Girlie Thread!

[brightpearl]

I like to use citrus shower gel and vanilla perfume. Makes me smell like a sugar cookie instead of a sultry temptress, but I don't care.

And can I just say that I hate shaving? I do. I hate it. :)

[auntie aubrey]

shaving is tolerable if you do it in a bubble bath. shaving while standing in a slippery tub? if you're a klutz like me it's like being asked to juggle knives.

[brightpearl]

On a whim, without any prior sunshine, bronzer, or sit-ups, I tried on bathing suits this morning. Bikinis, too. Under flourescent lights.

*whimper*

:eek: What was I thinking?!?

[Frieda]

^ ohhh yeah... i recognize that feeling :( i have a very pale skin, people always comment on it.. these days i just try to make comments about discrimination based on skin color.. you don't ask a guy with a dark skin why he's so dark, right??

i think it's about time that the Rubens shape gets fashionable again :D

[zenbabe]

<--- Pasty white and the texture of bread dough. :(

[harrier]

^5 Brightpearl! I was reading this thread and starting to feel worse and worse. But then I found you :) You are not alone in the tomboy world.

I've only worn makeup twice that I recall. Once at a friends birthday party when I was 9 or so. I didn't know what was what so I made my self a kitty face, mascara for whiskers, etc. I won the "ugliest monster" award.. Put that on top of my list of my 'triggers' someday when I'm face to face with a shrink.

And second, at my brothers wedding. He cried when he saw it which just made me angry. I'm me. I changed myself for him and it made him happy. Bleh. Of all the sacrifices I've made in my life for him, it was makeup that made him show emotion.

I still don't know what the hell most of the things you all ladies mention in here are. I don't wear perfume, hate it and couldn't if I wanted to (bad allergies which may be why I hate it). I'll shave my pits often, legs when it's summer but I'm white like zenbabe and my hair is even whiter, you can't see it. I use the most bland lotions (also because of allergies, I do like the smells of some.) Don't tan, skin cancer in my family and with my complexion? Not worth it, but I admit I wish I could.

Fashion? Fashion is what doesn't hinder my ability to move and keeps me at a good temp. Hair? Long and in a ponytail 99% of the time.

Sometimes it hurts, sometimes I wish I knew how to 'be a lady' or 'woman'. I often hear "I bet you clean up nice" which hurts like hell, but most of the time, I'm just me. And for me, that means smelling like airplane fuel, jeans with grease stains, my hair pulled back to avoid getting in my face in the cockpit, shoes and shirts that won't hinder my ability to control my bird and won't catch fire easily in case of emergency, no petroleum based lip products (with an O2 mask? Can we say FWOOM!), and my boy in the seat next to me teaching me to do aileron rolls.

I love ya all though, beautiful in every thing we do!

(and am I the ONLY low posts person on here? Holy crap no one under 17 brazillian posts anywhere! I'm an outsider!) >>> Edited : damn long post... sorry!

[brightpearl]

^^^You know, we are probably all being too hard on ourselves.

Let's stop. :D

Pasty, ample, tomboy, and any combination thereof are perfect just like they are.

http://www.christopherwoodgallery.com/images/cover.jpg
http://jossefordart.typepad.com/art_journeys_and_conversa/images/earth-water-tm.jpg
http://tomboystoys.com/on-the-team.gif

[harrier]

Aww love the last pic. Is it you? That's the girl I hope my daughter (should I have one) becomes! Bad ass and proud of it.

[trisherina]

Don't tell her, because they're kind of born with their own personalities.

[Frieda]

i got a sample of Diorshow waterproof mascara

pros
smooth
no lumpy clumpies
no red watery eyes, despite my allergies!

cons
it smudges
it's not really waterproof. well, really not. like, no way waterproof. you can actually wash it off under the tap.
no curl effect

[Avalon]

Aww love the last pic. Is it you? That's the girl I hope my daughter (should I have one) becomes! Bad ass and proud of it.

Good for you!
We have one of those :) Plays basketball, softball, and has taken up golf ( her dad plays ). Her motto is if boys can do it, she can do it better. Don't let the hair thing fool ya..it is only there because it is black and silver..Raider's colors. lol

pic removed; 12 hour limit about to expire

[brightpearl]

^^ the tomboy isn't me, harrier. And it's true you shouldn't tell any daughters you have that you hope they're tomboys. Sure way to get them to refuse to wear anything but pink.

This isn't going to sound like a girlie thing at the outset, but you know what I love? My old fashioned reel mower. No ripping my shoulder out of the socket trying to start it, no gas fumes, and I can mow around the caterpillars and wildflowers. And when I mow the quarter acre yard, I don't have to work out that day.

[auntie aubrey]

i found out lush is about to open a store here in town. just the thought of instant access to all of that bath-time luxury makes my feminism crumble like so many bubble bars.

[brightpearl]

I feel really good today. In this weirdly girly way that I haven't felt in a while.

No, I am not pregnant!!

I just feel...you know. Good. Happy.

:)

I hope the boys don't lurk in here, because I'm sure I sound like a fluffy pink idiot.
:D

[Jaime]

i found out lush is about to open a store here in town. just the thought of instant access to all of that bath-time luxury makes my feminism crumble like so many bubble bars.

Ooh, there's a Lush near me. All their stuff looks so delicious. I think I said this months ago once, but I'm a big fan of their Jello soap. Makes for a very refreshing shower.

http://ca.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/22374?expand=Bath

[auntie aubrey]

^ oh guuuuuuuuuuurl, you wanna dish about lush products? my bathroom is a freakin' shrine.

yes! (http://usa.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/12?expand=Bath) YES! (http://usa.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/2154?expand=Bath) YES!! (http://usa.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/2145?expand=Fragrance)


p.s. i'm not a huge fan of the jellies but i do love the scent of "the joy of jelly."

[priceyfatprude]

What is this Lush you gals speak of? Is there a store near me? *googles furiously*

ETA there is one at the Orlando Airport. I will be there next month. SOLD!

[auntie aubrey]

let ye be warned, to enter lush is to sell your soul for a tiny bottle of shower gel. my portal has been through mail-order up until now, and that's soul-sucking enough. god only knows what will happen to my sanity once the store actually opens here.

[Frieda]

ahh the monthly festivities have taken over once again :eek:

i will hide my credit card this time..

[zenbabe]

*bloating*

[priceyfatprude]

Biolage Bodifying Spray Gel.

[brightpearl]

Okay, who else secretly thinks Bill Murray is really hot?

[lukkucairi]

in Lost in Translation?

unsettlingly so. you can keep all that Caddyshack shit though.

[brightpearl]

^^Yes, yes, lost in trans. I like Caddyshack, but Bill is not hot in it. Good, I'm glad I'm not the only one.
:D

[harrier]

I think its that weird chemistry between him and scarlet... the idea of a stranger in a bar in a foreign land... the willingness to let go and have fun and the obvious adoration for scarlet.. I hate to say it, but I agree.

