girly girl... not!

[amedia]

01. DO YOU HAVE ON A LOT OF MAKE-UP? none. I don't wear makeup. I have serious issues with the way it's marketed, especially in women's magazines. I've honestly seen articles like, "what's the minimum to wear on weekends so I don't scare the pizza boy?" As if women are so frightening that we are unpresentable without makeup.

Oh, yeah, I'm scary. I'm a mad woman with no makeup on. Fear me.

02. HOW MUCH DO YOU PUT ON? repeat diatribe from 01.

03. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO GET READY? I like natlyn's response: for what?

04. DO YOU PUT ON A LOT OF LIPGLOSS? no

05. DOES YOUR LIPGLOSS SMELL GOOD? I don't have any

06. DO YOU CARRY A PURSE? yes

07. WHAT COLOR IS IT? tapestry design, predominantly brownish

09. DO YOU HAVE COACH BAG? I don't know what that is

10. DO YOU HAVE A LOUIS VUTTiON? no

11. HOW MANY PURSES DO YOU HAVE? I think I have one more somewhere. Oh, and an Egyptian-design one for Rat Patrol conventions.

12. DO YOU LIKE TO WEAR NAILPOLISH? occasionally

13. HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET YOUR NAILS DONE? never - a friend treated me to it once and I didn't like it

14. DO YOU LIKE MANICURES? no

15. WHAT ABOUT PEDICURES? never had one

16. DO YOU HAVE A USUAL NAIL SALON YOU GO TO? no

17. WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR HAIR CUT? I do have a regular hairstylist, but if I say where, I will lose my Sekrit LJ Identity. ::paranoia::

18. DO YOU DYE YOUR HAIR? yes - I like to say it's because it's prematurely gray, but it tends to wind up either redder or blonder than it was before I went gray.

19. DO YOU STRAIGHTEN YOUR HAIR? no

20.DO YOU HAVE LOTS OF PAIRS OF SHOES? no

21.WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SHOES? For fun, Minnetonka ankle boots; for comfort, black leather sneakers.

23. DO YOU WEAR HEELS EVERYWHERE? no; I have bone spurs and can't wear them. I didn't wear them even when I could; watch out for another feminist rant about how high heels put your spine and pelvis out of alignment, give you knee arthritis, and make men happy because you can't run away.

24. CAN YOU WALK IN HEELS AND NOT FALL OVER? if I had to, but I don't.

25. WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR CLOTHES? eBay

26. DO YOU GO SHOPPING EVERY WEEK? no

27. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE STORE? for buying clothes in person, the various permutations of Avenue Plus (it has different names in different areas). On eBay there are several terrific ones: elegantqueen, zelegant, Julie Benac, ladyinthyme.

28. HOW MUCH DO YOU USUALLY SPEND? on what? I tend to buy clothes in fits and starts, not on a regular basis.

29. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN DIOR? No

30. DO YOU FOLLOW FASHION TRENDS? I love watching fashion shows, especially the far-out ones, but I can't usually wear those clothes. I go for a kind of dressy-bohemian look.

31. DO YOU HAVE A PAIR OF HUGE SUNGLASSES? yes, the kind that fit over prescription glasses and look a bit like welder's goggles.

35. HOW MANY PAIRS OF EARRINGS DO YOU HAVE? a zillion. No, I won't wear makeup, but I did have my ears mutilated. There is no contradiction. These are not the droids you're looking for.

36. DO YOU WEAR HOOP EARRINGS? yes, although I haven't worn a lot of earrings lately because I can't unpack them until I get a new holder. The one I have is the kind that stands up and the earrings hang down from it in rows, which is wonderful unless you have a highly playful young cat.

37. DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF SKIRTS? no - a few, though, and I like them

39. DO YOU GET YOUR EYE BROWS DONE? no

40. CAN YOU APPLY MASCARA WITHOUT OPENING YOUR MOUTH? I have no idea

41. DO YOU WEAR A LOT OF EYELINER? no

42 and 43 isn't here for some reason...

