Altering your appearance - Page 2

queendiva · ‎03-12-2010

Adding to the list of quick & easy changes:

Change the texture of your hair (perm, keratin smoothing, etc)

Clean, well groomed hair

Hydrate- drink lots of water.

Wear colors that flatter. Pop a color with neutrals, especially as you get older and choose makeup colors carefully to flatter.

Wear good quality and good fitting undergarments. When was the last time you had a professional bra fitting?

spent2much · ‎03-10-2010

I NEVER leave the house without makeup. I'm fair and blonde (naturally, but I help it along now) and look very tired and ill without makeup.

ETERNITY: your choice... smoking or non smoking!

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@feline groovy wrote:
This is my list of the quickest and easiest ways to change your appearance without cosmetics:

* cutting your hair length
* styling your hair differently
* coloring your hair
* wearing eyeglasses or changing the color and/or style
* wearing contact lenses instead
* whitening your teeth
* tweezing or growing out your brows

Does annyone have any other ideas? If so, thanks in advance.

Nope, I'm not going undercover ;-)

@feline groovy

Not meaning to put too fine a point on it, but what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

Or are you thinking in terms of just a 2024 updated look?

Meowingkitty · ‎06-19-2010

@ellaphant wrote:
@Mz iMac wrote:
@feline groovy Your post reminded me of an incident involving my father..........

The block I lived on when I was a teenager, there was this lady who was probably in her mid 40's to early 50's who always wore makeup no matter the time of day. This lady was very beautiful as the makeup was perfection as if a makeup artist made her up.
Her eyeshadows always matched the color(s) of her clothing. Us kid would look at her in amazment when she walked around or just sitting around in the front or back yards.

One morning, my father came in the house all ruffled up holloring for my mother. I overheard my him telling my mother that he went to xxxxxx house to return an item he had borrowed. This "old ugly" lady answered the door & he asked if xxxxxx was home as he wanted to return this item. xxxxxx told my father SHE WAS xxxxxx. My father quickly left.
My mother had to explain to him that women who wore makeup 24/7 look very different w/o it & not in a good way. You just happen to see xxxxxxx prior to her putting on her face.
My father never went to her house again "in the morning." My father was good friends w/her husband.
Your father hollered about an ugly woman because she wasn't wearing make up?
Weird and so unkind. Dud your mom wear makeup 24/7?

I used to work with a woman who wore makeup 24/7. I think she put it on the a trowel. It was so thick. Never saw her without makeup but someone said she looked like a man without all the glop on her face.

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

@ellaphant wrote:
Your father hollered about an ugly woman because she wasn't wearing make up?
Weird and so unkind. Dud your mom wear makeup 24/7?

@ellaphant No. My father hollored (meaning calling for her in a loud voice) at my mother who was in another part of the house.

Some people are ugly w/o makeup. Just keeping it real, it's not unkind. If the truth hurts, so be it.

My mother never wore makeup 24/7. The little bit she wore-face powder & lipstick, she immediately took off after she came home from work.

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

@queendiva

Adding to the list of quick & easy changes:

Change the texture of your hair (perm, keratin smoothing, etc)

Clean, well groomed hair ✅

Hydrate- drink lots of water. ✅ (trying)

Wear colors that flatter. Pop a color with neutrals, especially as you get older and choose makeup colors carefully to flatter. ✅

Wear good quality and good fitting undergarments. When was the last time you had a professional bra fitting? ✅ (right before my knee surgeries)

I do my best and feel my best when I care how I present myself to to the world. I cringe when I hear others say "I don't care what other people think about me". There is a happy medium between caring too much and not enough. Most things in life need to strike a balance.

monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

I'm at a place with my skincare that foundation is optional. Now, to me it's not optional to not wear to an event or out to eat because I like to look my best. But driving to the next town over to get a WM pickup, I didn't feel it necessary to apply foundation. At one point I thought I DID put on foundation. But it was only concealer under my eyes and several hydrating essences and a moisturizer. Not even powder. I'm so proud of myself to to get to this point. I was dry with uneven skintone. Those were my vices. Now it's not.

monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

@queendiva

I would add eyebrows to this list. Our eyebrows frame our face. For them to be too light (no brow product) to overly done/garish/not natural, draws attention to them instead of them being part of the overall flawless look

monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

@Tinkrbl44

She is trying to accomplish the best version of herself. To feel confident. In my book, that is to be commended. It's not important to everyone and that's ok but to those that do find it worth while, that's great.