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Wearable but just with the right hint of spunk, as well oozing of that marked pizzazz that defined the Era of Excess, half-crimped hair is a look that doesn’t require you digging around your attic for old crimpers or expired tubs of cold wave lotion. It does however require a healthy sense of irony that flips the script on what’s traditionally sexy. First, that contrary to other “flattering” looks that curl at the ends, half-crimped hair does the reverse: It’s tightly crimped near the root and diffuses into straight, almost stringy lengths....

I love having banners hanging in my home. Birthday banners, baby banners, Christmas banners…you name it, I love it! I was thrilled when Sameeha from The Inked Leaf created this beautiful Happy Anniversary Banner for me to share with all of you:) Isn’t it gorgeous?!?! She is so, so talented! I LOVE that this beautiful Happy Anniversary banner can be hung and used year after year! If you want the banner in different colors to suit your home or even use your wedding colors, she will custom design it for you....

And the same might be true of happy people, too. According to a new study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, happy people are less influenced by social comparison—comparisons between themselves and others—when deciding who to spend time with. Like good leaders, they aren’t deterred from being around people who might seem smarter than them, and they reap the benefits of good company. In a series of studies, researchers invited Korean undergraduates to imagine they got a mediocre score on a test....

Surfshark also put out its data sensitivity index detailing the types of data each ride-sharing app collects. Globally recognized app, Uber, made it to number three by collecting 22 of the 32 data points available (as defined by the Apple App Store). GrabTaxi, an app predominantly used in South-eastern Asia, came first, collecting 27 data points. Meanwhile, Yandex Go stood second among apps that collect the most data. This app is popular in Russia and a few Central Asian countries....

If, for example, you’re trying to visit Twitter.com to adjust a web-specific setting, you’ll automatically be redirected to the app. And that holds for just about any app that has a web presence, too. Potentially causing significant problems for those few that do have different online and offline features. Fortunately, with Android, you do also have the option to put a stop to that for any individual application. And, of course, if you make a mistake in setting those features to your liking, it’s easy enough to set all of the apps back to their default settings on Android too....