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Beauty

8 Fun Bun Hairstyles To Try

  1. French braid the front
  2. Throw on a headband
  3. Double your pleasure
  4. Tuck and roll your bangs
  5. Tie on a scarf
  6. Sweep it to the side (and add a few cornrows!)
  7. French braid the back
  8. Add a pretty flower

 

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Friend Friday: How I Get Dressed!

This week’s Modly Chic’s Friend Friday topic is all about how I go about getting dressed each day.

Check out this week’s short video where I answer the following questions about my daily dressing habits:

  1. How do you determine what you will wear that day?
  2. Do you plan outfits out in advance for a whole week, month, weekend?
  3. Do you have any specific way of tracking outfits and items already worn so you don’t repeat
  4. How do you discover new combinations of items in your closet?
  5. To streamline the process for 2011 what is one new thing you can do to cut down your dressing time?
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Practical Fashion: Removing Stickers From the Bottom of Shoes

As you’ve probably figured out by now, I can’t resist a good shoe bargain.  On the weekends, you’ll frequently catch me prowling the shoe aisles in my favorite discount retailers looking for a sign that reads those magical words: Additional 50% off!

Unfortunately, those steep discounts often come with an annoying little side effect… Shoe.Sticker.Residue.

Case in point, my new Members Only boots that I got on sale at Daffy’s for $50 (marked down from $260).

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Pretty cute, right? The angled side zipper detail is what got me.  But check out the underside…

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Le sigh.  And this wasn’t even the worst of the two shoes.  The other foot had at least 3 additional stickers on it.  Below is a pic of my first attempt to carefully peel away those pesky little buggers.

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Now for some folks, this may not seem too terrible. But for someone like me, who obsesses over the smallest details, this leftover residue was a real shoe bargain buzzkill. So rather than ruin a perfectly good manicure by scraping off the remnants with my fingernails (which I’ve done in the past), I decided to grab my two trusty sidekicks:

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You can also use plain old baby oil or whatever oil you have on hand.  Just soak up a few drops with your cotton ball, rub it across the sole of your shoe, let it absorb for a few seconds, and the yuckies just rub right off.

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Just like new!