<![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @rocknrollunicorn: Here here! I like makeup, not because I'm hiding anything but I feel so much happier when I'm put together and wearing clothes that fit and my face and hair are all put together as well. I have a short hairstyle that I still have to blow dry, but it takes five minutes and makes a world of difference in my mood for the rest of the week (since I read that Jezzie post on not washing your hair a lot, I haven't washed my hair in over a week and it looks fabulous! I used conditioner and styled it, and my bf asked if I washed my hair bc it smelled great). I like the fun part of makeup, doing a different thing every day, and I spend my work hours doing smart girl shit. Maybe that's OT, but I AM sick of ppl telling me to let go of makeup or shopping bc it's not all automatically a waste of time.

ltlbbynthn

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Mascara, blush, some powder and I'm done. More dramatic stuff only for night. But that's just me.

whateverhappened

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> My sister and I laugh about how we put lipstick on once in the morning and then never re-apply it. Sometimes I think about how weird it is that I am applying colored liquids and powders to my face, but then I think of it as just another custom of our society. Wearing make-up is a rite of passage for girls, just like putting your hair up and lengthening your skirts was in an earlier era.

Besides, it makes me look pretty. I have the "her complexion has no brilliance" thing that Miss Bingley tries to insult Elizabeth Bennet with. Thanks to Retin-A and antibiotics, I have clear skin, but it doesn't glow, dammit, and I'm led to believe that glowing skin is a requisite for beauty. Anyway, it takes me all of ten or fifteen minutes to put on make-up most mornings (light foundation, blush, powder, a teensy bit of shimmery eyeshadow, mascara).

Oh, and Palladio's Rice Paper for touch-ups! Just the thing for girls who get a little shiny (which is not the same thing as "glowing," I guess.)

girlleastlikelyto

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Rather than spending the minutes applying make-up this mornin', I went with my hangover glow.

esmallass

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Um, hate to break it to you UK, but I tend to go more days than not without makeup. I work in a call center. People can't see me that matter at work. Booyah. Makeup's just for the weekend if I'm not doing something outdoorsy that will get me sweaty.

wednesdayam

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @mercymercyme: and I'd like to add to this, Kate Sommerville Anti-Bac Clearing Lotion. Retinols scare my skin, which decided to break out suddenly last fall. The Anti-Bac is amazing- it's 5% benzoyl peroxide, yet I can put it all over my face (not eyes, of course), and I get no flakey, dry, irritated hell. It just clears it up. It does bleach, though, but as long as I let it soak in before putting on clothes/ hitting the pillow it's been OK. It's about $45 a bottle, but you need like 2 pumps max at a time, so it lasts well. It's cleared up my "WTF? Why are you doing this to me at 30+, Skin?" cheek break-outs. Without leaving me looking like Patsy after her chemical peel.

mockingbird

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: I procrastinate going to the optometrist because I can't stand anyone so much as touching my face near my eyes, let alone putting some sort of EQUIPMENT near them. When people ask me if I've considered contacts, I give them my very best "WTF?!" look, like, no, I'm not going to start my day by PUTTING SOMETHING IN MY EYE.

I like wearing makeup, but am generally too lazy to put it on every day, even though it takes me literally two minutes [five minutes for special occasions]. My hair always air-dries because heat does bad things to it. Not sure where all that time I'm saving goes, though...

LBB

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: It's hard to find the right red lipstick. I have the ability to turn 99% of them orange- it amazes makeup counter ladies. I finally found NARS Fire Down Below, which stays a deep, true red on me. But it is Serious lipstick, and I can't just toss it on. For every day, I love the chapstick-like lipsticks, mine are from Delux but they don't make it anymore. Tart has some, they're like a sheer color, not glossy, and not so deep that you worry it will look clownish if you slap some on without looking in the mirror. Nars also has some sheer lipsticks which are awesome- staying power without looking opaque. I think they have some red-tones. (Seriously, everything turns orange, I have been sent from makeup lady to makeup lady, and I have such an addiction I try everything now)

mockingbird

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: Additionally, I nominate you and your Cheeto pubes for Comment of the Day - I don't believe in TMI, especially when it comes to personal grooming. Let us know, girl!

mercymercyme

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: @rocknrollunicorn: I have one hyphenated word you you, ladies: RETIN-A! I started using it about 5 weeks ago, and even though you go through sort of a red-faced, flaky period, it will end - at least, it has for me - and you will have beeeeautiful, glowing, soft, awesome skin! I think that I'm really just starting to see the benefits, and I'm guessing that my skin will just keep getting better, but DAMN! I was so freaking happy this morning that I...I don't know, I flipped. On the inside. I'm so vain today that I can't stop looking in the mirror.

