I grew up in St. Louis to orange freezes and double steakburgers with cheese.  When I was a little girl and my baby sister was being born, my dad distracted my little brother and I at the Steak & Shake on Hampton Avenue in South St. Louis.  The first place I circled with my new drivers license at age 16 was the Steak & Shake on Chippewa. 

By the time I was ready to graduate from high school I had been on many dates at Steak & Shake.  In one case, Glen Navarro, a crush from my last two years at Bishop Du Bourg High School came back from his tour in the Navy to take me for a Steak burger with 1000 Island Dressing.  It was a memorable evening. 

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A lot of hair myths exist involved “medium” length hair.or hairstyle.  Really, what is the true definition of medium length hair versus very short, short, long and ultra long? 

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Gold’s per-ounce price could top $1,000 this year, say some gold industry analysts.

Meanwhile, as global demand set records in 2007, the precious metal’s current high-price and volatility poses “challenges” to the jewelry industry generally, and U.S. jewelry retailers specifically, says a new World Gold Council report.

What does that mean for fashionistas?  High prices on high fashion accessories made with gold and of course accelerated pricing on gold wedding and engagement rings.  What to do?  Turn to silver or other precious metals and wait for the gold market to adjust.  After all, like in fashion, what goes up, always goes down.

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Life & Style Magazine - April 14th issue - interviewed Ashlee Simpson about her new album - Bittersweet World - told the weekly magazine “I never thought my life would end up taking the turn that it has. I always saw myself with blue hair in a band. So it’s great to be in the place that I am right now. Either way, I’ll be happy. I’ll probably still have blue hair one day.”

(Image of Ashlee Simpson - DailyCeleb.com - all rights reserved - 2008).

I for one have no doubt that will happen since the singer, actress and newly crowned t-shirt designer for wet seal has morphed from platinum blonde to deep burgandy red with a few stops in the chocolate, black and strawberry shades along the way. Going blue with her hair? Why not?

Ash is not only in the news for her new CD and T-shirt line, she is also fighting rumors that she and long term beau Pete Wentz are pregnant. The very private Ash doesn’t want to talk about it although she is willing to talk about her recent engagement to the Fall Out Boy band member which they announced on the Web.

Will Ashlee have blue hair for her nuptials to Pete? Unlikely.

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On the most recent episode of MTV’s sizzling hot The Hills (Girls Night Out - 4/14/08,) Lauren Conrad (aka L.C.) showed up at People’s Revolution in LA with shorter hair and a hot hairline slanted braid.

L.C. had previously agreed to help her BFF Whitney with LA Fashion Week and looked very stylish even though she was dressed to work hard signing and lining up models for the show.

Of course Lauren looked very cute and stylish with her shorter bob inspired layered hairdo. As you would expect, the reality TV superstar completely changed up her new haircut with her front line braid, shattered ends and a “mini” hair bump for a softer look.

(Image of Lauren Conrad - MTV/TV - The Hills - Girls Night Out Episode - 4/14/08 - all rights reserved MTV/TV).

When created too tightly, hairline braids can look severe or harsh. Lauren’s braid which runs from side to side rather than from front to back is what is known as an “invisible” or “underhanded braid”.

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Besides being tall, slender, blonde and incredibly beautiful, Whitney Port on The Hills wears incredible hair accessory trends. Throughout her time with Lauren and the gang, Whitney has worn her hair in a dizzying array of stunning hairstyles adorned with a wide range of eye popping headbands, clips and related hair accessories.

On the most recent episode shown on Monday, 4/14/08, Whitney wore a skinny white headband studded with tiny Swarovski gems, most likely from Celebrity Stylist Lisa Freede.

The headband has a chic shimmer that is not overpowering and works beautifully to hold Whitney’s hair back off her face while adding that something special.

Note: The Lisa Freede Headband like Whitney’s (in all colors from white to chocolate) is available in the HairBoutique.com Marketplace.

It would not be surprising to discover Whitney is wearing a Lisa Freede design since her friends - The Hilton Sisters - often wear the Lisa Freede hair accessories designs.

(Image of Whitney on MTV’s The Hills - Girl’s Night Out Episode - wearing a skinny white Swarovski encrusted headband - 4/14/2008 - all rights reserved MTV/TV).

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LeAnn Rimes became a country singing sensation at the very young age of 15. From the beginning of her career LeAnn was taken under the wings of a fashion stylist who helped her hone her true fashion sense. Over the years since she was discovered, LeAnn has become a celebrity fashion plate.

(Image of LeAnn Rimes at the 2007 Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Awards Party - 2-10-07)

When it comes to her hairstyles, LeAnn has developed a fabulous sense of what works for her hair and fashion style.

For special award shows LeAnn has her hair coiffed by top notch celebrity hairdressers. However, for non-Red Carpet events LeAnn has confessed she loves to do her own hairstyles. LeAnn prefers to wear her hair longer with carefully crafted layers because it offers more versatility.

