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Hello! I am studying esthetics at an Aveda Institute after spending years in retail. I am proof that nothing turns out how you think it will, and that's a good thing. When you think you've got it figured out, you don't. Life would be boring otherwise, right?
Makeup, skincare, and psychology are my passions and I'm also happy to give advice on relationships, particularly for teenagers (so many things I wish I could have told myself a decade ago!) I'm happy to help fellow abuse survivors as well.
I'm a diehard SF Giants fan and also enjoy watching the Sharks and Niners. Addicted to music, especially The Gaslight Anthem. Oh, and my name is Krista. :)

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OMG! i dont knoe why..but my teeth are yellow!! i brush 3 times a day..and i dont smoke!!..whats wrong?!

Some people's teeth are just like that. (It could be from coffee or tea, or it could be genetic) I'd try a whitening toothpaste, like Rembrandt. If that doesn't work, you could try teeth whitening strips (about $20) or permanent tooth bleaching from the dentist, but both optiolns are pretty costly. In the meantime, lipstick with blue undertones make your teeth look whiter- avoid orange and brown colors. Hope I helped!

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I'm starting to make a collage on my one wall, with like band pics and my concert tickets and all that. I don't have much stuff yet. All I have are my tickets, Taking Back Sunday picture, a Something Corporate picture, and a My Chemical Romance picture. Does anyone know any good magazines to get like full-size pictures of those types of bands? Or anywhere else, like internet addresses? Thanks so much!

Go to ask.com and click on picture search, and type in the name of the band you're looking for.

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i've known my best friend for almost two and a half years now, and i have some hilarious pictures and memories from the past bit. also some serious ones and all that. anyway, i want to somehow incorporate everything he and i have been through into some sort of gift to be able to give him at the end of high school (we're juniors right now). but i'm kind of blanking on good ideas. i want to make sure it can have all of our inside jokes and all that, and be something he can keep forever, you know? any help would be greatly appreciated!

There are 3 basic things you can do.

If you have a lot of pictures, scrapbook! Go out and buy some double sided tape, stickers, paper, and acid free pens, along with a nice album. Make borders for the pictures and write captions. This can be hard to do though- it's one of those things where you're either great at it or you suck at it.

Or you can make a collage. Do this by getting a piece of posterboard, making a title, and pasting the pictures all around it with captions. This is fairly similar to scrapbooking, though.

My favorite is to make a memory box. Get a wooden box from the craft store and paint it white. Make color copies of your pictures and glue them all around the outside of the box, and type up some of your inside jokes and glue them on. Inside the box, put souveniers like dance or movie tickets, notes, etc.

Hope I helped!

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i have a 3 year old bichon frise, and he IS potty trained. when he was younger we would let him out like 10 times a day to pee. well all the sudden this year he's been peeing on the carpets like at least once a week. we're selling our house, so we got BRAND NEW CARPETS throughout the house, and he still keeps peeing on those! we even get the spray stuff to disguise the smell so he won't go back to the spot but he still does. my dad says if he pees in our new house we're giving him away! =( so how do i get him to stop? i suggested obedience school but they said no he's too old. how do we discipline him PLEASE help if you know about dogs.

It sounds like you might not be taking your dog out enough. My cousin has a Bichon toy poddle mix and it has to go out to the bathroom a TON. Also, they have obiedence school for older dogs- I adopted a dog who was never trained and it really helped.

If all else fails, get those plastic cover things for your carpet. They're ugly as hell, but they work. Or put those baby gate things in the doorways of rooms with carpet so he can't get in. Make sure they're low enough to step over, though- unlocking those things is a pain in the @$$.

Also someone mentioned marking...this can happen if you don't get your dog neutered right away...you might need to see your vet about that.

Hope I helped!

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ok i like hate my name so much .. it's Liana.. and well people sometimes "cant pronounce it" so they just say "Hey you!" or they just pronounce it wrong. Or sometimes their like "um..you.. i forgot your name" .. and well like is there anything i can do to get people to pronounce my name right or call me something diffferent that is easy to pronounce .. (maybe like a nick name)

p.s. sometimes my friends call me Lee for short but not very often

Well, if people say they can't remember your name, just smile and tell them again.

Maybe Ana or Lee or Lia as a nickname? Or your middle name?

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You said you were Wiccan, what is Wiccan anyways?

It's a religion that's based upon nature. We Wiccans believe in a God and and a Goddess who control the universe. The God is represented by the sun; the Goddess, the moon. We celebrate all holidays but have a few of our own, like Yule which is at Christmastime. There is no bible or church, but there are a few wiccan groups around the country. For more information, see www.wiccan.com.

