Thanks for listening to my grievances everyone. I don't think she has used it today... although she was home alone for an hour while I stepped out with the boys this morning. She does use a smoothing hair creme, but sparingly i think because I refuse to buy it for her... she has to buy it out of her pocket money... along with batteries for her mP3 player, junk food after school, magazines etc. She only gets $10 a week so at least she's learning to prioritise! Regarding her overall style: at least ATM she is fairly modest... avoids short short dresses... isn't packing on the make-up (only a bit of foundation over her blemishes when she goes out... not at school. Compared to her friends she's not too "high maintenance" or inappropriate really.... thought I better inject a bit of balance to my venting! LOL I'll post again after our holiday to update whether we got her to go cold turkey on the HS!