Also, tcheese, as you are so pale (me too!) this stuff helps correct sun damage by pushing damaged skin up and out. You have to wear stronger sunscreen, but this stuff is really recommended for people with your skin type.

mercymercyme

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Having a pixie cut means I have more time for...well, everything. Makeup takes 5 minutes tops, and all I do is rub some putty or texturizing creme into my hair, and I'm good to go. I only wash it a couple or three times a week, and rinse it on the other days; it dries in no time.

Obviously not everyone wants to go that route, but if you're up for experimenting, short hair rocks.

touchmyshoe

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> This may have been said already, but comments are waaaaaay too long to read them all -

My friend got her lipstick and eyeliner tatooed on for free by an aesthetician friend. Hurt like hell - the lips - she recommends numbing them well beforehand. Also, they were bright red and poochy for a week. Now they've subsided to a nice tone natural tone just a shade or two darker than her own color, so she just looks naturally nice but not made-up. HOWEVER. She now says she's kind of tired of it (6 mos later) and is looking forward to it fading completely away.

Walden3

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: You sound adorable. I have the auburn with fair skin/freckle thang going on myself. Tanning is quite a long arduous process and I have decided it's not that important.

Until it's summer. Then I have to wear shorts & skirts... Ah, well.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @RosePetalPlace: I always like the days when I put in an effort, do some eye makeup, wear my contacts, and get so many compliments that I start to wonder how ass I look every day. I try to reassure myself that I'm like Superman without my glasses, and Clark Kent with them, so that I am saving my super powers for when I need them. Really, I am a lazy ass with dry eyes and since moving to LA contacts bug me too much to wear daily.

I had a crush on a cute temp once, and starting wearing my contacts every day. The first day he was gone, my best gay commented on my wearing my glasses and less makeup, and then went, "Oh, I get it." We were both sad to lose our eye candy.

mockingbird

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @mockingbird: Oh hey, thanks for the tips! I have tried drugstore brands with a "green" base and they usually end up making me look like the interior of a cucumber, but I bet the Smashbox one is loads better. I have a Sephora nearby - I'll try next time I'm there!

And I don't think I have rosacea - I'm just kind of ruddy in general, I think.

I WISH I could pull off red red. It's so dramatic and va-va-voomy. But I have to go for pinker or bluer reds because red hair + ruddy skin + red makeup = tscheese looks to be about the color and dimensions of a firetruck. Not for me.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I wear a minimal amount of makeup most day, but apparently it's enough to make a difference -- yesterday I was hungover, and late getting out of bed, so I skipped makeup, wore my glasses and half-assed my hair. I got a lot of "you look...different today" and even some flat-out "you look tired" comments. Niiiice.

RosePetalPlace

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: Oh, I just bought the Estee Double Wear Light. It's fab, stays on all day without melting into the Exxon slick that is my skin. We'll see how this summer plays out. I resent every minute of sleep that I miss, including shower, makeup and blowdry times. Not to mention the nightly skincare ritual. But if I don't, I look like road kill, and the nasty old ladies in here ask caring questions like "Are you feeling all right, dear?"

Pterodactyl

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> An actual, not-sarcastic (I think?) quote from my stepmother:

"I think those red phone ads really backfired for Hillary. All I could think was, if Al Qaeda blew up New York City in the middle of the night, Barack Obama wouldn't be 30 minutes late to the strategy meeting because he was putting on his face."

I actually am an Obama supporter, but AUUUGHHH.

dearcoquette

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @nellicat: i thought i was the only one who thought like this!! it's all part of getting dressed up to me, not someting I do every day.

snot

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> In the past 15 years, I have probably gone 25 days of my life without wearing makeup in public. Acne will do that to you - I need *something* to feel presentable, otherwise I'm convinced everyone is pointing and laughing. Even now that I don't break out much, I need something to minimize the scars.

But I very rarely blow-dry my hair. If I use the right product, comb it into place, let it air-dry and brush it after it dries, It looks 60% of the way to great, and that's good enough. I'd rather have the extra hour of sleep.

fol_de_rol

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> i wash my hair like three times a week. i think the time i save from that alone more than makes up for the 7 minutes (or less) i spend every morning putting bronzer, blush, eyebrow filler, eyeliner and mascara on before sprinting to the subway.

winowino

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I don't wear makeup (except sometimes concealer to help hide my hideous face scar). Getting ready for my day takes about 5 minutes.

