Girl Talk!!! :d [Archive] - Literature Network Forums

mir

12-09-2006, 10:41 PM

Well, this thread already seems to be all over the forum, so i thought i might be fun to concentrate it a bit - if any other girls think it's a good idea. aAnd as long as it doesn't turn into another discussion of card games and gambling under the corruption of the men! :p

Anyone else up for it? Or want to discuss anything in particular? Come and escape the freakingness of finals - or just come and chat! :)

woops - the title was supposed to be a ":D". But my shift key doesn't seem to like me. sorry! :p

Madhuri

12-09-2006, 10:55 PM

Girl talk -- Sure! something I would like to do...:nod:

miss tenderness

12-10-2006, 01:03 AM

I'm in.................:banana:

dramasnot6

12-10-2006, 01:05 AM

if Miss T's bannana is in, then so am i!! *is loyal to the banana* :D

miss tenderness

12-10-2006, 04:31 AM

:D:D:D
here's a bunch of bananas for u,sweetie:)where should I deliver them?

SleepyWitch

12-10-2006, 05:15 AM

I'm a tom-boy.. i really suck at girl talk, but it would be very interesting to read your posts and see what kind of girl talk intelligent girls like you do :)

come to think of it: do you happen to know what kind of eye shadow film stars use? it looks less 'powdery' than the stuff i use.. if you know what I mean.. I mean it looks as if it stays on better and has some sticky component.. ????

was that girl talk?

Nightshade

12-10-2006, 05:55 AM

uhuh
I think I might be able to rember they always adertise it in the cinema and say was used in this film.....Max factor?

BINGO! http://www.maxfactor.com/user/get/homepage.do
I wish I didnt rember such trivia....

SleepyWitch

12-10-2006, 06:32 AM

thanks for the link. yep, that looks like the stuff i meant

dramasnot6

12-10-2006, 07:54 AM

:D:D:D
here's a bunch of bananas for u,sweetie:)where should I deliver them?

Thank you! :D :banana: But i love the bananas too much to let them make such a long trip! They would arrived all mushy and brown, which i guess is the equivalent to banana blasphemy:p

Is this girl talk or am i just hungry?:lol:

SleepyWitch

12-10-2006, 08:02 AM

hehe, I think it's girl talk.
when boy's are hungry they can't talk at all because it throws them back several thousands of years to an earlier stage in their evolution :)
the best they can do is go "grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, hungry hungry hungry wanna eat"

Nightshade

12-10-2006, 08:45 AM

in that case Im a boy...:eek2:

dramasnot6

12-10-2006, 08:49 AM

I think I'm 50-50. I usually go "Pardon me sirs and madams, but grrr grrr I WANNA EAT!!" :p

mir

12-10-2006, 10:03 AM

hmm . . . my brain just goes on automatic while the rest of me scans the room for something to hunt. :D

Sleepy, don't worry about not knowing much about girl talk - i don't either! :p i never do it where i live, because my friends don't go for it much. but it's fun on LitNet - and i think i'm getting the gist! :D

like for instance, i doubt that bananas are girl-talk - but they're so awesome we'll pardon them anyways. :banana: :banana: :banana:!

Nightshade

12-10-2006, 10:12 AM

Well I STILL dont know what to do with my nails! we got OT in the other threda without getting me a soloution. I cant wear naik varnish but I want my hands to look good because when you serve people all day hands are important.

dramasnot6

12-10-2006, 10:14 AM

go get a proffesional manicure nightshade, unless theyre really pricy where you live?

Nightshade

12-10-2006, 10:15 AM

They are and Im a poor porr student only £0.22 in the bank:nod:

see what I mean...http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/handr.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/handl.jpg

Shalot

12-10-2006, 09:04 PM

I got a professional manicure a while ago and it lasted a about a week. Then I went and bought all this stuff so I could just do it at at home and all the supplies cost about as much the manicure (however, I did not buy the cuticle nipper contraption because I would probably injure myself with that --- however, I think I need it because the skin around my nails is all dry and unsightly right now). Also, I am clumsy with applying the nail polish so that didn't work out so well. Here's how they reccomend you do the home manicure:

1) soak your nails in some warm, sudsy water
2) file
3) apply a cuticle remover/softener and push cuticles back with orange wood stick. You can also brush cuticle oil around your nails during this step. This is the stage where you use the cuticle nipper to cut any hangnails
4) wash and dry hands
5) apply clear polish (and here is where I should stop)
6) apply basecoat of color, (2 coats if necessary)
7) apply a top coat (a quick drying one is preferrable so you don't have to sit there forever waiting for them to dry and your less likely to dent the polish job if you bang your nails on something

I think I am going to have to go to a professional again and have her do the cuticle nipping for me, and then I am going to try to get in the habit of applying cuticle oil everyday so that maybe I won't have so many hangnails (yeah, right --- that might last one or two days--- then I'll go back to walking around with crusty hands again) :)

papayahed

12-10-2006, 10:33 PM

Idril

12-10-2006, 10:51 PM

I've had good luck with OPI, although I never use their polish on my fingernails because my fingernails are ugly and weak and always breaking off and polish would just draw attention to them but I do paint my pretty toes and OPI is one of my favorite brands. They have the most unusual colors, they have one that is blue...or purple...or green depending on the angle, it makes my toes even prettier than they are naturally and that's saying something. ;) :lol:

papayahed

12-10-2006, 11:40 PM

Appropriate girl talk link:

http://sheknows.com/quizzes/quizstart.php?qzid=7

Mine is:

Your dream guy is George Clooney!
Dapper, debonair and devastatingly handsome, this guy knows how to charm the ladies. So how do you keep him to yourself? Well, hate to break it to you, but he’s probably a lifelong bachelor. Enjoy the ride while you can – you’ll have a great story to tell afterwards!

kathycf

12-11-2006, 12:08 AM

Heh, my result:

Congratulations
Your dream guy is Nick Lachey!

Sexy, soulful and sensitive, this celeb is really just a regular guy at heart. Watching the big game is more important to him than hitting the hottest club. Stay in his heart by not getting sucked into the Hollywood scene – just be the regular, down-home girl he fell in love with.

Night, try using a nail buffer for your fingernails. They can be purchased at a pharmacy or chemist, and will be sort of like a nail file. You can smooth out the nail and then buff it to give it a nice shine. Also, use hand lotion every time you was your hands, especially around the nail, and then maybe try a cuticle oil in the evening like Shalot mentioned. :)

Who has too much time on their hands on a Sunday night? I do...So in honor of the girl chat thread and the lovely ladies of Litnet I made some desktop icons for Windows. As there is a 100kb limit for uploaded files I split the icons into 3 volumes. It goes without saying that there are no infected files, but it also goes without saying that you should always scan downloaded files before you extract or unzip them. I use the free home version of Avast anti-virus. (http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html)

Previews-Click on image to expand:

vol 1
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/th_ladiesvol1.jpg (http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/ladiesvol1.jpg)

vol 2
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/th_ladiesvol2.jpg (http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/ladiesvol2.jpg)

vol 3
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/th_ladies3.jpg (http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/ladies3.jpg)

vol 4
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/th_ladies4.jpg (http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/ladies4.jpg)

*EDIT* Oops, had to do 4 volumes....I hope you guys don't think I am silly dork for doing this, (even though I am) and I hope I didn't leave anybody out.

Sorry for the double posting but I need to submit each volume in it's own post. *EDIT* (argh, no I don't...getting too sleepy to do things correctly.) :blush:

And I messed up again. Forgot to include one file with the other folders. Sleepy Witch, you have your own zip. :p :blush:

dramasnot6

12-11-2006, 03:43 AM

oh kathy! those are sooooo wonderful! thank you!!!! im so honored to be first :D:D even if it is by coincedence :p
we all look so pretty!

AGH! i clicked on that Celebrity Crush link of yours papaya and was bombarded with pink font and cute cartoons! :eek: But i took this quiz aaaaand:
Your dream guy is George Clooney!
Dapper, debonair and devastatingly handsome, this guy knows how to charm the ladies. So how do you keep him to yourself? Well, hate to break it to you, but he’s probably a lifelong bachelor. Enjoy the ride while you can – you’ll have a great story to tell afterwards!

Nightshade

12-11-2006, 06:38 AM

SleepyWitch

12-11-2006, 07:00 AM

Sorry for the double posting but I need to submit each volume in it's own post. *EDIT* (argh, no I don't...getting too sleepy to do things correctly.) :blush:

And I messed up again. Forgot to include one file with the other folders. Sleepy Witch, you have your own zip. :p :blush:

thanks Kathy, I feel honoured :) you got my hair just right :)

my celebrity guy is Nick Lachey. who is he??? I've never heard of him. He's ugly!

"Sexy, soulful and sensitive, this celeb is really just a regular guy at heart. Watching the big game is more important to him than hitting the hottest club. Stay in his heart by not getting sucked into the Hollywood scene – just be the regular, down-home girl he fell in love with."

Nightshade

12-11-2006, 07:24 AM

thankyou sleepy just what I said:nod:

SleepyWitch

12-11-2006, 07:33 AM

what's more, his description doesn't even fit the answers I picked :crash:

papayahed

12-11-2006, 10:42 AM

Nick Lachey is the guy that used to be married to Jessica Simpson and he used to be in one of those boy bands. Yipes, I justed sickened myself that I know that.

Serenata

12-11-2006, 11:17 AM

I got Matthew McConnaghey. That is a horrible mispelling, but oh well. This is a good thread.

SleepyWitch

12-11-2006, 02:44 PM

who's Jessica Simpson? one of those ladies who are featured in gossip magazines? sorry, I know I could look it up on wiki or google, but I'm lazy...

papayahed

12-11-2006, 03:03 PM

I know she sings but don't ask me what.

grace86

12-11-2006, 03:05 PM

Hope you all didn't start this thread because of a certain discussion I had on another thread....:D

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 04:45 PM

No, and to be quite honest- I could use some help of the sort....

grace86

12-11-2006, 04:50 PM

No, and to be quite honest- I could use some help of the sort....

Could you really? If you think I could help, or any of the other girls here, then let it all out lol...

Idril

12-11-2006, 05:03 PM

who's Jessica Simpson? one of those ladies who are featured in gossip magazines? sorry, I know I could look it up on wiki or google, but I'm lazy...

She's a silly little pop star with an incredibly creepy dad. She and Nick had a reality show on MTV for awhile and then they went through a very public divorce. She is someone of no consequence whatsoever, consider yourself a better person because you don't know who she is. :p

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 05:18 PM

How do you tell someone it's over? I can't figure it out, and I failed miserably the only time I tried before... I'm too scared that I'll hurt him, and I'm too soft-hearted to not care...

grace86

12-11-2006, 05:20 PM

How do you tell someone it's over? I can't figure it out, and I failed miserably the only time I tried before... I'm too scared that I'll hurt him, and I'm too soft-hearted to not care...

Sweetie, it's going to hurt him even if you try to be nice about it. Especially if you have been together for quite a while.

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 05:22 PM

Quite a while. Quite close. But I can't think of a way to do it. Like the path of least resistance. I swear I'd kill myself if I hurt him more than I had to, but this has gone on too long already and now I'm the only one in pain...((Thanks, grace...))

grace86

12-11-2006, 05:25 PM

umm mind if I ask a personal question??

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 05:26 PM

Go for it- I just retain the right to withhold an answer if it's way too intrusive...((Won't do that except for a very few...Only if it's WAY WAY too intrusive...))

grace86

12-11-2006, 05:30 PM

lol, I could PM it if you are more comfortable.

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 05:31 PM

Either way. I just don't want to give you guys an eyeful, if the question is really "in there"...

grace86

12-11-2006, 05:32 PM

Okay, here goes...was it your b/f you were in the halls with?

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 05:35 PM

No....I'm a bad little girl, but that's the thing... I'm trying to make this decision for me. I knew that the relationship I was in was going downhill if ahywhere, and I don't want that to be part of the story unless there's a happily ever after somewhere under all this...Just hope that doesn't change the way you think about me...

grace86

12-11-2006, 05:37 PM

First of all, no negative impression from you. We are all human - that's not an excuse, but I cannot say that everyone is always sticking to one person.

