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The Perfect Shower Cap

I am a strong believer in shower caps: They are pretty much essential for maintaining your hair style. (Unless you want to go without bathing….but ew.) Blow However, I must confess that until all-too-recently, I was buying the $2 cap at my corner chain drug store. I figured as long as it fit my head, that was the best I was going to get.

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The Perfect Shower Cap

Food geeks socially accepted

Gizmodo recently featured a gallery of socially acceptable nerds and food geeks finally made it onto the list. I quote: Food Geeks: Liking to eat is one thing, but becoming really familiar with the exact time and water temperature to cook the perfect soft-boiled egg

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‘Project Runway’ Season 7 Back to New York Premiere Recap

Filed under: Fashion , News Nicole Richie guest judges on “Project Runway” premiere. Photo: MyLifetime.com “Project Runway” returned to New York City in high style last night, invigorating the reality competition with the urban energy we found missing during its Season 6 pit stop in sprawling Los Angeles

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‘Project Runway’ Season 7 Back to New York Premiere Recap

Jessica Biel Plays Both Glamazon and Tomboy in Vogue

Filed under: Fashion , Celebrity , News , Denim , Celebrity Style Denim done right on Vogue’s new Jessica Biel cover. Photo courtesy of Vogue It looks like dreams are coming true for Jessica Biel in 2010 — one of them being a Vogue cover girl. “I have always wanted to be on the cover of Vogue ,” the 27-year-old actress admits in a behind-the-scenes clip of her February cover story

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Jessica Biel Plays Both Glamazon and Tomboy in Vogue

Hair Shears – How to Find the Best Scissors to Meet Your Needs

Hair cutting professionals use high quality hair cutting shears or professional hair scissors. For those interested in cutting hair at home to those who have been cutting hair for 20 years, it’s important to know about the quality and design of hair shears.

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Remy Human Hair, Non-Remy Hair, Single Drawn and Double Drawn Hair For Hair Extensions

Hair for hair extensions comes in many different qualities and from many sources. The following article will give you the information needed to make informed choices when purchasing hair for extensions.

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Remy Human Hair, Non-Remy Hair, Single Drawn and Double Drawn Hair For Hair Extensions

Free patterns and charts: Elves and fairies

(1) Qu’ils sont beaux vos lutins! from Les chroniques de Frimousse (2) Like an elf from Sylyne’s universe (3) Jour des lutins! from Les chroniques de Frimousse (4) Sewing elves from Les chroniques de Frimousse (5) Complicité gourmande from Les chroniques de Frimousse (6) Petite fée from Aurelle (7) Elves on scooters from Les chroniques de Frimousse

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Claudia Schiffer is Pregnant With Third Child

Filed under: Celebrity , News Claudia is preggers! Photo: AFP/Getty Images Schwing ! ” Wayne’s World ” supermodel crush Claudia Schiffer (Garth to Wayne: “She’s magically babelicious”) is adding another beautiful baby to her brood. Did we just totally date ourselves? British style site Grazia Daily reports that the German stunner, 39, is pregnant with her third child

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Free patterns and charts: Zodiac signs

(1) CAPRICORNE from les loisirs abbygaelle (2) Zodiaque capricorne from au fil de mes croix (3) Signe des Poissons from Le blog de Mamou (4) Capricorne  from le blog petitsoleils (5) Signe du Capricorne from Le blog de Mamou

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Japanese Ship Launching Commemorative Case

Here is a ship launching commeorative case. It is post-war and is high-quality with heavy wood and a nicely detailed center plaque. This kind of item was probably sold at the launching ceremony and perhaps before and after at various local department stores.

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Japanese Ship Launching Commemorative Case

Recycled Kids Art – Cards for Children…

If you are looking for an uplifting inspirational…kick you in the pants, family life changing blog, then giving stream is for you. They feature activities and projects for you and your children to do together to make the world a better place.   Check out their Children’s Hospital Greeting Cards made from Kids Art.

