u/Born_Improvement_856

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Thoughts on Eloise

For context I am in the UK. I always thought Eloise was a bit of an old/classic name, but well known and not so incongruous that people would seem surprised by it or mispronounce it. It's my baby daughter's name. But I guess I was wrong because it gets regularly butchered (best so far is a GP calling her Elois-ee, but I regularly get Louise as well) and people look really confused whenever I introduce her. Like they'll go "oh, El...oise?". Maybe 3 people have reacted saying it was a pretty name. Not that I expect everyone to love it, but I thought at least they'd know it, especially since Bridgerton (although to clarify Bridgerton is NOT the reason I named my daughter Eloise!). Anyway, thoughts?

edit to add that I am French and my husband is British, so we wanted a name that worked in both languages. The French version of the name is Héloïse. I wanted this spelling but my husband vetoed it 😩 it's a fairly well-known name in France but not hugely common.

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u/Born_Improvement_856 — 4 days ago

Struggling to figure out if this looks good on me

Am 4 months postpartum and for a long time I had been obsessing over a grown out pixie (but not quite bixie in terms of length). My hairdresser said no while I was still pregnant (right call in retrospect!!) but agreed to do it when I saw him a month ago. I was starting to get postpartum hairloss, baby kept grabbing and pulling my hair, and I wanted a new hair new me haircut to reflect the huge change I had just gone through. For the most part I think I like it, but the thing with short hair is there's nowhere to hide, and I feel like it brings out my nose and weird jawline a ton (which I hate). Am I being super harsh? or should I grow it out? Me with long hair at the end.

u/Born_Improvement_856 — 8 days ago

First dress I tried on. When you know...

I knew from the start I wanted a dress from this designer (Laure de Sagazan), but with a completely different style in mind. I saw this one in the latest collection at the time and it made me think of Greek goddess vibes, but so far from what I thought I wanted. Still, at the salon I asked to try it on first... speechless and love at first sight. I remember everyone in the salon went "WOW" when they saw me in it and I thought, that's exactly the reaction I want! i tried on a few other dresses after this one but none of them compared. I just knew immediately ❤️

u/Born_Improvement_856 — 10 days ago