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Q: How much does lemon juice actually lighten your hair. and how much are you supposed to put in? and what are some other ways to lightn your hair without dying it?

thanks.

My friends have done that, and it has lightened it quite a bit. It actually depends on the shade of your hair. Say you have really dark brown hair. Lemon juice would lighten it to a lighter brownish color. If you have dark blonde hair, it would become a lighter blonde. Another way that I can think of is something I do. In the summer time I tend to swim alot, causing clorine to always be in my hair. Once I get my hair all wet, I'll lay out in the sun, and over the years my hair has become all blonde, and its been that way since i can remember.

Q: latly i relized that my closest friend dana liked me back but she has a bf. so she dosent wanna think that way of me in that way. that kinda bums me out. but yet i got this friend i've know for about 4 years and well i've loves him since like grade 6. but i dont think he likes me back. he never gave me a streight out awnser. then there is my xbf brandyn who i broke it off with. its a really long story and i dont wanna talk about it. long story short i freaked out on him and i feel really bad for breaking it off. *sigh* her is my question. which one should i focuse my heart and love on? and please dont say flip a coin.

Wow. Well honestly. You cant be in love with more than one person. & noone can tell you what you should or shouldnt do in this situation. You have to take a step back and look at all the people you think you might like. You have to really think about it and think who would you rather like to be with, who could you see yourself with for a while. who means more to you. etc. This isnt a decision that can be made based on others opinions, this is a decison that should be made between you and your heart.

ps : i wasnt lecturing you doll - sorry you took it that way.

Q: Okay well I have asked a question about jailbate before but I have another problem... See my luvr has a speech inpediment. And I don't notice about that any more but when he talks to my friends or someone who dunno him ppl juss give him a smile or ask him to repeat i feel awful about it but i wish i could love him up more to get rid of the pain and all the teasing. He doesnt deserve that. Is there anyway i can stand up or be more lovely?
Thanx your advice would rlly help me out =) ~steph

Just tell him how much you like him for who he is and it doesnt matter what anyone else thinks, because you like him for who he is and not for what others see. Just remind him how amazing, awesome, sweet, etc. he is, to give his self esteem a boost. =)

Q: Hi I'm in the 6th grade but anyways well wen i'm in skool there is this boy who whacks this chair against my chair, calls me stupid all the time, hits me and kicks me and all that crap and yet hes nice to me but i just dno if thats a sign of flirting and him wantign to get my attetion or just him hateing me and we are friends he sed it himself...plz help i'm just real confused

Well when in 6th grade some boys havent really matured yet, and they still dont know how to tell a girl they like them. It could be a sign of flirting, if he said your friends then maybe hes just doing it around his friends to show off and get a laugh out of them.

Q: ok so i have acne and i've tried some stuff but its not working.. its not that bad but still i'd like for it 2 b gone.. so wat do i do?

There are alot of great acne medications out there, actually. Proactive, noxema, clearasil. Shop around at drug stores and try different things. Dont try them all within a week though because that could make your skin irritated and dry. Check the labels to see if theres anything your allergic too, and if not than buy it =). If none of that works then just try washing your face at least 3 times a day or so. When your a teenager, your face becomes more greasy and oily than usual, so just make sure to keep it clean. Hope things work out xoxo!

Q: Okay every year i get clothes from the mall picking things from like JC pennys and Macys and some from Aero but my mall doesnt have alotta fine clothes. This year i wanna be on top with the new teen fashions. So heres my (2) questions Is finding clothes over the net better for me? And if so does anyone know any good clothes sites? ** with good deals? (or am i asking to much.. ** lost & confused~ thanx

I personally love shopping online, because that way you avoid poeople wearing the same things, and shopping at the same places. It puts more diversity into your school in the fashion sense. I personally love www.gojane.com www.alloy.com && www.delias.com - they have really cute clothes, and I actually think a sale is going on at alloy. =)

Q: sorry this is so long but please take the time to read it. my best friend...lets call her Alyssa, she has been my best friend for about 2 years. we've had our fights and everything like a normal friendship. right? haha. but the past winter, we didnt hang out at all because her dad started to hate me. so she wasnt allowed to hang out with me. once he found me, my brother, and her walking home from school together and he got so pissed. he was yelling at her so loudly outside, in front of all the neighbors. so we never let him see us hang out together. but hes in the army or something and he leaves home for a long period of time (like a month and a half) and then her mom started hating me for no reason. and so we never were allowed to chill out together. and we live half a block away. BUT now, her mom likes me..and her dad is gone but they dont tell him that alyssa is allowed to come over to my house now. her mom lets alyssa come to my house everyday now! haha. but maybe not everyday. but im wondering..isnt this wrong? i mean, her dad thinks that his daughter is staying home but shes actually haning out with me. is that wrong? alyssa is so cool and i really want to keep being her best friend. (im not a lezbian and im not bi)

I dont think its wrong. If her mother has no problem with it then its not like your sneaking around to hang out. Both parents are able to make that decision & if one of them is gone then the other must make decisions based on what she thinks is right.