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Quirky Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

Instead of giving the people you love the traditional Valentine’s Day roses and chocolates, give them some quirkly and playful gifts! One of favourite places to get such gifts is Urban Outfitters because they have such a large selection fit for all personality types and tastes. Images: Urban Outfitters Draw a bubble bath for two and incorporate the following gifts for a fun-filled Valentine’s Day night! Love Duck ($8) Love Stinks Soap ($8) Heart on a Rope ($12) Throwing a Valentine’s Day party for your closests friends? Use these cute stamps for the invites or give them away as party favors.

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Kate Moss to Design Handbags for Longchamp

Filed under: Accessories , Fashion , News , Designers & Brands Bag lady, Kate Moss. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images Kate Moss ‘ ever-expanding empire puts other models to shame — and it just won’t stop! The model, who turns 36 tomorrow, held her own in the Longchamp campaign alongside the much younger Daria Werbowy , and now the fashion house has tapped the former queen of waifs to design a signature handbag line , reports WWD. Apparently the model-entrepreneur moves fast

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Free patterns and charts: Biscornu

(1) Le free en ligne from le blog petitsoleils (2) Eden’s dream from Le blog de Liselotte (3) Biscornu from Le blog de kali (4) Blackwork biscornu from les loisirs abbygaelle (5) January Week 2 ~ freebie from Embroiderbee’s Blog (6) Petit cadeau de début d’année from Val’ en croix (7) Le LOVE biscornu from Le blog de Liselotte (8) January Week 1 ~ Freebie from Embroiderbee’s Blog (9) Heart biscornu from Sylyne’s universe (10) Biscornus…

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Taylor Momsen Hosts Victoria’s Secret ‘Love Rocks’ Perfume Launch

Filed under: Fragrance , Beauty , Celebrity , News , Celebrity Beauty Taylor rocks Victoria’s Secret. Photo: Astrid Stawiarz, Getty Images “Gossip Girl” star Taylor Momsen took a break from playing Jenny Humphrey to play hostess at the Victoria’s Secret store in SoHo, New York City. She was helping launch the lingerie giant ’s new rocker-chic fragrance collection, Love Rocks

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Taylor Momsen Hosts Victoria’s Secret ‘Love Rocks’ Perfume Launch

Free patterns and charts: Flowers

(1) Carrés de Delf fleuri from Bien le Bonjour aux Brodeuses (2) Blackwork in Red = Rackwork? from Two-Handed Stitcher (3) Bloomin’ Marvellous : 4 from materialistic (4) A single red rose from Cross me not (5) Valentine Peonies from Wee Folk Art (6) Pink roses from Cross me not (7) Cross stitch Rose from Happy Threads (8) Cross stitch an Agapanthus from Happy Threads (9) Frises aux roses from les Passe-Temps de Flo …

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Amy Butler’s Velma Bags Pattern Giveaway

I just had to look up the word giveaway, I was thinking it was not a word but some weird new internet word but it seems to be in the Merrium-Webster Dictionary . So, okay! I have this lovely Amy Butler Velma Bags Pattern to give away! Who’s excited?

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Yarn Girl’s Guide To Simple Knits

What happens when you take big needles, simple yet stylish patterns, and mix them all together with the industry’s “funnest” yarns? Well, you don’t get frumpy. You get gorgeous, wearable, real people sized knits

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Yarn Girl’s Guide To Simple Knits

Old advertising flyers and posters are recycled into cute mini notebooks

Over at the Etsy store there is a designer, Comfortable Shoes Studio that recycles old advertising posters and fliers into super cute mini notebooks.

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Old advertising flyers and posters are recycled into cute mini notebooks

Hot Deal : A Nautical Themed Dress

When I wrote about the basic striped top a few days ago, I mentioned it reminding me of the Nautical trend that seems to crop up every Spring and Summer.  Well if you’d like to give that fashion theme a try, an easy way to do it would be to find a dress that incorporates it. Image: Forever 21 This cute and sassy Forever 21 Pantomine Tri-Color Dress ($19.80) is a prime example. Although the colours are black, white and red they’re still quite reminiscent of the navy, white red I was referring to.

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Hot Deal : A Nautical Themed Dress