So you know it is going downhill - is that because of what you've done or is it because of your b/f? Either way, it is probably best for you guys to split up, and I know you know that - you are just curious how you should go about doing that right?

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 05:41 PM

The downhill is because of an event that took place a while ago. Ten months yesterday, to be exact... We've been emotionally and physically distant for virtually all that time, which is why I feel almost no guilt for anything I've done in his absence. The split is what's best for me, and I should really start caring about that more than I ever did- altruism and loyalty be damned if it's going to ruin my future. And yes, the decision is there. The execution is lacking.

grace86

12-11-2006, 05:47 PM

So you are determined. You are looking out for your sake now, I won't pry as to why - but I don't understand why you two are together if you have been distant for that long. If you honestly feel that the relationship is damaging to the both of you, you have to tell him that.

Tell him (if you've tried to make it work - I am sure you have or you wouldn't have spent so much time) that you have tried to mend things, but that it is better for the both of you (you think) that the relationship ends.

You guys seem as if you are stagnant. And you seem determined that there will not be a future together - it will hurt him more if you wait longer with that kind of a feeling in your heart. It is going to hurt regardless, save him further pain by sticking it out for four or five years with distance between you. Be honest, you are no longer happy in this relationship - he might not be either.

It is always easy to say something than it is to do it I know. But you will have to tell him the reason for your wanting to leave...I believe everyone is entitled to that much of an explanation.

I hope this seems like the right thing to do...it is personal opinion.

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 05:55 PM

The thing is, I stopped it from being damaging to him. I don't regret it, but I wish he understood that I did it for him but that doesn't make me his forever. And we've been together for this long because the decision was so gradual, it's unnerving.

The problem is he thinks we could still work. That we could still be together. And that's keeping me from so many things... Fortunately, it is better for the both of us, in the end...

It's true. Thank you so much grace86! He is unhappy, I can tell. But now that I know that I'm making the right decision, I won't keep it any longer than I have to...

Thank you again! It does seem like the right thing to do, and I would never hide the truth from him. And I know that I'll have the strength to do this. If I have strength enough to come to this conclusion, then I surely will be able to do something about it... Thank you! ~hug~

grace86

12-11-2006, 05:59 PM

You are very welcome - hugs back. You be strong. Keep to your feelings and honesty. It will be better for you and him, and you guys will realize it. The hardest part is just taking that step.

Good luck and much love.

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 06:03 PM

Thank you grace86! I really appreciated all that. Much love to you as well, dear, and if I weren't strong, I wouldn't be Miss Caroline.<3 Thank you!

grace86

12-11-2006, 06:07 PM

Glad I could help

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 06:19 PM

You did:D...

mir

12-11-2006, 06:45 PM

Hope it all works out, Miss C. it's never easy . . . :(

Misscaroline

12-11-2006, 06:49 PM

No, it isn't. But thank you. If it helps, I've found happiness elsewhere...or with elsewhom? I'm not entirely sure how to phrase that...

kathycf

12-12-2006, 12:06 AM

hehe same as kathy....now who is he??
Ok so buffer , files lots of lotion so the bits around my nails stop looking dry and wrinkly..someone pmed me suggesting baby lotion, is that like moisteriser?
The think is libraries do dry out your hands, ok dome question but what is a cuticle and whats a hang nail?

:blush:The cutitcle is the edging of skin around the nail bed and a hangnail is when it becomes torn and overly dry, kind of forms a hard point of skin and hurts a bit. Baby lotion is good, but most hand lotions/body lotions/ creams contain the same basic ingredients, but typically a cream is a thicker sort of concoction than a lotion and would be better for a dry area such as hands. Actually the following may seem a bit odd, but you can try it if your hands and nails are very dry. Just before going to bed at night, wash your hands and then exfoliate the skin with a body scrub while still wet. If you don't have a body scrub you can use a teaspoon of sugar mixed with moisturizer to form a grainly paste. Rinse well, and then slather your hands with Vaseline (petroleum jelly) and then wrap them with plastic wrap. Then (yes, one more step :) ) put on some cotton gloves or even cotton socks over the plastic wrap. In the morning wash and moisturize and you should notice your hands and cuticles are softer. It works.

*edit* it isn't as important to wrap the fingers themselves in plastic wrap (sort of awkward) as long as you get the palm area covered and really slather the jelly on your cuticles...

Miss Darcy

12-12-2006, 04:05 AM

I'm really sorry to say this Night but my nails are much worse than yours. :p I don't really take care of them, just cut them when necessary. And the skin on the undertips of my left fingers is permanently hard and dry (and generally with a black channel cutting through) from playing the violin too much. :p

And wow, I actually posted in the Girl Talk thread! (And in case that's confusing, yes I am a girl. :p But I do tend to avoid girly discussions...as a person who spends 99% of her social life in the company of males, I'm more used to analytical conversations about technology and food. ;) Well, just this once, a bit of nice chatter isn't going to hurt.)

It's quite remarkable that no guys have posted in here yet. Did mir cast a magic circle around the thread that no males may step into? :D

dramasnot6

12-12-2006, 07:20 AM

We are lucky to have it preserved! I think, as much as i dont know about it, our nail topic has kept them out of the way. Its nice to have a lil corner of our own though..even though i too very much enjoy the company of males. My friends are about half and half in terms of gender. Its nice to have a balance.

Misscaroline

12-12-2006, 07:24 AM

I actually have so many more male friends than female. It's weird. Especially when I have to write up specific rules during Truth or Dare. But I think my "issues" yesterday might have helped ward them off...:blush:

mir

12-12-2006, 10:07 AM

Yes to the magic circle. i mean, jeez, i stayed up all night chanting; the guys BETTER not invade. :lol:

my friends are mostly all girls, given that i go to a single-gender school. Although i have met some really nice guys over the internet!! :D

Whifflingpin

12-12-2006, 10:38 AM

...... :rolleyes: .....

Idril

12-12-2006, 05:36 PM

I actually have so many more male friends than female.

When I look back on my high school and college years, the most significant friendships I had, save a couple, were with guys. I was always able and still am able to relate to men better than other women. It takes a long time for me to establish friendships with women, I can know someone for years and be friendly with them but still not consider them a friend but with men, the connection always seems to come a lot quicker. I don't know if it's a competition thing or an insecurity thing but other women often make me nervous. :rolleyes::p

Riesa

12-12-2006, 05:52 PM

Idril

12-12-2006, 06:04 PM

the things you learn when you least expect it. :p

Well, there are those rare exceptions when I make a more immediate connection with women, it just doesn't happen very often so consider yourself lucky. ;) :p :lol:

Riesa

12-12-2006, 06:05 PM

so consider yourself lucky.

indeed I do, oh goddess. :lol:

Nightshade

12-12-2006, 06:07 PM

When I look back on my high school and college years, the most significant friendships I had, save a couple, were with guys. I was always able and still am able to relate to men better than other women. It takes a long time for me to establish friendships with women, I can know someone for years and be friendly with them but still not consider them a friend but with men, the connection always seems to come a lot quicker. I don't know if it's a competition thing or an insecurity thing but other women often make me nervous. :rolleyes::p

Actually Im a bit like that but I think for me its Im alot more nervous of women because in someways I understand them better and somehow I always expect to get bitten, with guys I can be friends but it never has the same depth ( online people who are sort of niether to me really dont count) so I just find them more relaxing. Alhough I have this thing where I dont like to be touched by anyone but especially boys ( probably becaseu all my family are girls so I can bare that slightly better) that they never seem to understand and Im always geting the hand on tthe shoulder the tap on the head , although most of them en up giving me food so I never complain ... hey a free supply of choclate or crisps is good:nod:

Butterfly Dream

12-12-2006, 09:44 PM

I agree, with women you can talk in depth with instead of men. But I do talk alot with my brothers, they are like the only firiends I have. :D

Shalot

12-12-2006, 09:52 PM

Except that when you talk to some girls and mistakenly believe that those girls are your friends, you run the risk of having everything you said twisted and taken out of context.

Girls are mean. I had this experience with my friends when I was growing up. My so-called friend was an "alpha female" (I can't remember where I came across that term) but she was a real piece of work. Tread carefully when you make friends with females.

Girl talk on LitNet is just fine, but I've been stabbed in the back a time or two and I don't exactly have warm feelings to American females. I think I read some article somewhere a long time ago about how women are our own worst enemies. I wish I could remember what it was. It had something to do with women not having as much power as men, and we beat each other down and compete with each other to obtain the most desirable man with the most earning potential. Or something :confused:

Anyhoo, I have yet to find a good female friend in the world. They come and go.

Idril

12-13-2006, 12:04 AM

with guys I can be friends but it never has the same depth ( online people who are sort of niether to me really dont count) so I just find them more relaxing.

I'm kind of the opposite. It seemed that my relationships with my girlfriends were quite shallow, we talked about boys and hair and make-up and that sort of thing but I never really felt comfortable enough to express who I really was. I always felt I had to play a part but I didn't feel that with way with guys, I felt much more comfortable being myself and confident that they liked me because of who I was, not because of what I wore or who I dated, you know, that kind of superficial stuff that girls just eat up. ;) :p

My so-called friend was an "alpha female" (I can't remember where I came across that term) but she was a real piece of work.

Oh, I had one of those too and she did more to damage my self-esteem than any overly critical parent could. Even to this day, when I see her and luckily, that doesn't happen often but when I do, she makes me feel like this ugly, gawky, stupid, inconsequential 12 year old little girl. And she wonders why I'm always so cold when we see each other. :rolleyes:

Nightshade

12-13-2006, 04:19 AM

Uhh didnt express myself right k what I mean was with boys I never concider them my 'best friend' so Im never particalry upset/devestated when they just drop off the radar girls do that to me, everytime. but yeahalpha females are the worst learnt that when I was 5 and I also learned the way around it avoid anyone who sits in the cente of a crowd with seemingly dozens of friends, make friends with the outsiders and pull them out of the ditch, like I wish someone had done for me. Although I will say rooting for the underdog has got me into a few hairy situation over the years

SleepyWitch

12-13-2006, 05:37 AM

I'm have about the same number of girl and guy friends (all of them are geeks, so I'm not sure the gender makes any difference ;) )
I'm lucky because none of my female friends is of the gossiping and stab-you-in-the-back variety.

I can talk in-depth with both my male and female friends and the topics we talk about don't differ that much
with guys: *work
*univ
*relationships (our own, not those of other people)
*politics/current events/science/ (literature)
*films, books

with girls: *work
*univ
*how our colleagues got on our nerves
*relationships (our own, again, no gossiping here either)
*"wow, look at that fat woman over there, that's the ugliest pink
skirt I've ever seen and it doesn't suit her one bit"
* films/ books

I think it's a bit easier to make friends with guys though because once they've accepted you they don't change their mind.

kathycf

12-14-2006, 01:52 AM

Girls are mean. I had this experience with my friends when I was growing up. My so-called friend was an "alpha female" (I can't remember where I came across that term) but she was a real piece of work. Tread carefully when you make friends with females.

Girls Just Want to be Mean,” an article by Margaret Talbot...the article which was based upon visits to several schools and extensive interviews with students and teachers, Talbot identifies the characteristic traits and behavioral patterns of the most selective girls’ cliques, the members of which she refers to as “Alpha Girls” and “Queen Bees.” The article was originally published in the New York Times magazine and a similiar article "Alpha Girl" was published by the Washington Post.

