going blonde

going from brown to blonde is a difficult process, and costs quite a bit. where i go it is about 80$- i suggest you not do it yourself unless you know what you're doing. bleaching is very dangerous and can literally melt your hair, as well it can- and has for me- break off in your hand, comb, whatever.

you start off just with your terrible roots.


next the bleach is applied, be careful not to get on your clothes or in your eyes.


the bleach stays on for about 30 minutes- bring your DS or PSP or a book if you're lame.
:3

the bleach is rinsed and color applied, again it's time for your DS



and ta-da no more terrible roots!


i also got an angled cut, but it was 1am when i was finally done and relaxed. so i took out my weave and just went to bed.
i'll take real pictures of it eventually.
but not now, and i didn't yesterday.
:3

calendar
oct ??? - GED testing
oct 2 - my moms birthday
oct 6 - my birthday
oct 29 - Anime Convention youmacon

how to make chocolate raspberry cheesecake

how to make Chocolate Raspberry Cheese Cake

Recipe

Cake
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice from concentrate
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
• 1 (6 ounce) packaged graham cracker pie crust
•

Glaze
• 2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
• 1/4 cup whipping cream

first off, you want to remove any jewelry. rings, bracelets, long necklaces. secondly wash your hands!
next you'll want to preheat your oven to 350, i do mine to 365 because mine runs cold. make sure you have an inside the oven thermometer because you can't trust what the ovens computer says!

bring your mixer out, i personally own a stand mixer so this is very easy for me, and place the SOFTENED cream cheese in. whip for about 10 minutes at a medium setting. or until it looks similar to marshmallow fluff.
to soften cream cheese put in microwave for 15-20 seconds on high



once finished slowly add condensed milk. i add about 1/2 then 1/4 then the final 1/4. again mix on medium setting.
i suggest you try the condensed milk, it's like pure sugar.


add 3 tablespoons of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and one egg. mix well. i'd say a low setting.


as it's mixing i arranged the raspberries i used about 1 1/4 packed of 6oz packages, the recipe calls for 1 cup.


finally~ pour batter over raspberries slowly.
bake for 30-35 minutes or until set.
i had batter left over so i made two little cheese cake cakes. i baked them for 20 minutes at 350 as well.






DO NOT start glaze until AFTER cake is out of the oven and has been cooling for a long time or it is fully cooled. i wouldn't start until it is fully cooled.

in a small saucepan melt semi-sweet chocolate with whipping cream over low heat, cook and stir until thickened.
do not turn it up! low and slow is the way to go~



chill- and garnish and desired.


i know this is late- but you chill it over night so the glaze hardens.
take it out and garnish after about half an hour of chilling.
and then when i dropped it off at Sammy's house i ended up hanging out at her house for a lot of the night. then came home and went to sleep because i was so tired.
she said the cheesecake was delicious.

ZOOM! teeth whitening

as seen on extreme makeover
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that is what i got today,
i have been self conscious about my teeth since... always.
even now after this i am wanting to go back for braces- you will understand in a moment when you see the pix.

before hand you want to brush/floss your teeth as well as you can. they do NOT clean your teeth before you get it unless you want to schedule and pay for that too.
and you also want to dress nicely. never go out without looking decent, you never know who you'll run in to.

i didn't run into anyone-
except a old lady in her 90s that liked my shoes.
B]

the proses is fairly simple, and not painful for me.
[though i have pain now. will explain later~]
they start by moisturizing your lips and putting a little sunscreen on your nose/around your mouth. followed by giving you true cotton mouth-
now i have never smoked weed, so i have never felt "cotton mouth" that way. but this cotton mouth wasn't so bad. it was a little dry but very easily bearable. i didn't mind it.
next they put liquid plastic on your gums, hiding any tissue that is not covered by the cotton.

they then harden it with a light to make it look like the above.
my mom was like "why do you want pix of this?" i was like "because it's important that i get laughed at >X"
i actually think i look pretty cool.
O w O

next they put a tooth conditioner on your teeth, followed by the whitening gel.
and then, finally, this has taken about an hour so far, you get the light.