Q: okay i really need your help..well youre 16 so you probably have had experience with boys.. okay well anywayz i really like this one boy and i dont know if he likes me back i mean he flirts with me but like then at other times he gets all like grumpy and wont even talk to me.. like this one time he was at the gym and he came back and i was like hey and he didnt even say anything.. so what can i do to notice if he likes me or not.. other then if he flirts with me.. Please Help!! i will rate high for good advice..

Lol. Yes I have had experiance with boys.. eek, hehe. Alright so, first off guys are REALLY confusing. Sometimes they dont know how to express themselves. If he was surrounded by friends when he was at the gym that may be why he didnt say anything. If he wasnt, and when he flirts with you its online or on the phone, maybe hes embarassed to flirt with you in person. If you really want to know if he honestly likes you or not, the best thing to do is ask him. Call him or IM him or whatever, and be like "I have a serious question and I want you to answer honestly.." Then proceed to tell him that you like him and you've noticed that he might be flirting with you. Ask him if he does like you in return, or if hes just friendly flirting. This is the only way you can know for sure. Another thing, if he is grumpy most of the time, he might have other things going on in his life that he maybe hasnt told you, and he just isnt in the mood to talk. Keep me updated, and do try talking to him. Good luck doll ! I hope everything works out! =)

Q: ok sorry if this is long..

my parents have been getting on my last nerves lattely. i am the oldest in my family and so i got to put up witht hemm ebing soo over protect.. it iasnt because they care to much it is that they dont want me to have a life.. i can almost never leave the house.. if i want to go somewhere with a friend tot he mall my mom has to talk to there parents and make sure they are coming with us.. my best friend from new jersay came to vist and i havent seen her for 2 years and we qwanted to go and hang out at her place and just talk but no my mom wont let me.. my mom is always yellina t me when i dont do anything to her. she tells me to do something i do it with no questions asked.. i have a boyfriend who i love sooo much and i have been going out with him for almost a month now and i have only seen him ONCE. i effin hate this i want to run away from all of this my parents dont let em do anything and when i talk on the phone or i am on the computer all they do is complain. they want me sittin downstairs with them and i dont want to listen to the crap they have to say.. then pn top of all of that my mom says,"your the one whoi is going to kill me" because she isnt supposed to yell and she always yllin at me when i dont do anything to her.. i cant wait to turn 18 and leave and have my own life.. that is 4 more years from now (i am 14) everytime i try talking to my parents they NEVER listen to what i have to say.. they think they r living 20 years ago where u get engaged and then married and your parents choice who you marry.. i dont know what to do.. last night i was mindin my owm bussiness in my room laying down writing poem my dad walks in yells at me terlls me to go to sleep and turns of my light. school doesnt start until 2 weeks and he already yellin at me.. can someone please help me out?? i want to run away for a couple days to my best friends house and teach my parents that if they dont want to listen to what i have to say then i wont listen to what they have to say..

p.s.
i am plannin to let me boyfriend come over and meet my parents btu they are raciest and my boyfriend is black (carmel color) and i dont know what there reaction will be even though my boyfriend will make a good impression on them..

Well doll. Im sorry to say this but if you run away your parents can press charges and you could get sent to juvi cause its considered breaking the law. So dont do that. Just try your best to hang in there and if you can try and ask them why they are being so strict.

Q: i missed last friday's brand new episode of Degrassi! dose anyone know when that episode will play again? thx

It usually plays every weekend. It`ll play the current one thats on for that Friday and then the other one will generally be after that.

Q: do guys think its unnatrictive when your hip bones like stick out and they're a little wider than the rest of your body? xoxo

Most of the guys I know think that their hawt, but I guess you'd have to get a guys opinion on that, and every guy has their own opinions.

Q: I just crashed my uncle's truck into this stupid stone wall, it got dented and the headlight is cracked. I don't know how to tell him, or my own parents. It's a really old truck, but that doesn't mean I can go breaking it. I'm really scared, I don't want to be punished for it. It was an accident after all. I know if it were my car, my parents would be more understanding but I know they're going to flip, atleast if my uncle doesn't murder me. How should I tell him what happened?

You should say calmly that it was a total accident and offer to repair it. explain to him that you hoinestly didnt mean to do it and your truly sorry for what you have done, and ask if he`ll forgive you and if theres anything that you can do to make things better.

Q: ok my bff asked me 2 ask her crush out. I said sure but the thing is i liked him last year and im not totally over him quite yet.