[Tunesmith]

I always feel so left out when I see this thread. :(

I think we need to have a "Manly Thread", in which we sit around, drink beer, belch, fart, build stuff using POWER TOOLS, leer at breasts, and other things associated with being a guy.

Ahhh, stereotypes. So far, we seem to be falling behind in ours...

Edit: WOOTAGE! 500 POSTS, BABY! 1/8 of the way towards being able to make some rules around here, Brynn! ;)

[brightpearl]

^^Dude, you know what happens to guys who come in here, right?

You might want to go comparison shopping for training bras this weekend.
I'm just sayin'.

[priceyfatprude]

You hold him down, I am putting a wax strip on the back of his left thigh.

There is a guys only thread, I do believe it was started by JesusTitties.

[Tunesmith]

Oh god no.

Okay, okay! I'm going! Sheesh. :rolleyes:

Don't let me catch any of you in the Manly Thread. Otherwise we'll teach you how to wield circular saws. And force you to drink beer.

[Jack Flanders]

You hold him down, I am putting a wax strip on the back of his left thigh.

There is a guys only thread, I do believe it was started by JesusTitties.

Or Dinz. :)

[priceyfatprude]

Hawaiian Tropic

This sh*t. (http://www.hawaiiantropic.com/products07/protection_protection-plus_5.html)

Gave me a rash like you would not believe. My boss keeps saying the SPF (45) was too high. How can there be such a thing? I thought the higher the SPF the more protection? I left my arms unprotected, and they are not even remotely like this.

Just a warning. :)



OMG. Aloe & lidocaine, bitchezzzzz http://www.hawaiiantropic.com/products07/burn-relief_burn-relief_16.html Aloe like a mofo!

[brightpearl]

Don't let me catch any of you in the Manly Thread. Otherwise we'll teach you how to wield circular saws. And force you to drink beer.

I am so going to lurk in the boys' thread. I already know how to wield a circular saw; what could happen?

[Jack Flanders]

I am so going to lurk in the boys' thread. I already know how to wield a circular saw; what could happen?

My mom gave me $$$ to buy a nice "outfit" for my birthday a few years ago - I bought a chainsaw!!!! :p Let's go harass them!!!!

[lukkucairi]

great! I'll bring my 18V cordless hammer drill along :)

[Tunesmith]

I am so going to lurk in the boys' thread. I already know how to wield a circular saw; what could happen?

Could you, uh...teach me, brightpearl?

So I see that the toasters of the feminine persuasion can cut, chop, and hack with the best of 'em...

but do y'all know the time-honored technique of...OGLING?

[harrier]

Speaking of feminine persuasion and toast, I'm in the market for a miter saw. Anyone have suggestions. I keep drooling at the insane dewalt dual bevel compound 12" but I think it is overkill as this is my first one.

I want to get a bit more into woodwork in my free time. My grandpa was pretty much the only one in my family who ever supported my 'manly' habits. Bought me a telescope and microscope on birthdays instead of dolls and loved when I started flying (he was a pilot too, but I didn't know until then). He was a wood/metal worker miner guy.

I don't know what that had to do with anything. It's early.

[harrier]

Ogling.. either that's a way to prepare eggs or that's what we do at the Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt types right?

[brightpearl]

Could you, uh...teach me, brightpearl?

Sure, we'll have a power tool class while the jeep is being fixed! It's best to learn by doing, though. I recommend working for an attic theater in which the sets must be made from scratch each season, or buying a fixer-upper.

but do y'all know the time-honored technique of...OGLING?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Have you ever actually talked to a girl?

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PF/PF_810243_999~Johnny-Depp-Bathtub-Posters.jpg
http://handson.provocateuse.com/images/photos/orlando_bloom_02.jpg
(Oh, do I have a thing for pirates?!?)

and I saved the best for last...
http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/4004/bill-murray-original.jpg

[brightpearl]

I also harbor a secret, burning passion for Michael Palin.
http://www.pythonland.com/images/mp003.jpg
http://www.math.u-szeged.hu/~rost/persons/Michael-Palin.jpg
http://www.warman.demon.co.uk/anna/palin2.gif
There has got to be something wrong with me.

[Frieda]

there's a hot guy thread around here somewhere

[Tunesmith]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Have you ever actually talked to a girl?


I guess i was under the impression that girls kept their fancies to themselves, except during slumber parties and other situations in which guys weren't present.

I now see how wrong I was! :eek:

By the way, brightpearl, if you'd like me to try and set you up with Mr. Palin (seen below in all his glory) just drop me a line. my next-door neighbor attends a party that he throws annually ;)

http://www.mustardweb.org/mustardpics/issue5/palin_vicar.jpg

[zenbabe]

Ok, so I want to know more about this whole LipoDissolve thing. Not actually liposuction, they just inject some stuff into you and the fat just dissolves???

I am so down with that!

[brightpearl]

*whew*

better late than never

[zenbabe]

http://www.weirdomatic.com/wp-content/pictures/creepyad/creepy_ad_14.jpg

[brightpearl]

^^Holy hell. :eek:

[lukkucairi]

zenbabe, that image along with your signature makes for an interesting commentary :)

[brightpearl]

Ah...Nothing like the use of power tools to clear the head.

Harrier, you asked earlier in the thread about miter saws? The one I use is a DeWalt 703 Compound Miter Saw. It was relatively cheap, and it cuts accurately enough. Measure twice!

Now for a well-deserved and very cold shower. Who knew it was so freaking hot in Texas?

token girlie reference: Physicians Formula Plumping Potion. Money-shot lips for under $10. Stings a bit, but not enough to put hair on your chest. ;)

[zenbabe]

Nivea

Sun Kissed Firming Moisturizer.

Tan without wrinkles = YES!!!


http://www.mistrys.co.uk/images/images/SUNKISSED_SKIN_dark_1054_new.jpg

[Frieda]

^ that particular product made me look like a tiger on day 4 :(

[zenbabe]

oh, hmmmm :( I am on day 2. Did you get the white girl one?

[karma_queen]

i love the dove tanning moisturiser

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/05/Dove_322x450.jpg

[Frieda]

oh, hmmmm :( I am on day 2. Did you get the white girl one?

yeah.. sorry.. hope it works out better for your skin!

[zenbabe]

no tiger stripes yet, but it sure smells nice!

[priceyfatprude]

^ that particular product made me look like a tiger on day 4 :(I am a jerk b/c this made me laugh and go 'frieda's a tiger, RAWR' :(

Did you exfoliate then moisturize before you put it on?

[Frieda]

:D

yeah, i started scrubbing & lotioning a week before i was going to use the nivea stuff! so i'm afraid i've done everything right!

[trisherina]

I get the same response from that stuff. No matter how careful or obsessive I am with it, and no matter how slight the change in skin tone is supposed to be, I end up with orange streaks somewhere along the way.

