{"id":5389,"date":"2012-11-04T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5389"},"modified":"2012-11-03T17:01:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T21:01:25","slug":"weather-that-storm-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5389","title":{"rendered":"Weather that storm in style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><strong><em>Tips to keep yourself occupied (or sane) during a major storm, for the fashion conscious<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/UTKellyColumn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5392\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"UTKellyColumn\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/UTKellyColumn-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/UTKellyColumn-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/UTKellyColumn.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>HAUTE TIPS IN A HURRICANE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catch up on magazines.\u00a0 Take note of the fashion commonalities.\u00a0 Stare critically into your closet.\u00a0 Rest and repeat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Purge.\u00a0 Everything.\u00a0 Closet, garage, junk drawer.\u00a0 Bag it all up and put it in trashcans that will not be collected for at least 10 days.\u00a0 But, at least the crap is no longer IN the house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Write a Christmas list.\u00a0 Who do you need to buy for?\u00a0 How many cards are you sending this year?\u00a0 Where do these people live?\u00a0 How are you going to convince your children to act normally for a nice photograph?\u00a0 Come up with a plan and be proud that you are a good six weeks ahead of the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Try nail tattoos.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t adept at painting your nails, these press on polish pads will be your new best friend.\u00a0 The directions are easy\u2026.just a little time consuming the first time through.\u00a0 However, in a hurricane, you have nothing but time.<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dry shampoo.\u00a0 If you lose power and therefore any chance of a hot shower, dry shampoo is the BOMB.\u00a0 Catastrophic weather conditions aside, this stuff can help to maintain a good blow-out for a few more days.\u00a0 Simply massage into roots, allow time for the powder to absorb the excess oils, brush out and VOILA!\u00a0 Gorgeousness!\u00a0 Your hair will feel and smell as fresh as a daisy (even if the rest of you does not).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Shave your sweaters.\u00a0 No, I am not drinking Scotch from the bottle (again).\u00a0 You heard me correctly! Sweater pills can be eliminated with a gentle shaving.\u00a0 Who knew?\u00a0 Just do yourself a favor and experiment on your husband\u2019s stuff first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply castor oil.\u00a0 Did you know that castor oil has historically been touted as a remedy for hair growth?\u00a0 In fact, it is normally one of the first two ingredients in the new and trendy eyelash treatment products.\u00a0 If you use organic, cold pressed castor oil and swipe it sparingly on the lashes with a clean mascara wand before bed, you will look like Bambi in no time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Polish your winter shoes.\u00a0 No time like the present to water proof and preserve the boots that you spent a small fortune on just last week!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On a serious note, my heart goes out to the thousands of families currently displaced from their homes, without power and overwhelmed by the horrific aftermath of Sandy.\u00a0 May the rebuilding and recovery efforts be swift and successful.<\/p>\n<p>Donate to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\">www.redcross.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy (dry) Weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips to keep yourself occupied (or sane) during a major storm, for the fashion conscious By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times HAUTE TIPS IN A HURRICANE: Catch up on magazines.\u00a0 Take note of the fashion commonalities.\u00a0 Stare critically into your closet.\u00a0 Rest and repeat. Purge.\u00a0 Everything.\u00a0 Closet, garage, junk drawer.\u00a0 Bag it all up and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[1378,1379,60,1357,542],"class_list":["post-5389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-coping","tag-dry-shampoo","tag-fashion","tag-storm","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}