The Times Magazine cover story, “Girls Just Want to be Mean,” the Post’s “Alpha Girl,” and John Stossel’s ABC discussion of childhood social cruelty—where the weaker sex was well represented—made essentially the same point. Girls form cliques, held together by dirty tricks, gossip, ostracism, and ridicule. And though boys are more likely to engage in fisticuffs, girls aren’t immune to the temptations of physical domination and revenge.
I read both articles when published a few years ago, but I don't have any copies stored on my computer. They are floating around somewhere upstairs in my studying room, buried among stacks of clutter. Pretty interesting stuff though. At the risk of seeming cynical, I think it is part of human nature to be mean. Males and females may have dissimiliar (and yet sometimes oddly similiar) ways of expressing cruelty and dominination, but those traits are certainly not limited to one sex or the other.

zanna

12-14-2006, 02:29 AM

I hope y'all don't mind if I put in my two cents. I am most definitely female, so that shouldn't be a problem. :)
I have noticed the "alpha females" too, and they aren't fun to be around. At my school, there are all the typical groups. I'm next to the scum of the scum on the social scale, but you'd be amazed how many cool people are "down there." I found a best friend in second grade, and we've stayed pretty close over the years, but that hasn't stopped me from making several more friends. As a wall-flower kind of kid (smart-ish, but shy, etc), I have been really lucky these past few years to develop so many more friendships. Elementary and middle school can be heinous, especially if the popular kids don't like you. Or only like you for the homework. :(
But it is always nice to meet new people, and make new friends. And, I must admit, some of my closest friends are guys. One guy in particular is just really nice to everyone; friendly to all. He's so cool that he can hang out with anyone he wants, and doesn't get rapped for it. Whereas, some of the popular kids wouldn't be caught dead with the nerds/geeks/goths/etc, he can pull it off. I think he couldn't care less what "standing" that person has, if he wants to hang out with them, he's going to. Yay for people like that. I'm trying to take notes and reciprocate -- I can sympathize with Nightshade, about making friends with the outsiders.
Yay also for being different -- if we all wore the same clothes or liked the same things, that would be boring. I've been called weird and crazy, but who says it has to be an insult? :p

RobinHood3000

12-14-2006, 07:10 AM

HOO-rah for nerds and geeks.

Somehow, I manage to make all kinds of friends. I don't claim to know one person from every clique, but they're a pretty diverse bunch, I think, although it could probably stand to be more so.

mir

12-14-2006, 04:45 PM

. . . ROBIN!!

You terrible person, you broke our all-girls uninterrupted winning streak! :eek2: Go back to your cute girl in class! :p

grace86

12-14-2006, 04:50 PM

I agree, with women you can talk in depth with instead of men. But I do talk alot with my brothers, they are like the only firiends I have. :D

I can talk to very few women. I tend to have very close friendships with all the males I make friends with....I cannot stand that so many girls seem to exist for the sole purpose of gossip. When I am at church and have the choice to be with the girls gossiping or to be with the guys practicing and warming up for worship - my feet are taking me to hang out with the guys.

dramasnot6

12-15-2006, 07:32 AM

oh no...our female thread has been tainted.:( Guess it had to happen sooner or later...ive heard of an all female island in ancient Greece called Lesbos with only women who were hunting warriors. Would you ever consider in living in that sort of place? Looks pretty cool actually.....

SleepyWitch

12-15-2006, 07:42 AM

hehe, drama, there is a reason the place is called Lesbos :p
(or rather the other way round: there's a reason lesbians are called lesbians) :)

The word "lesbian" is derived from the Victorian interpretation of the poems of Sappho, whose poetry was taken to mean sexual love rather than emotional or Platonic love between her and other women. Because of this association, Lesbos and especially the town of Eresos, birthplace of Sappho, are visited frequently by lesbian tourists.

mir

12-15-2006, 08:13 AM

yeah but that doesn't mean the whole island was lesbian, just Sappho. :p

i think it would be sort of fun! :D though . . . a lot like the school i go to now!

dramasnot6

12-15-2006, 08:57 AM

I just looked it up and it turns out all the women living there had to cut off one breast in order to do archery! Maybe not such a great idea after all...ouch....not the best medical technology back then either.....And lets not assume due to the name all the dwellers of Lesbos, were...well...true to the word. Every so often they imported some guys in, had their way with them, and sent em back. Kind of empowering huh? Like guys werent the only ones long ago to really objectify women...or maybe im putting too much feminist bias in my interpretation as always :p

Misscaroline

12-15-2006, 07:23 PM

Nah, Drame. Free interpretation for you, my dear. ((For those who were involved in the advising of my little Girl Talk drama, it is now resolved...))

SummerSolstice

12-15-2006, 08:03 PM

I just looked it up and it turns out all the women living there had to cut off one breast in order to do archery!

Indeed... that charming little practice was where the name of the legendary Amazon race came from (a, meaning not or no, + mamma, meaning breast).

Words are fun, even when they're kinda wierd. :thumbs_up

Girl talk? I haven't had much, really. My best friend is my brother, so not much help there--even though I do sometimes slip into girl talk with (or at) him, forgetting he's actually a guy. O_O If it's something tame, he'll nod and uh-huh as long as I need to talk, but every so often it gets out of his field and he has to very squirmily speak up and say something like, "Hey, uh, I hate to be a bother, but can we not talk about bras? Thank you." :lol:

Then there was the MSN four-way conversation where me and two other girls started talking about menses and cup sizes and had a grand old time. Unfortunately, the one who made it a four-way instead of a three-way was a mutual guy friend who very quietly logged out of the conversation about ten minutes into it. We all laughed, invited him back, and made our own girl-talk window so he wouldn't have to be left out. :p

dramasnot6

12-15-2006, 08:14 PM

Whifflingpin has been a wonderful gentleman and, in consideration for not crashing our girl thread, PM-d me some really interesting information about Lesbos. Thanks! :D

"I just looked it up and it turns out all the women living there had to cut off one breast in order to do archery!"
Umhum - that was Amazons (Greek: a-mazon = without breast) - if I remember rightly, they lived in or near Colchis, at the eastern end of the Black sea.

And "lesbian" is derived from Lesbos, not the other way round, and, yes, it has its present meaning because of Sappho and her friends. (Had to smile at the more than Victorian prudery and slight inaccuracy of the Wikipedia description - Byron at least had no doubt about the sexual nature of Sappho's poetry, long before the Victorians
"The isles of Greece! The isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung"
)

And Lesbos was also famous for its pirates - perhaps the most famous Lesbian pirates were the Barbarossa brothers.

To be a pirate and rob men of their riches....it might be quite an experience. Ive always wanted to wear a bandana for a reason :p

papayahed

12-15-2006, 09:44 PM

Wow this thread has taken a change since we were talking about nails..

Misscaroline

12-15-2006, 09:53 PM

An interesting fact: Ovid's inspiration for the Ars Amatoria, or Art of Loving:blush:, was a woman named Clodia, who was married at the time of their affairs... So he refered to her as Lesbia in all of his works! :D

dramasnot6

12-16-2006, 09:45 AM

:lol: How ironic!

Koa

12-16-2006, 11:37 AM

. Every so often they imported some guys in, had their way with them, and sent em back.

Now that's the way to do things!!! :D

Madhuri

12-17-2006, 07:37 AM

Can anyone give me any idea about how to effectively do crunches. I dont think I am getting it right....I have a desk job and I am afraid I might get a pot-belly....:p :D

dramasnot6

12-17-2006, 09:08 AM

gah..crunches..i too struggled when first trying them. Theres no easy way around them, just dont push yourself to do too many at first and then get dissapointed and quite. Do them little by little, day by day. If combines with plenty of cardio exercise and some weight training its the most effective way to prevent tummies :) During school I'm in a constant state of study and also forced myself to learn the ways of quickie but frequent visits to the gym to keep the consequences for my study-snacking far, far away;) :p

Niamh

12-17-2006, 09:49 AM

Ok crunches.... what kind of exercise are they?

dramasnot6

12-17-2006, 10:26 AM

Crunches, AKA sit-ups or curl-ups. Dreadful but useful exercise to work your abdominals.

Nightshade

12-17-2006, 10:31 AM

hey I hurt myself doing one of those and the next day I ended up with a massive stretch mark across my stomach ...which really really pissed me off . so be careful maddie:nod:

dramasnot6

12-17-2006, 10:49 AM

Oh yes, read up on them on the web a bit first maddie! These instructions seem very clear http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Sit-Ups
i had to go really slow the first time i tried them. Its funny, in like 2nd grade when we were first forced into them during Gym class i was completely reluctant and angry at such a cruel fate but now im doing them intentionally. I guess its like anything else that changes over time, i used to hate eating mushrooms too :p

Madhuri

12-17-2006, 11:52 AM

Thanks!! I think I get it, I was putting my hands behind my head, that ways this might become stressful. This link has some useful tips. :)

mir

12-17-2006, 03:25 PM

SleepyWitch

12-18-2006, 05:36 AM

i hate sit ups!
what i sometimes do is I sit on my bed in a sit-up-like position while reading a book. it's really cool because the book distracts you from the horrible, cruel and absolutely inhumane pain in your muscles.

Serenata

12-18-2006, 01:45 PM

I always start an exercise routine, but after a while I forget. I was doing pilates for a while, but the interest went away. I also tried a bellydancing video, but I couldn't keep up with the instructors. It was so discouraging! This year, I'm in a fitness class in school, and I've had some results with that. Whatever you do, just make sure you listen to your body Maddie! And drink plenty of water. I almost passed out during the bellydance video because I forgot to drink water. Not fun.

papayahed

12-18-2006, 04:37 PM

Hey! there's another Kansan on the board! Alright pretty soon we can take over.

Madhuri

12-18-2006, 10:04 PM

Also, Maddie - what i do, when crew season isn't on, is when i get home from school and want to relax, i watch TV and excersize during the commercials. you don't even need any equipment - just do jumping jacks, crunches, leg lifts, or pushups. it helps if you alternate for all of them. and if you can keep it up during all the commercials in a one-hour show, you've got fifteen or twenty minutes of excersize right there! :D

I think it will be a good idea. This will be enough to tone up the body.

I always start an exercise routine, but after a while I forget. I was doing pilates for a while, but the interest went away. I also tried a bellydancing video, but I couldn't keep up with the instructors. It was so discouraging! This year, I'm in a fitness class in school, and I've had some results with that. Whatever you do, just make sure you listen to your body Maddie! And drink plenty of water. I almost passed out during the bellydance video because I forgot to drink water. Not fun.

I drink water as much as I can, but I think during exercises more water is needed, lack of it might also result in cramps.

dramasnot6

12-19-2006, 01:04 AM

Water is very very key to all exercise. In an intense 2 hour work out at the gym i go through at least 2 liters! But i need all of it too. I hate sit-ups but theyre the most effective way to tighten your stomach, so i reluctantly do them a few times a week. i too like pilates Serenata! im terrible at them with my 0 coordination and natural flexibility though, but theyve really made a difference in both those areas. do you do them on your own?

Nightshade

01-19-2007, 03:19 PM

I bought 2 new pairs of shoes today, well sandally type shoes. A red glitry dorthy(wizard of oz) ruby slipper type shoe and my very very first pair of heels :D:D but I cant get a decent pic of the heels with my what do you call webcam I need to borrow someone digital camera, or buy one myself I suppose.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/dorthyshoetable2.jpg
ooo sparkly!!

Madhuri

01-19-2007, 03:52 PM

That looks really pretty, and very nice colour too :nod: good choice

mir

01-19-2007, 04:47 PM

whoa! pretty, night! :)

i just bought my first ever miniskirt . . . it feels really strange, since i hardly ever wear skirts or dresses anyways! but it's kind of fun. :p

dramasnot6

01-19-2007, 06:32 PM

Love the shoes night! Very pretty and feminine :) What is the color/design of your mini skirt mir?

livelaughlove

01-19-2007, 07:39 PM

kathycf

01-20-2007, 12:13 AM

Hey girls!
Can I join in? I'm a girl but entering a little late in the game...

Of course, and welcome. :D

dramasnot6

01-20-2007, 12:21 AM

Hey girls!
Can I join in? I'm a girl but entering a little late in the game...

Mir, I'm totally with you. I have maybe 4 skirts and only one fits me, and even then I NEVER wear it. Maybe because it's winter here. But they just aren't me - now sweatpants or jeans I can do, any day!

