Lauren From Texas

I am posting a picture of myself a) because it’s GPOYW, and b) I got my hair done in Canada.

Who knows how long the blonde will last, since it’s hard to maintain hair this blonde (blondes, you know what I am talking about!). I should memorialize it while I still can. I have been using this shampoo lately and it seems to really be helping as far as combating the brassiness and keeping the platinum highlights nice and cool. Now if only I could find a shampoo to keep roots from creeping in. 

Be warned – it’s EXTREMELY purple when it comes out of the bottle, but it won’t stain your hair (my nails do look a little “purplish” – but I’ve used it the last 3 days in a row). Leave it in for 3-5 minutes after lathering before rinsing it out.

And no, Joico did not pay me to write this post. Although, if someone from Joico is reading this, I could be persuaded to write more reviews in exchange for some free products! (Hey, it’s worth a shot.) I do love their K-PAK products and Silk Result Sheer Gloss. 

Speaking of which – anyone (and I do mean anyone) who has anything (and I do mean anything – within reason!) they would like to be reviewed on this blog, feel free to shoot me an email at laurenfromtexas (at) gmail (dot) com. I love writing product reviews (as evidenced on this blog) and will gladly offer myself up as a guinea pig for any and all free stuff.

More pictures to come soon.

Instead of a gratuitous picture of myself only, I thought I would post a picture of me and the girl in my life, our miniature Australian Shepherd, Leia. It’s a rare picture of this dog that doesn’t have at least one hand around her head, trying to keep her still for the 2 seconds it takes to get the picture. Actually, most pictures of her have to be deleted, due to the fact that you can’t tell if it’s a dog or a giant swirl of vanilla ice cream with chocolate and caramel syrup. In this picture, if you look closely, you will see that she is mentally calculating exactly how difficult it would be to shake herself free from my hand and eat my MacBook. 

She’ll be a year old in June, and although this last year has been nuts, she’s becoming a really good dog. I love her in spite of her incessant craziness. Now if only I could get her to stop eating the windowsills. 

#1: I would just like to say, I really do have eyeballs, contrary to what this picture would have you believe.
#2: WHY DIDN’T SOMEONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS BOOK SOONER?! Srsly. Think of all the money I could have saved on therapy! (Kidding Mom! If and when you find this blog, JUST KNOW I LOVE YOU.)
#3: It’s GPOYW (Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Wednesday), and since I’m currently not wearing makeup (or pants), here’s a picture from a couple weeks ago.

Happy Hump Day! NOW GET BACK TO WORK.