[brightpearl]

^^Me too. I'm outside enough to have a faint tint even with sunscreen, but I've resigned myself to being pasty in comparison to the average Tanfasticked peroxided Texas girl.

[lukkucairi]

^^I love the tanning-bed/peroxide look, don't you? sometimes I can even mentally subtract it and see the pretty brunette underneath.

Utah's pretty sunny - I don't worry about being tan (I freckle) - I just try to avoid a farmer tan where possible. long sleeves or no sleeves...and sunblock.

my mother just visited and left me three jars of L'Oreal face cream - I'm not sure how to feel about this! the older I get, the vainer I discover myself to be, though.

anyone got a favorite wrinkle-B-gon? I feel a little weird about putting expensive estrogen-laced stuff on my face.

[Frieda]

just wondering-- when do you people actually get to be in the sun?

i´m either at work or commuting from 07:00 - 19:30 during weekdays, when i do grocery shopping in the weekends i get subjected to, maybe, one hour of sunshine in total, sometimes on sunday i do have time to relax for an hour or something, but other than that.. no sunshine for me!

[zenbabe]

my sis-in-law is who turned me onto the nivea, but she is half mexican so she got the one that is for darker skin. Is it just us white girls that get the orange streaks because she has been using it for a while and it just makes her legs kind of glowy.

We walked about a half a mile to get some mexican food and when I got home, I was already sun burned. :mad:

I can't be out in the sun that much, even with 45 spf, I still get burned. :(

[auntie aubrey]

just wondering-- when do you people actually get to be in the sun?

i was thinking the same thing.


the most sun i get on any given day is the 2 minute walk to my car at noon when i run out and grab something for lunch.

[brightpearl]

When I had my son the hospital made me sign a paper saying I promised to be outside at every opportunity (and then some) either knee-deep in the wading pool or elbow-deep in the mud or pretending to have a pirate sword deep in my ribs.

At least, that's my excuse.

[lukkucairi]

sunrise ~ 5am, sunset ~9pm, 1 hour dog walk sometime in between those hours, usually daily...that's the main onslaught.

mother-in-law lives in Wyoming and likes to take us on lengthy hikes in the desert - we visit a few times a summer.

doesn't anyone else here have a dog to walk and a park nearby? :eek:

[Frieda]

well, being away for at least 12 hours a day, a dog wouldn't be a good idea i guess. and besides, sun sets at 22:30 here now but after 19:30 it's not strong enough anymore to get a sunburn.

maybe if i had a mother-in-law in wyoming with a desert nearby and money to go on vacations, i would get to spend a little time in the sun.. :D

i forgot about lunch break, sometimes i spend half my lunch break in the sun, the stroll around the building & pond takes about 15 minutes :)

[lukkucairi]

aw Frieda, I'm gonna send you some desert-sun-in-a-can

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/352528/2/istockphoto_352528_sunshine_in_a_can.jpg

like this only brighter!

[priceyfatprude]

I get 2 breaks, 15 minutes each. I have a walking buddy, P. She gets cranky if I try to skip our walk. We walk around the back of the business park, up & down some hills for our 15 minutes. I don't know what we're going to do when it gets snowy out. I have taken my walk inside the building when it's rained, but that would get old twice a day every day in the winter.

I am allergic to everything under the sun, so in the AM's I put on Oil of Old Lady for sensitive skin with an SPF of 15. For my chest I am running out of options. The Coppertone Waterbabies made me break out. The Hawaiian Tropic made me break out. I am thinking some Aveeno at this point, otherwise I will have to break down & go to the Origins counter & get some.

Frieda, do they have the Mystic Tan there?

[xfox]

I don't consider myself "girlie" anymore, x it is, however. The ozone layer is being lost as a result of CFC emissions, which allow more sun radiation into our atmosphere. Years ago, in the Carribean when my job as cook on a great, old schooner caused me considerable overexposure. I never wore sunglasses then, and in '98 was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma on my eye lid. Aaahhhgghhhh! The lump on the lid was ignored by hlth care professionals for a number of years, long story short:

Wear sunglasses and limit your exposure to any reflective sun exposure.

You girlies are dear to me! So are some of the guys, and yes, you'll find me under my hat.

My friend is still sailing: see http://www.golden-odyssey.com/

[trisherina]

just wondering-- when do you people actually get to be in the sun?


The good-sized chunk of outdoors my indoors sits on doesn't look after itself! :)

[lukkucairi]

Wear sunglasses and limit your exposure to any reflective sun exposure.


you bet. my mother's generation believed in cooking themselves with baby oil to achieve the perfect tan :eek:

I believe in long sleeves and wide-brimmed hats!

still, moving around outside in the sun keeps me from getting depressed. and the garden doesn't weed itself.

just about everyone in my tropically-based family has had some kind of minor skin cancer removed, and most of the older generation have had cataracts. UV: can't live with it, can't live without it.

[Frieda]

Frieda, do they have the Mystic Tan there?

yeah, tel sell shopping channel stuff, i think it's programmed between snail slime face cream and that torture depilation device that you scrape your legs with and gives you burn marks :eek:

does it really work??

[priceyfatprude]

Mystic Tan is at the tanning bed places, they have a stand up booth & they spray you with color, just like spray painting a Buick, haha. You have to have a couple of sessions to build up a nice color.

It really works, but does not last long. But for a special occasion such as a wedding, it's nice.

[priceyfatprude]

you bet. my mother's generation believed in cooking themselves with baby oil to achieve the perfect tan :eek: We emptied out a bottle of this hair lightener called A Touch Of Sun & washed the bottle out & put baby oil in it. We were bad. :( I have spent the last 10 trying to undo all the damage of the first 23.

[Frieda]

Mystic Tan is at the tanning bed places, they have a stand up booth & they spray you with color, just like spray painting a Buick, haha. You have to have a couple of sessions to build up a nice color.

It really works, but does not last long. But for a special occasion such as a wedding, it's nice.
oh, i see, we get the home version in a bottle on the shopping channel. i guess it's the same stuff they use for the spraying booths!

what's the color difference, will it change a lot if i dye myself? or just a slight difference?

[MissJecka]

Mystic Tan is at the tanning bed places, they have a stand up booth & they spray you with color, just like spray painting a Buick, haha. You have to have a couple of sessions to build up a nice color.

It really works, but does not last long. But for a special occasion such as a wedding, it's nice.

My cousin gets that done all the time... plus, the new car smell is wonderful! :rolleyes:

[brightpearl]

So, I went to my favorite thrift store today to find a pair of jeans to replace the ones I ripped the hell out of. I did find a pair, and they fit, and they were a dollar. I must have blacked out after that...I came to at home holding a bag with a black and red halter top and a dress.

