no boys allowed in the room!!!!

pretty sure I have used Abbott's method and it works

I used to clean my guinea pigs' cages that way. It got rid of everything.

I think my problem is that I have invested solely in all natural home cleaners.

Comet is basically powdered bleach + fine sand. Dishwasher detergent (I use the gel kind) also works great for this, due to the chlorine content.

I am easily entertained/fascinated by the magic eraser - no chemicals, just a billion scrubby microfibers.

xp - haha - i have too since my ex moved out, but there's still some comet and simple green left over. he was really particular about cleaning products in terms of maximum efficiency

i like the method cleaners because they smell nice

so true - I use that mint window stuff on everything I can. I cleaned the linoleum with it though and the cats went nuts thinking the whole floor was catnip.

I love the vision of this "THE FLOOR IS CATNIP!"

That sounds like comedy gold!

I will video next time :)

I use pretty intensely powerful dye (elumen, I go candy apple red) and I have found Scrubbing Bubbles cleaner will clean the tub well, FYI.

I dyed my hair with Loreal Feria violet black the other night, forgetting how violet the undertones are. And that my regrowth is silver. Haw. I now have Very Purple Roots and black hair. It looks kind of funky, but I'd rather deep red than purple!

i googled elumen and found this

http://files.vancepublishing.com/CcmsFile-33181/Elumen.jpg

woah.

Yeah, Elumen is nuts!

that looks awesome

i am getting my hair cut tomorrow! for the first time in months and months, since hangin w my friend the hairdresser on the west coast, so, with a new stylist eeek.

I got my hair cut on saturday and my ex bf's mom was there. I had to break up with her. :/

Oof. That's a tough one.

xp - kinda glad i no longer have the obligation to deal some of my ex bf's family members tbh

I need that Elumen red. I would love to go back to the red bangs again. The bonus of grey hair is, you can dye it insane colours, and dont need to bleach!

Hm Speaking of, I need a haircut and I'm reluctant to go to my usual place cos the new chick who did my hair last month or so did a shite job and I hate it.

You should not go back if you're getting shite haircuts there.

speaking of hair, mine is STILL growing out! it's been like a million years.

Only the last one was. Usually they do a great job - i think its the fact I'm trying to grow out a short fringe. Well, har this thread has made me book in for a haircut after work today anyway. And I think I'll get some bright red streaks done.

Can you request a different stylist? Or request that you not get the one who did a bad job?

I just bought my very first set of matching, grown-up dishes. They are all wrapped up and we're moving soon, but I unwrapped on of the mugs and I keep going into the kitchen to fondle it in awed reverence.

aw!

Trayce, I buy it off eBay (in the past) or amazon (lately) bc technically it's only for sale to hairdressers. I bleach my hair, use Elumen Prepare, then rinse & stick elumen RR@all on my head. After a base coat or two it's pretty much permanent - ever so slightly lighter after 3 weeks, having freshly bleached my hair prior. A delight.
I am pretty sure it's organic too!

xp They're blue! And from reputable purveyor of household goods Crate and Barrel! I felt like an NYT Style Section profilee as I stood there farting around on my iPhone waiting for the C&B employee to carefully wrap up all my new dishes.

I can see the headline now. "Trend Watch: White People Are Buying Dishes from Crate and Barrel after Carefully Researching Other Options on the Internet."

haha i used to look longingly at the windows of the Crate and Barrel on North Ave. i get it.

The picture with the article will be me cradling my mug and staring pensively out the window.

FFM: sounds good! Never seen it here, though I sometimes get salon level stuff from hairdresser suppliers, where you have to mix with the 60vol or whatever. Mostly I just go to the salon and let them do it tho: I'm crap at doing foils.

The picture with the article will be me cradling my mug and staring pensively out the window.

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i can see it! the article writes itself, really.

i went to Target yesterday, and they sell Magic Eraser sponges that attach to mops!

HOLY.

it made for efficient cleaning of the shower - though i regret having to report that it did not do so well on the tub - the walls of the shower are a different material.

i still believe these really are made of magic. industrial and slightly evil magic, but magic nonetheless. i need to buy new ones.

i also need a magical attitude adjustment about this town and guys, i mean, men. gotta shift out of comfort zone and try not to hate it, or, yknow, run away from home, lol...

what attitude needs adjusting?

the one where I am really just unfairly misanthropic when it comes to other socializing possibilities in this town

are there events, places, things that seem interesting but you're skeptical about, or is it just that it feels like there's nothing worth doing outside of what you already do/where you regularly go?

on the subject of hair dye - i quit dying my hair after almost 20 years a few years ago - i occasionally miss it, because my hair is a pretty boring shade of brown, but it makes my skin look better coloring-wise.

I started again recently after about five dye-free years but went one shade lighter than the colour I used to use.

i've noticed a lot of women do this as they get older - dye hair in lighter shades - like my mom dyes her hair light brown, which i think is weird because her natural hair color is dark brown/almost black - is it a skin tone thing?

Yeah total skin tone thing bc skin tone needs more 'warming up' as we get older. Like I know older ladies who stopped wearing black even bc it started making them look washed out.

I really need to get my hair fixed too right now, along w the bad haircut. and get dif make-up bc I am summer darker/pinker.. And teeth cleaned. This never happens to me - feel like I'm falling apart!

xp - yeah the first thing - things to do, so many of them, but my skepticism + an often-unexpected shyness needs to take a hike.

Like I know older ladies who stopped wearing black even bc it started making them look washed out.

what a sad thought - i hope these ladies were thin/slender at least ...

xp - maybe find a friend that is also interested in said things, or at least is willing to say, "WTF - if it's horrible or lame at least I'll have a good story to tell" to go with you?

They started wearing dark brown instead! True stories!

okay, that's not so sad.