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Today I went from this maddening unruliness




to this glorious straightness! YAYAYAY!








I started hearing about Brazilian Blowouts last year. Heard tall tales from the likes of Nicole Richie that these new hair treatments actually improve the condition of your hair while straightening it for up to 3 months. Inconceivable, thought this curly sue. I've battled frizz for 31 years and know there is NO such thing as a magic curl-be-gone potion.




Take the straightening I had done 4 years ago when I was in Japan for work. For nearly a year, yes, I had wash and go hair for the first time in my life. Stick straight hair without any blowdrying or flat ironing required.





But (there's always a but with straightening) there were definitely down-sides: damage at the ends, weird regrowth at the roots, couldn't dye my hair at all. And well, my hair was soooo straight it didn't DO anything. This was a dream at first for someone whose hair always DID too much. But unnaturally flat hair got pretty boring once the novelty wore off. Eventually had to cut it really short.




Recently, as my hair has gotten longer, I've been missing the days of not having to spend an hour on it every other day to make it look decent. Not good, mind you, just decent. Started doing more research on this new modern hair miracle and couldn't find any cons, only glowing pros. Unlike the Brazilian waxing, with the Brazilian Blowout there's no threat of re-growth or damage ;)

Your hair actually looks healthier and is able to hold some body. Plus it takes 90 minutes, costs between $200 -$400 and lasts for up to 3 months, longer after the first time you do it. Decided to take the plunge and risk growing a third eye when I saw this $100 discount at the posh Argyle Salon courtesy of InStyle.



Sooooo pleased with the results. This is what my hair now looks like blown dry WITHOUT A BRUSH!!! If I did that normally, my hair would look more Albert Einstein crossed with the Bride of Frankenstein than Jennifer Aniston meets Jennifer Connelley. Can't wait to really test it out during our trip to Hawaii in a month!


If you're in L.A. and interested in saying goodbye to frizz this summer, I highly recommend Nelly Mollison at Argyle Spa and Salon. She is THE Brazilian Blowout guru. And hilarious and adorable to boot. We discovered she lives on my street and needs help starting a blog. Think this is the beginning of a beautiful Brazilian/blogging relationship...







After terminating my curls, Mr. D and I met the Robotos to watch Terminator. Oy. Just as bad as we imagined.


Terminator 2 is one of my all time childhood favorites. And Christian Bale may be hotness personified but he is no Edward Furlong. Wish I could go back in time to the 90s and tell them to terminate things right then and there.













After the movie we decided to try Boho for a late dinner.




LOVE the Robotos intensely surveying the menu with their new wedding bands!!!










The service was a boo at Boho but the Hollywood people watching made up for things. And I looooved my Fried Oyster ‘Po Boy’ Sliders - with gougeres, tartar sauce, applewood bacon, arugula!


But Mr. D was the winner with the pan roasted Pork Chop with a fuji apple-fig jam compote, cider jus, sweet potato puree and spinach. YUM.

He needs to keep eating like this. Looks like he lost some weight over the past week. Ugh. Think I gained what he lost. F.







The Outfit
Image dress and wrap sweater

The Accessories
Me&Ro necklace
Marc by Marc Jacobs clutch
Sam Edelman sandals

The Grade
Pass











The Commentary


Wore this little $32 jersey dress two other times last summer




Both times with curly hair. Much prefer it paired with today's Brazilian ;)
















The print of my dress reminds me of this Phillip Lim mini





Crossed with this Milly maxi
















Last year's Chloe




Meets this year's Matthew Williamson for H&M.




















Very ikat-licious.





Perfect for this season's tribal trend.





















For months, I've been looking for just the right tribal accessory. Wanted to rock the look on vacation in Mexico and Hawaii.



Found just what I'd been searching for on super sale last week at Bloomingdale's for under $40. Meet my new Sam Edelman sandals.













Had been seeing the heeled version of this shoe in all kinds of editorials this spring







Love the detailing of them. They are one part Louis Vuitton, one part Masai warrior.















In fact a guy looked at my feet today, confuzzled and said he thought for a second that my feet were tattooed.



I seriously don't know how straight men manage to put on their pants every day.












Thank god for women - fabulous, fashionable and FANCY women. Fancypants was wearing her own fabulous new summer sandals tonight. Hayden-Hartnett. AAAAAAAAAdore.








She'd bought them to debut in Mexico too ;(