By Renee Trilivas

While I don’t have much in common with the former Disney star, I have been accused of having breast implants. I was at a dinner party with a group of new (and nosy) friends and one guest speculated that my breasts were fake. I decided to go with it, saying something like, “Oh yes— got these for my 21st birthday. They were the best purchase I ever made!” One woman across the table, blind to my sarcasm, boasted that she loved her breast implants, as well. It was an awkward moment for everyone once I admitted that I was actually all natural.

I discussed this incident with a friend, and she confessed to a similar experience: She once had a boyfriend praise her on the “great work” of her plastic surgeon. Unlike Cyrus, she was insulted—not complimented.

What about you: If someone wrongly assumed that you had a few shots of Botox or even a major surgical enhancement, would you be flattered or offended?

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Wait it out. Not sure if “hate” is too strong a word? You have more time than you think to let the salon know. Colon recommends clients wait at least a week or two to see if they like the cut—this gives you a chance to wash and style your hair on your own. “Clients usually go into shock, it takes that much time to settle down with the hair and see how it feels to live with it.”

Make the call. If you’re still sobbing or dropping F-bombs at the thought of your stylist, it’s probably best to wait until you’re feeling cool and collected before calling. If you’re a long-time client, Colon says phone the salon and speak directly to your stylist, calmly telling him that you’re not crazy about the cut. If it was your first visit or you just don’t feel comfortable with the stylist re-cutting your hair, Colon recommends speaking with the manager.

Assess the damage. When you return to the salon the stylist should take a good look at the cut to see what they can do to fix it. Colon says the two most common complaints are hair being too short or hair that’s uneven. If you’re concerned about the length, “wait six weeks for the hair to grow before getting a re-cut,” says Colon—adding that that next visit should be complimentary if they can’t fix it immediately. But if the cut is lopsided, the stylist should even it out that day at no extra charge.

Get it right this time. If all you can manage to articulate is “I just. Don’t. Like it,” Colon recommends bringing in a celeb picture that’s closer to what you had in mind. “The important thing is to let us know. We don’t want you to walk out of the salon feeling totally unhappy either,” says Colon.

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I heard you celebrated your birthday last week. How was your trip?
I actually just got back from Jamaica, so I now have mosquito bites on my face and jellyfish burns and all kinds of these Caribbean bites. Growing up in California, we always had this aloe vera tree in the backyard, so when I would come back from modeling in exotic places I’d always rub the aloe on my skin. I’m really into natural and organic products.

You have gorgeous skin, how do you keep it so clear and radiant?
I’m not really a product girl. I’m very basic. The only products I really use are my soap and moisturizer. I don’t get facials. The last time I got a facial was when I first started modeling when I was 15 or 16. It made my face completely break out.

How do you prepare for a photo shoot?
A good night’s sleep is always the best way to wake up and go to work. I go to set with clean hair and clean skin and I let the makeup artists do their job. When I get home, I always make sure that all of the makeup is off my face before I go to sleep. I use a little bit of Dermalogica cleanser to remove any extra makeup that the makeup remover may have missed, then go to sleep and wake up and do it all over again.

You travel so much as a model, what are your beauty must-haves while on the road?
I use Rosebud Salve on my lips, and I always travel with Rodin oil. You just put a drop in your hands or drop it in the bath and it makes your skin extra soft and glow-y. I travel everywhere with it and my Diptique candle. I like vanilla or lavender candles. It makes my hotel room feel homey.

What is your favorite spa treatment when it’s time to de-stress?
I like a good Swedish massage with hot rocks. I always ask the therapist for extra time on my feet because I’m in heels all day. And there’s something about them massaging my ears that really makes me relax!

You have an amazing body, what’s your workout routine like?
I have to gain weight, which is the complete opposite of most models. I have to lift a lot of weights to build muscle, which is really difficult. But I feel even sexier with a little meat on my bones. I’m really focused when I’m working out, so I don’t really listen to music. I like to listen to music after, because it’s like, “Yeah! I finished! Let’s party!”

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After reading the headline, my first thought was that this woman must a superficial nut—a woman with a trout pout and an over-inflated chest. But when I clicked through to her picture, instead of finding a blow-up doll doppelganger, Fenney looked natural and (dare I say it?) normal. I found myself identifying with her desire for a solution to a body issue that diet and exercise can’t fix. Rather than load that $50 grand onto her credit cards, she made the calculation that the surgery would make her happier than her three-bedroom house. If she’s happy with the results—isn’t that all that matters? What would you give up to have the perfect body?

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You might think that cup size wouldn’t even be up for discussion, but Swedish lingerie chain Change has been in the news recently for requiring its female employees to display their bra size right on their name tag. Yes, if you worked at one of the company’s 150 stores, within five seconds of meeting you, men, women, and literate children would know your name is Sue and you’re a 34B. The company says it introduced this policy three years ago in order to help customers estimate their own bra size (presumably by checking out the clerks’ tatas). Call me old fashioned, but wouldn’t it actually be less awkward to find out your size by being groped by a sales associate with measuring tape?

Not surprisingly, employees are firing back with a lawsuit, saying that the policy is sexist and demeaning. One employee told Swedish union paper Handelsnytt, “We have dirty old men coming into the shop looking at my cup size. Why should everyone get to know that? Guys selling underwear don’t have to show their size.”

Even though some women maybe proud of their natural or surgically enhanced breasts, is it appropriate to be required to advertise your cup size? Would you be comfortable broadcasting your bra size to the world, or is it called underwear for a reason?

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