Well, if I ever lose out on a modeling gig I could always just go camp out at Nike or UBIQ for a few days and snag some crazy limited sneakers. Where do these kids sell these? Ebay?

#COTD and I actually laughed out loud at that. High five!

Oh my god, the authentication screen. Even though I know exactly how much money I have and that I would never buy something expensive enough to drain my account, I still get anxious waiting for my card to clear.

I have a lot of anxiety surrounding purchasing food (of all things!!!) after I spent a good period of time being completely unable to afford more than one meal per day and almost had my electric shut off multiple times. Why can't I justify going to the grocery store and spending $20 per week on my food? I make way…

Also red, so they're lucky.

I think it's pretty comparable to the differences in product testing in the US, we have really weird standards for what we do and don't test and the requirements to be approved by the FDA etc etc. But I agree with you, it's fascinating what is and isn't valued with product testing.

Ahahah! I will say that China is also in the process of assembling a database of all tested ingredients with results so testing doesn't need to be duplicated, but currently they do require that every ingredient be tested on the eyes and skin of animals before the product can be sold there. Hopefully they'll start…

No joke, China has some of the most stringent product testing standards in the world for cosmetics.

Reds also fade pretty fast (fastest of all "natural" colors) and if you did semi-perm then you should be back to normal within a 6 weeks.

Are there any student salons nearby? They have professional colorists that supervise them but cost waaaay less than a salon where everyone has passed their boards.

Go to a salon! I say this as someone who used to color with box dye at home and currently works as a hair model, if you don't already know how to lighten and tone your hair then you really do not want to just wing it at home, your hair will basically be like straw after all the processing. Also, do a bit of research…

I would like to know where I can purchase a spykini!

Oh my fucking god. I'm part Native, a significant part, and I would lose my shit if anyone ever said any of those things in my presence. I'm sorry you've had to deal with that level of racism.

I'm so mad right now that I just want to scream and tear my hair out. I'm being completely irrational but I don't really care. That's all, just needed to say it somewhere.

Or anyone at all characterizing equating thin to "no breasts". Yeah, I'm super thin, and my breasts are small because all the women in my family have small breasts. They look appropriate for my frame, and they are most definitely still breasts!

The product shot models are likely anywhere between 1-3" shorter than Rocha, which makes a huge difference in length, and the samples used in the shoot were also likely pinned on her to make them fit that way, so they lost length when pinned. But yeah, for the editorial campaign they used more photoshop, the product…

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We should definitely go out sometime.

Um, I've had this conversation with a fair amount of my mixed race and non-white friends, and there's no one size fits all answer. I generally try to avoid the heritage discussion entirely, because I (personally) usually find it annoying unless there's a specific topic of conversation that makes it relevant. As far as…

My eyes. They just rolled so hard they broke! But seriously, I have to listen to this sort of shit every single day. As soon as I mention to someone that I am mixed race (white and Onondaga) they're all of a sudden 1/16th of whatever tribe they're most familiar with.