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Top 10 Pieces for Fall

1. Bold Jewelry — big and daring.

2. Something Lace — classic and elegant.

3. Skinny Bottom — jeggings and leggings.

4. Ladylike Blouse — ruffles and ruching.

5. New Knit Dress — fresh and comfortable.

6. Flirty Flats — bows and buckles.

7. Decorated Top — embellishments and effects.

8. Creative Cardigan — details and functional.

9. Boots — high and low.

 

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 Cut, color, blow dry, pay $100, wait six weeks and repeat. Like so many other aspects of life, hair care has somehow fallen into the black hole of repetition and rigidity. Change is not always easy, and when it comes to what is nearest and dearest to your head, a trial run is simply not an option.

World renowned celebrity hairstylist and North Carolina native Oribe knows what it takes to get the look you want. He shared his thoughts on the topic during a visit to Samuel Cole Salon in Raleigh this past June.

First step: Evaluate your own style. You may not realize it, but your personal style, lifestyle choices and physical appearance all affect what you can — or are willing to — do with your hair.

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Written by Jennifer Baron

 What would you do if you won the lottery? Surely, many of us have thought about it, but how many of us have written it down on a wish list, every year, for the last five years?

Grace Love has. What started out as her son’s Christmas list evolved into “Mom’s Wish List,” things the single mother of two would do if she ever won the lottery. Dental repair was always near the top.

Well, guess what? Love just hit the jackpot! She is the winner of this year’s Cary Smile Makeover with Dr. Allan Acton of Cary Family Dental, and she couldn’t be more thrilled.

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Written by Kati Knowland

Cynthia Marshall, president of AT&T North Carolina, is a leader who is passionate about people, both on the job and in her personal life.

On the job, Marshall, who is more likely to greet you with a hug than a handshake, recognized early in her career, as a 21-year-old supervisor of a group of long-distance operators, that her job is all about people.

“I learned that people matter and that’s all that matters,” she said. “That’s who gets the results, they deliver the goods. And that’s the foundation of what I do every day; it’s all about people.”

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After Virginia Anthony had her daughter Helen in 1991, she retired from her career as an economic developer in Louisville, Ky., and decided to work for free.

“When I was on maternity leave and decided not to go back to work, my mother said there are two things to consider — there are people that need help or you can be a person that is bored,” she said. Anthony decided to focus on helping those in need.

Stewardship has been a way of life for Anthony, and it is something that was expected of her and her husband, Dr. Michael Anthony, of Cary OBGYN, when they were growing up. They have instilled charitable giving in their daughter Helen and son John as well.

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