A Silly Girly-Girl Post

Yup, you men can just skip on over this one. It's bound to be a bore. Heck, it's bound to be a bore for anyone, but that's what happens when you get up at 4:30 AM and spend the morning with the kids watching 5 year olds attempt basketball.

I've been accused of being a girly-girl, especially while I was in Texas. Seems kind of funny to me, because I don't picture myself that way, but whatever. I thought I'd give my "beauty tips". Ha, ha--don't hurt yourself laughing.

For hair, I buy the cheapest shampoo and conditioner possible and use them daily. I use tons of conditioner every day even though everyone says not to. Towel dry, comb with a wide tooth comb and ignore until the next day.

General body care: cheap razors, Ivory soap and any old lotion that smells good. In winter it is great to find lotions that include the word butter in the title, not just because I live in Wisconsin.

Make-up. Cheap again. I buy mine in the grocery store. Use a dime size amount of moisturizer, then foundation. It hides all the splotchy parts. I swipe the blush brush once for each cheek and apply in a swirly way just under the cheek bone. I know, not the way you're supposed to do it, but it works. Then it's the eyes. Liner first, just little dashes to make a line, don't bother to try to make a straight line. It never works. It just makes a big smudgy mess. I always use brown. I have brown eyes. Next, mascara. Again, the cheap stuff in the pink tube is the best. Start with the top lashes, hold the brush still and blink through it. It gets it on nice and even. For the bottom lashes, hold the brush vertical and just brush it across the ends of the lashes. You do all this with only one dip of the brush, otherwise it's way too much. If there are any clumps, I just brush the ends of my lashes with my finger tip. Last is the eye shadow. I always use a pinky-brownish color. It seems more natural like that. I don't like a make-up color that jumps off your face. Putting the shadow on last means you can wash off any eye liner or mascara smudges first, and the liner sticks better when it's not on top of the shadow. Last, for the lips, plain old chapstick in a tube. Carmex, Burt's Bees, Bonnie Bell, whatever, no color, just keeps them from cracking and peeling.

So, there you have it. Oh yeah, find a perfume smell that's good on you and wear it often. Not everyday, but often. I always spray it on before I get dressed so that some of the smell sticks to my clothes. I also, always spray a little into my hair.

Sill, I know, but that's what happens when you get up at 4 and drink one too many caramel lattes at basketball. See you on the other side of the weekend.