Of course! You can join any time. Welcome:)

I personally never wear skirts for casual wear, but occasionally slip on one I feel comfortable with when going out. I like to collect more interesting skirts that fit my personality a bit more to make wearing them more bearable. When I went to Bali I bought many beatiful Batik skirts. I'll google some batik to see if there's anything that looks similar to them...
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p231/dramasnot6/batik2.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p231/dramasnot6/batik1-1.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p231/dramasnot6/SARONGS_15_55280.jpg

They have patterns similar to this
I usually have to wear short skirts because I myself am short.

kathycf

01-20-2007, 12:28 AM

I love casual skirts and dresses, (batik is a nice look, btw) but tend to wear them only in the warm weather. They are so much more comfortable and flattering to me than shorts. It is hard to look good in shorts when one has...er, "too much junk in the trunk". :p :lol:

It can be tough getting ones that aren't too long. I am short as well, Drama. Isn't it annoying to go look at clothing and see that it all appears to be designed for people approximately 8 feet tall?

Nightshade

01-20-2007, 02:12 AM

Well I have to wear long goes with the head cover the truly annoyimg thing I find is that proper long skirts in the UK are made for 6 feet tall amazons or you have skirts that end half way down my calf. Which is why I shop at George, and learned to sew, and have boots that come up to my knees.

zanna

01-20-2007, 02:23 AM

I also have a hard time finding the right length of skirt! Why can't they make more that are closer to floor length? I'm too hyper to wear a mini-skirt, you never know what might happen! :eek: Try to avoid embarrassing myself. Way to go, learning to sew, Night! I have learned a little, but haven't got around to making my own clothes yet. I need a new formal skirt, tho, and might try sewing it myself. I have a close guy friend that has not one, but two sewing machines!! He's amazing with a needle and thread, and does some pretty sweet stuff. Offered to make the skirt for me, but I should probably figure it out, too, just for refrence. :)
Very pretty patterns, drama! I have one skirt that is very brightly made. It's fun to wear, and the neat thing is, it's reversible, and the other side is a little more tame, so it's two skirts in one!
Also a fan of tall boots. What is everyone's favorite pair of shoes? I'll have to think about that for myself . . .

dramasnot6

01-20-2007, 02:58 AM

Shoes? I love shortish black boots. Like these without the buckle

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p231/dramasnot6/booy.jpg

toni

01-20-2007, 03:00 AM

whoa! pretty, night! :)

i just bought my first ever miniskirt . . . it feels really strange, since i hardly ever wear skirts or dresses anyways! but it's kind of fun. :p

Welcome to the club! I dont wear skirts...:D

Nightshade

01-20-2007, 03:12 PM

Koa

01-20-2007, 03:20 PM

I bought my first skirt when I was 20, and I must admit it's really comfortable, I still love it but it does look old - it's a summer one though, that's why it's comfy... I bought my first winter skirt more or less one year ago, and I seldom wear it - one reason is that I don't like tights, I used to hate them and now I avoid them if I know I'll be out all day... I can't stand them that long. I also bought purple tights to go with my black 'dress' kinda thing, but I still haven't worn them. It's a dress I wear over jeans, I love these long long sweaters that could be dresses that can be worn with trousers. Shame they're so in fashion and everybody has them...

Nightshade

01-20-2007, 04:03 PM

mir

01-20-2007, 06:07 PM

Love the shoes night! Very pretty and feminine :) What is the color/design of your mini skirt mir?

actually i can post a picture of me wearing it . . . but be warned, me and miniskirts may not be the best match. :p i'm back to regular jeans with you, Toni! :thumbs_up

Koa

01-20-2007, 07:17 PM

yes I love those too, which reminds me I need to stock up on them before they go out of fashion and I cant get them for love or money.

You read my mind baby. :nod: I got one at Primark which is actually for summer (it's not too skirty even, more of a long t-shirt...or it would make for a veeeeeeeeeeery short skirt but anyway I see girls here don't make a problem of wearing those with tights or very tight trousers lol) and looks exactly the same as one I bought last summer, but this one is black like I wanted, while the other one is stripey (I got it because I really wanted something like that and that one was literally the only one that could fit the big me) so now I have two - only 4 pounds it was :p

zanna

01-20-2007, 10:48 PM

What I don't understand is when girls wear mini skirts on the day it snows. I'm a fan of my wool coat when it gets that cold! :cold: And Night, I agree. It'd be cool if he could pull it off . . . he's done some amazing things with a thread and needle. :)

kathycf

01-20-2007, 11:59 PM

Maybe he could help you sew it...like a communal project. Then you know it would come out nice and learn something too. I am hopeless with a sewing machine.

My middle school was one of the first to have co-educational home economics and woodshop classes. Girls and boys were required to take a semester of each, in each school year. I wasn't afraid to use a band saw but the sewing machine scared the heck out of me. :rolleyes: :lol: Still have some of the stuff I made in woodshop...

So mir, you gonna post a pic of you in your skirt? :)

Koa

01-21-2007, 08:25 AM

What I don't understand is when girls wear mini skirts on the day it snows. I'm a fan of my wool coat when it gets that cold! :cold:

The UK is crazy...they wear mini skirts, sometimes with no tights or with half leg out anyway, sandals, shoes with no socks...in winter when I have 3 layers, warm socks, big shoes not to get rained in... :confused:

Nightshade

01-21-2007, 08:30 AM

or tops that dont really work as tops at alll :rolleyes:

Actually I want say this I got a wierd compliment yesterday, I got back to mancehesr went throught the reception to my halls and there were these people and this guy says what kind of moistersier do you use and I said none which sent him into fits of jealousy and he ened up stroking my face ( megga wierd but I started doing the librar wierdo proceedure..keep smiling and appear to engage them in conversation while planning escape) Anyway the hoobla he goes " You know your hearing the truth when a gay man tells you your beautiful, because if you were ugly we just wouldnt talk to you" SO I guess a random stranger said I had beautiful skin....sint that nice, and creepy. :goof:

Koa

01-21-2007, 08:33 AM

lol creepy yes but great. oh so he was gay, what a shame, no love affair ;)

niiightyyy stop replying to my post i have to go and do something else ;)

Nightshade

01-21-2007, 08:41 AM

So do I but Im avoiding it its call Procrastination.....

papayahed

01-21-2007, 11:58 AM

RobinHood3000

01-21-2007, 12:23 PM

Why "foot mask"? Why not "moisturizing/exfoliating shoe"?

papayahed

01-21-2007, 01:41 PM

Why "foot mask"? Why not "moisturizing/exfoliating shoe"?

I think you're on to something...

kathycf

01-21-2007, 03:45 PM

For Chistmas I got a "foot care" basket. In the basket was the usual - lotion, pumice stone, polish but what is throwing me off is a the jar called "Foot Mask". It's like a face mask - it's supposed to draw out impurities and rejuvenate the skin. I don't understand? Do I need to draw out the imputrities in my feet? And what do I do while me feet are masked? I can't walk around, seems like it's a big mess waiting to happen. I wonder if I can use this as a face mask????

It is just going to smooth out the skin on your feet, just like a facial mask does for facial skin. You could put a towel on a chair, slather the goop on your feet and then put your feet up on the chair. Keep another towel and maybe some baby wipes if you have them nearby. After waiting about 10 minutes wipe off the mask stuff and then wash your feet to remove residue. Pat dry, then put on the lotion while the skin is still a little damp, that will help seal moisture into the skin.

You could use the mask (it is probably a clay type of mask) on your face, but if you have sensitive or dry facial skin I wouldn't.

Scheherazade

01-21-2007, 05:27 PM

I wonder if I can use this as a face mask????Not unless you want to bring out the corns and the verrucas on your face! :p

Nightshade

01-21-2007, 06:23 PM

[QUOTE=papayahed;319867 I wonder if I can use this as a face mask????[/QUOTE]
No Itll probably take the skin off your face!!

Sit down put your feet up and read a book. or surf the net.

kathycf

01-21-2007, 07:23 PM

Well, I think any kind of facial clay mask is going to be much too drying to anybody with sensitive or dry skin. They are useful for a very oily complexion though, but should only be left on for about 5 minutes. And yes, I know papaya was asking about the foot mask. That always make me think of one of those fancy dress/masquerade balls....:lol:

Lil Stras 007

01-21-2007, 08:13 PM

Nightshade, Dostor who rocks!! I love that show!

papayahed

03-18-2007, 11:01 PM

I found a new way to do my hair! I can never find a happy medium; my hair is either a small curl or straight and I want a loose large curl. So far it worked today, hopefully it will continue on subsquent stylings.

dramasnot6

03-19-2007, 06:33 AM

Show us a pic papaya! :D

papayahed

04-11-2007, 07:44 PM

Show us a pic papaya! :D

I'm on here somewhere.

Idril

04-11-2007, 07:49 PM

It's a picture of you with your car, right? I bet it's on the photo directory thread.

papayahed

04-11-2007, 07:50 PM

Years ago I used to put a little jojoba oil in my hair, for some reason I stopped using it. I'm thinking because the store stopped selling it and I was too lazy to lotry elsewhere. Ysterday I bought some jojoba oil for a facial treatment and decided to try it out on my hair (just a couple drops). Holy Mackeral it really made a difference in the shine and really calmed down the frizziness.

It's a picture of you with your car, right? I bet it's on the photo directory thread.

That's not my car. It belongs to an eccentric friend.

Shalot

04-11-2007, 08:54 PM

I don't wear eyeshadow because I wear glasses and I really don't have the set up in my house to apply eyeshadow (especially without glasses) on account of the bad lighting in the bathroom and no counter space to work etc.

However, we went out to a sandwich shop and the girl who brought our food had the coolest eyeshadow. She had blue eyes (or at least blue contacts) and she had all this dark blue and purple stuff on her lids. Sounds tacky I know but the way she put it on and shaped everything was just really interesting. She had black eyeliner and mascara and the whole effect was very dramatic (though I don't know why she went to work like that --- it looked more like something you would wear to a club).

I know the point of make-up is to play up natural features, and have poeple notice you and not your make-up, but this was an exception. So, anyone have any tips on putting on eyeshadow?

kathycf

04-11-2007, 09:46 PM

Well, actually I do. I have had some varied jobs...from furniture stripper to makeup artist and some office stuff in between.

The first thing to keep in mind is that you are right, that sort of look is more appropriate to a club or something. The key to wearing dark colors is that you will need to blend them. A cotton ball for powder shadow or a cosmetic sponge for cream eyeshadow works best for blending. Ummm, I am going to log off for a few minutes, I will be back in a bit to finish this post....

*edit*

Ok, back. When you put the shadow on, you have to keep in mind the shape of your eye, and whether your eyes are close together or far apart.

Close together eyes: put a lighter color in the inner corners and darker on the outer corners.
Far set eyes: reverse the order of the colors.

Round eyes, you can do the same as close set eyes, and put a little bit of white eyeshadow right over the pupil.

Remember to blend well, there shouldn't be any clear line of where one color ends and the next begins.

Mascara should be more concentrated towards the outer corners of the eyes, and comb through so you don't get clumpies. I personally think too much eyeliner looks gross. When I use it, I put it on the top lid only, putting eyeliner on both upper and lower lids closes in your eyes and makes them look smaller.

Well, hope that helps.

SleepyWitch

04-12-2007, 03:00 AM

Ok, back. When you put the shadow on, you have to keep in mind the shape of your eye, and whether your eyes are close together or far apart.

Close together eyes: put a lighter color in the inner corners and darker on the outer corners.
Far set eyes: reverse the order of the colors.

Round eyes, you can do the same as close set eyes, and put a little bit of white eyeshadow right over the pupil.