I think I must have been bodysnatched.
:eek:

But it's a pretty dress. :D

[Frieda]

^ picture! :D

that happens to me too! i have bought several skirts that way.. never dared to wear them.. :o

[Jaime]

^ me too.

Also in other shopping news. I needed a pair of black dress pants for my new waitressy job, and intended to pay full price for them. I found a pair for 18 dollars, which was much better than I thought I'd be paying. Then when I went to the counter, the lady said that they were on clearence, so fifty percent off of another fifty percent off.

So wooooo! $5 pants!

[brightpearl]

^ picture! :D

Er...On the hanger? I'm shy. :o

[trisherina]

It's the girlie thread for crying out loud. Tasteful photos of dresses must be permitted.

[zenbabe]

no tiger stripes!!! My legs are tan!!!!!

[auntie aubrey]

i stopped at origins today to buy more face soapy stuff and they gave me two samples of product: a face serum and a moisturizer. i just looked at the packets and they claim to deliver the amazing qualities of mushrooms.

i can't wait to unleash the awesome mushroom power on my face. :confused:

[brightpearl]

It's the girlie thread for crying out loud. Tasteful photos of dresses must be permitted.

I have it on good authority that the boys lurk in here. :D

[funkytuba]

*** RUNS THROUGH THREAD NAKED ***

[brightpearl]

Wow, tubas are smaller than I remembered.

edit: and PS I told you the boys were in here all the time. Dirty lurkers.

[lukkucairi]

i stopped at origins today to buy more face soapy stuff and they gave me two samples of product: a face serum and a moisturizer. i just looked at the packets and they claim to deliver the amazing qualities of mushrooms.

i can't wait to unleash the awesome mushroom power on my face. :confused:

uh-oh - have you seen what mushrooms do to rainforest ants?

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good thing you're not a rainforest ant :D

[auntie aubrey]

you can't prove that.

[lukkucairi]

oops - you mean you're ANTie Aubrey?

better not use that fungus-wip face cream! :eek:

[Jack Flanders]

EWWWWWW :eek: (I mean ew for the ant vid!:o )

[Frieda]

no tiger stripes!!! My legs are tan!!!!!

now this makes my emotional scale swing from wow-i'm-so-happy-for-you to bitch-slap-jealous :eek: ;)

[Frieda]

Er...On the hanger? I'm shy. :o
sure, why not :)

[l'azizza]

no tiger stripes!!! My legs are tan!!!!!


That Nivea stuff worked then?

I have some Jergens natural glow firming moisturizer I got for free. I've been using it for about a month and NADA. But it smells really good.

Peef tell me more about Mystic Tan?

[beckstra]

Worst enemy to a woman who doesn't use tampons: gas...sneezing a lot of the time, but gas...

I swear to heaven...it's the only reason for embarrassment. Not the gas, per se, but the increased momentary flow. I've ruined one too many pairs of *panties that way.

*Mwahahahaha! I said panties.

[auntie aubrey]

i can't wait to unleash the awesome mushroom power on my face. :confused:

my skin looks totally amazingly....... the same.

[lukkucairi]

no giant mushrooms growing out of your head? :confused:

send it back and complain!

[brightpearl]

^ picture! :D

Okay, I got my son to take one. Pardon the anti-shyness cropping. :o You can't beat it for a $3 dress. It doesn't have much of a back, though, so I'll have to figure out what kind of lingerie-ical architecture that'll require. :D

[Frieda]

oooOOOOooo neat dress!

hmmm what to wear.. one of those bras that has straps that can be wrapped around the lower back for support.

[brightpearl]

^Am I going to be spending $50 on a bra to wear with my $3 dress? Perhaps I should consider girl commando. :D

[Jack Flanders]

duct tape!!! and I really like the dress!!!

[zenbabe]

very cute! They have those cup thingies that have the sticky on the back and they just sort of stick to your boobeh's. It looks like it is the kind of dress you could just go commando with though....

[l'azizza]

Duct tape- doesn't work well for those of us that forget to shave their boobs.

I learned a new word to describe the dress, arabesque.

[brightpearl]

^l'azizza made me laugh.

[Frieda]

^Am I going to be spending $50 on a bra to wear with my $3 dress? Perhaps I should consider girl commando. :D


dude my bras are 80 euros each at least.. weird size so they're expensive. but my boobies are important and need their support :D

you can wear those wrap around bras more often.. straps go over the shoulders too.. so you can wear it every day!

[brightpearl]

^That's like $100, right? :eek: Commando it is. :D

In other undergarment news...oh, excuse me--

Get out, Tunes!!

...I'm wearing my new underpants today. They're 81% nylon, 19% spandex, and 100% futuristic. They're seamless. They're freakishly stretchy. They're vaguely squishy. They're even greenscreen green.

Space panties.

Judy Jetson wishes she had panties like these. They make me happy.

I need to get a life. :o

[lukkucairi]

they sell bras like that at VS - in bright pink - they scare me :eek:

I just discovered Jockey for Her at the outlet mall - I bought a test pair and have never experienced anything so elastic in all my life. it's just strange.

[brightpearl]

^Yes, very strange. I like it. :D

[l'azizza]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/riddleme/lysol.jpg

I thought Zen was full o' shit with the other ad she posted.

That is fvcking insane. Have they ever been sued for causing cancer? Because housewives have the highest rates..

I'm sure all the beautiful and intelligent women who post here know that douching eliminates the good bacteria as well as the bad, so you're more likely to get a fun times yeast infections after a few thorough cleansings.

[lukkucairi]

^^ no kidding!

those ads are freakish - there was a whole series of them! this was something weird about the post-war era - people got really super-obsessed about their bodies - it wasn't just the Lysol douche, but a whole slew of brands marketed to both men and women for killing just about every kind of bodily odor.

I recently ran across a comic-book style ad for Kolynos toothpaste, where a fetching Betty blonde is dumped by her boyfriend for having "dental double trouble" aka halitosis and "dingy teeth" - wish I could remember where.

but seriously - in the 50s, how many men put their faces near enough to their wives vaginas to notice a smell or lack thereof? I wasn't aware that Good Housekeeping was advocating cunnilingus way back then.

the Lysol ads are alarming - makes me wonder if they've reformulated the product much since then?

[Jaime]

I went into Lush yesterday. I hadn't been in there in a very long time, and I thought I'd get a little thing to treat myself because hey, it's just one little thing... but they were having this promotion where if you buy two things the third one is free. So now I have two new soaps and a solid shampoo to try. I'm happy.

And I also bought a dress, for 14 bucks! It's very pretty, and next time I have a camera, I will try to show it off. :p

[MarsViolet]

Lush makes a cleanser/exfoliant called Angels on Bare Skin... it's wonderful! Makes your skin all silky smooth. Good for all skin types.

[Jaime]

Cool. I love their stuff.

I tried my shampoo today. It was one of these (http://ca.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/2392?expand=Haircare). It's lovely and smells so good. I wasn't sure what to expect but it lathers really nicely and makes my hair feel very soft.