Others may try to tell you that Wiccans are devil-worshipers and witches- that is not true. Wiccans do not believe in the Devil- it's more of a Karma system. (Do something good, something good will come to you). People who say this have merely confused Wiccans with Pagans, who are very rare nowdays.

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my my and dad divorced a REALLY REALLY REALLY long time ago..my mom has been dating another guy for like 3 yrs, but i found like personal lubricant in her rOom and like a sheet on how to masturbate..does this mean she masturbates??

Probably, yeah. As my friend put it, "There are two types of people in this world- masturbaters and liars." Almost everyone does. Still, I wouldn't recommend snooping in her room anymore...ya never know what else you might find.

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i dont know what to put this under but oh well, i like reading alot... and i have 8 or so new books upstairs in my bedroom i havent read. To you that might sound like a lot of books but beleive me they go by fast... and so recently my family has been broke... i mean like dead broke $5.00 broke! and when i finish all those books i think instead of buying books im just gonna go to the library... but i want to know some names of REALLY good books!!
Thanks! I rate
Amber
(shanberca)

The Princess Diaries
Like Water for Chocolate
Cut
And I Don't Want to Live This Life
Shopgirl
All American Girl
A Series of Unfortunate Events series
Bridget Jones Diary
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination
Seventeenth Summer
White Oleander
Gingerbread (BEST EVER) by Rachel Cohn
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging
So Yesterday

Hope I helped!

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hey im a 15 year old girl and i have oily skin, any body have any good concealer/foundation/cover-up/powder ?

NYC (New York Color) brand, available at Walmart, makes a good compact powder for $1.72. Don't get loose powder- pressed works better for oily skin and is less messy.

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What exactly are those livestrong bracelets for. I've seen a lot of people with them I was I was wondering does it mean that they want to wait until to marriage to have sex. Or is it something completly different

They're made by the bicyclist Lance Armstrong's company. Lance had cancer and decided to raise money for it. The bracelets are a dollar each, and the money goes to some sort of cancer fund. You can buy them at wearyellow.com.

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Okay, I'll put it to you this way: I'm OBSESSED with mashed potatoes. I make them all the time when I come home from school. I normally eat them plain or with corn. I need to mix it up a bit. Does anyone have any thing I could put in them to make them good? Anything will be good for me. I eat anything pretty much, especially mashed potatoes. Heh. Anyway, if anyone has any ideas as to how to spice up my mashed potatoes, that'd be great! Thanks if you can help!

Melted shredded cheese is the BEST.

Or garlic powder.

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i'm thinking about becoming wiccan. does anyone know of any good websites or books i can look at?

thank you in advance. :)

Hi! I'm Wiccan, and I'd recommend www.wicca.com- they have a huge wealth of information, that's where I first found out about Wiccanism. Also, try your local library- I think there's a Recommended Reading List on the website I gave you.

Blessed Be!
KristeN

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I just moved to arizona from texas.. my best friend cried wen i left, and said that i would always be her best friend.. but its a couple of months after i moved, and she doesnt seem to pay much attention anymore.. She never calls, writes letters, or emails... we talk to eachother on AIM sometimes, but wenever i talk to her im so happy! but i feel like she is forgetting about me even though she says im not.. i get so depressed about it, and i cry.i would do anything for her!! she is soo important to me! we tell eachother everything and anything.. wat can i do to get her to relize wats shes doing to me without hurting her feelings?

Both of you have very busy lives- chances are that she, like you, is very involved in school and may not have a lot of extra time because of homework or sports. Or she might not be the best letter writer. Either way, I think it's about time for you to move on and find some new friends. If she happens to come around, that's fine too. But don't waste your time waiting for this girl.

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i want my hair to grow longer but i dont have really thick hair adn mine takes forever to grow. its blonde and sholder length but i want it past my boobs any ideas on what to take or what to do to get long locks??
muha
Lisa

First of all, as weird as it sounds, you need to get a haircut. Ask your hairdresser to make it all one length and to trim off dead ends. This will make it grow faster and become healthier. Next, try massaging your scalp while you're shampooing and at night before bed. Also, flip your hair upside down and brush it three terms a day. Both of these increase blood flow to your scalp, which will make it grow faster. Finally, once it's grown out, go for a trim every 1-3 months so you don't get split ends.

I know a previous person said the trim thing was an old wife's tale but it's not...if you don't trim your split ends will grow out and make your hair limp and horrible.

Also, I've heard shampooing in cold water increases scalp blood flow, guess you could try that too.

Finally, if you need more help, the current issue of GL magazine has an article on growing your hair out.

I hope I helepd!

