For a kid who spent at least 40% of the year barefoot, I sure set a store by my shoes. Scene: I’d been trying to be cool with some other kids, and we went to a shoe store in the mall to try on the platform sandals, some of which increased our height by at […]
Tag: beauty
Split ends and other beauty-related foolishness
My sister Laura reminded me recently about the “split ends” phenomenon of our youth. As she said, the shampoo and conditioner companies made millions by convincing insecure teenager girls that their hair, if not properly cared for using their products, would develop split ends. Somehow, the magic elixir that was their conditioner would knit these […]