Remember to blend well, there shouldn't be any clear line of where one color ends and the next begins.

wow kathy, you seem to know about everything and anything from posting pics to 'painting' one's face :)

what do i do with eyes that are neither very close nor very far?
so i have to use two colours?

i read somewhere you're supposed to apply eyeliner in between you eyelashes.. how does this work? mine are all bushy and criss-cross, so it doesn't work. i usually apply it a tiny little above the lashes

Nightshade

04-12-2007, 04:29 AM

I supose its a skill worth knowing even if I never use it... Papya whats this oil?
Im going to have to start making my own hair rinse again...why did they take the herbal essence for greasy hair off the market :bawling:

kathycf

04-12-2007, 02:21 PM

wow kathy, you seem to know about everything and anything from posting pics to 'painting' one's face :)

what do i do with eyes that are neither very close nor very far?
so i have to use two colours?

i read somewhere you're supposed to apply eyeliner in between you eyelashes.. how does this work? mine are all bushy and criss-cross, so it doesn't work. i usually apply it a tiny little above the lashes

Actually, I just have a good memory, so it makes me seem like I know lots of things. You don't have to use two colors, but it does add more depth to do so. You can apply a medium color across the lid, and then add a darker color in the "crease" of your eyelid. I use a cotton swab when I do that, because over everything else, you don't want obvious lines and slashes of color.

I read about the in between the eyelashes trick as well, and sure, it looks nice when done correctly. However, I personally don't have the patience to do that. Just try to get a soft line as close to your lashes as possible. Another thing to try instead of eyeliner is applying mascara as close to the roots of the lashes as you can. Concentrate the application there, and then move the brush down the length of the lash.

Be careful though. I jabbed myself in the eye once with a mascara wand and that is not a fun thing to do.

I supose its a skill worth knowing even if I never use it... Papya whats this oil?
Im going to have to start making my own hair rinse again...why did they take the herbal essence for greasy hair off the market :bawling:
Papaya mentions jojoba oil, but for oily hair you might want to try a little rosemary essential oil. Just a couple of small drops, rubbed through the hair and then brushed.

Oh gosh, I am so obnoxious. Sorry to be such a know-it-all, ladies. *blush*

papayahed

04-12-2007, 02:37 PM

Papaya mentions jojoba oil, but for oily hair you might want to try a little rosemary essential oil. Just a couple of small drops, rubbed through the hair and then brushed.

Yeah, my hair tends to be dry.

Oh gosh, I am so obnoxious. Sorry to be such a know-it-all, ladies.

You're not obnoxious at all. I love talking about this stuff.

Madhuri

04-12-2007, 02:59 PM

Hey Kathy you give great advice :nod: May I ask you something too?

How do I use kajal / kohl without it being smudged. I dont use mascara or any other eye makeup, but I do once in a while use kohl. It becomes messy, and the under-eye are becomes darker. Is there anyway that can prevent it from smudging?

kathycf

04-12-2007, 08:41 PM

I don't think we will have to worry about the boys in this thread, they like food but I think cosmetics talk leaves them cold....:lol: I am glad I am not the only one who likes makeup stuff. :)

Maddie, I had to refresh my memory about kohl. I had read about it, but for some reason thought of it in my head as a cream type thing, and it is a powder. One piece of trivia I just read is both men and women in desert climates applied kohl to the eyelids because the dark color helps protect the eyes against the bright sun. See, we are talking about makeup AND learning! :p I would be very careful using any kind of stick near the eyes. VERY careful.

To apply kohl you need:
1) a small stick or large toothpick which has both ends rounded off. Place this in olive oil overnight so that it soaks into the wood. You may also use the olive oil to clean your stick after use.
2) a packet of kohl powder.

IMPORTANT: If you wear contact lenses you must apply kohl BEFORE inserting lenses. (Mandatory legal disclaimer: In my experience this has not damaged my gas-permeable contact lenses, however I accept no liability if somehow you feel that it has damaged yours.) To proceed with application: pick up stick in right hand to apply to right eye. Dip tip of stick into kohl powder. Hold stick parallel to eye, and starting at the inner point of the eye, run it between the eyelids ACTUALLY TOUCHING THE EYE. (It doesn't hurt, really.) Re-powder stick, pick up in left hand and repeat on the other side. You may also enhance your eyebrows, or draw points off the end of your eyes.

You will feel when it is in the correct location, and you will have your eyelids nicely black around the roots of the eyelashes with no white skin showing. Kohl is water-proof but not "spit-proof", which is a great atribute in hot climates. A tiny amount of power will last you a couple of years, and it's much healthier for your eye than commercial cosmetics which you wouldn't dare put into your eye. Excess powder will gather at the corner of the eyes and you can remove it. It is much less artificial looking than painting a line outside the lids with commercial eyeliners; people will notice your eyes, but they won't be quite sure why.

About the importation of khol. Be careful with some khols. the scariest a notice/reminder from the FDA and the customes agency : about the importation of khol which contains some lead that could be : very harmful! Mainly any khol which isn't stamped with ingredients or : something mentioning the content is under extreme suspicion. : ...so...be careful. if in doubt - ask. but, i have found *good* khol to be wonderful!

Madhuri

04-13-2007, 02:51 AM

This method is an old way of applying kohl. These days there are kohl pencils that can be used, and I use one such pencil. I guess I need to practice more so that it doesnt spread.

Thanks Kathy ! :D

Moira

04-13-2007, 06:39 AM

This method is an old way of applying kohl. These days there are kohl pencils that can be used, and I use one such pencil. I guess I need to practice more so that it doesnt spread.

Thanks Kathy ! :D

Yes there are kohl pencils and i experienced the same problems you are talking about. I guess it depends on the quality of the brand of the pencils, some are definetely better than others.

Adudaewen

04-13-2007, 07:52 AM

This method is an old way of applying kohl. These days there are kohl pencils that can be used, and I use one such pencil. I guess I need to practice more so that it doesnt spread.
I had the same trouble when I used kohl for the first time, Madhuri. I ended up looking like I came out on the losing side of a fist fight. Whenever I use any kind of liner, kohl included, I use a slant brush and load it up with some loose powder. Then I sweep it across my bottom lid starting at the inner corner. That keeps it from traveling. I also use a Kleenex and dab the bottom lid to get rid of all the loose kohl powder or any clumps from my liner.

My favorite makeup tip I got from Carmandie on What not to Wear on TLC(my favorite show!). She suggests using a subtle shimmer eye shadow, about a shade lighter than your skin tone. Sweep some right under your brow, in the inside corner of your eye, and across your cheek bone starting at the outer corner of your eye near your temple to about half way across your cheek. Then take a neutral color of liner or shadow, like a cocoa brown and really smudge that into your lash line. I like to use a q-tip to really smudge it. Then use some brown or brownish black mascara and a light gloss close to your natural lip color to pull it all together. It really helps make you look fresh and pretty. Its a great 5 min routine and it really makes a difference.
Having brown eyes, I really love to use shadow to play up the color. I use a lot of plums and purples and its amazing how much the color pops. I like to use green, too. But you have to be really careful because greens can look really tacky. Use a really sheer, shimmery color and like Kathy says, blend, blend blend! I've also struggled with the fact that my eyes are really small and kind of squinty. I combat it by only using liner and mascara on the top lids and it really helps to open my eyes up. Its a good tip for girls who wear glasses too.
I'm a totaly eyeshadow-aholic, and I love to experiment. I've actually come up with about 15 different ways to do my eyes, which makes it really fun, especially for going out.

Does anyone have any success using hair wax? I've tried to get that "piece-y" look, but it always ends up just looking stringy. Any tips?

the fett man

04-13-2007, 10:42 AM

hey have any of you ever gotten your hair done in new york. I did last week and it sucked i will never go there again from now on i am going to Paris to get my hair done.

papayahed

04-13-2007, 10:56 AM

My favorite makeup tip I got from Carmandie on What not to Wear on TLC(my favorite show!).

I love that show. Stacy London is getting her own show, I don't know if it's on yet but I'm gonna try to catch it.

Having brown eyes, I really love to use shadow to play up the color. I use a lot of plums and purples and its amazing how much the color pops. I like to use green, too. But you have to be really careful because greens can look really tacky.

HaHa I tried green once and I looked like a deranged frog.

Bakiryu

04-13-2007, 11:00 AM

I love green, It makes my eyes look actually golden, like light amber. It's apity i don't have that many matching clothes to really play up the color.

kathycf

04-13-2007, 12:43 PM

This method is an old way of applying kohl. These days there are kohl pencils that can be used, and I use one such pencil. I guess I need to practice more so that it doesnt spread.

Thanks Kathy ! :D
Well, practice makes perfect...:p One thing to keep in mind is you will not want sunscreen or moisturizer directly under your eyes as they will make the pencil not last as long and give it a tendency to spread and smear. This goes for regular eyeliner pencils as well, actually.

General eyeliner tip:
If you really want eyeliner to last, you can do a couple of things, but they take a few minutes longer. I don't do them because I am too lazy, but if you are going out for a special occasion then it is worthwhile to take the time.

1.) your favorite eyeliner
2.) a powdered eyeshadow in a matching shade.

Line your eye with the pencil. Smooth the line gently with a cotton swab, then take the little sponge applicator that comes with the eyeshadow. Run the edge of it (not the flat part) gently across the shadow, and trace the eyeliner line with the shadow. Blend again with the swab. The powder in the shadow helps "set" the pencil without affecting the color of it.

*edit*

I love green, It makes my eyes look actually golden, like light amber. It's apity i don't have that many matching clothes to really play up the color.
You really don't need to match your eyeshadow color to your clothes, in fact I never bother to do that. When you do your makeup, just try to stay with brighter color on one feature and softer colors on the rest and if you keep in the same color family it should look fine. By color family I mean cool colors like blues, silvers and purples and warm colors like mocha and gold (sometimes green can be warm as well). Neutral colors like black, white and taupe go with either. Most brownish toned eyeshadows will work ok with lipcolor from either warm or cool families.

HaHa I tried green once and I looked like a deranged frog.
I remember seeing ladies in the late 70s and early 80s with that kind of look, remember those awful colors they had back then? :lol:

This is a good place to go to read about tips, Beauty Addict (http://beautyaddictmag.com/).

Adudaewen

04-13-2007, 08:06 PM

I love that show. Stacy London is getting her own show, I don't know if it's on yet but I'm gonna try to catch it.

The first episode was on last Sunday and I got to watch it. It was awesome! I love Stacy, she is my idol!!! Also I love Clinton, is he just the cutest?

And Kathy, you have such great tips! Thanx for sharing those!

kathycf

04-13-2007, 10:11 PM

And Kathy, you have such great tips! Thanx for sharing those!
Oh, sure...I love talking makeup. It has been a long time since I worked as a makeup artist, so I may have to start watching that show you and papaya are referring to. Sounds pretty cool.

Madhuri

04-14-2007, 04:25 AM

Well, practice makes perfect...:p One thing to keep in mind is you will not want sunscreen or moisturizer directly under your eyes as they will make the pencil not last as long and give it a tendency to spread and smear. This goes for regular eyeliner pencils as well, actually.

Thanks Kathy ! I think not using moisturiser will help :nod:

I know of a hair pack that can help cool off your head in summer time. Use some cool yoghurt (you can keep it in the fridge) add a little chickpea flour (thanks to Kathy again, I know what Besan means), make it into a paste, and apply it on your hair, leave it for an hour or two, and wash it with plain water or shampoo. This works in addition to the cooling effect, as a conditioner too, leaves hair soft and adds shine.

I must have posted this somewhere else, but can't recall which thread.

Nightshade

04-14-2007, 03:46 PM

Really???:eek:

Madhuri

04-15-2007, 01:13 AM

Really???:eek:

It definitely works :nod:.

dramasnot6

04-15-2007, 01:17 AM

Wow, sounds like quite the technique Maddie! I will have to try it out on my hair next summer. I wish I had it this summer though, I bet it would have really helped on some of those 45+celsius days

Madhuri

04-15-2007, 01:23 AM

It helps a lot, especially in the summers I use it a lot and it definitely works. You just need to have cool yoghurt, start applying from scalp towards the tip of the hair partition.

unknown_lady

04-15-2007, 03:30 PM

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey

may i join ya

first of all

what a nice topic

it would helps us to discover what the newest thin about make-up hair style whatever

i wanna ask ys what's the lastest hair cut's and the lastst hair style how it looked

so i wii do it here lool before anyone else

i saw an article yesterday it was about all that newest hair style in Lebanon it was manishly style ihate that not that femminne

i wanna somethin more cute femminin what should i do just tell me what are you doin

otherthin I wanna ask ya about The big stores here in Saudi Arabia the brough to us very bad colllections donna know why thought everybody buy it

and when i went to burberry everytime and buy new clothes i saw anew thin over ther in London a new collections whilewe still have the old one

so what I;m askin here would you advised me to buy from the site itself

is it safe or not

and that is

waiting for you'r replys

bye

kathycf

04-16-2007, 12:44 PM

Hi there, unknown_lady! :wave:

I don't know what advice I could offer regarding hair styles. I sometimes read Allure Magazine (http://www.allure.com/), so maybe browsing one of your favorite magazines for hair styles you like would be a good start.

