"Wendy" wrote in message
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I am 40-ish and rarely wear makeup. But I've been realizing lately just
how many beauty regimens I've built up over the years. I'd like to cut
some if they're useless and I sometimes think I ought to wear
makeup and/or contacts. Do you do these things? Do you do more?

1.) Pluck & trim eyebrows (had them shaped with electrolysis once)
I get mine waxed - every 2 weeks or so it takes less than 10 minutes and
costs $5

2.) Bleach brunette facial hair (and pluck occasional beard hairs)
electrolysis

3.) Have hair cut & color & foiled every 6 weeks (this is a BIG expense)
Just a cut every 6, no color

4.) Shave pits every day, below knee 2x week and above knee occasionally
daily - the process of switching over to waxing

5.) Pumice callouses on feet, keep toenails cut & polished
weekly, no polish

6.) Use cuticle remover on cuticles and orange sticks and buff fingernails
never

7.) Use wart remover patches for rare wart here or there (not genital!)
never had one

8.) Brush teeth 2x day with whitening toothpaste, floss daily
yes

9.) Put whitening peroxide solution on teeth at night.
no

10.) Treat chapped lips (mostly from peroxide) with lip balm
nightly before bed

11.) Wash face 2x daily with face soap
only when I wear makeup - otherwise just in the shower

12.) Use face lotion with sunscreen and body lotions as needed
yes - face lotion on the face and Palmer's cocoa butter everywhere else

13.) I will occasionally, in the winter, go for tanning sessions.
never

The things I don't do (or do only very rarely):
1.) Wear eye makeup of any kind (my eyes get red & irritated easily)
mascara and concealer only

2.) Wear perfume (it seems like everyone is sensitive to chemicals lately)
lightly applied body spray

3.) Wear blush (I have good skin tone without it)
daily

4.) Wear lipstick (I do occasionally, but it always makes my lips chapped)
daily

5.) Curl eyelashes (I possess such a tool but don't use it)
never

6.) Wear cold cream or some sort of night cream on my face
never

7.) I don't usually have a manicure.
me either

8.) Wear contacts instead of glasses (I used to but allergies irritated my
eyes so much that the contacts were uncomfortable and I just stopped
wearing them.)
daily

9.) I don't do anything with my hair besides wash it and occasionally
use conditioner. I've got a short curly cut and I don't even comb it, I
just run my fingers through it. No gels, no dryer, nothing whatsoever.
occasionally style

Am I missing something important that everyone else does?
I do a sea salt scrub weekly when I do my feet, it feels great & exfoliates
the arms and legs nicely
I also use an occasional face mask or biore strips

Does anyone believe this whitening polish works? I've found that the
peroxide gives me chapped lips and the lip balm makes my chin break out,
so all in all my teeth might be whiter but my mouth and face now look
awful so who can tell?
I didn't find much difference when using them. I found brushing w/ whitening
toothpaste 2-3X a day was sufficient.

Jenn