So happy.

[CherishHellfire]

In June, the straps on two of my favorite V.S. bras broke, so I have been boycotting girlie this summer. I figure it was providence. No bras, no nail polish, only occasionally using any hair removal( screw 'em all!), very messy and unkempt hair, no hair dye, natural colors or otherwise, no make-up(just eyebrows, as I have none), no socks, no shoes. It has been an awesome summer, and my tootsies tell the tail with there punch-line giving scars.:cool:

My B-day is on labor day, and one of my friends is taking me out for a spa day. This is something I cannot boycott, as it is a gift, but I will still be highly adamant about non-girlie behavior. I am actually a little excited to give the answer to one of the technicians that day when I am asked what my regimen is. I am just going to tell them that they could not have had my summer and a regimen too.:)

[auntie aubrey]

^^ godiva wa sone of the first lush shampoos i ever tried. it was much nicer to my hair than "karma" and "new".

if you gals could see my shower. i had to buy one of those tension rod corner shelving systems because i had too much lush stuff to be contained in a single caddy. today i shampooed with "i love juicy." my favorite thing now is mixing "olive branch" and "happy hippy" on one scrubby. the smell is fantastic. although today i felt like i needed a little exfoliation so i used some of my own soap instead.

also, for sensitive skin and rosacea i would absolutely 100% recommend fresh pharmacy. aquamarina is pretty damn good, too. but if you have to buy mail-order aquamarina's consistency from batch to batch isn't great.


OH YES and also for sensitive skin i would also recommend "checks and balances" from origins. i love love love love that stuff.

where my origins peeps?

[JesusTitties]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a300/tescosuicide/ALa2/ALa3/CaptionIt_HairyMan.jpg

http://accordionguy.blogware.com/Photos/2005/02/hairy_beach_dude_for_jesus.jpg

http://laughwithresearchowl.files.wordpress.com/2006/07/hairy-man.jpg

http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/data/media/3/ugly-men.jpg
http://happytedium.com/images/scaled/ugly_man.jpg

http://www.everythingweird.com/images/handsome-ugly-man_weird-picture-5_49.jpg

http://www.funfry.com/data/514/Man-Picture006.jpg

http://www.miodestino.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/speedo-man11.jpg

[priceyfatprude]

OH YES and also for sensitive skin i would also recommend "checks and balances" from origins. i love love love love that stuff.

where my origins peeps?Right here.

After years of using Liquid Crystal, I switched over to the Dr Andrew Weil mushroom cleanser & face cream. The face cream is too dense for the warmer months, but the cleanser is FABULOUS!!!!

[auntie aubrey]

i tried the mushroom cleanser and moisturizer but i couldn't convince myself that it was worth the price. i really REALLY want to believe in the power of mushrooms.... but i just don't understand the power of mushrooms.

[brightpearl]

M'kay, I don't usually weigh in on this in a public place without being asked, but I'm posting this because so few women will be told of the risks by their caregivers and this article makes my head explode. A Cesarean that is needed by the mother or baby or both, or one that is judged by the mother (or her family) to be the best available option, is a beautiful, wondrous thing. It saves lives and it allows the mother to control her experience to some extent. But Cesareans done for convenience, with no medical indication, and without giving the mother thorough information about the associated risks to her and her future children's health, lead to an indefensible increase in the maternal death rate. Not covered in this article is the slight but real increase in placental problems and unexplained stillbirth after 34 weeks in subsequent pregnancies, and an increased later risk of hysterectomy and uterine rupture for mom. One of the most commonly given reasons for elective Cesarean is fear of a normal labor. While Cesarean over an induced labor is a tough call given the statistics, a naturally-occuring labor is clearly safer than an elective Cesarean. The national rate is nearly double the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' own stated goal of 15%. And it doesn't come without cost.

In general, childbirth is very, very safe, but though there is a level of risk that can't be eliminated, your choice of hospital and caregiver will affect your health directly. The last story in this article is a hideous example of how poor routine care results in real problems. If you are pregnant, you need to ask your OB or midwife what their Cesarean rate is, ask around about which hospitals in your area have low rates of infection and death, and do all you can to stay healthy and well-informed.

By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
Fri Aug 24, 4:43 PM ET

ATLANTA - U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.

Some numbers crunchers note that a change in how such deaths are reported also may be a factor.

"Those of us who look at this a lot say it's probably a little bit of both," said Dr. Jeffrey King, an obstetrician who led a recent New York state review of maternal deaths.

The U.S. maternal mortality rate rose to 13 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2004, according to statistics released this week by the National Center for Health Statistics.

The rate was 12 per 100,000 live births in 2003 — the first time the maternal death rate rose above 10 since 1977.

To be sure, death from childbirth remains fairly rare in the United States. The death of infants is much more common — the nation's infant mortality rate was 679 per 100,000 live births in 2004.

Maternal deaths were a much more common tragedy long ago. Nearly one in every 100 live births resulted in a mother's death as recently as 90 years ago.

But the fact that maternal deaths are rising at all these days is shocking, said Tim Davis, a Virginia man whose wife Elizabeth died after childbirth in 2000.

"The hardest thing to understand is how in this day and age, in a modern hospital with doctors and nurses, that somebody can just die like that," he said.

Some health statisticians note the total number of maternal deaths — still fewer than 600 each year — is small. It's so small that 50 to 100 extra deaths could raise the rate, said Donna Hoyert, a health scientist with the National Center for Health Statistics. The rate is the number of deaths per 100,000 live births.

In 2003, there was a change in death certificate questions in the nation's most populous state, California, as well as Montana and Idaho. That may have resulted in more deaths being linked to childbirth — enough push up the 2003 rate, Hoyert said.

Some researchers point to the rising C-section rate, now 29 percent of all births — far higher than what public health experts say is appropriate. Like other surgeries, Caesareans come with risks related to anesthesia, infections and blood clots.

"There's an inherent risk to C-sections," said Dr. Elliott Main, who co-chairs a panel reviewing obstetrics care in California. "As you do thousands and thousands of them, there's going to be a price."

Excessive bleeding is one of the leading causes of pregnancy-related death, and women with several previous C-sections are at especially high risk, according to a review of maternal deaths in New York. Blood vessel blockages and infections are among the other leading causes.

Experts also say obesity may be a factor. Heavier women are more prone to diabetes and other complications, and they may have excess tissue and larger babies that make a vaginal delivery more problematic. That can lead to more C-sections. "It becomes this sort of snowball effect," said King, who is now medical director of maternal-fetal medicine at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

The age of mothers could be a factor, too. More women are giving birth in their late 30s and 40s, when complications risks are greater.

Other characteristics of the maternal mortality rate include:

_Race: Studies have found that the maternal death rate in black women is at least three times greater than is it is for whites. Black women are more susceptible to complications like high blood pressure and are more likely to get inadequate prenatal care.