As for shopping online, I have purchased items from Amazon, a fairly well known online retailer, and never had a problem. I think Burberry's is a pretty well known (at least I have heard of it! :lol: ) and established company, so I would think it would be fine to shop online at their website. It is a personal decision and I wouldn't want to say yes you should shop online or no, you shouldn't. That must be something for you to decide to do if you feel comfortable.

optimisticnad

04-16-2007, 12:53 PM

hey have any of you ever gotten your hair done in new york. I did last week and it sucked i will never go there again from now on i am going to Paris to get my hair done.

i wish i was that wealthy to fly into places all over the world just to get my hair done! :lol:

:thumbs_up good luck.

papayahed

04-16-2007, 04:13 PM

Secret Tropical Tango Deodorant smells like jello shots.

Idril

04-16-2007, 04:24 PM

Secret Tropical Tango Deodorant smells like jello shots.

:lol: :lol: I'm suddenly getting college flashbacks. :p

RobinHood3000

04-16-2007, 10:20 PM

Have you ever looked at the packaging for a bar of soap and thought it was describing a snack food?

dramasnot6

04-16-2007, 10:34 PM

That often happens with those fancy body scrubs. "Green tea extract,honey, millk solids, orange rind" I would think I was showering with a granola bar.

kathycf

04-17-2007, 09:33 AM

Secret had these body sprays out last year, there was one called Midnight Rose...I think that was the correct name. I really liked it (it wasn't anything like a tea rose smell, more spicy.) So of course, it got discontinued. :(

dramasnot6

04-17-2007, 11:32 AM

Aww that happens to me all the time kathy. Sounds like a lovely scent.

Nightshade

04-17-2007, 02:18 PM

papayahed

05-17-2007, 09:01 PM

About my hair, today was a low humid day. I bought a new round of products and tried Rusk Wired which worked out really well - unfortunately today was the exception humidity wise.

Bakiryu

05-17-2007, 10:55 PM

I just died my hair deep ink black bought some new books and doubly pierce my ear (which for some reason keeps bleeding). School's gonna be over on a few weeks so maybe I'll buy a whole new wardrobe and get some blue/purple highlights.....and maybe another piercing.

higley

05-18-2007, 12:17 AM

I'd love to try purple highlights but I hate how fast that stuff fades out... :|

Reccura

05-18-2007, 01:53 AM

Ha, talk all about it to Toni... She wants highlights on her hair badly!!! Mayba I'd want to have a gold strand... :D

Moira

05-18-2007, 03:03 AM

I've got a henna tattoo on my finger, and i love it:).

Nightshade

05-18-2007, 06:31 AM

I've got a henna tattoo on my finger, and i love it:).
Piccy?

I just died my hair deep ink black bought some new books and doubly pierce my ear (which for some reason keeps bleeding).
Id wait a while longer to get new piercings if your having trouble with the ones you just got :nod: And if it keeps bleeding Im sure your supposed to go have them looked at becuase of risk of infection and all. :nod:

Moira

05-18-2007, 06:39 AM

Hi Nightshade,

What does 'Piccy' mean?:)

papayahed

05-18-2007, 09:33 AM

Back in the day I got purple highlights. It was fun, but they did fade fairly quickly which in turned lightened my hair which made me look like I tried for light brown/blond highlights.

Today is another low humid day. I used the same product except I couldn't remember which defrizzer I used and now my hair is slightly frizzy. Luckily I have defrizzer in my desk - I'll give that a whirl.

kathycf

05-18-2007, 10:37 AM

I ...um...got my hair dyed purple once. It was supposed to be a deep eggplanty reddish color, but in the sun it was purple. It faded into a auburn sort of color after about 3 weeks, so that was a bit of a relief.

Hi Nightshade,

What does 'Piccy' mean?:)
Piccy is short for picture. :)

Annamariah

05-18-2007, 10:55 AM

I've never dyed my hair... So maybe this isn't my topic :D

kathycf

05-18-2007, 10:58 AM

I don't know. This thread hasn't been used to exclusively discuss hair dying. Hair care, makeup, and stuff like that have been discussed as well. :) :)

Annamariah

05-18-2007, 11:14 AM

So it IS true that women can't discuss about anything else than their looks :lol: :lol:

Well, maybe I'll join the conversation sometime later :)

kathycf

05-18-2007, 11:56 AM

So it IS true that women can't discuss about anything else than their looks :lol: :lol:

Well, maybe I'll join the conversation sometime later :)

Only in this thread, I imagine. I discuss many topics on this board, as do all the others who have posted in it. I can't speak for all women though. :D :)

Elly_blue

05-18-2007, 02:55 PM

Sometimes, we girls just NEED to talk about make up and hair and just share our daily frustrations and experiences on these topics. ;) ;)

I dye my hair once a year, but somehow I always choose the same colour; Guess I'm scared to take risks..

kathycf

05-18-2007, 03:08 PM

Hi there, Elly. I used to be much, much more of a risk taker with hair, but I have now either gotten too old or too lazy ... :) ;)

Actually it is better not to take chances with your hair. Too much dying can be quite damaging.

littlewing53

05-18-2007, 03:23 PM

recently a friend of mine dyed her hair on halloween...she has long blonde straight hair...and underneath she dyed it purple...i absolutely loved it....ever since then i have always wanted to dye my hair purple underneath...i am pretty much gray all around....recently dyed my hair and having fun more than anything else...hmmm let's see red and brown...sounds good to me...

Bakiryu

05-18-2007, 03:46 PM

Id wait a while longer to get new piercings if your having trouble with the ones you just got :nod: And if it keeps bleeding Im sure your supposed to go have them looked at becuase of risk of infection and all. :nod:

Nah, it's just the old 'bleed from tiny cuts but not from major rips' seriusly. Once i stabbed myself by mistake with a pencil and my hand bled like i was a hemophilliac who just lost an arm. But when i broke my nose there was just a tiny speck and then it was gone.

To all the no-risk takers out there, take some. Life's too short, enjoy.

My father just told me he's getting a motorcycle (yes, that's my excuse for this hyper, happy mood and I'm sticking to it!)

Elly_blue

05-18-2007, 03:50 PM

Actually it is better not to take chances with your hair. Too much dying can be quite damaging.

Yea, you are absolutely right. Especially if you take a cheap product, like I did at the beginning. Thought it would save me some euro's, but it's not worth destroying your hair.

papayahed

05-18-2007, 05:50 PM

Hair always goes back....and there's always hats....

At least that's what I told myself when I hacked off all my hair. (It was at my butt and I got it cut to just below my shoulders)

I will sometimes dye my hair with those dyes aren't permanenet, they last around six weeks.

kathycf

05-18-2007, 06:25 PM

I really need to have a hair cut because my ends are so dry...plus I haven't had one in over 2 years. I am lucky I don't have more splitends than I do.

I really don't want to even get a trim though, never mind a cut. :(

papayahed

05-19-2007, 12:42 PM

I saw this really cute denim skirt the other day. Upon further inspection I realized they were skorts. I really dislike skorts but the skirt was very cute and nobody but me will know they're skorts........To buy or Not to buy? That is the question.

kathycf

05-19-2007, 12:52 PM

I like skorts, because they give me a feeling of security. I usually wear calf length skirts in summer, but sometimes something a little shorter or sportier is more appropriate (going for a walk or something). I am pretty clumsy and fall on a fairly regular basis. Skorts take the embarrasment out of the situation, because I know that they won't end up over my head like a long skirt might.

Hmmm, is this a case of too much information? :p Hopefully you are not nearly as clumsy as me, papaya. Did you try the skort on? If it looks nice on you, why not get it?

Idril

05-19-2007, 02:17 PM

I really don't want to even get a trim though, never mind a cut. :(

I'm the same way, it's so hard for me to get my hair trimmed and like you, it ends up being insane amounts of time in between haircuts for me. The stupid thing is, I wait so long, my hair gets so damaged that they end up having to cut off a couple inches, I would be much better off just getting it trimmed every now and then before the ends get that bad, I have no doubt the accumlative hair loss would be less. :rolleyes:

And now that Kathy has given the pros of skorts, I feel like I need to speak up for the cons. :p I don't like skorts, first of all, I feel like I'm 12 when I wear them and secondly, it seems like a cop out, either you commit to a shorter skirt or you go with shorts, skorts seem like cheating some how. :p :lol: ;) If I wear skirts, they're always longer, I haven't worn a skirt above the knees since I was about 20....no, not even then, probably not since I was about...12.

Moira

05-20-2007, 09:09 AM

I ...um...got my hair dyed purple once. It was supposed to be a deep eggplanty reddish color, but in the sun it was purple. It faded into a auburn sort of color after about 3 weeks, so that was a bit of a relief.

Piccy is short for picture. :)

Thank you:)

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/IMG_2354.jpg

The henna tatto:). But it does not stay long, in two weeks is off.

Koa

05-20-2007, 09:39 AM

oooh I tried to dye my hair purple last february, but it didnt really work, it just became some kind of shade of red..only viisble in daylight. Only three people noticed. Since it was fading and it wasn't dark enough for my taste, a couple of days ago I did some black, which I really love, but again no one will realise, it's really close to my natural colour anyway.
Before that i only did black a couple of times in the past... i'm just obsessed with having perfectly black hair instead of dark brown LOL

Annamariah

05-21-2007, 07:25 AM

Next Friday I'm going to hairdresser for the first time in my life:eek: And it's all my brother's doing :lol: He thinks I really need to do something with my hair and so he called his friend who's becoming a hairdresser.

Scheherazade

05-21-2007, 08:19 AM

I try to get my hair trimmed regularly. I don't look after it well normally (no home-treatmens, special shampoos, tonics, curling, straightening) so think the least I can do is take a trip to the hairdressers 4-5 times a year. Also, because it is wavy, when it grows too long, it really gets out of control and I look more and more like Medusa.
I saw this really cute denim skirt the other day. Upon further inspection I realized they were skorts. I really dislike skorts but the skirt was very cute and nobody but me will know they're skorts........To buy or Not to buy? That is the question.Papaya, please. It is only a skirt! If you think it is cute, just go and get it. Unless you are planning to make a life-time commitment to this particular skort, to have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death do you part, you don't need to think that much about it. :D

If you like it and feel comfortable in it, who cares if others know it is a skort. If you don't feel comfortable after couple of tries, you can always send it to a charity shop, anyway.

papayahed

05-21-2007, 06:21 PM

If you like it and feel comfortable in it, who cares if others know it is a skort. If you don't feel comfortable after couple of tries, you can always send it to a charity shop, anyway.

So? Are you saying I should get it?:D

Koa

05-21-2007, 06:48 PM

Ehehe I learnt my lesson now... ;) Not that it was bad anyway, it was interesting.
On a closer inspection, my current colour is not very... constant. My friend who did it didn't really cover it all thoroughly. She really isn't as good as she claims to be at dying hair. Oh well, it's not a problem, it's not like I have stripes of extremely different bright colours, it's just a slight difference in some spots.

I try to get my hair trimmed regularly. I don't look after it well normally (no home-treatmens, special shampoos, tonics, curling, straightening) so think the least I can do is take a trip to the hairdressers 4-5 times a year. Also, because it is wavy, when it grows too long, it really gets out of control and I look more and more like Medusa.

