Today is a very girly day. I’ve had a haircut, I’m about to go to a massage and later this afternoon I’m going to get a facial.
I wouldn’t describe myself as a girly-girl, but yesterday a new friend commented that it was the first time she’d seen me wearing makeup. It wasn’t the first time she’s seen it, it’s the first time she’s noticed. She has seen me without makeup more often that with makeup.
I do like a bit of makeup. I feel a bit more together and ready for the world with a bit of mascara, good eyebrows and some lip gloss.
I used to wear a lot more makeup, and I loved trying out new stuff. Back in the day if we were ‘going out’ it was not uncommon for a few ladies to come over for me to do their face. Even when I would spend hours doing my make up, and sometimes just at home trying out a few new looks with no intention of going anywhere, I was always trying to get some perfect dewy-skinned natural look. That wonderful Audrey Hepburn type thing of neat, simple, clean. I’ve never been into that over-the-top theatrical look that is considered perfectly reasonable day wear now.
I like the idea of heels but I’ve fallen out of love with the reality of wearing them. I used to wear them a lot.
Some of this is just age I guess, some of it is illness and some of it must be deeply rooted in my DNA, that basic me under everything else.
I don’t care how other people put themselves together. I often get caught looking at people in the wild and marvelling at their look, wondering how they did it, how long it took and how did they find this amazing look that is so perfect for them… but a look I think would not work for me, or even if it would work, just that I wouldn’t want to do it.
I think about style a lot. Not fashion. Style.
My perfect style is a combination of the classic Hepburns – Audrey and Catherine. Audrey is a little too soft and Catherine is a little too hard, but put them together and they balance out perfectly.
It’s not necessarily where I’m at, but that’s going to inform my style choices from now on. They were beautiful all their lives, and they were so much more than their beauty.
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