To the runners, imo staying in physical shape is the best thing for looks anyway (and the hardest).
I'm not sure there's all that much correlation between who is gorgeous and who likes the girly girl stuff anyway? (no beauty queen here). Maybe just liking the personal indulgence of it or something, who knows.
With nails, I go back and forth between just painting and the at-home glue-on things. Those come off after about a week but you can extend the time by super-gluing the fall-offs back on. But yeah, depending on what you have to do with your hands, sometimes it's just not worth it.
I don't do the salon nails anymore because they tear the holy hell out of my nails to remove. I had a gel home kit with the lamp and it was extremely shiny and stayed on for two weeks (after the learning curve). But again, tearing the nails up to get it off and then having to let them recover for a couple of months ruins it. I second the Seche Vite top coat. You brush it on while the nails are still wet and somehow it doesn't smudge them, which I don't understand.
I plan to get permanent cosmetics (tattooed on) for eyeliner, brows, and maybe lips but it's a little pricey so not just yet. I love being able to do something once only and have it last forever (or thereabouts). Eyebrow bar first though, I want to get the brows just right first. Now there's a very realistic technique where they tattoo on one "hair" at a time. It's neat to look through their online photo books. Some of them even tattoo hair on bald heads and tattoo nipples on mastectomy survivors. Once at Walmart I saw an elderly lady with white brows and purple tattooing underneath though. I guess she and it faded. :/
I'm not that much into clothes, although my daily stuff is a bit upgraded from sneakers, sweatpants and t-shirts at least. Fine jewelry makes me drool.
Anybody brave enough to talk about lasers, Botox, fillers and surgeries?
I'm not sure there's all that much correlation between who is gorgeous and who likes the girly girl stuff anyway? (no beauty queen here). Maybe just liking the personal indulgence of it or something, who knows.
With nails, I go back and forth between just painting and the at-home glue-on things. Those come off after about a week but you can extend the time by super-gluing the fall-offs back on. But yeah, depending on what you have to do with your hands, sometimes it's just not worth it.
I don't do the salon nails anymore because they tear the holy hell out of my nails to remove. I had a gel home kit with the lamp and it was extremely shiny and stayed on for two weeks (after the learning curve). But again, tearing the nails up to get it off and then having to let them recover for a couple of months ruins it. I second the Seche Vite top coat. You brush it on while the nails are still wet and somehow it doesn't smudge them, which I don't understand.
I plan to get permanent cosmetics (tattooed on) for eyeliner, brows, and maybe lips but it's a little pricey so not just yet. I love being able to do something once only and have it last forever (or thereabouts). Eyebrow bar first though, I want to get the brows just right first. Now there's a very realistic technique where they tattoo on one "hair" at a time. It's neat to look through their online photo books. Some of them even tattoo hair on bald heads and tattoo nipples on mastectomy survivors. Once at Walmart I saw an elderly lady with white brows and purple tattooing underneath though. I guess she and it faded. :/
I'm not that much into clothes, although my daily stuff is a bit upgraded from sneakers, sweatpants and t-shirts at least. Fine jewelry makes me drool.
Anybody brave enough to talk about lasers, Botox, fillers and surgeries?
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Then I discovered hard wax. Between that and some eyebrow prep beforehand, no longer an issue. I also used to stay all red from the wax for about 24 hours, but now it's down to about 3 and it's more pink than red.