:lol: I truly dislike going to the hairdresser, it's boring, expensive and they always try to do what you don't want them to do. I usually have to stand that a couple of times a year, when my hair is too long and I don't like it and/or when split ends (?) are about to take over and eat me overnight :D Thankfully my hair is straight and doesn't require any form of care besides shampoo. I don't even use conditioner, which my friend found strange... but as she said, I have "wash & wear" hair. If I wash my hair in the morning, I just wake up TEN minutes earlier to dry it, I don't like to go out with wet hair.

Scheherazade

05-21-2007, 06:58 PM

So? Are you saying I should get it?:DWhat makes you think that???
I truly dislike going to the hairdresser, it's boring, expensive and they always try to do what you don't want them to do.I love hairdressers... True that they can be a little expensive but they treat you like you matter and/or they give a corn about how you are and 'so how have [I] been lately??' It is like being a princess for an hour... Also, you get a free drink or two along with a nice head massage.

papayahed

05-21-2007, 07:23 PM

What makes you think that???I love hairdressers... True that they can be a little expensive but they treat you like you matter and/or they give a corn about how you are and 'so how have [I] been lately??' It is like being a princess for an hour... Also, you get a free drink or two along with a nice head massage.

I love the hairdresser also.

Thankfully my hair is straight and doesn't require any form of care besides shampoo. I don't even use conditioner, which my friend found strange... but as she said, I have "wash & wear" hair. If I wash my hair in the morning, I just wake up TEN minutes earlier to dry it, I don't like to go out with wet hair.

I only use conditioner!!! I never though I could go shampooless but I read that something in Shampoo can be harsh on curly hair and it recommended just using conditioner. It works out really well.

Idril

05-21-2007, 07:44 PM

I love the hairdresser also.

I do too! I love it when people play with my hair and I have a very basic cut, long, so it's not too hard to screw it up. :p

I always wash my hair before I go to bed, then I get up, brush my hair...most of the time :D ..and put it in a ponytail or braid and go to work. My hair is really dense and takes forever to dry so it works better for me to do it this way. Sometimes I'll braid it when it's wet then when I wake up and my hair is dry, I take out the braids, it has a very nice wavy look to it, very low maintenance, which is nice. I do like to make it look fancy once in awhile but only once in awhile.

Scheherazade

05-21-2007, 07:54 PM

I do like to make it look fancy once in awhile but only once in awhile.As long as it is 'once in a while', I think we can overlook that...

:p

Idril

05-21-2007, 08:10 PM

As long as it is 'once in a while', I think we can overlook that...

:p

Oh yeah, I think so. :p I'm not generally a high maintenence person...well...that's not entirely true, I am in some ways but not when it comes to my hair. :D I did have one experience though where the fancy got a little out of control. A friend and I went to get our hair done, not for any specific reason, just to have it played with and the chick doing my hair...well...she picked an odd style. First, she tied it into a bunch of little knots, then she piled it on top of my head, ratted the hair around my forehead and then somehow combed and domed it over all the knots and then shelacked it with insane amounts of hairspray. I don't think my friend and I ever laughed as hard as we did that day. I still can't decide if the hairdresser really thought it was a cute style or if she just really hated me. :lol:

Bakiryu

05-21-2007, 10:28 PM

Hello people, i have pierced my ears again! Making that a grand total of 9 piercings! I wonder what should i do next. Tattoo?

Shalot

05-21-2007, 10:44 PM

Hello people, i have pierced my ears again! Making that a grand total of 9 piercings! I wonder what should i do next. Tattoo?

No don't get a tattoo unless you're sure. They're permanent. I got one a while ago and I am still having it removed. If you must have one, start small and and get it in a place you can keep hidden reasonably and wear it around for a while and see how you feel about it.

The reason I say that is because if you have to get a job (and most people have to have jobs) and the atomosphere in that workplace is more conservative, then you're wardrobe choices might have to revolve around the placement of your tattoo.

And if you get a tattoo on your hand or your foot or your neck or your forehead or your ankle, you might have trouble concealing it when you need to. I don't know where you live, and I wish this wasn't a world where people judge you on your appearance, but it is, so I would say don't do it. If you must, research it and get a good a tattoo artist and get it in the middle of your back or something like that.

People change, and a tattoo is forever. So keep that in mind. I wish I hadn't.

papayahed

05-22-2007, 08:33 AM

kathycf

05-22-2007, 10:33 AM

I have two tattoos...and I got them in within the last ten years. Sometimes decorating the body can be very empowering. :) Yes, they aren't everybody's cup of tea, but they aren't always horrible tacky things either. .

Bakiryu, I know in most states you must be 18 to get a tattoo. Florida may be different.(but I doubt it) A woman I know in her sixties went to get her first tattoo a few years ago, and while you probably wouldn't want to wait that long, it is an issue that needs thought.

I agree with Shalot that you should consider a tattoo very long and very hard before going to do it. Tattoo removal is costly and isn't always completely successful. It is also better to get something very small at first and then later if you can live with it, you can always add to the design.

Whew, lecture over. :yawnb: ;)

Bakiryu

05-22-2007, 03:27 PM

I've wanted to get a tattoo since i was small. most of my friends have them and none of them are eighteen. You can get one if your parents or another relative is with you. I'm still thinking about the design, maybe a moon or something or the kill hannah symbol, which i'm always drawing on my hand anyway.

Shalot

05-22-2007, 11:21 PM

Back when my friends and are were in our late teens we always talked about getting tattoos. Luckily we never did, I shutter to think what kind of ridiculous tattoo the 18 year old me would have picked out.

Can you imagine me walking around with a Motley Crue tattoo - how embarrassing would that be?

That's funny. I got my tattoo when I was eighteen and I went with a bunch of friends. I don't where those girls ended up, but I often wonder if they regret their tattoos as much I do. I am betting that at least two of them don't because they got their tattoos on their butts and they don't have to look at them every day.

In retrospect, I almost wish I had mine on my butt because then I wouldn't have to look at it. But alas, it was the prudery that did me in (or was it the retardation? I think the thought process went something like this: "This is permanent and I am "hardcore". If you aren't sure about getting the tattoo then you shouldn't get it, but I am sure and since I am so sure about this, why hide? I will get mine in a place where everyone can see it. That way, they will know that I am the real deal, and that I am hardcore...." :brickwall ).

Yes, I think it was the retardation more so than the prudery....(is prudery even a word?)

Koa

05-23-2007, 03:41 PM

I love hairdressers... True that they can be a little expensive but they treat you like you matter and/or they give a corn about how you are and 'so how have [I] been lately??' It is like being a princess for an hour... Also, you get a free drink or two along with a nice head massage.

:rolleyes: I guess we've been to different hairdressers... The headwashing hurts your neck because you must sit in that very unnatural position (even more unnatural for me since I'm somehow nervous and I get kind of 'rigid'), decline 50 times the offer of some new cream/conditioner/product/whatever on your hair (I don't want more chemistry than is strictly necessary - my hair is rather beautiful and I don't use any of those) ... then explain what I want and always get it shorther/longer than I want... if it's too long I usually ask for a bit more cutting... And they always try to suggest what's best for you and no I'm grumpy and I want this to be over soon, I don't want a stylish haircut. Also, I can't keep control of what they do since I obviously have to take my glasses off and I don't really see what's happening (one more reason to miss contact lenses...). I wish I had friends who could cut hair the way I want it. And hate it that half of what I spend is for 'drying', which is nothing different than waht I'd do since my hair requires so little maintenance anyway...

Tattoos? I think they look OK on another people, but I'd never ever get one, I'm too unstable and the only thought of something being forever makes me runaway fast... I can't imagine myself at 60 years old with some cute thingy on my skin....among the wrinkles ;)

kathycf

05-23-2007, 05:40 PM

Meh, I agree with you about the hairdressers, Koa. Those sinks always kill my neck. I liked my hairdresser personally (even though I haven't seen her in ages) but she was (is) way too chatty for me. I am sometimes quite tongue tied, and always resorted to nodding and smiling while inside I would think to myself "Lady, hush up already, will ya?" :rolleyes:

My tattoos are on both my ankles. I hope to never live to be old enough that my ankles get wrinkly...:p

SleepyWitch

05-24-2007, 01:27 AM

:rolleyes: I guess we've been to different hairdressers... The headwashing hurts your neck because you must sit in that very unnatural position (even more unnatural for me since I'm somehow nervous and I get kind of 'rigid'), decline 50 times the offer of some new cream/conditioner/product/whatever on your hair (I don't want more chemistry than is strictly necessary - my hair is rather beautiful and I don't use any of those) ... then explain what I want and always get it shorther/longer than I want... if it's too long I usually ask for a bit more cutting... And they always try to suggest what's best for you and no I'm grumpy and I want this to be over soon, I don't want a stylish haircut. Also, I can't keep control of what they do since I obviously have to take my glasses off and I don't really see what's happening (one more reason to miss contact lenses...). I wish I had friends who could cut hair the way I want it. And hate it that half of what I spend is for 'drying', which is nothing different than waht I'd do since my hair requires so little maintenance anyway...

Tattoos? I think they look OK on another people, but I'd never ever get one, I'm too unstable and the only thought of something being forever makes me runaway fast... I can't imagine myself at 60 years old with some cute thingy on my skin....among the wrinkles ;)

heheheh :D thanks for confirming my worst fears about hairdressers... I've never been to one.. when I was small, my mum cut my hair for me and now i do it myself... it's not very difficult with my mop of curls, because if i make a mistake nobody will notice anway.
the reason I've never been to a hairdresser's is a) poverty and b) I suspected they are just like Koa said

Madhuri

05-24-2007, 06:19 AM

I know of a acupressure remedy that will help in improving the hair texture, it also prevents hair loss. All you need is to rub your nails of 8 fingers for about 10 minutes daily. However, the effect will start showing after a regular practice for about 3-4 months.

papayahed

05-24-2007, 01:18 PM

Annamariah

05-25-2007, 04:10 PM

I had my hair cut and dyed by a hairdresser today for the first time in my life, and I actually enjoyed it. Now my hair is ~20 cm shorter than it used to be and I'm a bit more blonde than I used to be (Okay, when I was a small kid, I was really a platinum blonde, but later the colour darkened. My natural hair colour can be seen in a photo if you view my public profile)

Koa

05-27-2007, 12:26 PM

heheheh :D thanks for confirming my worst fears about hairdressers... I've never been to one.. when I was small, my mum cut my hair for me and now i do it myself... it's not very difficult with my mop of curls, because if i make a mistake nobody will notice anway.
the reason I've never been to a hairdresser's is a) poverty and b) I suspected they are just like Koa said

:eek: Wow, I didn't know there were people who never go, I even go much less often than most people I know... I let my mum cut my hair a few times but I don't really trust here in that...:blush: Nor I would trust myself :lol: And in the past years what I want is a bit of a... hm I don't know the English word, when you have a few different length, like steps... and my mum certainly can't do that (and not all hairdressers do it the way I want, even if it's pretty basic...). That's why I think that spending that much money for something so simple and for drying straight hair is a bit of a robbery... :?

Moira

05-27-2007, 12:45 PM

I've become addicted to the hair straightener, i have one with ceramic plates but i am worried it damages hair if i use it that often.
Do you use it?

Shalot

05-27-2007, 01:29 PM

:eek: Wow, I didn't know there were people who never go, I even go much less often than most people I know... I let my mum cut my hair a few times but I don't really trust here in that...:blush: Nor I would trust myself :lol: And in the past years what I want is a bit of a... hm I don't know the English word, when you have a few different length, like steps... and my mum certainly can't do that (and not all hairdressers do it the way I want, even if it's pretty basic...). That's why I think that spending that much money for something so simple and for drying straight hair is a bit of a robbery... :?

Sounds like you're talking about layers, which is what I have. It's an easy hair cut to take care of (as long as whoever cuts it knows what he/she is doing). I like my layers a lot.

Madhuri

05-27-2007, 01:53 PM

And if you add a little oil it will probably help your nails out also.

Most likely it won't have any side effect (nails breaking, etc.). So, there's no harm in taking care of the nails too in the process :)

Elly_blue

05-27-2007, 03:55 PM

Sounds like you're talking about layers, which is what I have. It's an easy hair cut to take care of (as long as whoever cuts it knows what he/she is doing). I like my layers a lot.

