I was using expensive shampoo, conditioner and treatments when I was blonde, Olaplex, Kérastase and K18. My hair felt like crap but that's because it was bleached.
I then switched to Pantene and in my last bleach treatment my hair burnt and snapped which has never happened before as my hair takes bleach pretty well.
This may have been a coincidence for sure, but it was enough to scare me back to salon quality products.
Since growing out the bleach and getting back to my natural colour I've gone back to my Pantene and my hair looks and feels amazing.
Current faves are the Pantene Biotin Daily Intensive shampoo and conditioner combo and the Pantene Pro-V 3 minute treatment.
@pippa While I agree that it's difficult and unfair to be filling in the blanks about the mother and her potential shortcomings, you have done the same about the father.
We only have a one sided story from the mother, from her perspective.
She said she has anger issues and it's been years since she has spoken to her ex, the father of her child. Now why is that?
How can you co-parent a child without speaking to your co-parent.
Why would a child up and leave over what is seemingly, from the story a rather mild incident?
Seems like this mother who may very well be genuinely hurting, is leaving out a history of incidents just like this with her daughter and ex and maybe this was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
TLDR:
MIL asked if couple needed help planning gender reveal.
With the changes to Texan laws, he should be charge with attempted murder.
I don't watch the Olympics, watching sport is not my thing but I would watch this.
I've been saying in the years since Lance Armstrong was denounced when everyone else was pretty much doping and he was still the best, they should just have their own games.
That and having an everyman/woman in each event of the real Olympics to act as a barometer to show just how impressive the athletes are.
@simple simon It's very MLM isn't it? LOL
@rk in sydney without having ever watch MAFS and only ready this article, I agree with you. Sometimes we're so keen to see the bad in people we often don't have the grace to offer the benefit of the doubt.
I often feel really disappointed in myself for not being able to maintain relationships better. I have had several long term jobs and made many friends, but once that employment ends so do the friendships, same with high school and uni.
I just don't have the capacity to maintain so many friendships from so many periods in my life so I have a very small group of friends who I adore.
Sometimes people just aren't good at it and the reasons aren't always nefarious.
The hangers are horrid and terribly outdated but they may be something your son will look back on fondly.
My grandmother hand crocheted all her grandchildren patchwork blankets with flowers on them. Boys, and girls, we all had that blanket on our bed at one point as kids.
It's something that bonds all of us cousins and we chat about fondly.
I'm sure our mothers found they weren't to their taste but the blankets weren't for them afterall.
I just cut my long almond-shaped nails short before reading this!
I think the key phrase here is "Good managers".
Every single one of these 5 things managers want us to stop doing would be seen as varying levels of insubordination at my workplace.
Before I saw there was an update I was going to give this fool the benefit of the doubt and say he's either a young widower, his ex hasn't collected her stuff yet or he's house-sitting for someone with a nicer place than him.
But nope, he's just very stupid.
These articles are so important and the use of clear facts is invaluable in dismantling the damaging mentality behind the nuclear family.
There are men in my life who insist their partner stay home to raise the children should they have them without thinking of the financial, physical and mental consequences for the primary caregiver. My mother was a STAHM of 6 children. She would often remark that she didn't understand why women bother continuing to work just so they can "waste their paycheck to pay someone else to raise their children". She hasn't said this since I pointed out how crucial it is for women to remain in the workforce so they can remain relevant to their employer so as not to be overlooked for future career advancement, continue accumulating super and ensure their skills remain current.
Honestly, this and the added mental load has made me realise I don't want children and I was someone who as a child always envisioned myself as a parent. Now that's not a life that is feasible.
@gu3st you mustn’t be familiar with the way people speak nowadays. He is absolutely not talking about “smacking” her butt. This is indeed a way of talking about sex, it’s derogatory in just plain gross to say as the entirety of your wedding vows
@gu3st what?
@hamster It might help a little but I honestly don't think it would do a great deal.
But at least you're coming up with ideas which is awesome and way more than our politicians are doing which is just saying the token line "we need to do more"....but then not ever coming up with ideas for what the "more" is.
It's really disheartening to scroll through insta reels and tiktoks to see this rising trend of street interviewers who ask particular questions of men and women that are designed to humiliate women and make them feel small and stupid.
Parents may be raising their boys but society are moulding them into the men we see.
@laurenella I think you will find when asked what they do, they will tell you
"their best".
Just another reason why I despise "mumfluencers" and family blog/vloggers another reason to not give them any attention.
They exploit their children online without their informed consent (they are minors and cannot fully comprehend nor give informed consent) for attention and profit.
It's a sick and nasty thing to do, many of them know full well the potential risk they put their children in in terms of online predators and now cases of abuse behind the scenes to create content are becoming more common.
It's gross and pathetic and needs to be seen as such so that these people loose their followings and prevents future exploitations from happening.
@mamamia-user-482898552 That is fantastic!
I'm going to pinch that haha
One time after being asked if I have kids and answering no thinking that would be the end of it, the guy asked me "why not". I answer "because I'm too smart for that".
He did NOT like that answer LOL
Everyone raves about the Flower Beauty foundation.
I would like my $9.95 back lol
If you're an oily skin gal, steer clear.
By the end of the day I looked a hot mess. It had broken down horrifically and oxidized so I looked like a shiny, blotchy oompa loompa