Excuse me...

[missroserose]

...but my eyes are up here, see.

Comments

[joyfulleigh.livejournal.com]

Man, I miss my pre-breastfeeding boobs.

Yours look swell.

Oh yeah, and you have nice eyes.

L.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

*laughs* If it helps, the swell is being helped along by a bit of Victoria's Secret. :) And thank you!

[errant-variable.livejournal.com]

Eyes? I see twin pools of evil above twin... yeah those are evil too.

[ivy]

That is an excellent hair color. I keep thinking of going back to something not just black... I can get away with it with my job. I just haven't found the right thing/haven't been in the right mood/haven't resigned myself to destroying my shower's nice white walls yet.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's actually a half-and-half blend of Special Effects Pimpin' Purple and Blue Mayhem - I had slightly less than half a bottle of both left and thought they'd look good together. I'd say I'm pretty pleased with how it came out; it's dark, but still vibrant. And I love how in some lights it looks much more pink, in others more blue.

As for shower walls, these (http://www.mrclean.com/en_US/magic-eraser.do) (or the generic equivalent thereof) are excellent for getting rid of the stains. But yeah, it's definitely a bit of a task, and that's *after* all the bleaching/dyeing/protein treatments/conditioning/what have you.

(And may I assume that you also admired the other bits I was showing off? Only I'd hate to assume that all the contorting to get both into the frame was ultimately pointless. ;)

[ivy]

Hah, I've tried the Magic Eraser, and on Special Effects dye too. But yes, it's a lot of elbow grease. I tended to go for their darker shades... I know the green I used was Iguana Green, and Blue Velvet, but I don't remember the purple. And I never bleached, either, so that helped make it come out darker.

Regarding the other bits, ah, I tend to take people at their word when they say that their eyes are up here. [grin] When I say it, it's generally a mild rebuke. So because I want people to take me seriously when I do, I generally also take them seriously when they do. You do look lovely in the photo, but I totally wasn't going to say any such thing unless I was sure that that was the desired result and not a source of offense.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Fair enough. I figured that the context of posting a "oh hay CLEAVAGE" photo (along with the mood option) made the intentional irony clear. But you don't know me that well, and I know it's a sensitive topic with a lot of people, so for the future:

I have a definite puckish and exhibitionistic streak, and I know perfectly well what sort of effects my appearance can have on people. I also despise the whole power game of "give one signal but demand a different response" (i.e. posting a cleavage-emphasizing picture but getting pissed when people comment on said cleavage). If I honestly didn't want people to comment I wouldn't have made that the focus of the picture (I took two (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Eq473o55wlkaK_LWOQv6BMdtOr0jRQzDpEOfKTTDwR4?feat=directlink) others (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/U3VsxfCY4KRzkT2zTP-X3sdtOr0jRQzDpEOfKTTDwR4?feat=directlink) that were about the hair alone). So if I'm showing off my bits (especially in a push-up bra), chances are it's safe to comment even if the caption is a being coy. :)

[ivy]

I thought you probably intended it that way, but still. The consent metrics of kink culture (with which I largely agree) suggested it's most polite to wait until one is sure of the intent. Thanks for the clarification!

I also don't tend to comment flirtatiously on the bodies of other folks unless I'm involved with them or am hoping to become so. (This made me a *terrible* fit for the SCA, and often a poor one for sci-fi conventions, kink events, and other high-octane flirtation grounds as well. I practice a degree of careful detachment so that when I do intend "and we could do something about this!", it's really clear. [grin]) So you might get "that dress really flatters you!" or "I like the way you blended colors there!" or, as here, "You look lovely!". But it's pretty unlikely that I'd say "nice cleavage!" regardless of the niceness thereof. So please don't take it as an implied slam if I don't... it's just the kind of thing that I mostly do with my partners.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Hoo boy. Yeah, I could see that being a problem in some contexts. Thanks for the clarification, though! I'm a big fan of direct communication, as you might've noticed. Seems to avoid quite a few hurt feelings in the long run. :)

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are up there. But I'm not looking at them.

:-P

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

The blue hair looks lovely on you -- did you do this just because I recently said that I have a thing for people who have blue hair?

Oh, I forgot that I was supposed to be looking at your eyes, not anything else.. Sorry. I will stop admiring your hair, then, and admire your eyes instead.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Oh no, it's been blue before. This time I had slightly-less-than-half a bottle of two separate colors and thought they'd look good together. In person the pink tones come out more so it's more of a deep indigo purple. (Though I admit I was pleased to think how much you'd enjoy the blue when you saw it. :)

[gracewanderer.livejournal.com]

I think you just need to always have blue hair. It's your natural hair color now.

Also, nice... *ahem* bra.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the shades of blue seem to get the most positive feedback. Odd, I'd always thought of burgundy and purple as being the most flattering on me, and blue as fairly neutral (greens make me look awful), but I think I've gotten the most compliments/"this one's my favorite!"s with the blues.

[pleiadeslion.livejournal.com]

That's some cracking cleavage donchaknow.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (And to Victoria for her secrets. ;)

[jamesd.livejournal.com]

Ah, there's nothing quite like diving in and staring into ..,. or maybe a little cleaving. Oh, eyes. Yes. Pretty eyes. :) Reminded me of the corset pictures a librarian posted back in ancient history when I first started visiting here. :)

Nice bit of photo composition and interesting fabric design too. :)

Please do feel free to liven up my friends list with some flirting whenever it takes your fancy. :)

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :)

[one-bat.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah.. look at that, there are eyes too. Awesome!

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Two great tastes that taste great together?

[one-bat.livejournal.com]

Totally. :D