44. DO YOU DO PILATES OR YOGA? neither, but as soon as the physical therapist gives the okay I want to go back to martial arts

45. DO YOU HAVE ALOT OF MAGAZINES? lots of back issues of Budget Travel (I like to dream)

Comments

[nonniemous.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I wonder who writes these things. And you're doing *very* well if you can make the transition to the culture you're in now without giving in to the "beauty queen" makeup and dress ideal. Urgh. It's one thing I've never missed.

[pocketwitch.livejournal.com]

35. HOW MANY PAIRS OF EARRINGS DO YOU HAVE? a zillion. No, I won't wear makeup, but I did have my ears mutilated. There is no contradiction. These are not the droids you're looking for.

Hee!! This cracks me up.

I might have to do this meme ... I've become considerably more girly than I was when you first met me, but still - in some ways, similar to you - in a more hippie, earthy fashion. No makeup, no heels. Ick.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

I've become considerably more girly than I was when you first met me

When I *first* met you, you had long straight hair, down to your waist. Then I came in one day and looked at the class and thought, "Where's Jess? And who's that bald girl grinning at me?" :-)

What gets me is how beautifully curly your hair has grown out.

[(Anonymous)]

When I *first* met you, you had long straight hair, down to your waist.

Now, that can't be quite true. I've not had straight hair since I was a child. And it hasn't ever been down to my waist, I don't think - it was probably past my shoulders, but not down to my waist. I shaved it all off in my junior year of high school, so when I got to college I would've had about two years of growth.

But I forgot did have it longish when I first showed up at SU, and then, randomly, decided it needed to be GONE GONE GONE!!!!!! Hee hee hee. That was fun. ;D

[pocketwitch.livejournal.com]

Sigh. That was me. Forgot to sign in ...

[amedia.livejournal.com]

No prob! Funny what years can do to one's memory!

randomly, decided it needed to be GONE GONE GONE!!!!!! Hee hee hee. That was fun.

Startling, but fun! :-)

[sidewinder.livejournal.com]

Rock on with the anti-makeup rant!

As I said in my own answers, I occasionally put on a little very simple color, but mostly only when I'm feeling very pale and blah. I just don't get the concept that a woman shouldn't be allowed to go out looking natural...

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on most of this. A friend came to stay with me in the dorms once on a college-visiting tour, and she wouldn't go out to see the university because she'd forgotten her makeup bag. She wouldn't even walk to the shop across the road from the dorm. She absolutely could not go outside "looking like that." I had to buy her some eyeliner, blush, and lip gloss. I felt like a guy sent out to buy a box of tampons :-)

Personally, I wish more men would wear eyeliner. When most of the male population starts doing that, I'll consider slopping makeup on my skin. This is probably why I will never be married—no matter how I doll myself up with hair and clothes and pretty perfume and yadda yadda yadda I guess I'll always fall under the "she didn't even make an effort" assessment on dates.

But, dearheart, a Coach bag? A Coach bag! I drooled over a $1000 Coach bag in Macy's all through December. I was this close (my fingers are very close together) to buying a $185 Coach wallet. So pretty. So shiny. So elitist.

Coach, at least, although sometimes hideously trendy and expensive, also makes very sturdy goods that they will repair or replace if damaged. Sometimes even if it's the owner's fault. Plus, doesn't every lass need a mink purse? I'd rather have that than lip gloss :-)

[amedia.livejournal.com]

I shall have to see what's up with the Coach bag. I used to watch Fashion File every week - love the outrageous designers like John Galliano (sp?) - but I missed the Coach bag thing. Sturdy would be good. Mine always seem to tear off where the strap meets the bag.

[natlyn.livejournal.com]

I agree with you that marketing makeup as something one has to wear is deplorable and downright silly. However, I view wearing makeup like I view wearing business attire, something I do to get a certain level of professional respect in the workplace from those who care about such things before I open my mouth. Outside of work, no makeup.

As for heels, I don't wear shoes I can't run in and that includes heels. Plus, they give me the illusion of power height.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

I view wearing makeup like I view wearing business attire

I hear you. I'm lucky to be in a job where I don't have to wear it, because I never learned to apply it correctly. I'd have to go to one of those makeover workshops and have them show me.