Yeah, it's definately important to go to a good hairdresser! I also have layers now, but it did not really turn out the way I expected it would be. It's ok, but not what I imagined it would be like.

Bakiryu

05-27-2007, 04:52 PM

I've a bunch of split ends and I don't know what to do 'bout them. My mum cuts my hair because a haridresser would just be too expensive. HELP!!!!

papayahed

05-27-2007, 07:43 PM

I've become addicted to the hair straightener, i have one with ceramic plates but i am worried it damages hair if i use it that often.
Do you use it?

I use a straightener occasionally, mine is fairly cheap and every so often tends to burn my hair. I think you'll notice if it starts to damage your hair. Use a good moisturizing conditioner and they also make a "Heat Protectant" that's suppossed to reduce the drying effects when blow drying or straightening/curling. I bought some but always forget to use it so I can't say if it works or not.

SleepyWitch

05-29-2007, 06:53 AM

:eek: Wow, I didn't know there were people who never go, I even go much less often than most people I know... I let my mum cut my hair a few times but I don't really trust here in that...:blush: Nor I would trust myself :lol: And in the past years what I want is a bit of a... hm I don't know the English word, when you have a few different length, like steps... and my mum certainly can't do that (and not all hairdressers do it the way I want, even if it's pretty basic...). That's why I think that spending that much money for something so simple and for drying straight hair is a bit of a robbery... :?

i didn't know it's called layers either... this thread is really great for diversifying one's vocab..
i don't trust my mum either, when she cut my bro's, my dad's and my hair, she used to cut our ears for free, as well.
also, when I told her I want my hair 2 cm shorter, she cut it all off so that only 2 cm were left!!!! when I was between 5 and 13, people thought I was a boy because my mum would always give me a crew cut, no matter how much I pleaded with her to leave my hair alone...

papayahed

06-09-2007, 08:21 PM

What color are everybody's toes???

Mine are a Coral Color.

Shalot

06-09-2007, 10:04 PM

I've been wearing some blue nail polish lately. I like it. But I had to remove it. so now they're all natural. But I need to do my toes either tonight or tomorrow (I'm thinking tomorrow)

I have purple, red, light blue, and blue. Which color should I use? (I had some black somewhere but I don't know where it is now).

Idril

06-09-2007, 10:17 PM

I have purple, red, light blue, and blue. Which color should I use? (I had some black somewhere but I don't know where it is now).

Oh, I say purple. Is it a light or a dark purple? I had this wonderful blue polish once, depending on the light and the angle, it had hues of green or purple in it and it was fabulous but I lost it. :( I've bought a few other blues trying to find the same shade but they have been woefully inadequate.

I just painted my toes this afternoon, Autum Berry the color is called. It's a dark wine color with just a hint of gold in it, very pretty.

kathycf

06-09-2007, 10:33 PM

I am going to go with purple too, Shalot...although red would be my second choice. Sadly, my toes look like something out of a horror novel...plus I accidently smacked my foot against a heavy stool and it hurts! (I am horribly clumsy).

Mmm, pedicure sounds so good right now. I think I have some purple polish somewhere....

papayahed

06-09-2007, 10:56 PM

HaHa, after I wrote that post I looked at my coral colored toes and realized I needed a change. My toesies are now "russian to a Party" It's a wine color also.

What I really need is a manicure. I always think I should wait until my nails get longer - but they never do.

kathycf

06-09-2007, 11:25 PM

Hee hee, "Russian to a party"...who thinks up the names for cosmetics? Man, that's a job I want.

kiz_paws

06-10-2007, 12:42 AM

Ha ha, I have always thought that thinking up names for a cosmetic company would be a fun job, Kathy!

My toenails are a burgandy colour right now. Does anyone wear a toe ring? Those are fun, and not as uncomfortable as I thought that they'd be... :)

Madhuri

06-10-2007, 02:08 AM

Does anyone wear a toe ring? Those are fun, and not as uncomfortable as I thought that they'd be... :)

My mother wears toe rings, and so do the other married ladies.

I am wearing a shade of brown, named Pluto's (I don't see any connection between the shade and the name, though :rolleyes:), as my skin colour is very dark, none of the bright colours look good.

Idril

06-10-2007, 03:04 AM

Does anyone wear a toe ring? Those are fun, and not as uncomfortable as I thought that they'd be... :)

I wear them all the time, I'm never without one or two, even in the winter. You have to get them on in just the right way, too tight and they hurt, too loose and they constantly slipped off and as long as you find that perfect balance, it's like there's nothing there.

SleepyWitch

06-10-2007, 03:35 AM

What color are everybody's toes???

Mine are a Coral Color.

hahah :lol:
i never paint my toenails.. nor my fingernails for that matter.

do you guys use nail polish regularly?

Elly_blue

06-10-2007, 04:09 AM

Hi, thought I just stop by and join your nailpolish discussion ;)

I regularly use nailpolish. I've been using the same colour (purple) for almost half a year now. Without nailpolish my nails really look terrible, very weak and breakable.

dramasnot6

06-10-2007, 04:20 AM

I'm playing with patterns this week,just went on a half black half pink with a silver spot in the middle look :D

kiz_paws

06-10-2007, 11:29 AM

hahah :lol:
i never paint my toenails.. nor my fingernails for that matter.

do you guys use nail polish regularly?

I don't usually polish my fingernails, unless there is an occasion (wedding, etc.). Because I play piano, I don't grow my nails at all and fussing with them isn't what I care to do. But my toenails? Hmmm, that is another story! I love polishing them and the toe rings set it off nicely.

One time when I used a blue shade, my hubby said that I had toes like a dead person??? What the heck, eh? So here I was trying to be fancy....:lol:

I thought that the blue looked good with the silver sandals I was wearing (for a wedding occasion).... OH WELL....

Idril

06-10-2007, 11:36 AM

do you guys use nail polish regularly?

I never do on my fingers, I have very unattractive hands and I don't like to do anything to call attention to them but I have polish on my toes all the time. I switch the color every week or so. I can't stand it when it starts to chip off and in the summer when I'm barefoot a lot, it chips a lot easier so it's usually every week in the summer but I usually go longer in the winter.

SleepyWitch

06-10-2007, 11:45 AM

Idril

06-10-2007, 11:59 AM

It does take a fairly significant time commitment to keep your toes polished and pretty, especially for me because I'm really anal about it. It has to be flawless. I've actually come back from a pedicure and redid the color because it was not up to my standards. :blush:

kathycf

06-10-2007, 12:58 PM

I have about 10 bottles of nail polish I hardly ever use, because I tend to be lazy about doing my nails. Pedicures are way too hard for me to do myself, plus when I do try them I get polish all over my toes.

My fingernails are ridiculous. They grow really fast, are strong, hardly ever break....and have these big ridges on them. Always have been that way. I can hardly keep up with keeping them short because I don't like long fingernails.

I wish my hair was like that (minus the ridges, of course) but no. My hair is fine, and the only reason it isn't limp is because it's fairly curly. It never looks the way I want it to. I don't care about fingernails, I want nice hair! :lol:

Shalot

06-10-2007, 05:06 PM

:sick: I do my own pedicures because my big toe nail is gross. It helps if you put a clear coat down, let it dry and then put the polish on. But no, I put the color on, wear it around for weeks and wonder why my toe nail has a yellowish hue :sick:

Now if I want to wear sandals I have to paint my toes. It's a vicious cycle. I've considered the possibilty that it could be a toe nail fungus, and out of caution I just don't go to the nail place. But I am thinking it's probably just too much polish and no base coat.

(my finger nails are fine by the way so I will occasionally get a professional manicure so that they can nip those icky little skin pieces away)

Idril

06-10-2007, 06:06 PM

But I am thinking it's probably just too much polish and no base coat.

That would be my guess as well. I never used to use a base coat and my nails were always yellow because they never see the light of day but as soon as I started using the base coat, they started looking normal again.

A friend of mine does a french 'manicure' on her toes and it looks so darling but I feel positively naked without color on my toes. It's one of those things, like really short hair that I love on other people but will never do myself.

papayahed

06-10-2007, 10:41 PM

A friend of mine does a french 'manicure' on her toes and it looks so darling but I feel positively naked without color on my toes. It's one of those things, like really short hair that I love on other people but will never do myself.

A girl at work has a french pedicure, it looks cute on her but her nails are longer then a like to keep mine. I would love to do it on my finger nails but unfortunately I can't get mine long enough.:bawling:

I can't go out in sandals with colored toes, I feel naked also.

kiz_paws

06-14-2007, 01:07 AM

A friend of mine does a french 'manicure' on her toes and it looks so darling but I feel positively naked without color on my toes. It's one of those things, like really short hair that I love on other people but will never do myself.
Wow, my feelings exactly!

I changed my toenail colour, by the way, to a sugary pink colour. I think I would like to try black, but wouldn't that show chips easily? Hmmmm.. :idea:

dramasnot6

06-14-2007, 03:58 AM

kiz_paws

06-14-2007, 12:24 PM

Hey, that is a brilliant plan, drama.... think that I might just try it! :)

Shalot

06-14-2007, 10:15 PM

Do you go out and buy a bunch of personal care items and then use half and then go out and buy more?

I've developed that habit and now I have a bathroom full of half-used lotions soaps etc and I need to clean house.

And I have a collection of stinky perfume that I've received as gifts. I feel bad throwing it away --- should I toss it?

And I should definitley use the rest of it before I go traipzing back out the Wally world, yes?

applepie

06-15-2007, 02:22 AM

I wish my hair was like that (minus the ridges, of course) but no. My hair is fine, and the only reason it isn't limp is because it's fairly curly. It never looks the way I want it to. I don't care about fingernails, I want nice hair! :lol:

I have similar problems with my hair but for different reasons. I constantly look like a wild child if I try to leave my hair down. It is maybe halfway down my back but it is a combination of waves, strait, and sections that curl in perfect little spirals. I can't make it all do the same thing. It is baby fine, but so thick that I have to buy extra large hair bands or have a one use and toss policy after the elastic inside snaps. Do you know if they will do electolosis on your head? Maybe they can thin it out a little. Then I could get a perm without having to worry about looking as if I've put my finger in the light socket. Then everything would do the same thing. A plain old pony-tail gets pretty old when that is how you've worn your hair for more than half your life. Maybe I'll get a makeover, one of those expensive ones where it is $300 for your haircut but they come up with something brilliant.

toni

06-15-2007, 02:54 AM

I often wear black, it does show chips pretty easily, but it allows for creativity as well. Normally after a manicure with black nail polish I wait until about half has chipped off and fill in the gaps, no matter how randomly placed they are, with a differed bright color for a contrast. It looks very retro and is fun :D

Wow, Black:thumbs_up, Drame, how cool! Blue is as far as I could go! And sometimes, I use the zombie green color. I don't put often, though, because I often help my mum with the laundry so it gets messed up. :lol:

Lily Adams

06-15-2007, 03:11 AM

I haven't painted my nails in ages, but I plan on painting them black over the summer after I find some cheap black nail polish so I can get the Zaphod Beeblebrox look. Who says black fingernails are only for goths/punks? XD

papayahed

06-18-2007, 09:18 PM

I got a manicure and pedicure today. My toes are now a bright pink/red color and my fingernails are a clear/nude, but that manicurist made it look like the white part is bigger then they actually are.

kiz_paws

06-18-2007, 10:28 PM

That sounds really nice, Papayahed! I wanted to get a manicure professionally done, but I got mad today at my nails (I play piano, remember), and just cut the whole shebang off.... Gadzoooooks, the price you pay to play...

papayahed

06-22-2007, 10:29 AM

oh, what a tombboy peasant I am! :( :(
I've never polished my toenails in my life, except maybe once and can count the times i've polished my fingernails on one hand...

i suppose I wouldn't have the discipline it takes to polish my nails every week...

I used to be quite the tomboy, I used to tell people I didn't wear nail polish because it weighed my fingers down. :D

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This is the perfume oil website that I mentioned in the bos thread. Anybody order from them?