Comments on: Conundrums

By: Katie C

Katie C — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:55:18 +0000

Hello Mel,

My favorite lipstick is running out, Avon Coordinates Lipstick “Rose Freeze”. I bought it a looooong time ago and felt it looked too young for me in my 30s so I put it away and then found it and tried it again in my 40s and have been loving it ever since!

Many more questions, but not enough time today.

By: Mara

Mara — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:57:43 +0000

“Any-hoo” for ‘Anyhow’. HATE HATE HATE that, it makes me cringe. Don’t wear lipstick yet though, so can’t help you there. ‘Like’ for ‘As’. As in, “Like I was saying…” ARGH. My ‘hairstyle’ has been a ponytail for way too long.

By: floorplan

floorplan — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:04:25 +0000

I agree with the WalMart not Walmark! ooooh, it grates like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Or this. Ideal in stead of Idea. as in “I have a great ideal! Let’s go to Walmark!”

i need to quit commenting now.

By: floorplan

floorplan — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:01:43 +0000

oh wow Mel. You have such dark eyebrows that maybe you aren’t a warm blonde after all. Still. Try a warm lipstick and see if it pleases you.

I have monster dark eyebrows too. Cherokee in my ancestry.

By: floorplan

floorplan — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:59:04 +0000

have you tried warm shades for your lipstick? the colors you mention are cool which typically don’t go with some types of blonde/skin combos.

Here’s my question. WHY must our natural lip color fade as we age? I look miserable without some APPLIED color on my lips and I prefer not to mess with remembering to apply lipstick. I used to have a pretty mouth and i miss it.

By: carrien

carrien — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:49:15 +0000

How did the phrase “There’s lots” make it’s way into the vocabulary of north America. It’s so very grammatically incorrect. You would never say “there is lots” so why is the contraction acceptable?

It drives me nuts, especially when newscasters say it.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:03:38 +0000

Two words for you: M.A.C “Twig”.

As for the questions, I have been wondering a few things myself lately…like, why do I weigh more now after having 3 kids than I weighed when I was pregnant with said kids? Or…why is it that my kids are happy to play quietly until the second I get on the telephone? And finally…why do people say “irregardless” when they can just say “regardless”?

By: Barb

Barb — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:44:22 +0000

realtor….not REAL-A-TOR…(what really ticks me off about this one is I’ve heard realtors pronounce it wrong
nuclear…..not NU-CU-LER
library…..not LIBARY….

I have the hair dilemma…..I have curly hair but it’s thin and fine…most of the time i accept its curliness…but right now I’ve started straightening it…I’ve done it in the past, it’s just a phase. I always have bangs though, a carryover from my childhood, since my mother always insisted I needed bangs because my forehead is “so high”…

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:58:59 +0000

Why do teenage boys insist on belting their pants below their bottoms, leaving their boxer shorts on display?

IMNTBHO???? It is just another part of being a skank.
I have a 17 year old teenage boy. DS is not allowed to wear these things as I BUY his clothing and those articles of clothing must pass my muster.
I as well carry on a wicked commentary to DS about what others wear or in some cases don’t wear. What they are messaging and how others are recieving and responding to that message. DS doesn’t not want to be on the recieving end of that type of commentary.

By: Melody

Melody — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:45:32 +0000

I have the exact same hair dilemma…I cut if off, grow it out, cut bangs to see if that will make it look better, grow my bangs out, and do it all over again…it’s a cycle I have been in since I was a teenager…it doesn’t help that I have extremely curly, thick hair…maybe I should invest in a wig…