cancel the emergency...
Aug. 24th, 2004 11:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dchenesThe rant about the post office stands, but the financial situation has remedied itself. What I was hoping would happen with the student loan did, in fact, happen, so I should be in possession of $4000 tomorrow (gotta love electronic fund transfers, when they're incoming). The notice I got said I should get the money today, but waiting until tomorrow to make sure won't hurt anything.
Yesterday I did something silly. When I went to buy a spray bottle for my bonsai tree, I also bought a bottle of nail polish. I've never worn nail polish regularly, but I decided I liked it when I was reintroduced to it for the wedding. So I bought some pearl-colored nail polish, two coats of which comes out almost opaque but not quite. Hopefully technology has improved nail polish in general since the last time I wore any (which was in junior high sometime). I used to be able to peel it off in sheets after it dried. There may be hope for this stuff, though, considering it went through the shower this morning and seems to be perfectly fine.
I think I'm approaching a point at which I'm going to have to start spending more serious time and money on how I look, and I'm not sure I like that idea. I just hate those skin-care and makeup commercials that try to tell me that I NEED this stuff if I'm over 18. I don't want to spend the rest of my life trying to look like I'm still 20. I see myself as one of those women who, at the age of 50 or so, looks like she's lived in her skin, instead of hiding it under umpteen layers of powder and what all else because otherwise it might (gasp) look like she smiles once in a while. I refuse to "declare war on laugh lines". (I really did hear that line in a skin-care commercial once, and got so annoyed by it that I started yelling at the television.)
So what I really need, I guess, is a happy medium. I want to be able to wear mascara, for instance, without being sucked into wearing eyeliner and all the rest of it. I want to be able to rub my eye if it itches without instantly running off to the nearest bathroom and making sure my makeup is still there. I want to be able to go to bed at night without spending fifteen minutes with cotton balls and sponges and who knows what, trying to get makeup off.
There's more of this rant, but it's not coherent yet.
Yesterday I did something silly. When I went to buy a spray bottle for my bonsai tree, I also bought a bottle of nail polish. I've never worn nail polish regularly, but I decided I liked it when I was reintroduced to it for the wedding. So I bought some pearl-colored nail polish, two coats of which comes out almost opaque but not quite. Hopefully technology has improved nail polish in general since the last time I wore any (which was in junior high sometime). I used to be able to peel it off in sheets after it dried. There may be hope for this stuff, though, considering it went through the shower this morning and seems to be perfectly fine.
I think I'm approaching a point at which I'm going to have to start spending more serious time and money on how I look, and I'm not sure I like that idea. I just hate those skin-care and makeup commercials that try to tell me that I NEED this stuff if I'm over 18. I don't want to spend the rest of my life trying to look like I'm still 20. I see myself as one of those women who, at the age of 50 or so, looks like she's lived in her skin, instead of hiding it under umpteen layers of powder and what all else because otherwise it might (gasp) look like she smiles once in a while. I refuse to "declare war on laugh lines". (I really did hear that line in a skin-care commercial once, and got so annoyed by it that I started yelling at the television.)
So what I really need, I guess, is a happy medium. I want to be able to wear mascara, for instance, without being sucked into wearing eyeliner and all the rest of it. I want to be able to rub my eye if it itches without instantly running off to the nearest bathroom and making sure my makeup is still there. I want to be able to go to bed at night without spending fifteen minutes with cotton balls and sponges and who knows what, trying to get makeup off.
There's more of this rant, but it's not coherent yet.
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Date: 2004-08-24 11:00 am (UTC)As for makeup, I have found a decent medium between the China-doll look and Nothing-But-What-God-Gave-Me. I particularly like Origins makeup line. They are expensive. But if you don't wear it often, its worth it. The foundation doesn't make you break out from having clogged pores. And doesn't feel all caked on. If you want to try it, I'll take you on a trip the next time you are in town. For mascara that doesn't make you turn into Tammy Faye, try going to the local pharmacy and looking for a clean mascara made by Maybelline or some such. The clear stuff works great if you just don't want to look like a reject from "Cabaret" every time you rub your eyes.