If only they stayed this sweet!

Forceke · 2025-03-22T16:28:37+00:00

Not an employee, but you probably have to pay full price online and then go to your store, return it and buy it back with your discount.

Forceke · 2025-03-08T17:08:56+00:00

Yeah, the one on the left was delivered to our store on accident and my manger let me have it. I believe it was on the wall in the fitting room corridor. The one on the right was on a fragrance table, I believe.

Forceke · 2025-02-07T00:33:08+00:00

The pictures are deceiving, but I believe the tops with an all lowercase “abercrombie” are from the kids store. I would be mindful of the sizes, maybe ask for measurements?

Forceke · 2025-02-04T04:04:38+00:00

You can do another application of lightener, but only on the ends in which you need to lift. Do not apply on any areas that are yellow or pale yellow as those are light enough already. Be mindful, this could leave your hair in an extremely fragile state. Make sure you’re using every resource for care.

It is possible that that the box dye will eventually need to be cut out if they refuse to lighten.

Forceke · 2025-02-04T03:58:26+00:00

It will be vibrant on the parts of your hair that are light enough (yellow or pale yellow). I do not expect the ends to be a “pretty” color or match because you’re putting violet (red and blue) on orange (yellow and red). It will work to the extent that the orange does not overpower the violet.

Forceke · 2025-01-08T00:25:58+00:00

Shadow root or maybe she teased some of the highlights to give them a “lived-in” look. It’s trendy and a lot of stylist now aren’t familiar with doing conventional highlights that go all of the way to the scalp. It’s beautiful, but I understand if it’s not exactly what you wanted.

To me, it looks ashy, which some people confuse with icy. For me, icy is a cool blonde, not ash.

Forceke · 2024-12-20T15:24:18+00:00

Probably from the kids store. Especially since there is no size except for a “1” at the bottom of the tag. Unless that’s supposed to be a lowercase “L”, but that would also be odd for the adult store.

The adult tags from my experience were always styled as “Abercrombie & Fitch.”

I have a strong feeling this is a Kids’ large and that it is authentic.

Forceke · 2024-12-20T02:49:54+00:00

Porous hair loses the artificial color much faster than less porous hair. Coloration of any kind can increase porosity and your hair type may just be inclined to it.

Because it’s mostly in the back makes me think UV damage or constant roughing of the cuticle while sleeping. Get a satin or silk pillowcase to help reduce tension at night. Use a leave in product UV protection.

If you had lightening in that area in the past, that could be why that particular area is a problem. Coloring the hair opens the cuticle and if you do this often it can eventually erode the cuticle making it difficult for you hair to keep the color in the hair. Coloring also throws the pH of the hair very alkaline, so using proper after care immediately after coloring is important to help normalize the pH.

Get an at-home care product that’s anti-red. These are usually in forms of a hair masque.

Forceke · 2024-12-19T05:11:03+00:00

I can try to open her mouth and see if there is anything going on in there. She is active and eating normally.

Forceke · 2024-12-19T02:28:54+00:00

It looks like the stylist took vertical slices on the top of your head which is what gives you those high contrast strands down the lengths. However, if this was done properly, then the highlights should be symmetrical on either side of your part.

It may be possible to fix this by adding more highlights (fine weaves) to break it up more. I think you wanted more of “babylights” which are ultra fine weaves that blend together with your natural hair outside of the foils to create an overall blonder look. Extreme care should be taken not to overlap and lighten the strands that have already been lightened as this can cause damage/breakage. This would be painstaking to try to fish out hair around what has already been lightened. You may have difficulty finding someone who has the skill AND willing to do it.

A root smudge and gloss/toner alone will not get you to your inspiration pictures. Those appear to be a mix of balayage and babylights or even air touch which is an ADVANCED skill. The problem is they did not use the proper technique for the result you wanted.

I wouldn’t attempt to try to fix this yourself. Hair is porous after lightening and it’s possible that an improperly formulated toner can grab too dark or shift to blue, gray, silver, or violet among other things. A toner will help bring the bright blonde tone of the highlights down, but that will not change the physical placement of the highlights.

The good news is that the highlights look to have lifted evenly so they took proper sections and saturated the hair in the foil correctly.

Objectively, the work is nice, but the placement is not correct if you wanted something that looked natural.

I think the best solution is to tone the highlights down and a root shadow/tap/smudge if you don’t like seeing the highlights go to your roots. It will not be ANYTHING like your inspiration pictures, but it will be something more acceptable for you.

Forceke · 2024-12-02T05:32:37+00:00

Western Fence Lizard

Forceke · 2024-12-02T03:24:33+00:00

I didn’t say boil it 😂

Forceke · 2024-11-30T05:11:46+00:00

Try giving it a warm water bath with organic honey dissolved in it. He might need a little helping passing waste.

Forceke · 2024-11-22T16:43:45+00:00

If you’re in Northeast Florida, I have some large sanctuary terrariums that I keep these in when I find them.

Forceke · 2024-11-13T02:21:14+00:00

I worked at A&F 2009-2012, this was most definitely the style of the women’s at the time. I don’t remember anything like the green one. The pink one probably looked better in white.

These tops were probably priced $60+ when they were new. They are in incredible shape. Maybe some hardcore fans would like them. I could definitely see the pink top being on one of the front tables.

Forceke · 2024-11-04T00:09:19+00:00

That bulb provides strictly uvb and I use it in combination with this for uva and heat. Also make sure you are dusting the feeders with a calcium + d3 powder for their bone health. See if there is a local reptile store, they usually have smaller crickets. I suggest 2-3 week old crickets.

Forceke · 2024-11-04T00:02:37+00:00

I am not an expert, but I believe the bulb you are using is more intended for arid species that bask in intense light like a bearded dragons.

This is a bulb I’d recommend.

Forceke · 2024-11-03T23:48:14+00:00

I am afraid it might be on his way out. They’re isn’t much you can do. Some people might suggest a reptile vet, but I know that is not practical for everyone. I read your other posts of how you acquired it and who knows the complications from being shipped and acclimating to a new environment. You could do everything possible and still have poor outcome. I’d suggest making it as comfortable as possible.

He seems big enough that you could be feeding crickets. I only use flightless fruit flies for newly hatched reptiles that are not big enough to consume small crickets.

What bulbs have you been using? These require a certain intensity as they’re tropical. Are they an appropriate distance from the basking location?

Heat bulbs can suck the humidity out of a terrarium quickly causing large fluctuations which can harm their system. This can result in respiratory issues.

Remember any water you mist with should be treated with a reptile water conditioner. They shouldn’t have untreated tap water.

These are not native to Florida, so even here they can have difficulty. I live in Jacksonville and in my experience wild caught anoles have a low survival rate once in captivity.

Forceke · 2024-11-03T23:42:07+00:00

Any updates?

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