HoboQueen

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: I too am the visible woman! I joke that I'm a map of the human vascular system, because you can see every vein. But I'm the opposite of Teutonic, I'm Welsh/ Anglo-Indian, so I have pale, translucent olive skin. Someone once told me I have a perfect pale olive complexion, and I cling to that, because it's better than "damn, I look green and sickly." I will not leave my house without concealer and blush. I am really lucky to have good skin genes on both sides of the family, so I don't need foundation really, but raccoon eyes are a constant and so not attractive, so I love concealer.

My mom is a no makeup person, actually "Our family doesn't do that" level of no makeup. Her dad scarred her for life by telling her her red nail polish "looked like she had dipped her nails in pig's blood." I somehow got her mother's genetic love of red, and red lipstick, as my grandmother always wore Revlon Rascal Red. I keep my great-grandmother in shape, as my makeup and hair dying habits supposedly have her "spinning in her grave," according to my mom.

For your redness, you might want to see a derm doc, as I always read in Allure and such that the symptoms you describe can be roseacea (I wish for it because it would save me on blush). Otherwise, you can use a green tinted primer to neutralize the redness. Smashbox makes a good primer, and they have small tubes so you can try them. I use their apricot-y one to help me look alive, and they do have a green one. Take advantage of Sephora's sample policy to play with it at home if you don't like getting makeup applied in-store.

mockingbird

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Thanks to this thread, I'm now rethinking my 15-year-plus habit of morning-only-no-exceptions showers. I'm thinking of a whole new world of extra sleep, less procrastination and no crazy coworker clucking at me and checking her watch when I amble in late. Oh, to dream.

I wear makeup largely because my skin is bad, and I've been wearing it for that reason since I was about 14 (now 31). I've tried everything short of Accutane, but still there are zits. And scars. And red spots. And oil. I'm a foundation-concealer-mascara-blush-lipgloss girl, and I'm OK with that.

LoSpaz

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hamburgerhotdog: yeah, I've seen some really BAD examples of this 'permanent makeup' (tattooing) practice here in Southern California.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> This is insulting and, for the record, it takes me the most time to dry my hair and to pick out clothes. Makeup is like 2 minutes, tops.

chlauraform

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @Dauphine: "Plus there's Dior's airflash foundation which is in a SPRAY CAN and freaks me out.
I am a little embarrassed to say that I caved and bought that for the first time last month. I was inspired by how good a couple of friends looked having makeup done professionally for their weddings, and they all said it was the spray-on foundation that did it.

I normally buy all my make-up at the drugstore, and so this was a huge splurge. It's a little tricky to put on, but when I get it right I think it really does look damn good. It's insanely expensive though (I think it was like $60 for the can?), and since it's my first can I don't know how long it will last. If not long, I probably won't buy it again.

I am though now intrigued by the infomercial version of what the pros use to airbrush for TV...

formergr

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @CorporateTool: and i thought it was the gnarly teeth. learn something new every day.

pferde_schwanz

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hharlowe: Word on the Bad Gal Lash.

blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blondegrlz: That happened to me, too! And my eyes were stinging and bloodshot for the rest of the day. But, that wasn't the bad part for me, since at least that went away. My hair was dyed red at the time and the technician decided that was a good color for my eyelashes. Fire-engine red eyelashes did look kind of cool though, albeit maybe for a shorter amount of time.
If someone here is thinking about getting it done, you should just find a place that is pretty good, for cosmetic reasons, and because you don't want the possibility of leaving blind.


eraserheadpixies (now representing norwegian xanax and JESUS!1!@#!)

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> i have not gone to bed without a shower in at least 15 years.

benefit bad gal mascara = me like

hharlowe

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: A whores bath is just washing your crotch and pits, I throw the feet in because of my aforementioned grossed-outed-ness by dirty feet. I think its a French term. Oh la la!

hatepaperdoll

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Has anyone used vitamin K cream for blemishes and undereye circles? I tried it, but it clogged my poors so much I had to stop before seeing results. So, back to undereye makeup and more pimples. Makeup clogs pores, doesn't matter what kind it is.

Catty Is Cumbersome

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @grood: I was thinking that a digital perm like "digits" as in...your fingers are digits? So like just sprunching and curling with your fingers?