_Quality of care: Three different studies indicate at least 40 percent of maternal deaths could have been prevented.

Sometimes, there is no clear explanation for a woman's death.

Valerie Scythes, a 35-year-old elementary schoolteacher, died in March at a hospital in New Jersey — the state with the highest Caesarean section rate. She had had a C-section, as did another teacher at the same school who died after giving birth at the same hospital two weeks later.

However, Scythes died of a blocked blood vessel and the other woman died from bleeding, said John Baldante, a Philadelphia attorney investigating the death for Scythes' family.

"I'm not sure there was any connection between the two deaths," Baldante said.

Also mysterious was the death of Tim Davis' 37-year-old wife, Elizabeth, who died a day after a vaginal delivery at a Danville, Va., hospital in September 2000.

She had a heart attack after a massive blood loss, Davis said. It's not clearly known what caused the heavy bleeding. There was no autopsy, he said, a decision he now regrets.

Two previous births had gone well.

"Nothing led us to believe anything was wrong with this pregnancy. She was like a picture of health," he continued, noting she had been a YMCA fitness instructor.

A lawsuit against the hospital ended in a settlement. Davis also sued the obstetrician, but a jury ruled in the doctor's favor.

The child born that day, Ethan, starts second grade next week. "He's a happy kid," Davis said. "He's just never had a mom."

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End of soapbox; let's all go back to talking about soap. This stuff is important, but that's more fun. :)

[auntie aubrey]

i watched a show today about birthing at home in a wading pool. the midwife they were talking to said the statistics for risk factors between hospital verses home birth are fairly comparable. her example was that you could have a baby born at home that needed immediate attention, and by the same token you could have a baby born at a hospital that contracted an infection (which is not uncommon) because of the exposure to the hospital environment.

i'm very intrigued by the at-home concept.

[auntie aubrey]

^ that post just barely qualified as a coherent thought. my apologies.

[brightpearl]

^No, that's on-topic. Most of the researchers agree that for well-prepared, skillfully-attended moms can safely give birth at home, but that it's a good idea to be within "20 minutes to incision," meaning, if there's a problem, you can get to a hospital and prepped for emergency surgery w/in 20 minutes. I personally feel it's best to be attended by a certified nurse-midwife, but there are good licensed midwives as well.

Some say the safest place to be, barring any known medical factors, is where mom feels safest, because that's where her labor will progress the best. I have to say that I'm still a bit wary of home birth, maybe mostly because I think most US moms would find it easier to cope with the worst-case scenario if it happened at a hospital rather than at home. In that way, it's a psychological issue. But I also think that where there are options in between home and huge, mass-care hospital, it's a good idea to explore them. Some birth centers are really good, and sometimes midwives deliver at smaller hospitals, etc. The best options vary a lot by where you are...

[auntie aubrey]

one of the things they mentioned on the show i was watching was making sure only women who were very healthy with excellent prognoses should deliver at home. in other words, they should take the whole of the pregnancy and the overall health of the mother into careful consideration and only those who posed the least risk should consider home delivery.

all i know is, i dislike the idea of a hospital deciding to medicate women to advance labor and move things along because they want to keep the delivery on schedule. or leap too quickly to the c-section option because it's such a common thing in a hospital setting.

also, i know a couple of women who scheduled their c-sections because they wanted to work giving birth around vacation time. that doesn't seem quite right either. but i guess it's all about choice.

[trisherina]

I want only to point out that it's not even possible to be sure you are "20 minutes to incision" IN a hospital in Canada.

In the West we do not accept the notion that people can die of anything before they become pensioners, and late pensioners at that.

[brightpearl]

^I think one of the reasons giving birth can be transformative is because there is always the possibility that you can die. It's very small here, but we are lucky, and going through labor touches mortality the same way it touches life. That's what makes it so powerfully beautiful.

Auntie, I really agree that making a normal birth medicalized often leads to more problems, but at *most* hospitals, with some doctors, you can get a birth with very little intervention if you know what to ask for. And at some birth centers, it's even better -- very little routine medical intervention, and they're often next door to a hospital or even set up to do what needs doing on-site.

And I think it's true that scheduling c-sections around vacations should be an option if an informed mother really wishes it, but you're right that it isn't a good idea in most cases. It does raise several risks, and too often the women aren't told that. A c-section is major surgery, and it's painful to recover from, and things can always go wrong for mom or baby that wouldn't otherwise have happened.

But I'm going to shut up about this now. :D If anyone has any questions, tho', it would be fine to pm me.

[trisherina]

Questions about what?

[brightpearl]

Just anything I said about my opinons about birth stuff.

Or my recipe for oatmeal scones. Whatever. :D

[brightpearl]

$3 at the thrift store
Coolest kicks in the cave (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1136/1244896092_9b8be13b55.jpg?v=0)

[priceyfatprude]

This thread has taken a turn that made my uterus shrivel up. :p

Auntie: the cleanser, yes. The moisturizer, meh. It was expensive & seems to be too heavy for my skin now. For moisturizer I am (sadly) using Oil of Old Lady for sensitive skin plus sunscreen that I got at the grocery store. When I run out of that I will see if Origins has a moisturizer with sunscreen for my skin type yet.

Also, I have been using the Modern Friction & I have to say. It's terrific!!!

[brightpearl]

In answer to your question in the random thread, Frieds:
No, my chocolate problem, when it is extant, is an all day every day thing. :)

Although, it would be nice if these little bastards had an off switch sometimes, wouldnnit?
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/961/50312351.JPG

[Frieda]

oh definitely. i'd be thrilled. it'd save me a lot of time, money and friendships.. raging hormones suck!

[brightpearl]

If I could have turned them off when a total a-hole walked by in my teens-n-twenties, it would have saved me some grief. :o

[brightpearl]

Awright, all you boys who have apparently been lurking in here..

You can come in, but you hafta wear this:
http://www.lakewoodconferences.com/direct/dbimage/50056753/Padded_Bra_In_Mesh__40301_.jpg

and carry this adorable unicorn handbag.
http://www.5littlemonkeys.com/images/unicorn%20handbag.jpg

[topcat]

bar aint big enough for my moobs

[l'azizza]

oh TC, stirrin' up shit again.

[topcat]

who me?

[Jack Flanders]

you? never!

[Frieda]

please help me out ladies (and lurking lads)-- my cousin's getting married and i have two dresses-- there's no dresscode and this is only for the dinner & party-- i have a suit for the wedding ceremony

so should i go posh or petticoat? :confused: :eek:

here's a really lousy pic:

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7222/jurk1hb4.jpg

posh has beads sewn on in the shape of flowers, petticoat is above the knee and has a big sash on the back. is it too much candy??

[brightpearl]

^Are they fun people? Go for the candy and wear red shoes!!

[auntie aubrey]

what time of day is the wedding? i prefer the posh one but it seems more evening appropriate.