Although the singing sensation looks spectacular with her hair worn up in a series of sensual twists and updo styles, she loves to wear her hair down and casually chic.

The tools LeAnn uses to create her soft casual styles? Curling irons and hot rollers. She also loves to pin her hair up in a casual twist. Sometimes she uses rollers to create wet sets. More often than not LeAnn wears hair with loose texture on the edges.

Follow the steps listed below to recreate LeAnn’s stunning style shown here:

1. Start by selecting a color safe shampoo with a formula to preserve any gorgeous blonde hues like LeAnn’s current golden shade. Otherwise, select a shampoo that works with your current texture, type and condition of hair.

2. Apply a rinse out conditioner that works for your hair’s normal texture, type and condition. Consider trying a color co-ordinated mask to intensify your existing color. Avoid heavy conditioners for hair that is fine or thin.

3. Finish with a cool/cold rinse to close the cuticle and help add natural shine.

4. Towel blot (never rub or rough dry) to remove excess water.

5. Coat damp strands with a customized styling product cocktail containing styling aides such as a defrisant, volume building mousse, gel or other styling products that work best with your hair texture and type.

6. Blow dry using a large round boar’s bristle brush for strong, lasting support. Direct the air flow down from the roots towards the end to build in shine and smooth strands.

7. Use fingers to lift targeted sections of hair near the roots for desired volume and lift. Direct the air flow of the blow dryer down the hair from the ends to the roots to add lots of volume.

8. Use round brush to lightly roll the ends of the hair under while blow drying.

9. Finish blow drying with blast of cold air, if possible, which sets the style.

(Image of LeAnn Rimes at the 2007 Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Awards Party - 2-10-07)

10. When hair is 100% dry, separate hair into individual 2″ sections. Set on large hot rollers, or curl with a medium sized curling iron to add movement to the strands.

11. After working with each section,add perimeter curls with a curling iron. Release the curls from the curling iron. Roll the newly formed curl with your fingers up towards your scalp. Pin into place to allow the curl to cool completely. Work around the entire head until all sections have been curled and pinned to the scalp. Spritz lightly with a soft hold hairspray.

If you prefer curling with hot rollers, let the curlers completely cool before removing. Once all the rollers have been removed, let new curls dangle free before styling. Spritz lightly with a soft hold hairspray.

12. Once curls are completely cool, use a tail comb or brush to create an off-center part like LeAnn’s style.

13. Use your fingers or a boar’s head brush to direct the hair into a very soft cascade of hair off the face with the ends nestling into the shoulders and cascading down towards the middle of the back.

14. Spray with a firm hold hairspray.

15. If necessary, use a medium barrel curling iron to touch up the ends of the style.

16. Apply a small drop of shine serum and lightly brush over the top of the finished style. If you prefer, use a shine spray product and spray into the palms of your hands and then glide over finished style.

18. If desired, finish the look with a long lasting hairspray for a silky shine effect.

For more LeAnn Rimes Hairstyles check out Celebrity Hair: LeAnn Rimes

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Oscar Blandi has a client list that includes some of the top superstars in the celebrity world.

Before her marriage to Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes was a regular visitor to the handsome Oscar’s chair. Throughout his brilliant career, Oscar, who was born in Naples, Italy to a famous hairdresser, has also coiffed the tresses of Jennifer Garner, Salma Hayek, Kelly Ripa, Natasha Richardson, Reese Witherspoon, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Renee Zellweger, Minnie Driver, Lara Flynn Boyle, Gabriel Byrne, Stockard Channing, Courteney Cox, Cameron Diaz, Carmen Electra, Sarah Ferguson,

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Yes I agree that to be successful in business you have to make a lot of difficult decisions on a daily, if not, hourly basis.

Those “hard decisions” include terminating the kid you really like who is bright and shows so much promise but can’t seem to ever get to work on time, puts baking cookies with his family at Christmas over coming to work for the Holiday sales crunch and finally pushes you to the brink by forging a doctor’s note so he can call in sick when he’s really not.

Another difficult decision involves trying to be polite to a prospective vendor who is selling the most horrible looking headbands in unbelievably unattractive colors. I never want to be intentionally rude, disrespectful or unkind, so I always decline the opportunity to tie up my limited funds in a probable slow mover by saying I don’t have the budget. Which I don’t - at least not for a guaranteed deadbeat product line.
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A very special friend of mine who used to be an editor at Vogue, and just about every other major fashion magazine in the Universe, recently emailed me a link to The Hills. Why? Whitney was wearing a headband and she asked me if I knew who designed it.

I watched the episode and locked on the headband and sent the info back. Unfortunately I got completely hooked on The Hills. I had never managed to catch the show before due to the fact that I already watch a gadzillion shows and even I eventually run out of time.

Once I caught the Hills bug I had to go back and watch all the episodes from Seasons 1 - 3. Now I am a huge fan of Lauren’s, Whitney and Adrina. I know who Lo is and of course Jen, Spencer, Heidi and Elodie.

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