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hamburgerhotdog:
"next on nightline: girls who huff their foundation"

yttri

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hatepaperdoll: I am fascinated by this "whore's bath." What does it constitute? I have given everyone on Jezebel entirely too much information about myself today, despite the fact that I am totally sober, and I have no intention of stopping.

@angrycandy: Max Factor 2000 Calorie USED to make this terrific auburn mascara, but I haven't seen it in ages and I'm not sure if they still make it. My mom has the same hair and complexion as I do, and she's had good luck with the Just for Redheads line, though I haven't tried any of their products personally.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Dudes, my old roommate dyed her blondie eyebrows with Just for Men moustache dye! It totally works. They even give you a sweet toothbrush- esque comb. And you get to enjoy the awesome pictures on the box.

I am also a blond, my brows are a few shades darker so I don't worry about them but once I got my lashes dyed and it was AMAZING. A little self tanner every few days and people were complimenting my makeup right and left and I wasn't even wearing any. It was the best.

madamequeen will not let you sleep on the couch

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @Le Kangourou de Kataroo is reading this sexy blog.: I hear you Kangaroo. I have to put foundation on, and then it looks weird to just have foundation on, and so goes the vicious cycle.

Also, I look so young without makeup on that I feel unprofessional without it.

But I am slimming down my product line.

Also, timesaver: While I'm waiting for the conditioner to settle in my hair (I leave it on for the full five minutes and have shiny hair because of it) I wash my body and brush my teeth - in the shower. So refreshing.

I kinda want to take a shower right now ... oh that's because of the Clive pic you posted!

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @angrycandy: Max Factor just launched a double ended mascara here in Britain...and the gold ended one does the trick nicely like that...and I'm pale with red hair too...

I also swear by bitter chocolate colours or a mauve based grey for smoky eyes rather than black.

gherkinfiend

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @gra: What's a digital perm? Is that like a hologram?

grood

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: Oh, I can't stand going to bed without a shower. It's the dirty feet, I can't sleep if my feet are dirty, it just grosses me out. I have long hair, so I braid it before I shower (if I'm not washing it) and sleep with the wet braid in.
I will usually do this even if I'm slammed, or at someones place for the night (I'll do the whores bath in the sink, whatever, I am kind of a whore)
Unless I'm really slammered, then it all goes out the window, contacts in, dirty feet, full make-up...so pretty in the morning.



hatepaperdoll

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I too swear by the makeup removing cloths. They are awesome.

I always put on my makeup at work, because I rarely even see anyone in the morning. I recently found this product that I am really into, MAC Studio Fix powder/foundation. It has really good coverage and is very easy to apply. Sometimes I just wear that and lip balm and I think it makes a big difference.

layladylan

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Actually, my face more closely resembles the middle east AFTER I pick it apart....

Tscheese - I'm a redhead, pale lashes, too. Why the heck can't they come up with makeup that flatters us? Maybe like a glimmery gold mascara (over dark eyeshadow) that would play up our pale lashes. Since having dark, seductive, smoky eyes is impossible, we might as well look like . . . fucking circus clowns?

angrycandy

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I'm the queen of getting ready in 10 minutes or less. My secrets:

1. Shower at night.
2. Wash hair 2-3 times per week max (use baby powder or Bumble & Bumble colored powder if you have dark hair - it takes a few months to "train" your hair but it'll work and be waaay worth it)
3. Air dry if possible. If you have to wash and go, use a curl/wave enhancer to give yourself some wave and volume, put hair up until have to take down, and then go.
4. Mornings = tinted moisturizer with spf (I like Stila), eyelash curler and black mascara (I like Max Factor 2000 Calorie), and Clinique's black honey lipstick (which you can use as a blush too if you're not red already like me). It takes about 30 seconds and I'm out the door.

use Rosebud lip salve the rest of the day, pinch your cheeks occasionally if you need the color, and you're set for the entire day.




blubirde

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @LadyNo: Hilarious. The first time my sister used Bare Minerals instead of liquid foundation (she is the makeup QUEEN), she asked her husband how he thought her makeup looked and he responded "it looks better. That other stuff made you look like you had dirt on your face." The "other stuff" he was referring to was the foundation she had been using every single for like 7 years.

blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: So off to get me some today. Thanks!

dirtdevilabortion

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @marin79: My hair is exactly the same way- frizzy and flat on top and wavy and sorta curly on the bottom. Thermasilk has a leave in straightening creme I found to work pretty well on my hair.

dirtdevilabortion

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @perphiction: This used to be me, but when i started washing at night too my skin really cleared up. Now I wear more makeup

Dear Blond Diary...

