Attack of Potato Chip Woman

Let's pretend that you are famished and have not eaten in 2 days.  You are sitting in an empty room at an equally empty table.  A man walks into the room and offers you a bag of cookies or a bag of chips...but there is a caveat; you may choose only one bag.  Which would you select?  The bag of chips or the cookies? If you say "Neither, I would choose broccoli," then a pox upon you.

Seriously, though, I wish illness upon no one.  In fact, I myself had quite a scare myself.  You see, yesterday I had an attack...a potato chip attack; and I am still reeling with remorse.  More on that in a minute.

Much like driving a car without GPS, I made a maneuvering error in the grocery store yesterday: I went down the "chip aisle," or as I like to call it, "Pandora's Box." And yes, I bought a bag of potato chips.

We all know that it is okay to indulge in potato chips every now and then, and everything in moderation, blah-blah-blah.  However, when it comes to a sinfully crunchy bag of chips, the word "moderation" holds little meaning for me.  Why snack on a single serving of 12 chips (120 calories) when you can snarf down half a bag (calorie total unknown). 

You probably think that I am remorseful and full of self-loathing because I ate SO MANY chips yesterday, don't you?  Perhaps you believe that I am consumed with guilt for my gluttony. 

If so, you are incorrect. The root of my regret lies in...French onion dip.  No potato chip feast is complete without French onion dip.  If you have never been blessed enough to enjoy this evil-good combination of foods, don't start now or you could end up like me, greedily opening a bag of chips on the way home from the grocery store.  Darn, it's hard to drive when you're dipping a potato chip into dip.

But, I digress; my self-disgust lies with the fact that I bought "Fat Free" French onion dip.  Why in the heck did I destroy my date with snack royalty by purchasing fat free dip?  Perhaps I was subconsciously planning to eat the entire bag of chips and was looking for caloric redemption.

Fat free dip, for those who are not condiment-savvy, tastes like Elmer's glue with seasoning; it's not worth buying and certainly not worth wasting a chip-fest on.

So, take it from me, my chip-eating brethren.  Enjoy your fried morsels of potato goodness with  full-on, sour-cream based French onion dip.  If a love like this is wrong, I don't want to be right.

How to Highlight Your Hair: Easy to Do it Yourself Highlights

  
  Gently highlighted hair softens the face

If your hair is a solid block of color (particularly if it's is dyed), regardless of the shade, chances are that your face looks a bit more tired than you would like.  Unless you are in your twenties, a solid shade can look quite unnatural, resulting in a heavy look in the cheek area of your face while emphasizing bags under the eyes.

Highlights in the hair help rejuvenate a face, giving it a bit of sparkle and a gleam of youthfulness.  In just a few easy steps, we are going to tell you to how highlight your hair with do it yourself highlights.  It's easy.

   Red shades of hair look great with highlights

NOTE:

1. If you color your hair, highlight your hair 1-2 days after a fresh application of hair color.
2. Get a fresh haircut before highlighting your hair for best results.

PURCHASE:

1.    L'Oreal Multi-Tonal Color System in the Red Box is an excellent color/highlight two in-one boxed set.  Follow directions to the letter and you will have natural looking highlights that are awesome.

2. If you do not color your hair or wish to use a different hair coloring system, do so and wait 1-2 days to highlight as specified above under "Note".

3.     We also like highlight results using L'Oreal La Petite Frost for a little bit more "blonde."





4. Clairol HAIRPAINTING
is also a favorite of ours...but we are not fans of "cap" frosting/highlighting methods that use a cap such as Frost & Tip as the cap method is awkward to use.



METHOD:

• Wear an old shirt you don't mind getting messed.
• Prepare application according to directions.
• Wear hair as you normally would.
• Stroke highlighting blend as close to the root line as possible on a section of 15-20 strands. 
• Use a downward stroke from root to end of hair.
• Place 4 1-inch spaced strokes of highlighter on left of part and 4 1-inch spaced strokes of highlighter on right of part. Make sure the left and right side DO NOT match where highlighter is applied; it should look varied in placement.
• Run 4 strokes of highlighter down back of head from top to bottom of hair.
• Apply a few dabs of highlighter to wisps of hair jutting out of haircut along the jaw line.
• If any highlighter remains, bend at waist and flip hair forward.  Apply a few strokes of highlighter to underside of hair.
• Stand upright and wait length of time according to directions.
• Rinse and treat with conditioner for color-treated hair.
• Style and dry per usual and enjoy your new look