Standing On One Leg

I bought my 1st pair of peg pants over the weekend and I must say I LOVE them. The pair I bought are super comfy and can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion. 

All of the pics below show peg style pant (looser at hips and closer to the leg at the bottom) that have a rock edge. Gwen Stefani has been seen wearing this style several times over the years.

The pic below is from the Isabel Marant Spring 2014 line. They  remind me of a rocked out version of sweat pants. I love the combination of these pants and the light top, perfect for spring.

Photo by Marcus Tondo

 Emilii Pucci paired her peg pants with a mesh style top and a jacket in one of Spring's hottest colors...cobalt blue. This look is sexy and sporty.

Photo by Monica Feudi

  Elie Tahari shows us how to do rock chic at the office. The peg pants, button down and perforated jacket are a fabulous combo. Note: I'll be on the lookout for a similar style jacket.

Photo by Stefano Masse

I couldn't find a songs with peg in the title that inspired me, hence our blog title Standing On One Leg (think peg leg pirate) by Nina Nesbitt.

Suicide Blonde

Since it's spring now,I decided it was time for a change. For those who know me well, that usually means a change in hair color (which I do VERY frequently lol).

I let the family decide on the color, asking only that they steer away from the bright colors since I work in an office and don't want to go into the warm months wearing a wig, and there was a unanimous decision on blonde.

Well I was a very fiery red, thanks to some magenta hair color, so I had some concerns about how my hair would turn out.  The following are the products I used to lighten my hair and tone the color.

I used one bottle of 7th Stage lightener and 3 packets of the pictured activator mixed with 20 vol to lighten without bleaching.

I then used the Shimmer Lights conditioner as if it were hair color to tone, leaving it in my hair for about 2 hours.  I did this twice across two days.

Before pic 

 After pic.

The result is a beige blonde with "rose gold" highlights. It still isn't exactly where I want it, but I'm quite impressed with the results.

I wouldn't expect the same results on other people as my hair seems to have an almost mutant like ability to have crazy stuff done to it without frying it.

 I hope everyone who wants to lighten their hair tries 7th Stage as it is one of the best products I have ever tried.

Today's post title inspired by the song Suicide Blonde by INXS.