[trisherina]

They're both very nice, and the one with the petticoat isn't outrageous -- if it makes you feel a bit candyish that might be fun, might make you feel your inner it girl!

[Jack Flanders]

I like the posh dress.

[l'azizza]

Petticoat looks like it would be fun to dance in.

[Anna]

dinner & party posh and some smooth dancing moves

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[Frieda]

the wedding is in the afternoon, but i'm wearing a suit to that. or another dress, i don't know yet. these dresses are for the evening, for the dinner and the party.

so, looks like the score so far is 3-3?

[T.I.P.]

petticoat

[brightpearl]

^I like your handbag, TIP, but that lipstick is all wrong for you.

you're totally right about the petticoat tho'

[Stephi_B]

Go candy!

:) ;)

[madasacutsnake]

Terence, get out of the girlie thread.

(I'd go the petticoat BTW)

[trisherina]

You need to consider the question: do you wanna fit in with the crowd, or stand out in it? There's a time and a place for each, but I don't know the crowd. :)

[Veruki]

I just discovered this Lush that you girls talk about sometimes. I really didn't understand the whole awe surrounding it, but it's crystal now. It's so amazing!

[Frieda]

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came across the clip above-- the song sucks (its dutch) but the video is kind of what i experience every time a store chick makes me try one on, fwking fashion hell.

i dont fit them-- do you wear them? and more important: how long will it take before they disappear from the stores??

[brightpearl]

^Oh, life is waaaaay too short to wear jeans that you don't like.

Jeans are one of the most important facets of my life. I feel wearing ones that don't fit you in a way that makes you feel good is an affront to all that is right in the world. It makes Mother Teresa cry tears of sorrow down from heaven. It makes Buddha weep indigo. It makes kittens wish they had been born warthogs. It's just not right. There are plenty of brands and fits and lengths nowadays...just wear a cut that is comfortable and flattering and tell the sales chick to kiss your comfortably bejeans'ed ass.

[auntie aubrey]

I just discovered this Lush that you girls talk about sometimes. I really didn't understand the whole awe surrounding it, but it's crystal now. It's so amazing!

i missed this. i'm sorry, i should have been your lush cheerleader.

OLIVE BRANCH! OLIVE BRANCH! RAH RAH RAH!

[priceyfatprude]

I just received my Sephora order today. Rosebud Salve, brambleberry rose flavor (scent), some Frenchy nighttime lip balm that is supposed to be super moisturizing & clinique color surge butter shine lip color. I'm a lip whore. :(

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P196016&categoryId=RPYMAL&shouldPaginate=true

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P184713&categoryId=S10615&shouldPaginate=true

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P126302&categoryId=S10605&shouldPaginate=true

[trisherina]

Ooh, I have a Smith's Rosebud Salve. Originally bought it 'cause I liked the name, but it turned out to be quite lovable.

auntie: it says it's "A RELIABLE FAMILY SALVE" so I guess you should buy some soon.

[priceyfatprude]

i tried the mushroom cleanser and moisturizer but i couldn't convince myself that it was worth the price. i really REALLY want to believe in the power of mushrooms.... but i just don't understand the power of mushrooms.I have been using the mushroom stuff for a year or so & really just wish they would bring back my Liquid Crystal. *sniff, sniff* I see they have a new cleansing oil, though. I may try it next winter.

[priceyfatprude]

Ooh, I have a Smith's Rosebud Salve. Originally bought it 'cause I liked the name, but it turned out to be quite lovable.

auntie: it says it's "A RELIABLE FAMILY SALVE" so I guess you should buy some soon.Re-he-heeeeeeeeeeally? Well congratulations! :)




(i am most looking forward to the frenchy stuff. i have to scrape off the aveda stuff the lady put on me @ the salon tonight, even though it's the same color as my lips!!!) *swoons*

[Jaime]

I have two project type thingies out at the lovely University of British Columbia at the moment, one in the morning, and one at night, spaced out enough so that I have a lot of time to kill, but close enough so it's not worth the long transit ride back home in between. In my wanderings today, I found a very cool little consignment shop and got myself a neat dress that had been marked down to only ten dollars. Very pleased with it.

[auntie aubrey]

auntie: it says it's "A RELIABLE FAMILY SALVE" so I guess you should buy some soon.

i can just see me now, salving up the kids.

[Brynn]

I have two project type thingies out at the lovely University of British Columbia at the moment, one in the morning, and one at night, spaced out enough so that I have a lot of time to kill, but close enough so it's not worth the long transit ride back home in between. In my wanderings today, I found a very cool little consignment shop and got myself a neat dress that had been marked down to only ten dollars. Very pleased with it.

Congratulations :cool:
You realize that you can fall asleep reading in bed in a ten dollar dress, right?

[Frieda]

i got pushed into buying a pair of skinny jeans by the store lady again-- i did fit them this time (broccoli diet works, people!) but my butt looks square! like i've got two cereal boxes taped to my butt. she told me it looked nice.. yeaaaaa right! :rolleyes:

decided to buy a linen suit instead. much better. and more comfy. and easier to put on :eek:

i wonder if any pair of jeans will ever fit me??

[Veruki]

i wonder if any pair of jeans will ever fit me??

All the jeans I try on in the store these days makes me look like my ass migrated to the front. I don't understand how my old jeans look so great on and yet are the same size.

[Frieda]

^ :D i know what you mean! my ass migrates to the side :D

edited to add:

i love my linen pants :cool:

[trisherina]

Linen season is the best.

[Frieda]

i've shed all my excess broccoli (not all of it of course but i think i look fine) and i got myself a pair of jeans! finally a pair of jeansssss yeah baby! :cool: :)

[brightpearl]

If I'm doing serious walking, I wear my kermit-green sneakers, but otherwise I am the open-toed/flip-flop queen.

hey, I found a picture of them
http://www.slifter.com/mp/imcache/mp17205329813532376

and these are my current favorite open-toes
http://www.leawoodgiftshop.com/soles1.jpg

I got a pair for Christmas, hello orange paisley...
They are stupid comfortable....ahhhh.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://www.leawoodgiftshop.com/soles1.jpg
I got a pair for Christmas, hello orange paisley...
They are stupid comfortable....ahhhh.

These are miraculous! :) :) :)

[brightpearl]

They are. And they make me 6 feet tall.
It's a shame I turned out to be so shallow.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I don't think it's shallow to enjoy useful things that are beautiful. Or useless things that are beautiful. Or to enjoy life in general. ;)

[Frieda]

oooOOOOoooo where can i get a pair? :):)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

It's a shame I turned out to be so shallow.

http://i28.tinypic.com/334uo88.jpg

You don't have to be shallow to wear deeply fashionable footwear.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://i28.tinypic.com/334uo88.jpg


Heh! :D

Are you allowed to post in the girlie thread? I thought you weren't a girl.