I really want my bff 2 b happy but i dont think that he likes her and im not so sure that he likes me either. and if he says no her heart will b broken. what do i say 2 the guy?

we hated each other(or at least he hated me i just played along. Maybe he did 2 i dont know) and i really really like him please help me im so nervous and i have 2 ask him out tomorow morning....... this is very important. ill rate a 5 2 any 1 who gives a full and good answer

thanx ♥

The best thing to do would be to stay out of it, just say that you really cant ask him out for her, because it hurts you. Be honest with her and things should be alright.

Q: Ok so when im going to have my period, im scared that people will know that im changing my pads.. is there anyway on how to silence things up? it gets really embarassing for me cause im a tomboy...

Okay. If you use a tampon you wont have to change it as frequently, so people wont really know. & if anyone asks, you have to pee alot, lol. But doll, every girl has their period, its nothing to be ashamed of. Tomboy or not.

Q: okay i have this guy friend that i'm really close to. were always playing w/each other but is it flirting? like today on IM he said "omg you looked so HOT today! j/p" and i said "yeah you too ;-)" but i mean is he flirting w/me??? were pretty open w/each other and everything. but he asked my bff out and she turned him down and i don't think he's quite over her... is this flirting? thanks

I think he might be flirting, but is scared to actually come out and show you what he thinks, so he says jk to see your reaction, before he actually decides to tell you that he means it. Most people who are too shy to say how they feel, actually do say their feelings but then say jk so they wont be on the spot and the other person wont feel pressure & shut them down. I think its undercover flirting. Not to make you feel bad or anything, but theres a possibility that hes flirting with other people to get his confidence back up since she rejected him. I could be wrong though, so ultimately I think you should talk to him and see how he feels, since your open, this should be no problem.

Q: ok well there is this guy at my school he i really like him he isnt in any of my classes but gym and im too shy to talk to him lol but he knows i like him but ive never talked to him i really wont to meet him thought like talk to him... so maybe then he would go out with me but im too scared to talk to him

Sweetie, if you dont try. You will never know what could happen. Try getting up the confidence to approach him, what do you have to lose.

Q: So my boyfriend and I have been together for a year and a half on August 23rd. We decided that we would just get each other something small and $25 or less.. but I have no idea what I should do and I'm stumped.. If you have any ideas, please let me know.. thanks a bunch!

If hes one of those guys who appreciate simple sweet things, you could just make him a sweet card, write him a poem, or if you think that you love him .. express that in a extraordinary way. like spelling it out with objects or something. just remember, gifts coming from the heart mean more than gifts coming from stores.

Q: im 19 yrs old, college sophomore, i met my ex "james" when i was a senior in high school. strangley enough my friend "pat" put my pic up on hot or not and "james" saw it and clicked meet me. come to find out he went to my high school and graduated a few years ahead of me. his brother was also one of my high school friends.

he was in the army when i met him, (this was in december of my high school year) he had been over seas for 2 years. we talked online and on the phone to eachother every chance we got and he came down on leave for his brothes grad party which i was invited to because his brother and i were friends.

we started hanging out and eventually dating. i broke up with him before i left for college because i didnt want to worry about having a bf and his school and mine were 2 hours apart. he told me he loved me but i broke up with him reguardless

he now has a gf "kerry". he started dating her 2 months after we broke up. apparently he used to date her before he left for iraq. they have been dating ever since.

well the reason i am writing is because after him and i broke it off we still continuted to talk and even hang out on occasion. he has been cheating on "kerry" with me for the past month and 1/2.

"james" tells me that he is probably going back overseas to fight in october. he told me that i should get over him because he isnt sure when or if he is going to come back. and i deserve a guy who is going to be there for me(he is sched for 2 years over there. i dont know what i should do. i dont know if he is still with "kerry" because he loves her or if its not the right time to break up with her or if he is going to break it off when he goes, if he loves me still i just dont know what to think. i need someone to look at the situation from another stand point and give me some advice, i am at a total loss.

I honestly think that hes at fault and hes trying to seem like hes being a nice guy by saying you deserve better to distract you from the fact that he has another gf and is doing things with you. I dont think you should continue to do things with him, because 1. if he has a girlfriend and hes able to cheat on her, if you two were ever to get into a relationship hes capable of doing the same thing twice. and 2. if he is with her, and doing things with you then he doesnt love you at all. 1 because he asked her out in the first place. and two because if he was in love with you he wouldnt want to be with anyone else. I think you need to move on as hard as it may seem and find soeone whos closer and wont do th ese things to you.

Q: Any ideas for 16th bday partys??
i dont wanna spend too much though..its in december and i need to invite ALOT of ppl...ill rate high, thx =)

Hm. December is a difficult month because I would normally suggest a pool party. Why dont you and a few girls go out and get your nails done and do a total shopping day. Or go to a teen club for it.