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some of my shirts stretched out in the wash. how do i get the shirts back to their normal size. In other words shrink them a bit. I don't have a dryer so that's out of the question.

well a dryer is really the only way to shrink a shirt. since you don't have one you can either use a friends (it might be a little weird to ask but it is worth it), or go to a dry cleaners.

i'm sorry if that isn't the answer you are looking for, and maybe i'm overlooking something, but that is all i can tell you.

good luck =]

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How should I wash the legwarmers bought from abercrombie? x_X

and also, i'm confused and how i should be wearing them or something because they're pretty wide.. are they really supposed to be like that? because everytime i walk they fall down to my ankles while wearing a jean skirt. were they supposed to be worn over jeans or something?


55% cotton/20% viscose/15% nylon/10%angora

i don't know how i should wash them.

i'm not sure about washing, but i do know about wearing. whatever you do, do NOT wear them over jeans. i'm not trying to be mean, i'm just telling you that wearing them over jeans would look really bad.

i think that you just bought them too big. if you haven't already cut off the tags, return them for a smaller size.

it looks cute when you wear them with a pair of clogs like these:

http://www.famousfootwear.com/product.asp?product_id=1009013&variant_id=32382

or you could wear them with a pair of boots like these:
http://www.famousfootwear.com/product.asp?product_id=1009885&variant_id=17213

i hope i helped! good luck =]

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I personally dont get many pimples, but whenever I do, they're horrible and huge! Unfortunatly its just one of those weeks and its so big that I just wanna hide from the world. Anyone have any suggestions as what to do?




serious answers only please! Thanks in advance :]

okay if your not up to just going out and buying an acne product then you can try these at home solutions.

toothpaste (not the gel kind)

or

lemon juice

only do one or the other, NOT both. both of these things will dry up the pimple really fast. but if you are willing to go buy a product then try oxy maximum with 10% benzoyl peroxide.

good luck!

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My ipod has been frozen all day now. I've had it since Christmas '04 and this has never happened to it before. It's stuck on a song, and I've tried EVERYTHING. I've tried resetting it, tried all thr buttons, tried plugging it in to my computer, tried charging. Yet its still stuck. Has this ever happened to anyone else before? What can I do?
BTW, it's an iPod mini if that helps. And I've never had problems with it prior to this.

Thanks for your help.

this happens to all of my friends and their ipod mini's. that is why i didn't get an ipod. but anyway for your problem all you can really do is wait for the battery to die and they turn it off and charge it.

sorry but that is all you can really do.

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can you give me some good ideas on wat i should give my friends which are girls for their birthdays they're turning 14 and give me some ideas on christmas presents for girls too they're 13 and 14

you can never go wrong with makeup, hair products, lotions, and jewelry.

try Avon, MaryKay, or Mark. they make really great gift packages.

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What kind of shoes do i wear with leg warmers?

I bought a cute pair of cream colored leg warmers at hollister and i thought they would look really nice with my tan mini skirt from american eagle but i wasnt sure with what kind of shoes look okay because everything i can think of sounds dumb

any suggestions?

i don't think that ballet flats will look right. what you were saying (burkenstocks) sound good. i think that they will look really good. or maybe some tan or brown uggs? or some kind of boots like them will look really cute

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Okay well I got these new jeans yesterday and they cost me 50$ and today at school I accidentaly rubbed an ink pen on my jeans. They`re brand new & I need some help on how to take the stain off. Any products or techniques will do. Thank you.

Try rubbing some Tide detergent on the spot and see if that does anything. you could also ask your parents, i'm sure they'll know something that might work.

i'm not sure you will be able to get the stain out COMPLETELY, but you might be able to make it less noticable.

good luck [=

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My shins hurt-what to do?

you probably have shin splints. do you play any sports? like soccer, hockey, basketball or anything that does a lot on your legs?

my friend had this and she just stretched her ankles everyday by moving her foot in a circle.

i found this site that might help you:

http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/shin.html

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15/M Do girls like guys that wear cologne? Would they like a 15 year old with cologne? I've heard that girls don't like it because cologne reminds them of their dad or grandpa. I was just wondering.

REMEMBER THIS: smelling good is better than smelling bad.

i like a guy that smells nice, but nothing overpowering.

try axe. i LOVE the smell of axe. you could also try tag, i've heard that that smells good too.

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I read your advice and I really liked it. Your amazing at giving advice. I was hoping you could help me also.

I'm 5'2 and 1/2 and thicker theighs run in my family... I am not fat, but my rear end is on the bigger side.

jeans that fit over my big`ol big,.. dont always seem to fit right in my waist. If they pants fit in the waist they are very much to tight on my butt, but if they fit right on my butt then they are too big for my waist.