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: I have a big head too! Big heads of the world, unite!

Ms T. Pointy-Winkelstein

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> The longer my commute is, the more makeup I end up wearing AND the more informed I am about current events. Bless you, NPR.

Also, I totally wear earplugs when I dry my hair. My mom's losing her hearing from that daily habit.

Ms T. Pointy-Winkelstein

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @CorporateTool: There's "two" types of British women, those who do wear makeup and those who don't. As long as we're safely in the land of largely untrue stereotypes, the ones who don't are the, well, ones who are interesting to talk to. The ones who do tend to be from Essex and have the sole aspiration of being a page 3 girl, or to date a married man.

And yes, those are largely untrue stereotypes, but as the article was based on the absurdity of them all, might as well lay out the presumptions it's based on.

aspiringexpatriate

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @marin79: My hair is pretty straight normally, so your mileage may vary. But that mousse works pretty well on humid days. Without it, my hair is affected by humidity, whereby it'll just pick up the natural curve of my head where it was lying, and then I'll get all these huge enormous not-waves that are crafted in the shape of my massive skull.

Also, another tscheese overshare time: I can't find any fucking ladies' hats that fit. I have an enormous Norwegian head. I love hats. I can't wear them. I am enormous.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> This morning we were running late, and so my husband was getting into the shower as I was still finishing up with toothbrushing and the like. As I started to put on my eyeliner, my husband gaped and said, "You're putting on MAKEUP?" I was like, um, yeah, just like every other morning. Apparently he thought I only put on makeup for special occasions.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @dirtdevilabortion: The Ponds wipes rock the eye makeup removal. Actually, I buy the Target knock off of the Ponds wipes. Way cheaper.

blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> my aunt has her eyebrows tatooed on - looks alright when she has the rest of her face on but hillarious first thing in the morning with no makeup and bed head - like she is very suprised about something ahahahah chuckling to myself just thinking about it

nothanks

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> As for lipstick, I read some Jezzies here raving about Clinique's "Almost Lipstick" in black honey. I'm kinda translucent and lipstick always made me look like a clown and/or a baby whore but I looove me some black honey. Also, I wear a bit of mascara from time to time- I always took it off with baby oil. But maybe some of these Ponds wipes will do me better?

dirtdevilabortion

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: buy it whenever you see it, because it blows out of there. I have three stocked up.

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @meaghan2k: Haha! Me too. I have no excuses!

chelotoyou

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: I also shower at night. It really cuts down on your time in the morning for blowdrying if you have long hair- I go to sleep with it wet and then just use a spraybottle of water in the mornning to kind of dampen it before I blowdry. The part it usually pretty fucked up after sleeping with it wet but I just spray that and it lies flat again. Its really nice to not be as rushed in the morning with having to shower, and I agree, it is nice going to sleep feeling clean. I never understood how some people CANNOT go without their morning shower, exclaiming how "gross" they feel if they shower at night but not in the morning.

LaFemme

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @perphiction: It depends on what kind of skin you have. If you have dry or sensitive skin, you can just get away with a toner. If you have oily or acne prone skin, then I would say you need to wash your face nightly.

TruculentandUnreliable

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: foundation must be a Southern mama thing. My mom did the same thing. And then I realized in my 20's that I didn't need foundation because I had flesh-colored skin already. And then I turned 30 and realized what this miracle liquid was created for.

eleanorstrousers

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @brendastarlet: Oops!

blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @brendastarlet: I am interested in this Lip Plus. Where do you get it, Sephora?

blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> p.s. you can get the Make Up Forever stuff at Sephora. But the folks in their Soho store are so nice, and if you call ahead, they'll give you a makeover and show you how to use everything.

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: Only if you are willing to wear the protective suit!

peliroja

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @perphiction: yes, because your face picks up dirt from the environment. (My face was never so clogged as when I lived in Japan. It took three months of facials to get it back to normal.)

I am a lipstick girl, too. I switch back and forth between MAC and NARS. I also have this great top coat from Make Up Forever called Lip Plus. You put it on over your lipstick, and it stays on for hours. They also make a creme called Matte Lip that matte-ifies your glossy lipsticks, so you get two, two, two lipsticks in one!

