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I grew up in St. Louis to orange freezes and double steakburgers with cheese.  When I was a little girl and my baby sister was being born, my dad distracted my little brother and I at the Steak & Shake on Hampton Avenue in South St. Louis.  The first place I circled with my new drivers license at age 16 was the Steak & Shake on Chippewa. 

By the time I was ready to graduate from high school I had been on many dates at Steak & Shake.  In one case, Glen Navarro, a crush from my last two years at Bishop Du Bourg High School came back from his tour in the Navy to take me for a Steak burger with 1000 Island Dressing.  It was a memorable evening. 

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A lot of hair myths exist involved “medium” length hair.or hairstyle.  Really, what is the true definition of medium length hair versus very short, short, long and ultra long? 

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Gold’s per-ounce price could top $1,000 this year, say some gold industry analysts.

Meanwhile, as global demand set records in 2007, the precious metal’s current high-price and volatility poses “challenges” to the jewelry industry generally, and U.S. jewelry retailers specifically, says a new World Gold Council report.

What does that mean for fashionistas?  High prices on high fashion accessories made with gold and of course accelerated pricing on gold wedding and engagement rings.  What to do?  Turn to silver or other precious metals and wait for the gold market to adjust.  After all, like in fashion, what goes up, always goes down.

Life & Style Magazine - April 14th issue - interviewed Ashlee Simpson about her new album - Bittersweet World - told the weekly magazine “I never thought my life would end up taking the turn that it has. I always saw myself with blue hair in a band. So it’s great to be in the place that I am right now. Either way, I’ll be happy. I’ll probably still have blue hair one day.”

(Image of Ashlee Simpson - DailyCeleb.com - all rights reserved - 2008).

I for one have no doubt that will happen since the singer, actress and newly crowned t-shirt designer for wet seal has morphed from platinum blonde to deep burgandy red with a few stops in the chocolate, black and strawberry shades along the way. Going blue with her hair? Why not?

Ash is not only in the news for her new CD and T-shirt line, she is also fighting rumors that she and long term beau Pete Wentz are pregnant. The very private Ash doesn’t want to talk about it although she is willing to talk about her recent engagement to the Fall Out Boy band member which they announced on the Web.

Will Ashlee have blue hair for her nuptials to Pete? Unlikely.

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On the most recent episode of MTV’s sizzling hot The Hills (Girls Night Out - 4/14/08,) Lauren Conrad (aka L.C.) showed up at People’s Revolution in LA with shorter hair and a hot hairline slanted braid.

L.C. had previously agreed to help her BFF Whitney with LA Fashion Week and looked very stylish even though she was dressed to work hard signing and lining up models for the show.

Of course Lauren looked very cute and stylish with her shorter bob inspired layered hairdo. As you would expect, the reality TV superstar completely changed up her new haircut with her front line braid, shattered ends and a “mini” hair bump for a softer look.

(Image of Lauren Conrad - MTV/TV - The Hills - Girls Night Out Episode - 4/14/08 - all rights reserved MTV/TV).

When created too tightly, hairline braids can look severe or harsh. Lauren’s braid which runs from side to side rather than from front to back is what is known as an “invisible” or “underhanded braid”.

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