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How to straighten your hair:

The Comb Chase Method

a straightening technique that
gets better results and—for me
anyways—cuts down on time! It’s
the Comb Chase Method, and it’s
fantastic. All you need is a brush,
a hair heat protectant or serum,

a thin-toothed comb, and a hair
straightener.

Step 1: Brush your hait, ridding
yourself of tangles. Get it as smooth
and tangle-free as possible.

Step 2: Apply your heat protectant
or serum. This is important
because even if you aren’t going
over a section of hair with your
straightener multiple times, it’s
better to avoid damage and split-
ends. Plus, the protectant or serum
will make your hair shinier and

' more fragrant. So do it!

4 Step 3: Take your thin-toothed
comb in one hand. Take about a
one-inch section of hair in the other.
Comb through that section of hair
a couple of times to ensure that it is
tangle free. Is it? Good.

Step 4: Take your comb to the top
of your head like you’re about to
comb through the section of hair
again. For this part, I like to have

 

By Natalie Serafini, Contributor

stick-straight strands, and I end
up with a sort of frizz-bomb (trust
me, it’s not pretty). Adding to my
woes, I can’t straighten a section
multiple times since I’m concerned
I'll damage my hair beyond what a
two-inch trim can repair.

Recently, though, I discovered

ew things make me feel quite
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have perfectly straight hair.
Unfortunately, I generally have

neither the time, the energy, nor
the patience to get the desired

the teeth of the comb facing up.
Take the comb a little ways down
your hair, holding the comb and the
section firmly in one hand.
Step 5: Take your straightener and
clamp it down on that section of
hair between the comb and your scalp,
so your straightener is at the top of
your hair, and your comb is further
down towards the ends. Yes?
Moving on.
Step 6: Gradually move the comb
and the straightener down the
section of hair, with the straightener
“chasing” the comb (hence the
name Comb Chase Method). Done?
Well, voila! Repeat for the rest of
your hair.

It may sound more tedious
than simply going to town with
your straightener, but the method
actually takes me much less time
and effort. Also, I only have to go
over a section of hair once for it to
be good and straight, cutting down
on heat-hair contact. You end up
with hair that is smoother and—
unless you do some intense hair
whipping later—stays that way. For
shiny, soft, straight hair, run a comb
through it!

 

I have to live with a boy:

Well, actually three of them
By Allie Davison, Staff Writer

( “in bs I live with one of
my best friends and her
boyfriend. So I guess I already

live with a boy, but he doesn’t really

count; he works a lot, so I never see
him, and his girlfriend cleans up
after him.

In a few months, when my
lease is up, I plan to move out of
my current apartment and into the
house my boyfriend rents with two
other guys. Why, you ask? Mainly
money—I have none of it. And by
May, unless I win the lottery (plan
A) or get a fabulous high-paying
job (plan B), I’ll have even less of
it. So, to save money—and I guess
because | like hanging out with my
boyfriend—I'll sacrifice my clean
bathroom, mould-free fridge, and
possibly my sanity and move in with
three boys.

Yet, all is not lost. I have a few
tricks up my sleeve, and it'll take
more than a few overflowing-with-
dirty-dishes sinks to make me back
down.

The sweet approach

When they do something nice (such

as clean up after themselves, or

clean the bathroom) I'll reward them
with treats, like cookies or muffins

(this method may be better known

as bribery). I predict this will work

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especially well because these boys
are pretty kitchen illiterate; hitting
the popcorn preset button on the
microwave is about as much cooking
as they do.

The fire-with-fire approach

This one’s pretty straightforward. As
much as there are super gross things
guys can do, well here’s a news flash:
girls can be gross too. And annoying.
You leave the toilet seat up? I leave
tampons around. You “forget” to
pick up your dirty clothes from the
floor? I “forget” you worked the
graveyard shift last night as I rock
out to Britney while getting ready.
The no more Ms. Nice Girlfriend
approach

If worst comes to worst, I can always
whip out the kryptonite. That’s right,
I'll withhold sex, and maybe videos
games too! Of course the sex thing
would only be applicable to my
boyfriend, but I’m pretty sure it'll

be enough encouragement for him
to hassle his boys into cleaning—or
he'll just do it himself (either works
for me!).

In reality, I don’t think it'll be this
bad. From the nights (and days) I’ve
already spent there, I haven’t noticed
anything too disgusting. But, just in
case they’ve been frantically cleaning
in the minutes before I arrive, then
I'll be ready. Two can play at that
game, boys.

 

 

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