Can you think of a stor that would help my problem, Iv never actually found a pair of pants I have loved, because of this problem. So thanks alott.

hmmm....well since you didn't really tell me your age i'm going to have to give you a couple of choices here.

well if you don't mind shopping in misses, then you could go to JCpenny and try on the TILT jeans. my mom wears them and she is really hard to find jeans that fit because of the same reason you do.

if you shop in juniors than you might want to try Delias. They don't make pants especially for thinner waists and bigger butts, but for some reason they tend to fit well on lots of different body types.

i know jeans can be tough to buy, i used to have the same exact problem when i was 11-13. but now i've thinned out a little and it is a lot easer for me. so if you young (13 or younger) then you might just have to wait a couple of years until jeans start fitting easier.

but overall you might need to take tucks in your jeans. you can do this manually with a sewing machine or you can take your jeans to a tailer.

i hoped i helped some, and thank you so much for asking me personally =]

good luck!

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ok so im 15
115 lbs
and 5'4
and i can say im in good shape
and ive never needed to work out
i eat alot
i dnt stop
and ive never gained weight
but im unhappy with mythighs
because i hate the fact that they touch when i walk
and they flatten out like pancakes when i sitt
can anyone helppp please
with like workout stuff i can do at home
that will give me great legs!

to get nice legs in a fun way join a dance class or a pilates class. i do jazz and tap dance and i have great legs (not bragging, but people have told me that i do). dancing is the only sport that i do all year long. i also do field hockey for two monthes in the fall, but i think that dance is what has given me my nice legs.

good luck!

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I know this is in the wrong category but I couldn't find the right one. I have a project due on monday about the song from aly and aj called "chemicals react." I have 2 analyze it. I really don't understand themessage in the song or what's going on. Does anyone know please help me!. Oh and if anyone doesn't know then does anyone know a website where they identifly music. Like tell the main points and stuff like that. I already tried songfacts.com but they didn't have it there. Any advcie is thnakful. Thankyou!

here are the lyrics. what i write in parenthases is what i think it means:

you make me feel out of my element
like i'm walkin' on broken glass
like my worlds spinnin' in slow motion
and you're movin' too fast
(a girl really likes a guy & she is so in love that she doesn't act like herself)

(chorus)
were you right, was I wrong
were you weak, was I strong, yeah
both of us broken
caught in the moment
we lived and we loved
and we hurt and we joked, yeah
but the planets all aligned
when you looked into my eyes
and just like that
the chemicals react
the chemicals react
(they had their ups & downs but in the end they still loved each other)

you make me feel out of my element
like i'm drifting out to the sea
like the tides pullin' me in deeper
makin' it harder to breathe
(the same as the beginnng)

we cannot deny, how we feel inside
we cannot deny
(this part is obvious)

(chorus)
were you right, was I wrong
were you weak, was I strong, yeah
both of us broken
caught in the moment
we lived and we loved
and we hurt and we joked, yeah
but the planets all aligned
when you looked into my eyes
and just like that
the chemicals react
the chemicals react

kaleidoscope of colors
turning hopes on fire, sun is burning
shining down on both of us
don't let us lose it (don't let us lose it...)

(chorus)
were you right, was I wrong
were you weak, was I strong, yeah
both of us broken
caught in the moment
we lived and we loved
and we hurt and we joked, yeah

we lived
we loved
we hurt
we joked
we're right
we're wrong
we're weak
we're strong
we lived to love

but the planets all aligned
when you looked into my eyes
and just like that
watch the chemicals react
and just like that
the chemicals react
(the chemicals react)


so basically two people like each other so much that they aren't acting like themselves. but its obvious that they love each other.

i hope i didn't confuse you. but i hope i helped some.

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does anybody no the online game called cheat... you have to like cheat off of somebodys test but you cant get caught by the teacher and theres cheat 1 and cheat 2 and diff levels.. i love that game and i played it on addictinggames.com but its no on there anymore and i cant find it on another webiste.. does anybody no what im talking about if u do do u no what website

i know exactly what your talking about. it is called the Classroom.

http://www.addictinggames.com/theclassroom2.html

http://www.addictinggames.com/theclassroom.html

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Am I the only one alive who thinks it's terrible that kids (13-16) are having sex? I'm only 18, but when I was 13, I was riding my bike and doing karate, not giving blowjobs on the school bus. But thats the norm now, and if you haven't had sex by the time you're 17, you must be ugly or way religeous. What on earth!? Am I the only one disgusted by this trend?

i completely agree with you! i've noticed how a lot of young girls are having sex now. i'm lucky to be at a school where not many people are just going around and having sex. i'm 15 and i'm definilty not about to have sex any time soon. At my middle school it is actually NORMAL to be a virgin. i know this one girl who had a boyfriend for 2 days and had already given him a hj. they ended up breaking up the day. she is now thought of as a slut. but me and my friends all think it is just disgusting to be having sex when you are so young.

I think this mainly has to do with all of the tv shows/ movies/ books/ and songs about sex and love out there. my little sister who is 8 already knows what sex is, but not in full detail. she just knows the basics and how a girl gets pregnant because she has seen it on tv and asked my mom about it. my mom is waiting to tell her all about it until she is older. my mom didn't give me "the talk" until i was in sixth grade. before than i knew most of the basics from what we had learned in school, my mom just wanted to make sure that i knew all there was to know.

i think that the reason that me and my older sister (who is 17) haven't had sex yet is because of how my mom parents us. she tells us what we need to know and reminds us every so often how we shouldn't have sex, do drugs, or drink and it rubs off on us and we do the right thing. one of my main goals is to make sure that my younger sister doesn't do anything stupid when she becomes a teenager. since by the time she is 13 the age that girls are having sex will probably be down to about 11-13. i'm going to do my best to do what is right for her.

but yes i completely agree with you. i don't care what other people think about me. if they think i'm weird that i haven't had sex then let them think that. i don't care. and just so you know i'm 15 and i haven't had my first kiss yet. i'm waiting for the right moment and guy. i don't just want to throw this away because it will be something that i will remember forever.

