Not the Hair!Tried one of those ten-minute root touch-up hair color kits today, because my roots were bugging me and my hair appointment isn't until the 14th. Hrm. There's less of a contrast between my dark brown roots and red hair now, so it looks better from a distance, but overall I'm much less than thrilled. I think leaving the color on for an ( Read more... )

First appointment with my new dermatologist today. She told me I have beautiful skin, which has been making me happy all day. I'm kind of obsessed with my skin, but I figure I deserve to be after suffering from acne from ages eleven to twenty-seven. A six-month course of Accutane finally got rid of it. That and my fanatical devotion to sun ( Read more... )

1) Today wasn't so bad, actually. I did have to do a lot of driving, but that involved having to drive past one of the Burlington fire stations four times. Did I mention that it was the fire department's recruit testing day? Sweaty young men clambering all over fire engines and hauling hoses. I didn't mind that part. At all ( Read more... )

1) First CSA box! (Well, actually bag, which I had to bring myself.) Anyway, for our vegetable share we got multicolored "Easter egg" radishes, flowering kale, green garlic, and two heads of this really pretty red-speckled lettuce, plus a six-pack of pansy plants. Meat share was ground beef and country-style pork ribs. I ate most of the radishes ( Read more... )

1) My hair, it is fixed! Five minutes of auburn demipermanent color over the bad permanent dye job (that salon isn't getting a second chance - hmph!) did the trick. No more orange ( Read more... )

Please excuse me while I bitch and moan about the very important topic of my hair ( Read more... )

Just got back from getting the horizontal lines on my forehead Botoxed. Yay! Fresh Botox is most satisfying. I'll be back in three months for the next round. Even better, I'm going back to the dermatologist on Thursday afternoon for PhotoDerm (aka Intense Pulsed Light) treatment for hyperpigmentation. This I have not done before. Hope it works ( Read more... )