hee hee!Honestly Deb i find that where make up is concerened some people just don't get it. i love wearing bright colours and some people stare or give dirty looks. i just ignore it because i wear what i want to wear! and that goes for my face and my clothing! but please don't be upset by it - i think you look amazing. in every picture you post you look so lovely and your skin is amazing!! it's all the milk obviously!
UGH! I know exactly what you're going through. I used to get shocked looks because I wore makeup to the office that differed from day to day. You have the right attitude, which is that everyone else should simply learn to deal with you. It's funny that, ever since the 90s, when makeup fell out of fashion, wearing makeup to the office, at least makeup that looks like makeup, is considered almost offensive. I must have had a half dozen women I know emphasize that they were "way too busy" to bother with makeup, like putting on makeup in the morning seemed to imply some sort of luxurious lifestyle whereby the laws of time were bent to allow me to put on eye liner.Yesterday was a weird day for me. I put on my makeup, my jewelry, tossed on a new shirt and flowing skirt (it was super hot and humid) and went out to the local nursery gift shop to browse about. It is one of my favourite stores. While there I noticed people noticing me. Looking at my makeup, looking at my outfit, my 3 bracelets, until I felt like a clown or a gypsy. They were not approving looks, to say the least. I live in an area where there is a lot of high society (I really don't belong here) and people are very preppy. If you are going to wear jewelry, wear real diamonds, not fashion jewelry. Dress conservatively and in the norm, not flowing skirts and bangle bracelets. Don't wear smokey eyes (no one would dare wear falsies or they would be labeled a hooker in a moment), etc. It made me very self-conscious and sad. That norm, that boring, boring norm, is what I followed for 25 years. I am sick of it. If you see someone today and then again in 5 years they will be wearing the same makeup, the same way, with the exact same hair style. But their faces will be older. And so it goes. I wanted to scream at them and say "layering bracelets is in and three is nothing!" Or "haven't you ever seen grey eyeshadow???" I know I looked fine, but being summed up by both workers and customers there (yes, most older than me) made me come home in tears. Some places I get compliments but sadly right around here I am constantly being sized up. Back in the 90's I would toss on a flowing Laura Ashley skirt with a cute white lace petticoat, a sweater, some super comfy Victorian styled boots and hair back in a bow and take walks around the neighbourhood a few times a day to stay in shape. I got labeled as the "weird lady". Apparently I have not outgrown it. My mother (drives me crazy, anyhow) refers to me as her gypsy.
4 bangles today, pink eyeshadow with dark mascara, and rosy lips. Deal with it world. This is me and I won't succumb to boring soccer mom looks or lifestyles. Sorry for the rant, but it was a sad day and I am still upset by it. Luckily my MAC order is coming and maybe I can find solace in making up my first blush palettes.
yes!!! this is so true! generally my friends with children have this attitude with me. they always give me a look and make a comment along the lines of 'oh well you have the spare time to do that kind of thing, [insert childs name here] takes up all my time' - as if i have buckets of free time!! i really don't! doing my make up only takes 20 minutes each morning anyway. of course there i times when i sit and play but i certaintly don't live the life of luxery and have all day to put on a lipstick!
Thank you! And you are right. My looks are hardly on the wild side, unless I am having a bit of fun which also means just for a photo and playing around with stuff, not for wearing out in public. It isn't like I go around wearing fairy crowns to the grocery store! But overall I am realizing that people just are not using colour and how boring is that? Gosh, back in the 60's. 70's and 80's colour was all the rage. Now everyone either skips MU altogether or wears mascara and maybe some neutral brown e/s, the rare lipstick, etc. And yes! They always say "I can't be bothered with makeup" or "I am not into makeup, really". And how plain and dull everyone looks. Then we travel 45 minutes to a larger town (not even a city) to get to the mall and everyone is made up, nicely, but using colour and looking fresh and pretty. All the women really get into a rut where they just do the same thing, year after year, decade after decade. We have one lady, a year older than me, who wears the exact same look that she wore 19 years ago, when we first met. Brown and pink e/s, pink blush, brown eyeliner. Her hairstyle is the same, she colours her hair and that is always the same, her makeup is always exactly the same, but her face is aging! I always know what she will look like and it has become a standing joke between my husband and I. Well, they are all going to learn a lesson on colour from now on, because I am not going back to the boring look!
and yes i don't think that having children should limit what you can and cant do. of course there are things you need to compromise on but by no means do i think you should cut certain things out.Yeah, he was a cutie and good thing I was prone to chapped lips! And watching him and his younger brother 3 times a week during school and 5-6 days a week (from 8am to 1am) certainly gave me my fill of child rearing! lol They were more like little brothers to me!^ awwww the little guy sounds like a cutie putting lip smackers on you!! such a sweet story!
I love Lush's R&B for my curly hair. makes me feel purtiful. hee!My day yesterday was marked by bringing home a giant haul of things from Lush. The Great Enabler just got a job managing their downtown store and now I have to help him with his homework...I got to test some stuff on my hair last night and now I'm completely addicted.
I also decided, after months of trying to deny that I was putting on weight, that I have to put myself on a diet. I'm getting to the point where a lot of my favourite clothes don't fit. (Probably because a lot of my favourite clothes were purchased when I was petite and feeling good about myself to boot.) I've actually been pretty successful at taking off weight in a reasonable way in the past, but it takes me time. I managed to drop 40 pounds at one point, but I feel like a lot of it has crept back...
i always keep my smaller clothing too so that way it is a good motivation tool!! good luck with your diet too
i always do the 30 day shred which pretty much kills me everytime. i've had a gammy back and knee though for a little while so haven't done it in a week or so.
Yeh we've had really bad weather lately. So far not too bad, in the area I live very close though but other areas have had tons of damage.
That's great. I love fried food also but sweets are so tempting. I usually do ok with the sweets if I don't have them in the house because it is usually late at night that I crave them. Haha while typing this I have downed about a halk bag of Werther's hard candy. My hubby is bad to buy ice cream and chocolate and he knows that these tow items have me under a spell. He just tells me I need more will powder and self control. Men..
