Beauty regimen question

Since we're sharing "secrets", I hate messing with my eyebrows. They are
very thick and would grow straight across in one long brow if I didn't do
something drastic to them. I hate plucking--hurts too much. So I just use a
razor and shave off all my eyebrows. I do this every morning. Then I pencil
in the brows. I learned this trick from a beautiful model. She had fabulous
"eyebrows" done the same way. To make them look natural, you apply some
powder with a brush in the same color over the pencil. Looks pretty good.
Unless someone really looks closely, you can't tell the difference.

Also, this helps me because, over the years, my brow line has descended and
I now draw in the brows above my true brow line. This opens up the eyes. I
have been blessed with large eyes and I don't want to lose one of my "good"
features. I have thin lips ("bad" feature) which have gotten thinner over
the years, so I line them outside the lip-line and always wear lipstick. It
helps a lot.

Cat (eyebrow-less)

"kellye smith" wrote in message
om...
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)
2.) Bleach brunette facial hair (and pluck occasional beard hairs)
3.) Have hair cut & color & foiled every 6 weeks (this is a BIG expense)
4.) Shave pits every day, below knee 2x week and above knee occasionally
5.) Pumice callouses on feet, keep toenails cut & polished
6.) Use cuticle remover on cuticles and orange sticks and buff
fingernails
7.) Use wart remover patches for rare wart here or there (not genital!)
8.) Brush teeth 2x day with whitening toothpaste, floss daily
9.) Put whitening peroxide solution on teeth at night.
10.) Treat chapped lips (mostly from peroxide) with lip balm
11.) Wash face 2x daily with face soap
12.) Use face lotion with sunscreen and body lotions as needed
13.) I will occasionally, in the winter, go for tanning sessions.


Interesting thread. Several years ago, I pared down my lifestyle to
only doing basic hygiene stuff--stopped wearing makeup, shaving my
legs, blow-drying my hair. (Went through a big hippie phase--used
baking soda for deodorant and tooth paste, Dr. Bronner's for
soap/shampoo. It was kind of pre-mid-life crisis.) Now I do a more
moderate version. I have a product to wash just my face with, and I
moisturize and use sunscreen. I shave my legs for work, and wear
makeup (foundation, concealer, mascara and lipstick) on the 3
nights/wk I work. I dye my hair myself, and only blow it dry the
nights I work. I almost never have my nails painted, I go too long
between haircuts. I'm a VERY casual person, though, and my lifestyle
doesn't necessitate a lot of bells and whistles.

If you're looking to cut back on the regimen, I'd say keep doing the
things that make you feel really great, and lose the things you do b/c
you think you should. (I prefer to live with imperfect eyebrows rather
than put myself through the regular hassle of plucking/waxing.) You
might consider having your teeth whitened by a dentist, rather than
put up with perpetually chapped lips. Or brush your teeth with baking
soda, which also works well, but more slowly.

YMMV,
kellye

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:48:20 GMT, "Cat" wrote:

What's the Biore strip for?

Cat

I do face masks occasionally -- not very often. I bought some Biore
strips but haven't tried them.

Chris



I think it's supposed to help clean out the pores, if I remember
correctly. I know it sounded like a good idea one day when I was
shopping :-).

Chris

One of the women in my office told me she had some kind of eye surgery that
gave her 20/20 vision in both eyes. Her insurance paid for most of it, but
out-of-pocket for her was around $1800. Her husband paid for it as a
Christmas present. Something to consider if your eyes are suitable for the
operation. I'd love to have it. I don't have to wear glasses yet, but I'm
getting there--probably within the next couple of years. I may opt for
contacts, but I'm not thrilled with the idea.

Cat

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:12:39 -0500, "Julianne"
wrote:

Well, actually, what I meant, was wearing contacts if she had them, might
be
more appropriate for formal evenings.

Ah, I see. I don't even have contacts any longer, and my vision is so
poor that I'm very uncomfortable without glasses. I feel like I'm
kind of in a fog. I'm insecure if I can't see what's going on around
me :-).

I just go blind and hold my darling BF's hand all evening long. He
thinks
it's cuz I adore him. Don't tell him any different.

I expect DH would just think it was weird :-). He's blind as a bat,
too.

Chris

I've got 3 basic scents I wear, but sometimes I will venture off if I
feel daring lol. But I always wear Estee Lauder Cinnabar, Knowing or
Youth Dew. I put it on straight out of the shower along with my
deodorant and lotion and it lasts all day. I get a ton of compliments on
my perfumes. I don't think I'm overwhelming anyone with them. I just use
like 2 squirts each time I put it on.

Susan
260/219/160

---
2weeks 6days 16:12hours of being smoke-free, 834 cigs not smoked,
$154.29 saved, 2day 21:30hours of my life saved


"Cat" wrote in message
ink.net...

I wear Liz Taylor Sparkling Diamonds. I don't like to smell anyone
with
heavy perfume so it's only one light spray for me. Unless you have
your
nose stuck on my neck you probably won't be able to smell it.