it gets really hot but doesn't hurt. not for me at least. some people experience sensitivity during the proses.

for 15 i sat there with my arms in the air holding my iPod up so i could watch music videos,
then the light turns off and she takes off the whitening gel- reapplies the conditioner and gel- and the light is back on.
she repeats this one more time after the 15 minutes are up.
again another 15 minutes and i'm done~

i went up 7 shades, i am no longer a person with any shade of natural colored teeth.

before

after

[about me wanting braces, my front two teeth aren't perfectly straight anymore. i want it fixed]

i am very pleased.
you can see where my braces covered when i had them, but it should even out in the next few days.

another thing i am going to deal with for the next few days is- zingers.
a "zinger" is a jolt of pain that the cause is not really known. it just feels like a zap and then it is gone.
you don't know when it will come or why- it just does.

they said it should stop within the next couple of days.
or 4-6 hours.
it's not terrible.
but it does hurt.
:C

that's all- i will go bake my cake now and update later.
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road trips just aren't my thing -important info after calendar-

yesterday- i was on the road from 7:30am until 11:30pm
the reason i did not post then was because i spent the night in my old home with my dog, she lives at my dads house instead of my moms because my mom hates dogs.
but that's okay, it is a good house for her to be in. it will just be difficult to get used to because i wont be there 24/7.
:ccc

anyway, i am here to tell you why you should not go on road trips.
the only reason- ever- that a road trip should be done is if you have 5 or more people going on the trip. otherwise it is more expensive to drive. gas prices are sky high, obviously.

there is always going to be road construction somewhere on your road trip, you cannot avoid it. our trip was made about an hour longer because of "construction", even though there was nothing. no workers. just a closed lane. it was the most ridiculous thing ever. i don't ever want to drive more than 5 hours ever again.
ever.

i had planned on driving to LA- that's gone. not a chance. i'll take a train or fly.

BUT I MUST SAY~
driving is much worse than RIDING. when i was just sitting in the back seat it was very nice and relaxing. very pretty scenery. i enjoyed seeing so many things.
the best part was driving through Chicago, even though the traffic was awful. it just made me think how much i really want to live in NYC.
LA for four years, NYC for the rest of my life.
mom will live in Paris, i will live in NYC, what a wonderful life.
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calendar
sep 28 - teeth whitening [will post later today] / baking a chocolate raspberry cheese cake
sep 29 - going blonde
sep 30 - acrylic nails
oct ??? - GED testing
oct 2 - my moms birthday
oct 6 - my birthday
oct 29 - Anime Convention youmacon




i will try to post once a day, and once a day only.
on days that i do do more than one thing, like today since i am doing this and my teeth and my baking i will post multiple times.
and on days that i doing have anything planned i will just post whatever.
so there will never be a boring day.
:3
please follow and show your friends~

how should i start? a new begining~

hello new followers, old, i am Charlotte.
and i am about to go to bed.
you may know me from Underdog to Wonderdog- or my trip to South Dakota and adulthood.
or you don't know me at all~
in that case, you will learn.
either way you're here so let me tell you about myself.

i am Charlotte, i am many different ethnicities. so call me a mutt.
i enjoy baking, and writing, and talking about myself, and playing dress up, and my dog, and blahblahblah
c:
i have fake nails, and fake hair, and fake eyes.
my philosophy is; "you only have one life, so live it how you want. not how you're told."
i am naturally black haired and brown eyed, with finger nails that grow awfully.
i changed that.
i also wear extensions from time to time, but i don't know if i will be for awhile.
in all my pictures i have them, though.

my best friend is the only human important to me, other than my mom.
and my doggie is most important as well, please follow her blog Underdog to Wonderdog at Ejotesnewlife.blogspot.com
she is shaggy now~

my upcoming calendar is~
going home - sep 27
teeth whitening//baking a cheese cake - sep 28
hair dye/cut - sep 29
birthday - oct 6th
GED testing - during oct
youmacon - oct 29th-nov 1st

i will post my calander at the end of every post, so you'll never miss what's coming up.
idk if i'll post everyday- because i'm pretty boring a lot of the time at home.
i don't have much a social life, or a job, or anything really.
we'll see
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