to get up on our cars and jump up and down like monkeys people would do it, just to finally be through).

Just our luck that there happened to be a newspaper reporter going through around this time. He paid, got through the gate, parked somewhere on the other side and came back with his notebook to get some information for an article that he would write. It was an online article about Greg's rebellion and there was a survey along with it, "are drivers justified in not paying the toll" 3500 people answered and 96% of them thought Greg was in the right (I bet if they'd been there they would've paid anyway!).

So the freeway company sued Greg for not paying (all this for 3 dollars!) and Greg filed a counter suit (of course) which was in process until...

Yesterday that same reporter called to tell us that the freeway company was being fined by the government and that they were required to lower the toll until the freeway is actually running as it should with no construction.

Today, we read the article about it and find out that when the local government of Krakow heard about about Greg's rebellion they sued the company. It has been charged with the crime of demanding payment from customers (when they were not providing the service people were expected to pay for)!! They have been fined 1.3 million zlotys (besides having to lower the toll)! This is a direct result of my amazing husband standing up for the cause of justice!

And we made it to our dinner a little late, but VERY hungry!
You may not be able to read the articles but they have pictures of the freeway and exit gates--none of Greg, though.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Prom Hairstyles: 2008 Celebrity Hairstyles

Prom night an important night to some of you if not all, and beside clothing, the next important things you want to show is your hairstyles. So what you hairstyles you are going to wear in this prom night is all depend on you. But the best and safer ways to decide on your hairstyles is to refer to some of the celebrity hairstyle, and you won't go wrong. So check this out the latest and hottest celebrity hairstyles in 2008 in the following movie clip.




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Sleepy Baby

So it's not my fault that he's the cutest falling asleep baby ever. It's also not my fault that he was wearing the ugliest pajamas ever on this occasion. You just can't plan for stuff like this. Greg only sped up the the video. He didn't doctor it to make Aaron's feet wiggle after each time he straightens up. That's our baby's natural talent you see there. Music by They Might Be Giants

Caught Me!

I've been tagged. I just wasn't fast enough to get away. I really hope Anne's motives for tagging me were not to contrast our "where were you 10 years ago" and rub it in.

What were you doing a decade ago?

I was a newlywed! (here's the rubbing it in part: Anne was in Korea toward the end of her mission, and her sister was a newlywed; therefore, her sister didn't wait for her to come back from her mission so she could attend the wedding...) We were living in Orem in a nice little studio apartment. Greg was still going to school and working at the MTC. I was working for the Pettys as a "mother's helper." The twins were about 8 months old. My life was like a dream. Then I started taking Accutane...(dum dum, DUM!)(or should that be: dumb, dumb, DUMB!?)

5 things on my "to do" list:

Oh! It's right before bed, so this is easy:

  1. publish this post
  2. brush teeth/wash face
  3. undress (because, really. Who wears pajamas?)
  4. read/pray
  5. sleep
But during any given day my list would be MUCH more exciting, like this:
  1. shower and get ready for the day (this is embarrassing, but when I make a real to-do list, when I have lots of stuff to get done, I actually list this, but everything separate, i.e. shower, fix hair, make-up, so I can cross off more stuff)
  2. clean kitchen(Monday), or bathrooms (Tuesday), or vacuum (Mon, Wed., Friday. but usually only happens twice a week. Sometimes once.), or thoroughly clean living room (Thursday) etc.
  3. wash, hang, fold laundry (every day 1-2 loads--think European size washing machine, American size family-sort of)
  4. deal with kids (feed, help with homework, read to/with, scream at etc.)
  5. Get dinner going
Enlightening, isn't it?

5 places I've lived:
  1. Orem, Utah
  2. Burbank, California
  3. Rexburg, Idaho
  4. Provo, Utah
  5. Mielec, Poland
That's really all!

5 (I mean 6) jobs I've had:
  1. phone surveyor
  2. mother's helper (Austins)
  3. Rick's college library cleaner
  4. Nanny
  5. Head Start assistant teacher
  6. mother's helper (Pettys)
It seems silly to only put five if I could put six and have all the jobs I ever had listed.

5 things people don't know about me:
  1. I sucked my thumb until I was 5 or 6 and I was unstoppable until my dentist custom made a retainer that put spikes on the roof of my mouth and made it impossible. To this day the roof of my mouth is higher than normal, and my thumb won't fit in the indention there, but I bet if I took David's (6 year-old son) thumb and pushed it on the roof of my mouth it would fit like a glove.
  2. I have always LOVED to sing, never been very good at it, and lately shock myself more and more often to hear that I'm off key.
  3. I used to be really good with kids.
  4. I was an extra in one episode of The Wonder Years where you can see me dancing like a dork (but you can't see that Fred Savage stepped on my foot about 17 times).
  5. I made Lech Walesa laugh once.
I don't believe in tagging anyone who's not related to me, and they've already been tagged, but if you read this and want to be tagged I would LOVE to read your answers to these questions!

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Prom Hairstyle: How Can You Learn from Britney Spears

If you are thinking you have putting alot of effort in reducing your weight, then you must learned from Britney Spears. She has been in Gym in her favorite Gym to work on her weight loss program and so far she seem to doing very well. Well, of course today we still be looking at Britney Spears's hairstyle. Over years, there was not much of changes to her hairstyles, except she did a very dramatic shift. Cut all her hair. (Which I did not post here!).

Britney's casual updo

Britney's formal updo

Britney's Sedu hairstyle
Britney's Sexy hairstyle

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Prom Hairstyles - How to DIY Sedu Hairstyles

Getting a perfect Sedu hairstyle isn't a hit and miss affair. It is not necessary only salon can get a perfect Sedu style. Of course, to get the very best results, there are lots of tips and tricks that hairstylists use.

Even then, you are still able to get salon quality Sedu hair at home, provided you need to know the following tricks.
  • Any dirt or grease in the hair will be 'baked' into it by the heat of the iron – and it will cause damage to the hair cuticle, so wash your hair before you start any hair do.
  • If you use hairspray, buy a good brand. The better products hold hair without it being crunchy and 'set' and will hold your hair until you choose to brush it out!
  • Applying serum to wet hair prior to drying, or to dry hair after styling doesn't just give a great shine. It helps to lock moisture into your hair and improves condition
  • A straightening iron can smooth the cuticles back down again and let them reflect light to give a lovely shine and a rejuvenated color!
(From www.curlytostraight.com)
Here's Jen at Rodeo Drive Walk of style Awards with her new straight sedu hairstyle with sweeping bangs.

Hair washing tips
  • Massage your hair gently – don't scrub at it. Wet hair is fragile and can break easily
  • Rinse the shampoo out with hot water. This will open up the hair cuticle and allow the conditioner to penetrate well
  • Use a 'product build-up' remover shampoo once every few washes. This will rid the hair of excess product which can dull the hair over time
Paris Hilton with her long Sedu hairstyle

Conditioning tips


  • Always condition your hair after washing
  • Before you apply your conditioner, squeeze as much water out of your hair as possible. If you don't do this, the conditioner will be diluted in your hair and won't be as effective
  • Only apply conditioner to your hair from ear level down. This is to prevent a build-up of product in your crown area which will loose you volume in your finished style
  • Once your conditioner has been rinsed out, give your hair another final rinse with cool water – or cold, if you can bear it! This helps to close the hair cuticle and lock moisture in
  • Always use a wide-toothed comb on hair before blow drying. Don't ever brush it as this can easily cause damage
Lastly, make sure you got your hair cut regularly. Know what you want. Decide what length and shape you want before you talk to your hairstylist.


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