first of all, i think we should all have Tawny Kitaen moments with our hair! my signature thing when i am going out is wearing a pendant necklace. I got a pendant on a perfect-length chain many years ago from a friend, and my sweetie gets me new pendents for my birthday or christmas nearly every year, so I now have 6 or 7 to choose from. She's always on the look out for new shapes and colors to add to my collection.

Confession: I rewound the vid three times to see Daphne's baby snuggle into her neck when she tickled his back fat. **melting, melting**

I'm a little confused about the Dana hair technique. So, you put conditioner in your hair and you don't rinse it out? Or is that some kind of a hair product that you use before finger curling?

What a cool subject. You ladies are all such lovely unique individuals and you carry that so well to your personal style it was fun hearing about it. For myself with two younglings I keep it fairly simple. I’m lucky I have decent hair so I just keep a good cut, then wash and go. Keeping brows groomed does wonders for the face too. My makeup is basic spot conceal, powder, mascara, lipbalm or gloss. One product plug I will give is ‘Smashbox photo op’ under eye brightener (instead of concealer). It is awesome! Around $20 a tiny tub but it goes a LONG way. For clothes I am a second hand junky. Every couple months I will go and forage for a couple new items just to keep my closet interesting. I also try not to horde clothes anymore and try to purge at least as many pieces as I’m bringing in. Daphne is so right. Keeping a smaller closer with stock of essential great solid colour basics plus good undergarments and good shoes is the way to go. It also makes picking your outfit so much smoother than trying to sort through a world of clothes. Being pregnant really taught me how little clothing you ACTUALLY need. I absolutely hated the idea of spending stupid amounts of money on maternity clothes for the five to six months I had the belly. So I seriously thought about it and I realized I only needed certain essentials. I spent my big belly stages rotating about 10-15 essential pieces and it has since changed my thinking on the amount of clothes I cling to. Other than that I love to jazz things up with accessories. I have 20 plus necklaces, a few fun pairs of shoes (outside my nice basic ones) and 20 or so purses/bags. Oh and on the subject of bags I am not a fan of most ‘diaper bags’. I just use one of my nice larger shoulder bags when kids are in tow.

dana- i'm with ya on the hair, especially since i just cut all mine off on friday... here's a link to that post including pics of inches of hair on the floor... http://www.mybottlesup.com/operation-liberation fave product my mah new do is bedhead's manipulator. it's in a blue jar, ewy gooey junk, but basically serves the purpose of holding your curl, your dreads, your mohawk, whatever style you have in place WITHOUT making your hair feel crusty or crunchy. love love LOVE that. i don't go anywhere without a scarf. i have eleventy scarfs and they are all fantastic. i wear them with everything and anywhere, regardless of the season. and yes, i was wearing them before they became the trend. that's right bitches.

Fun Topic! Personally, I try very hard to fight the 'schlumpy mommmy/let herself go' thing. I am not very trendy, but I try to stay somewhat 'with it' and young-ish in my appearance. My job is casual, so nice jeans/a blouse or sweater/flats is my typical work day wear. On my days off and weekends, I will admit to running errands in yoga pants but I leave the worn out ones for home/gym and will put on a nice sweater hoodie or zip up. I try not to leave the house w/o makeup (the new mineral makeup helps that - it goes on so fast) and if I don't wash and style my hair, it goes back in a ponytail. Badly chipped nail polish, baggy sweats and mom jeans are big no-nos for me. I am also slightly plus sized, so I try to be body aware and pick boot cut pants/jeans, darker washes, flowing tops, tailored jackets, etc.

Dana, thanks for the step-by-step on your hair. I happen to have the same kind of hair (color and everything!) and while I love my curls when they behave, the constant battle wore me out. Last winter after spending forty-five minutes in the shower trying to work the dreadlocks out of my hair (dry, salty winter air - HELL on curls) I flipped out and cut it all off. I am still bracing myself for the growing-out stage, because my hair grows UP and I am not relishing looking like John Turturro for months on end.

About 95% of the time I'm in one of two modes... work/church cloths, OR I'm frumpin' it up in my baggy sweats. There is very little in between. On those rare occasions that I go out (yes I wore my sweats to the grocery store today - Guilty as charged, I will attempt to look nice. However, most of my going out clothes are left overs from college, or they just don't fit well. I wear make up about a dozen times a year, and my hair is either up in a bun thing or down. I love fashion and feel great when I put some effort into it, but I just don't seem to have the time, money or energy to make it a priority.

I don't have what I really call a personal style, it's more like I buy the same kinds of clothes everywhere I go. I have a Gap vibe going on. Jeans, plain tees, fleece, flip flops, simple jewelry and very simple makeup. Most days I don't even wear makeup at all but when I do, Stila tinted moisturizer, Cover Girl concealer and Cover Girl clear mascara. Smith's Rosebud Salve on the lips. That's it. I'm boring. And any style I used to have took a nose dive when I had a baby. I just don't have the time anymore to shop or do myself up.