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i cannot style my hair...like at all. whenever i get it cut at a beauty salon, i come back and it looks soo good, and i look at what shes doing, and then i try to do it at home and it looks bad. i even bought the same styling stuff. i dont know what to do because my hair is layered, a couple inches past my shoulders, and extremely curly - but not kinky curly just regular. and it always looks bad. i also have these weird bang things like that are halfway down my cheek, but thye look so stupid and i always have to pin them or something.

http://images.meredith.com/lhj/images/03/ss_100387745.jpg

its that type of curly hair...but shoulder length and blonde.





thanks for any tips!!

you need to embrace your curls and enchance them by using curl enchancing products. get a shower in morning and try diffusing your hair and when it is semi-dry put some curling gel or mousse (whichever you prefer) in your hair and scrunch it. them finish diffusing your hair and your curls should be a lot more difined and less pouffy.

but whatever you do...DO NOT straighten your hair because that could damage it and permanetly ruin and frizz out your natural curls.

good luck!

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I have a MySpace account and I've been checking my mail on there. I have recieved 7 messages from the same person. I can't read them, because it says their account has been deleted. I really need to read the messages and find out who's been sending them to me. The messages have been sent on different days, even one today, so I can't see how a person can send me a message when their account has been deleted. Please help, ASAP!

i have the same exact problem. but i just found out that myspace is having a message error and those messages are just fake. so don't worry you aren't missing any messages or receiving them from any strangers.

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14/f Ok, so for Halloween I'm going as a sexy kitty: black lacy tank top, denim mini skirt, and black knee high boots (they're comfy, but look really cool=] ) with a cat tail and cat ears. so I have a question: should I do any face makeup? (black nose and whiskers) I don't want to look like a little girl, but i want it to look cat-ish. also, if i should, what should i use? thank you!

i would do some eye makeup (like the girl below me suggested) and then maybe some thin whiskers with black eyeliner. but i wouldn't do a nose, that might just be too much.

good luck :]

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heyy..i wear tilt (pacsun) jeans almost everyday,and they fit sooo good,im just getting sooo sick of them.im 4"11 and 00 (almost a 0) in jeans,so i would like to know,what jeans FIT like pacsun,arent THAT much money (but if they are,tell me anyways,but tell me if they are a lot fo money =D) and come in 00. the new pacsun jeans dont fit that good around the crotch and back,and sometimes around the legs,im very skinny in the back of my legs. i heard l.e.i. was good but i cant find them ANYWHERE.also angels,but im lost to where those are also. stores would rock =). thanks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much in advance!!!!

i'm the same as you..i wear a 00 also. go to delias and get their jeans in a 00 short/petite. petite's are really short and short is just kinda short. lol i'm 5'3" and i'm a 00 short. so maybe you are a petite. but i think you can only buy petite in the stores.

http://store.delias.com/browse.do?categoryID=421&sidenavTrack=apparel.denim

good luck!!

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since like 9 this morning (its about two now) i have had a sharp, vertical stomach pain about 3 inches long right under my belly button that worsens when i stand up straight. does anyone know what this could be?

i know this might seem stupid...but you do have period cramps??

if so all you can really do is take advil and relax.

good luck

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can some one please help me find a cute top for these shoes ? http://store.delias.com/item.do?categoryID=442&itemID=45970&sizeFilter=&colorFilter=&brandFilter=

i have NO IDEA where to look,i love them but i dont want to buy them if they dont match with anything i have! jeans would be a help to,like the color. links are really what im looking for. thanks!

well you could try to keep it to Delias since that is where the shoes are. i love delias and was just there this weekend and i just wanted to warn you that the shoes are plastic and they even look plastic since they are really shiny. i'm not saying that is a bad thing, i just wanted to make sure that you knew that.

now you could wear skinny jeans or regular whichever you like the most. personally i think that a pair of black skinny jeans would look really cute! try these in black:

http://store.delias.com/item.do?itemID=46055&categoryID=1315&page=1&color=BKO

and for the shirt...try something white. like this in white:

http://store.delias.com/item.do?categoryID=464&itemID=46575&sizeFilter=&colorFilter=&brandFilter=

or if you want something more girly and fun try this in the panda print:

http://store.delias.com/item.do?categoryID=464&itemID=46472&sizeFilter=&colorFilter=&brandFilter=

just whatever shirt you wear make sure that it has a little bit of black and white in it to match the shoes.

and if you want to go all the way you can wear this headband to match the shoes

http://store.delias.com/item.do?categoryID=1209&itemID=46110&sizeFilter=&colorFilter=&brandFilter=

i hope this helps!

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