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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063361701373951332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850021791511787609.post-82586867963375445822012-03-25T17:47:00.003-07:002012-04-18T01:21:11.613-07:00FOUND! Cosmo Anyone? No I'll Have a Manhattan with a Twist of Moroccan Oil Thanks!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Im pretty sure when the people at Drybar were coming up with their concept, they had me in mind, well at least the modern city dweller that values the necessity of well styled hair without the price. I’ve been told that I’m lucky to have the hair I have. My long thick tresses that resemble the curly version of Beyonce when not blowdried, may be on many peoples wish list, however wanting it and actually having it are two entirely different things. When done properly (by all you fabulous hairdressers out there – shoutout to Jessica from Drybar New York and Jen from Maurice Meade Perth) even I am jealous of my own hair. Trying to recreate the hairdressers creation on my own never works and I definitely can’t afford a standing bi-weekly appointment at any regular salon.</span></span> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First cab off the blogging rank (literally and figuratively) is a dedication one of the most influential cities in the world. For its old world glamour and collective new age slant on metropolis living, New York City has become one of my favourite urban destinations to date. Having first visited the city in the mid 90's at an impressionable age, I would have been forgiven for being intimidated by the sky-scraping skyscrapers, the hustle of the average New Yorker, the ever changing atmosphere of the burrows, the clanging of the underground and the unforgivable current of yellow taxis. This coupled with the understanding that my mother wouldn't enter the city wearing her expensive watch in fear of someone chopping her hand off to steal it made the city seem impossibly impenetrable and otherworldly to me. Move forward to 2012, a little older and having had let go of that comforting hand (that luckily was never chopped off), I was given the opportunity to spend two solid weeks roaming the island and I can now safely say that New York has one me over and I am now officially on the Carrie-esque bandwagon called "I Heart New York". </span></span></div>
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