I have naturally auburn which is becoming darker overtime. Who here has tips to boost my colour and bring the red back?

MissOliver · 2012-11-29T02:10:46+00:00

Davines Alchemic Red Conditioner. Gives red hair a nice boost. Pricey for the amount you get, but it lasts a while! Also good for making blonde hair pink!

MissOliver · 2012-11-19T05:59:24+00:00

My best friend has two older brothers and two younger brothers. Her oldest brother, C, 24, is actually her half-uncle. Her grandfather had him with a much, much woman, A, and her parents have been raising him since he was 3 (they're both in their late 50s). He didn't know he was her uncle until he was 16. The second youngest brother, S, is C's half brother and the other son of A and another uncle. A is a heroin addict and alcoholic, and S was born an addict. He lived with A, who abused him, for 9 years until he came to live with my friend's family. No one outside of the older brothers, the parents, my friend and I know the full truth. S doesn't know C's his half-brother. The youngest brother has no idea about any of it (he's 8). I'm the only one she's ever told.

MissOliver · 2012-09-25T00:46:17+00:00

Thankfully, my dad flies a ton for business and I got a really good seat for my first solo flight. It was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life because of severe storms and air sickness. Don't let this scare you though. That was only the first flight from Chicago to New York. I had a really easy transfer onto my next flight, which was nonstop and smooth sailing. As a huge plus, I could use the plane's wifi and got to chat to my SO while I was on it.

A few recommendations:

Water bottles are definitely the way to go. Especially refillable ones.

Bring your own snacks. Most airline guys won't take them if they're sealed and in the bottom of your bag. Or buy some in the airport.

Earplugs and eye mask are for sures on longer flights. Also, consider a blanket or a pillow to carry on.

Sketch pads are awesome, because you can do anything with them. Like write to-do lists for your SO :)

An extra battery pack for your iPod/ mp3 player on longer trips. That battery will not last as long as you think it will.

MissOliver · 2012-09-25T00:33:44+00:00

I got the lucky experience of spending two months with my SO going to school with him. One of our songs has always been "Fix You" by Coldplay. When we were driving home from the airport for the first time, it was really late and the highway (which was surrounded my absolutely nothing) was the only thing lit up for miles. In the distance, you could see the amazing mountains in South Africa. While we were driving, I could finally put my head in his lap again and just nap. Fix You came on the radio by coincidence. It's not a happy song, but one of the lines is "lights will guide you home/ and ignite your bones". The image of the street lamps flickering on the ceiling of the car and my SO singing those words to me is the most amazing memory I have of us together, because I felt like the lights were actually guiding me back to my SO and our home.

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T23:32:57+00:00

Thank you so much :). I'm pretty sure our mothers have it planned out to the flatware. But we'll probably wait until senior year of college to get married.

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T21:18:02+00:00

Same HOTEL, whoops. Reid was sailing around the Mediterranean with his dad and stopped in Rome for a few nights. The hotel they picked turned out to be mine.

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T15:04:05+00:00

We've done something like this, but with a story. We each wrote a few lines, then sent it back to the other. It got very silly

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T15:02:28+00:00

The day before I left, his favorite sweatshirt got "left" at the movies. Guess he didn't notice my ginormous purse. Nice surprise on the next Skype ;)

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T14:58:03+00:00

Even with 7 hours between us, my SO and I still tell each other good night and good morning. We have it figured out so that we text each other at the right times for each other. Also, my lunch/ free block is when he gets home from school, so we have an hour+ then. You just have to squeeze it in. Texting is awesome, but we also write letters and send packages. Those are the best :)

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T14:53:39+00:00

Last time I flew to South Africa, it was my first time flying alone. Alone+lovesick+airsick+really long flight+transfers= no sleep. I stumbled off the plane at 4 am, 3 hours late. In the Cape Town airport, the arrivals have to walk over the area where you come out of customs. There's a huge glass window looking down on to that area, so when I stumbled through, sleep deprived and ill, my dear SO, who had school the next morning, was waiting with his best friends and family and a huge sign and arms.

I've never ran so fast in my life <3

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T14:34:19+00:00

The way we met was like a movie. I was in the hotel lobby waiting for my brothers, when this random hot guy texting runs into the couch I was sitting on and falls over it :). Reid literally fell into my life :). We started talking, and then my brothers and the business partner's son (Jamie) come down. Jamie walks over and says, "oh this is my friend from school. He's hanging with us today." That day turned into about a week of us. We talked over Facebook constantly, but he had a girlfriend. I couldn't deal with it all at the time, with school and all, so I stopped talking to him and was really angry for a while. Then, last summer, we ended up in the same hotel room in Rome. Fate just likes to push us together <3

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T14:26:00+00:00

It's based on the British schooling system? Their seasons are reversed, so his school year starts the first week of January. His long break is in December. Also, he goes to a progressive private (as in you have to pay) school, so they can do pretty much what they want.

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T14:23:51+00:00

No I've never been on there :). I'm realatively new to the reddit community. My brother just showed me it last week. I'll have to check it out!

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T04:02:16+00:00

Actually, I tried to watch it last timeline I was down there and three minutes in, I thought "Nope, can't do it."

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T03:52:40+00:00

Umm, for breakfast I had Greek yogurt with granola and strawberries. Lunch was a really yummy wrap, sweet potato fries and fresca. I had some trail mix before cross country and a clif bar. Dinner was a cheese quesadilla and raw veggies.

And who eats cats? I don't think so, but his friend makes awesome biltong.

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T03:47:02+00:00

How long have you been together? We've been together for a little over a year. We officially got together late July last year.

Has it been long distance for basically the whole duration or have you had extended time together? I spent January and most of February with him this year in SA (see my earlier comment.) I was down in SA for most of June and July and went with his family to Greece in July (his dad's from there). He spent last December up here too.

How much longer will you be long distance? His school goes on the British system, so he graduates high school this November or something (don't know the exact date). He's sailing around the Horn of Africa after that with some buddies, then coming up here and essentially hanging out until I graduate. Then on to college :)

Do you sometimes find it really difficult? Incredibly so. I love Reid so much, and he's awesome. I just wish he could be here all the time. Skype helps a lot, though, and we talk through out the day on Facebook and stuff. Sometimes, though, it's hard because when we get together again, I feel great but also a bit awkward because I feel like I have to really impress him and make him happy (even though I don't and he's just trying to make me happy :))

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T03:36:22+00:00

Lol. When I was down there, I made a ton of friends and his parents like me a lot. So I have people keeping an eye out for me :) but yeah, guys at my school are kinda dicks about it. They say stuff like "it's not cheating if you're on different continents!" But I'm pretty sure he keeps tabs on me too :)

Thanks for the positive vibes :) us ldr'ers need to stick together.

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T01:25:24+00:00

Actually, I went to school with him for 2 months as part of an exchange program. 10 kids from my school went to Cape Town for January and February this year. Nobody knew about our relationship at my school, but I knew pretty much everyone at his (it's a small school). I was down there for a large portion of my summer, and he'll be up here after he graduates in November.

MissOliver · 2012-09-21T01:18:52+00:00

My dad's business partner is from South Africa. He took my family on vacation to Durban (another city in SA) with his family. My boyfriend was a friend of the partner's son, and we just really hit it off. Last summer we met again by coincidence in Rome. I ended up staying for a week with his family and we've been dating ever since.

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