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09-02-2018 06:16 PM
09-02-2018 07:51 PM
The two people who told me I looked beautiful did not mention my m/u. I told my niece, who wears m/u but I didn't my male friend but I've noticed when I do wear m/u he comments. He's a close friend and has seen me many ways including hospital visits.
I have Crohn's disease and a few other autoimmune diseases. I don't like to look sick so I've really gotten into "paint and powder." I remember putting blush on before a doctor's visit because I looked so pale. My mother, who was visiting, told me to take it off. She was right. If I wear m/u to a m.d. appointment, I leave off the blush.
09-02-2018 09:45 PM
I only do my makeup for myself and not for others but I do like to dress nicely when I'm meeting people, especially people I don't know or haven't seen in a while. I think it's the stress of anticipating meeting a group of people though that bothers me. I like to be prepared but that means that I like to look like myself, just a better version with natural looking makeup.
When I went to an informal college reunion a couple of weeks ago I ended up having a major hot flash and thought I sweated my makeup off. At least I had makeup with me to fix my face and a supply of Starbucks napkins to blot the sweat. Whew!
But I get what you're saying about a full face of makeup. It's almost like in today's instagram world that you expect a full face of makeup looks like a youtube pix after a get ready with me beauty tutorial. I actually saw a woman at Starbucks today that looked like an instagram selfie including the heavy false eyelashes, dark obvious contouring and sharpie pen looking eyebrows. It was unusual looking for a place that is as casual as a Starbucks.
09-03-2018 03:40 AM
Start to finish 15 minutes? That's lightening speed! I could never apply mine that quickly. I take 40 minutes on a full-face day. I always wear a full face when I work at the office, but most days I work from home & wear only my CC cream. I wear a full-face when we have an evening out with friends, but maybe only CC cream, eyebrows, mascara & lipstick for a sunset cocktail & pu-pus.
09-03-2018 06:34 AM
09-03-2018 06:40 AM
@SurferWife wrote:Start to finish 15 minutes? That's lightening speed! I could never apply mine that quickly. I take 40 minutes on a full-face day. I always wear a full face when I work at the office, but most days I work from home & wear only my CC cream. I wear a full-face when we have an evening out with friends, but maybe only CC cream, eyebrows, mascara & lipstick for a sunset cocktail & pu-pus.
@SurferWife Good morning & Happy Labor Day. I read it takes 40 minutes for you to do full makeup. Out of curiosity, what do you add to your usual routine? Strip of lashes? Contouring? Hope you’ll share.
09-03-2018 11:18 AM
@FrostyBabe1 wrote:
@tansy wrote:It has never occurred to me that makeup is a sign of respect to others.
Me neither.
This past Thursday, I had the delightful luck to sit next to a woman on a flight from LAS-DTW who is very famous. She was on her way to a funeral. Yep, that funeral. By the OP's "standards" she was unkept and disrespectful to those around her because she was dressed quite comfortably and wearing absolutely no make-up (same for me as well). I respected her space and privacy and waited for her to initiate any conversation, and we had a wonderful chat for a couple of hours. Had I judged her by her clothing and lack of makeup, I would've missed a fantastic opportunity.
Quite frankly, I find the constant need to brag about how well groomed one perceives that they are in comparision to others and use that as a tool to presume superiority to be very strange.
@FrostyBabe1 For the record, I only wear moisturizer/eye cream when in flight. The air is really dry. Not many women wear a lot, if any, makeup when flying.
09-03-2018 02:38 PM
@Shanus...I don’t think I do a lot more than many women; I think I just take my time applying it. It consists of:
concealer
foundation
setting powder
eye shadow (I play with this step, using 4 colors)
eyebrows
eye liner
mascara
lip liner, lipstick
contouring
blush
final dusting of powder
setting spray
09-03-2018 02:43 PM
@SurferWife wrote:@Shanus...I don’t think I do a lot more than many women; I think I just take my time applying it. It consists of:
concealer
foundation
setting powder
eye shadow (I play with this step, using 4 colors)
eyebrows
eye liner
mascara
lip liner, lipstick
contouring
blush
final dusting of powder
setting spray
@SurferWife Thanks for sharing. I’m mostly a 2 eyeshadow gal, don’t powder twice and instead of liner...do tiny dots between lashes. No setting spray here either. Good routine, though. I may be able to do it faster from having to do “speedy work” on others, too. It’d be quite relaxing to take my time.
09-03-2018 07:30 PM
How was your evening? I hope you had a wonderful time! I'm sure you looked lovely.
I haven't put a full face of makeup on all summer. It's been so muggy it just melts off -
Really looking forward to fall and getting life back to normal.
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