Penaluna left the salon with her lips coated in jazzy plum and her eyes decorated with lavender, purple and smoky gray eye shadow to match her lilac purple dress.

Her hair was done to look like Hilary Duff's in "Cinderella Story," with glitter sprayed curls sprayed crowning her head.

At 12:30 p.m., she headed to Nail's by Leah to get a French manicure. Her toenails were already painted.

Her boyfriend, West Valley High School junior Cody Lus, was going to be escorting her to West Valley High School's prom, which was held at Decades Meeting Place and Banquet Room. The prom's theme was "Paris at Last."

University High School senior Cody Carman has attended more than 15 formal high school dances, but as a senior, this one would be her last and she wanted it to be special.

Carman spent about $600 on her hair, dress, nails and makeup just to make sure.

She arrived at Tina's Tangles Saturday already tanned. Her nails and toes had been painted.

She was at the salon with her best friend, Christina Fridye, to get their hair and makeup done.

Carman wanted something dramatic. She left with her lips lined in dark chocolate. Her eye shadow and lipstick were ice pink.

"It's the last time we will all be dressed up together, so I got out with a bang," she said.

Her date spent more than most boys on his prom preparation. Casey Ingraham painted a cane to match his white tuxedo with silver vest.

"It took like an hour and a half to get ready," he said. "That's more than the usual getting-ready time."

The University High School's prom, which was themed "New York, New York," was held at the Globe Room in Cataldo at Gonzaga University.

Primping was something that most boys attending the two proms barely thought about. Their ideas of preparation, if any, meant picking up a tuxedo and showering.