Back when I was in school, we still had these things called magazines. Glossy pages filled with interesting typography and full page pictures. The quality of the content was arguably not as important. It usually involved selling products, celebrity gossip, and fashion reports. Being neither cool enough nor rich enough to afford a magazine, I would rely on some of my friends to update me on whatever the latest trend was. This event not being particularly frequent, I would simply cycle into my own trends and obsessions.
I remember being told once that we sleep eight hours a night as a learned pattern because of the rotation of the earth around the sun. But in some study of people who lived in caves, the natural sleep cycle was found to be six hours. People have their own internal rhythm but conform to the rhythm of the world they inhabit. Somewhat similar principle?
My main obsession last year was mineral makeup. Being told on my first day of work that I looked like I was 12 years old kind of spurred me to attempt to look more mature. But in the end, three things deterred me:
1) I was too lazy to keep it up - it took a lot of time/effort because I'm not an artistic person
2) It seemed futile because nobody ever noticed anyway. I confess, I did the whole "hey! notice anything different? I'll give you a clue- it's on my face!"
3) I worry about using any skin products because I'm extremely acne prone. Even though most mineral makeup companies will tell you that their products contain zinc, which has a beneficial effect on acne.
This year, I have become convinced that one of the keys to looking more mature is in your hairstyle. There's a good historical background for this- in many cultures, women would wear their hair in a particular way to indicate that they were married or of an age suitable for marriage. The implication here being that I should not always wear my hair in a ponytail. Although I did wear my hair loose today, and during the examination of a patient's feet, I moved closer in order to get a better view. As I did so, the ends of my hair also moved in for a better view, and ended up brushing his feet. Ew!!!! I'll take the ponytail over that any day.
Looking at random youtube videos on "easy hair updo", I am astounded by the array of hair products that are available (and required). Is it seriously not possible to just fix your hair into position with a hairbrush and hair tie? Apparently I need something called a teasing comb, my hair brush is entirely the wrong sort, and there are things I'd never even known existed like bumpits, spiral pins, and bun sponges. I may attempt to see what I can siphon from my sister's huge supply of beauty/makeup/hair/nail products. Or I may just have to resort to the mineral makeup.
I remember being told once that we sleep eight hours a night as a learned pattern because of the rotation of the earth around the sun. But in some study of people who lived in caves, the natural sleep cycle was found to be six hours. People have their own internal rhythm but conform to the rhythm of the world they inhabit. Somewhat similar principle?
My main obsession last year was mineral makeup. Being told on my first day of work that I looked like I was 12 years old kind of spurred me to attempt to look more mature. But in the end, three things deterred me:
1) I was too lazy to keep it up - it took a lot of time/effort because I'm not an artistic person
2) It seemed futile because nobody ever noticed anyway. I confess, I did the whole "hey! notice anything different? I'll give you a clue- it's on my face!"
3) I worry about using any skin products because I'm extremely acne prone. Even though most mineral makeup companies will tell you that their products contain zinc, which has a beneficial effect on acne.
This year, I have become convinced that one of the keys to looking more mature is in your hairstyle. There's a good historical background for this- in many cultures, women would wear their hair in a particular way to indicate that they were married or of an age suitable for marriage. The implication here being that I should not always wear my hair in a ponytail. Although I did wear my hair loose today, and during the examination of a patient's feet, I moved closer in order to get a better view. As I did so, the ends of my hair also moved in for a better view, and ended up brushing his feet. Ew!!!! I'll take the ponytail over that any day.
Looking at random youtube videos on "easy hair updo", I am astounded by the array of hair products that are available (and required). Is it seriously not possible to just fix your hair into position with a hairbrush and hair tie? Apparently I need something called a teasing comb, my hair brush is entirely the wrong sort, and there are things I'd never even known existed like bumpits, spiral pins, and bun sponges. I may attempt to see what I can siphon from my sister's huge supply of beauty/makeup/hair/nail products. Or I may just have to resort to the mineral makeup.
