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Bleachingis the only way to lighten hair significantly -- you can't just dye it blonde. When you bleach your hair, hydrogen peroxide removes some or most of your natural pigment from thecortex; this is the first step of thedouble process. The second step is toning -- arinseis used to shade your newly blonde hair a warm (reddish), cool (ashy) or neutral hue. Bleaching is permanent and damaging, and you'll have to touch up your roots every four to six weeks -- sometimes a tricky thing to do on your own -- so think carefully before taking this big step. Unless you're already blonde, it's best to let a professional colorist handle the task at least the first few times. If you're doing it yourself, a strand test is essential. (For blondes who just want to go one or two shades lighter at home, there are one-step products on the market that combine a low level of peroxide with a toner.) The active ingredient in the bleaching process, peroxide, comes in varying strengths, referred to a ...

Like Tuscan villas and Hugh Jackman, beautiful shoes were things I'd salivated over in magazines and admired from afar but could never have. Finding cute pumps to match an outfit? Forget it. With size 11AA feet, I had to make do with a severely limited selection of boring, if not downright ugly, shoes in black or brown ‑- when I could find anything at all. But I'm happy to report that those days of footwear deprivation are over. With a great variety of manufacturers, stores and Websites catering to extended sizes worn by increasing numbers of bigger, taller women, today's size 10+ shoe fanatic can be fashionable from head to toe. Eleven and 12 are not oddball sizes anymore," says Bob Lewis, whose Prevata line of Italian-made leather shoes is sold in those sizes at Nordstrom's and independent retailers. "I think it's a huge market, and in my own retail stores we take advantage of that tremendously," concurs Donald J. Pliner, who offers sizes 11 and 12 in his four eponymous o ...