Expensive footwear for those who like walking barefoot:

http://www.cccrystals.com/catalog/kallie-sand-sandals-006.jpg

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Heh! :D

Are you allowed to post in the girlie thread? I thought you weren't a girl.

oh with all these board problems you never know where your post will turn up. :)

[brightpearl]

Ysa, they can come in here, but they have to wear a training bra and carry a handbag.

By the way, nice one, foxy.
Wouldn't have pegged you for a houndstooth man.
http://www.io.com/~esmee/bag_lady/c00127.jpg

[brightpearl]

oooOOOOoooo where can i get a pair? :):)

Here's their website (http://www.onesole.com/).

[trisherina]

The tiny rat (who is less tiny by the day) would like to let the world know that the Neutrogena Wave does indeed leave you with movie-star facial skin.

[Frieda]

how do you get these long-lasting 12-hour-plus lipsticks off your lips?? :confused:

not with water
not with a tissue
not with face cleanser lotion
not with waterproof eyemakeup remover


are you supposed to burn this shit off or something?? :confused:

[brightpearl]

^something with mineral oil in it?

I hate that stuff. Dry dry dry.

[trisherina]

Some things only respond to soap (or a surfactant).

Stop when you get to the option of nail polish remover. :)

[Frieda]

soap didn't work either.. i tried applying another regular lipstick over it and then i was able to wipe it off in a couple of tries. i don't think this is the proper way to get it off though.. even though now my lips are nicely scrubbed :p

i thought that the waterproof eyemakeup remover was oily enough, but yeah maybe mineral oil will work! i considered olive oil but i only had balsamico :rolleyes:

[12"razormix]

do you have bebe products in yours netherlands?

[Frieda]

no i dont think so, maybe under a different name! does this work for these lipsticks?

[12"razormix]

i don't wear lipstick but this (http://www4.schlecker.com/Bild.aspx?Typ=2&Code=60729601&land=DE) removes just about anything.

[Frieda]

cool, thanks :) i'll see if i can get my hands on this brand!

it's for a, um, younger generation isn't it? gegen mitesser? oh well, i still have mitesser anyway :D

[12"razormix]

younger generationnevermind that.. it works! ;)

[Frieda]

also gegen mitesser? :p

found the website now.. they have products i'm not allergic to.. i guess i should stock up! thanks :):)

[priceyfatprude]

soap didn't work either.. i tried applying another regular lipstick over it and then i was able to wipe it off in a couple of tries. i don't think this is the proper way to get it off though.. even though now my lips are nicely scrubbed :p

i thought that the waterproof eyemakeup remover was oily enough, but yeah maybe mineral oil will work! i considered olive oil but i only had balsamico :rolleyes:Do you have baby oil over there?

[trisherina]

I can't believe that you are talking about baby oil on a day I was just thinking about zen (every year around this time I sing her blessings).

[Frieda]

Do you have baby oil over there?
yes we do. but i don't have it. and i didn't think about it. and yeah i should have it dammit!

[Marcus Bales]

http://www.nearlygood.com/video/photoshopedbeauty.html

[brightpearl]

I love your handbag honey, but your bra strap is showing.

[Frieda]

and your stilettos are one size too small.

it's okay. they all start that way.

[priceyfatprude]

http://www.nearlygood.com/video/photoshopedbeauty.html

This is the Girlie Thread. Show us your tits or get out!

[priceyfatprude]

I can't believe that you are talking about baby oil on a day I was just thinking about zen (every year around this time I sing her blessings).I was thinking about her today too. :) It had nothing to do with baby oil & everything to do with the LBC. :)

[priceyfatprude]

^^^^ Can you tell the happy pills are working? Check out those smilies!!!

yes we do. but i don't have it. and i didn't think about it. and yeah i should have it dammit!Why don't you have baby oil? I swear it's not like olive oil & made from squished babies!!!!

Uses for baby oil:

makeup removal, elf (eyes, lips, face) this includes the super industrial kind. (may need several cotton balls)
moisturizer (right after the shower while your skin is still wet)
in a pinch for curly hair only, put a very small amt (dime sized!) into the palm of your hand, rub palms together & run hands through hair.

First person who can tell me the link between Hugh Hefner & baby oil wins a very special prize!!!!!

[Frieda]

because i'm a nerd, peef. i don't think about stuff like that.

i'm going to look for a nice baby oil.

[priceyfatprude]

because i'm a nerd, peef. i don't think about stuff like that.

i'm going to look for a nice baby oil.You can use it for lots of things. :)

[priceyfatprude]

I can't believe that you are talking about baby oil on a day I was just thinking about zen (every year around this time I sing her blessings).LOL. Is there a ceremony? ;)

30 seconds btw posts? I'm a mod, dammit!

[Marcus Bales]

This is the Girlie Thread. Show us your tits or get out!

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05/obesemanREX_450x250.jpg

Happy?

[priceyfatprude]

because i'm a nerd, peef. i don't think about stuff like that.

i'm going to look for a nice baby oil.Otherwise what about Vaseline? You can slick it on your feet & slap on some socks before you go to sleep for soft feet in the AM's, and it can be used for a lot of other things, too. Petroleum jelly! You can use it for soft lips, and it works for makeup removal as well.

Also I don't know about you, but anytime I am wearing one of those long-wearing lipsticks, for whatever reason, I eat something with either giardiniera, or some other kind of salad dressing that dissolves most of it halfway through my day.

http://www.burtsbees.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10051&productId=-2

http://www.johnsonsbaby.com/product.do?id=35

http://www.vaseline.nl/Product.aspx?Path=Consumer/OurProducts/PetroleumJelly

[priceyfatprude]

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05/obesemanREX_450x250.jpg

Happy?Strangely, yes.

[Frieda]

oh we have this johnson's brand, it's called natusan here.. i think i don't have any greasy products because i have oily skin.. putting oil on my skin causes zits and pimples.. and i use vaseline to clean my ice skates. it's stored in a different part of my brain i guess :D

[trisherina]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31CxWGyRbcL._SS500_.jpg

As a Christmas gift, it was lovely, like all things in Guerlain packaging. As a mascara, it is thoroughly ordinary. The addition of the little extra brush is nice, but with mascara like that there's only so much you can do, baby.

[Anna]

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[Frieda]

ingrown eyebrow hairs SUCK

[treekisser]

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This doesn't offend anyone following the "girlie" thread, now does it?

[brightpearl]

This young women is quite talented..Not that boys are immune to this kind of inheritance, which may look different, but is as fundamentally crippling.

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[Brynn]

^ Wow!

[MoJoRiSin]

I am speechless

[brightpearl]

I don't actually want blackest black 800% volume stiletto space-age polymer waterproof Kardashian lashes. I just want slightly darker brown than my regular lashes, and removable with non-industrial equipment. I will gladly fork over $8 to any cosmetics company willing to offer this.