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Wednesday's Child: Myira

POSTED: 10:41 am EST December 20, 2006
UPDATED: 10:59 am EST December 20, 2006

This week’s Wednesday’s Child wants to work at a spa and become a fashion designer when she grows up, so NBC 10’s Vai Sikahema took 12-year-old Myira to a spa for a lesson on pampering.

The style-loving preteen recently visited Seedlings Salon in Doylestown to learn all about makeovers and even received a little glamorizing herself. As she works on honing her skills for a future career in beauty, she's also focusing on finding a forever family to adopt her.

At the salon, she talked about what she's looking for in a family, but she also had a lot of fun learning more about a career as a spa employee.

But before salon employees put Myira to work, they made sure she received some special treatment.

Myira made herself comfortable in the stylist’s chair as two hairdressers added a soft wave to her braided hair.

But as they worked on her new look, she couldn’t help but give Vai some hair advice, too.

“There's not really much you can do with this,” Vai said, tugging at his short haircut.

“No, you could gel it back and comb it,” an interested, wide-eyed Myira suggested. “Or, you could condition it so it would be soft.”

After the hair lesson, Myira learned all about manicures.

“You want to take the smoother side and just even it,” one of the technicians explained. “Put just a drop (of lotion) right near his cuticle.”

Armed with a stash of nail goodies, Myira made Vai’s hands into glossy, cleanly manicured examples of her work.

Then, the nail technician taught Myira how to use the lotion to give Vai’s hand a massage.

“I can feel the stress leaving,” he said.

Then, Myira broke out the polish.

“Do you have candy apple red?” Vai asked. “Just kidding!”

He settled for a clear coat before the two sat down to talk about why Myira is drawn to the fashion and beauty world.

“It makes people feel happy. It makes them think about themselves in a good way,” she explained.

She also hopes to find a family who will support her along the way.

She said she wants a forever family members who will “help me with my homework, help me with my sketching.”

She has a future full of beauty, now she just needs a forever family to light her path.

If you would like to be the family for Myira or for any Wednesday’s Child sponsored by the Freddie Mac Foundation, please call the National Adoption Center at 1-866-DO-ADOPT for more information.

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