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"I think it&amp;#x27;s time to bring some fuzzy cuteness to the beauty blog to warm all of our days--and who doesn&amp;#x27;t love to talk about their pets? So answer me this: What kinds of pets do you have, and how much time/effort goes into their primping? I ask because sometimes I think my parakeets, Olive and Peanut, are more high-maintenance than me. Now that I work from home, I see how they spend their days. At least three hours are spent meticulously preening their feathers or beak-styling one anothers&amp;#x27; crowns (I&amp;#x27;ll don&amp;#x27;t have a photo of this, but trust me, it&amp;#x27;s just-kill-me-now cute.) What&amp;#x27;s interesting is that they don&amp;#x27;t really bathe, though sometimes when I clip a big piece of freshly washed lettuce inside their cage, Olive will fluff up, climb on the leaf and rub his feathers all over it. I guess showering in your food is okay etiquette in the jungle. Olive (left) might want to consider a fitness plan one of these days. He&amp;#x27;s a senior citizen, though, so I cut him some slack. Peanut is quite petite; he was a stray found in Central Park! I&amp;#x27;m also fascinated by all the fancy dog-grooming salons here in NYC. Do any of you bring your dogs in for primp sessions, and do you mix up his/her fur look? Has your dog ever gotten an unflattering haircut? (in college, a friend&amp;#x27;s chow chow got close-cropped body fur but they left his head fluffy, so he looked like a lion!). What about the cat people out there--do you have to brush yours to keep the fur from getting all over the house? My old roommate used to put little claw-protectors on her cat that were hot pink and looked like faux nails! What are your pet&amp;#x27;s primping habits? More silly beauty tangents: nipply mannequins, beauty ideas for your butt, and the official beauty department ribbon jar. Dog Photo: GK Hart/Vikki Hart for Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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