ROFL!!! (Sorry, I'm a very visually-oriented person and I had to laugh
at
the mental picture that conjured up.) I love to wear perfume. I also
prefer
a light scent. I wear "Design" by Paul Sebastian. I used to wear very
expensive perfume, but this is a mid-priced product that is very nice.
In
fact, some of my "rich and famous" friends from Brentwood wear it. :
I get
a lot of compliments from people on the perfume, usually after I first
put
it on in the morning. It tones down quickly.

One of the worst things in the world for me is being trapped in a
confined
space with someone who wears cheap perfume (or too much of anything,
cheap
or expensive). Once, the women in my office had to confront a male
co-worker
with the fact that he was dumping on the expensive cologne and making
us all
nearly ill. I'm at the age now (perimenopause) where smells can really
get
to me.

Cat

"Cat" wrote in message
ink.net...
What's the Biore strip for?

Cat

I do face masks occasionally -- not very often. I bought some Biore
strips but haven't tried them.

Chris


You wet them a little and stick them on your nose. When they dry, peel them
off and it takes the stuff in your pores right out on the strip. Great for
blackheads and if you have large pores.

Jenn

"Cat" wrote in message
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One of the women in my office told me she had some kind of eye surgery
that
gave her 20/20 vision in both eyes. Her insurance paid for most of it, but
out-of-pocket for her was around $1800. Her husband paid for it as a
Christmas present. Something to consider if your eyes are suitable for the
operation. I'd love to have it. I don't have to wear glasses yet, but I'm
getting there--probably within the next couple of years. I may opt for
contacts, but I'm not thrilled with the idea.

Cat

I know lots of people who have had the surgery (Lasix). I once read an
article about people who had things go wrong and it scared me out of it.
There is a new procedure coming out that doesn't require cutting open the
eye so I might consider it then.

Jenn

I keep hoping that my facial skin will perk up some now that I've quit
smoking - I know that my smell has changed dramatically. I wonder if my
sense of smell will change also.

Susan
260/219/160

---
2weeks 6days 16:23hours of being smoke-free, 834 cigs not smoked,
$154.29 saved, 2day 21:30hours of my life saved

"Cat" wrote in message
ink.net...
Elise, my Mom, who is nearly 80 years old, has always followed a
rigorous
skin-care program and her skin is amazing. She has barely a line in
it. She
certainly doesn't look her age, skin-wise. So you will be vindicated
in the
end. VBG Just tell your hubby you may be slidin' out of bed, but
you're
lookin' good on the trip to the floor.

Cat

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:46:32 GMT, Chris Braun
wrote:

Lately I've been reading things suggesting that calcium may aid in
weightloss. Here's an example:
http://www.ediets.com/news/article.cfm/article_id,7373.

Chris--

Here's a little more complete summary I wrote a few years ago.

http://www.obesity-101.com/calcium-2.htm


Barbara Hirsch, Publisher
OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS
The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development
http://www.obesity-news.com/

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:06:52 GMT, "Cat" wrote:

One of the women in my office told me she had some kind of eye surgery that
gave her 20/20 vision in both eyes. Her insurance paid for most of it, but
out-of-pocket for her was around $1800. Her husband paid for it as a
Christmas present. Something to consider if your eyes are suitable for the
operation. I'd love to have it. I don't have to wear glasses yet, but I'm
getting there--probably within the next couple of years. I may opt for
contacts, but I'm not thrilled with the idea.

Cat


I know several people who have had it, and they're happy with the
results. However, they have all lost some degree of close vision.
Reading glasses help, but it seems like there are some small things
that they just cannot see at all. Since I am into needlework, I like
the fact that if I hold something close enough I can pretty much see
anything. So that isn't a tradeoff I want to make. If someone could
convince me that I would not lose any close visual acuity, I would be
serious interested in the surgery, but my eye doctor seems to agree
with my assessment. I don't mind glasses, particularly, except that
as my eyes keep changing I keep getting more special purpose ones. I
just went to the eye doctor this week, and I am getting:

1. General purpose bifocals, with distance and close correction.

2. Computer glasses, with the distance correction optimized for seeing
my monitor and the close correction for reading. I'm getting two
pairs of these -- one to keep at work and the other at home. We're
trying the progressive sort (graduated change from one correction to
the other) to see how this works. If I like it, I will go to those
for the general purpose glasses as well. Optimally, I could then
eliminate the need for separate computer glasses.

3. Distance-only glasses, for the gym and other sports. These have
the lenses that turn darker in the sun -- suitable for outdoor sports.

4. Bifocal sunglasses -- same prescription as #1. I need the bifocals
for driving if I want to look at a map, or for reading outdoors in the
sun.

Clearly I could live with a smaller number of things, but this is what
works best. This is not one of the better aspects of getting old :-).

Chris

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:31:15 GMT, Barbara Hirsch
wrote:

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:46:32 GMT, Chris Braun
wrote:

Lately I've been reading things suggesting that calcium may aid in
weightloss. Here's an example:
http://www.ediets.com/news/article.cfm/article_id,7373.

Chris--

Here's a little more complete summary I wrote a few years ago.

http://www.obesity-101.com/calcium-2.htm


Thanks!

Chris