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Ok, ok. I admit it. I'm not eating enough. But no one will leave me alone about it! I have this one teacher who's about to call my mom. I seriously don't want to eat more, but if everyone (like my mom) gets on my case about it, I will have no choice! I'm doing well losing weight! I have never looked better! And if everyone gets involved I'm gonna gain it back. Everyone always asks "What did you eat today" And when I say "nothing" they get all mad. How do I get them to leave me alone? (Please don't be like everyone else and tell me it's not good for me) I just want to know how to get them off my back. I would lie but I'm a bad liar. Thanks.

I hate to be the person who tells you this, but it sounds like you have anorexia nervosa. If you keep this up you will literally DIE. Obviously you look terrible if your teacher is getting involved- skin and bones. Skinny isn't attractive- it's UGLY! You need help to get through this. There are easier ways of losing weight that won't kill you- instead of 3 big meals, eat 6 small meals a day, drink a ton of water to speed up your metabolism, avoid high calorie foods, and exercise 5 days a week. Hang in there!

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I’m female, 15, and I hate everything about my family, I’ve always been rejected and pushed aside and neglected, my brother is the center of everyone’s life because he is such an asshole, my parents give him whatever he wants because they can’t stand to hear him rage and scream and say everything bad and hateful he could possibly say. I think they give him such free rein because he has turrets or however the hell you spell it and they just blame his bad behavior on it. They have always been too focused on trying to help my lying, trouble making, hates-the-world, asshole of a brother, so I can never feel anything- they can’t deal with me being sick, or sad, or angry, because they can’t help me, they’ve stopped trying because as soon as their attention would switch over my brother would do something and start screaming and saying shit about me, and how much he hated me and my parents and that everyone else does everything wrong, not him. My parents won’t get him help, they now take their anger at him out on me, they yell and scream at me when I tell them what I think of my brother and how I think they’re doing stuff wrong with him and how he needs help, my dad always punishes him at the wrong time when he’s actually calm, he can never say anything right to my brother, and then they ask me to go give him food or ask him stuff and my brother takes shit out on me. I hate everything about my family, I’m tired of being pushed around and neglected, and they’re making me into a person I hate, what can I do that doesn’t involve anything that costs money? because I’m not that rich. Plz help me, I’m honestly ready to kill myself.

I'm so sorry- I know how it feels to have a family like that. I'd recommend seeing a guidance counselor at school, or maybe calling a self-help line (google it for a number). Please don't kill yourself though. If for no other reason, then your brother will get what he wants- all the attention. You're the only hope of changing that. All I can say is fight the hardest you can. Hang in there, babe.

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well my boyfriend is sweet and everything but he is too sweet , I mean he watches out for me and he said that I was the only one in the world for him , he even promised that he didnt like no other gurls like cheerleaders and movie stars , stuff like that, but I cant stand it any more! he calls to check on me at 4:00am! what do i do ?
I dont want to break his heart but I need some time alone, plz HELP!!!!

I know exactly how you feel- my ex was exactly like that. I felt enormously guilty, until I realized it wasn't either of our faults- I just had no romantic interest in him. You might feel mean breaking up with him but it's the right thing to do. How would you feel if a guy didn't like you but was staying in the relationship because he felt sorry for you? Good luck, whatever you choose to do- but I think you should let him go.

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Does anyone know a site where I can download it or a store where I can buy it...Jessica Simpson's CD Sweet Kisses...Song: I Wannna Love You Forever..INSTRUMENTAL ((without words)). Because I want to do this song for the talent show and I have to have the instrumental of it. Or Michelle Branch--Spirit Room--You Get Me.

Try karaokecentral.com, though that will cost you about fifteen bucks- they don't have indivual songs, but CDs. If you want to spend less money though, download Limewire (www.limewire.com), a free music downloading program. Do a search for Karaoke- NAME OF SONG, they have almost everything. Just remember, if you're going to be downloading songs on Limewire, only keep 5 at a time. That way it's not illegal and you can't get in trouble. Good luck!

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i know you can practice to hit higher notes, is there any way to pracice my lower notes? i can go high, but i cant seem to hit low notes in singing.

Just keep trying and trying. A good practice song is "All That Jazz" from Chicago. Or anything from Broadway that's a guy's role. Good luck!

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hey u guys im a 15 year old male, and i was of course playing truth or dare with mostly grls and a few guys, and a grl dared me to go in the bathroom right then and there and SHAVE MY LEGS! well i wasnt gonna turn down a dare so i did it, but im wunderin if i should like wear pants to school until they grow back cuz usually guys wit shaved legs r gay, or do grls think is hot??

I'd recommend wearing pants- I'd think it was a little weird if you went to my school.

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