Dear Readers-
We have all ratted our hair and then “smoothed it out” only to find it has all come out and is totally flat! Tune in to this video for the tips and tricks of bigass hair.
Warm Regards,
ATCT
VIDEO TIME! Teasing Your Hair
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VIDEO TIME! Princess Hair For Halloween!
Dear Reader-
Halloween is almost here! If your child wants to be a princess this year, or any day for that matter, this is the video for you! Princes bun? Check. Princess bun with braid? Check. Elsa/Anna braid? Check. Goofy hairstylists doling out hair advice? Check.
Best Regards,
As The Curl Turns
p.s- If you want to make some Halloween baked goods but don’t want all that butter, try substituting applesauce for the butter.
VIDEO TIME! Seasonal Hair Color
Dear Reader-
Blonde in the summer, dark in the winter are we? If you like to transition your hair color according to the season, this video is for you. Hair safety is our number one priority, and we tell you here how to achieve your best results.
Warm Regards,
ATCT
VIDEO TIME! Swimming With Hair Color!
Dear Reader-
Keeping hair color fresh and vibrant over the summer can be a tricky business. Vacations, swim camp… there are so many elements that can fade your hair color. Check out this video for our tips and tricks on how to help your color during these trying times.
Truly,
As The Curl Turns
p.s- hard water stains? Try dipping the item in white vinegar.
VIDEO TIME! 3 Ounces of Product To Carry-On?!
Dear Reader-
The travel season is upon us. We all want to look great for the family (especially if you have those in-laws, let us be honest.) But I personally don’t want to see my checked baggage rummaged through or thrown carelessly about, or worse-LOST. So I carry on my baggage whenever I possibly can. I actually had an airline employee take my carry on luggage when they ran out of room for carry-ons in the overhead compartments. I begged him no, and explained to him I had lost luggage before. He promised it would make it. It did not. I froze in Montana in December for two days until it was returned.
But the 3 ounce clear Ziploc regulations make everything so hard! So we break down out 3 favorite travel size products to make your holidays a bit easier.
Merry Christmas,
ATCT
p.s- During your many family and social gatherings, keep a level head with those that rub you the wrong way. I accomplish this with Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
Canned Food Drive
Dear Reader-
As the holidays quickly rush towards me, I am approached more and more for donations to this or that. Business-wise I have never found them to be client generating, but really it’s about the give, right? So this year we decided to collect food for our local food bank, Second Harvest.
Our barrel will be with us until December 20th, and it’s very big. I have to admit, I have some trepidation that we won’t be able to fill it within our small shop and its clientele. I realize that any donation is helping the bank, but a full barrel would be so great. So we’re putting the word out to our clients to bring a donation to their next appointment, and the center we are located in has a lot of foot traffic. Fingers crossed for our first food drive!
Sincerely,
As The Curl Turns
VIDEO TIME! Back To School Trends
Dear Reader-
Want your hair to look better than all your friends at school? Tune in to find out what the latest trends are!
Best,
As The Curl Turns
That Cat- An 18.5 Year Love Affair
Dear Jessa-
You crossed the Rainbow Bridge yesterday, hopefully into the loving circle of the four others in our fur family that went before you. You were the first in and last out of our five fur kids. I knew you would be the most complex to let go, since you and I have been together half my life. 18 1/2 years is a good long run for the runt Calico with a big mouth and even bigger attitude.
My milk went unmolested this morning, but I won’t miss cleaning a cat box. I got no chin snuggles last night, but I also didn’t have to give you iv fluids to keep your elder body hydrated. I won’t have anyone to share my Cheetos with today, or to loudly greet me when I come home, as if my leaving was some sort of personal offense to you. I’ve certainly never had a cat that talked so much. Ever. Or yelled. But I won’t miss vet bills. The conflicted emotions of not needing now to honor the promise I made to you when you were eight weeks old, that I would fiercely love, worship, and protect you to the bitter end, cause me guilt, pain, relief, sorrow…… And as I wander around this now empty house gathering all of your things to put in the attic, I see. A paw under the bathroom door, a twitching tail baiting the dog, a thundering herd of one tearing through the dining room, a lonely laundry basket, and 18 1/2 years of my life well, well worth living with you. Mama loves.
Ever Mine,
Your Mom
Canning tomatoes- scary!
Dear Reader-
I’m an active pickler, but I haven’t delved into a lot of other canning. They scare me! Ptomaine this, botulism that, who wants to give their friends and family food poisoning?!
But I make a lot of spaghetti sauce, and making it with my own canned tomatoes is an inviting idea. So, I attempt one lowly jar of tomatoes in my canning bath with a batch of pickles.
The recipe is easy. Peel the tomatoes and put them in the jar with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice to balance out acidity and kill botulism as it matures. Great, my #1 worry come to pass. I put the jar into the canning bath and set the timer for a long 85 minute processing time. Thirty minutes in I yell out a string of expletives, realizing I forgot the death-averting lemon juice. Failure.
It cools on the counter, waiting to be tossed. I’m so mad at this point I get in the car, drive to the fruit stand, and buy more tomatoes because now I have something to prove. Sterlizing more jars, remembering the wretched lemon, I cook on, for 85 long, hot minutes.
My stove was working overtime. It was a lot of work for two prideful jars of darned tomatoes!
Not my best pickling day. But I will forge on!
Sincerely,
AS The Curl Turns
VIDEO TIME! Going Gray Gracefully
Dear Reader-
Aging gracefully? Let’s do it! We’re dishing out advice about transitioning from artificial hair color to your natural gray.
Sincerely,
As The Curl Turns
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