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @perphiction: I really do think you should wash your face before bed no matter what. My cousin swears that every night you go without washing your face before bed adds seven years to your face. Obviously, that's ridiculous, but she first told me this when I was like 12 and I totally believed it. Scared the hell out of me.

blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: Thanks for the tip - I'll have to give that a try! I'm always looking for a good straightening product since I have that kind of hair that has some natural curl, but not enough to really pull off that look naturally (the top of my head leans towards frizzy and the bottom is curly - total mess).

marin79

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: I'm beyond pale...even by Irish standards. I have to lighten my lightest-shade-they- sell-foundation at MAC with white theatrical make up to prevent the dreaded tidemark...

My mother tells me 'dead fish' skin. i think I like your Visible Woman better

gherkinfiend

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> For drying your hair-
Pick out a few towels that are newer- and make a point to never use fabric softener or dryer sheets with them. They will stay super absorbent and dry your hair a lot faster. Softeners wreck the absorbency of towels.

Blow dry your eyelash curler so it is warm, then curl them.

Those are my tricks.


TheUptightMidwesterner

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: Oh, wait. I can't fight crime and be a criminal defense attorney. Never mind.

blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: are your towels all bleached out? God, it's so embarassing. My dad is nearing 50 and is still a zitty mess, so I have no light at the end of this tunnel.

rocknrollunicorn

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @Le Kangourou de Kataroo is reading this sexy blog.: AGREED.

gold_gato

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I have a question ladies. So, if I don't wear any makeup, do I still have to wash my face at night? Is that recommended? I just put on moisturizer and lip balm after I take a shower in the morning.

Also, I guess I'd like to wear makeup. But, I'm too lazy in the morning, and even if I had makeup I wouldn't know what to do with it, how to apply it, etc.

perphiction

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hamburgerhotdog: "Hump lump." Hee! I call that a "fuck knot," but I like the internal rhyme of "hump lump" better.

wolf biter

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: Hahahahahahaha I was WONDERING where those pale spots on my new pillowcase came from!

special_boots

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @peliroja: Oooh, I can fight crime with y'all?

Here are some of BBF's Makeup/Product Recommendations:
For old school liquid foundation, Estee Lauder Double Wear. Shit is magic.

Moisturizing/anti-aging, Prescriptives Super Line Preventor or if you're broke this month, Olay's Seven Signs Serum.


blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: it's not bad. The dye comes from Germany. I have it done by my facial lady. You lie down, and she puts cotton under your lower lashes. She puts it on like mascara, and it dries in about 30 seconds. It lasts three-four months. I have short lashes and it made a difference.

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @peliroja: Yes! Let's fight crime. But UV light would be our kryptonite, and we'd need old-timey diver suits constructed out of SPF 75!

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Oh, and Moe, you can listen to Marketplace podcasts. And it's on in the evenings, anyway. I should get a shower radio for morning edition, though.

I have mad love for public radio. NPR, APM, PRI. Swoon.

not.a.clever.name

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @rocknrollunicorn: You know how you wake up and your hair is sticking out in ten different directions. It puts a damper on that.

Also good for hump lump - that ratnest of hair you get on the back of your head while enganging in activities on your back (if you get my drift)

hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @CorporateTool: I forgot about him...I didn't think you were having a dig about British women.

I was just astounded (and secretly pleased) that you didn't know/think British girls wear more maquillage than a Vegas showgirl ready for a close up!

gherkinfiend

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hamburgerhotdog: Oooh, satin pillowcases! That sounds luxuriant.

...I use benzoyl peroxide lotion every night, though, because in addition to having Cheeto-pubes, I am also a zitty mess. I have clear skin if I use it, but it bleaches the hell out of my pillowcases. I'm down to one beat-up Target pillowcase that I can actually use.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: My fellow pale friends and I used to always complain that you could still see the leg hair through our skin after we shaved. If I'm also a Visible Woman, maybe we could fight crime??

peliroja

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Moe, you should just put your iPod speakers (assuming you have those) in your bathroom when you shower. Then at least you can listen to podcasts of This American Life or something.

special_boots

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @BrutallyHonestBabes: Its a perm technique that was invented in Japan. They hook up a machine with cords to each individual curler to monitor and maintain the heat. This way, they don't get too hot and burn your hair... or something. I'm not entirely clear on it myself, but its supposed to be healthier for your hair than a regular old perm.

Here is a picture: [img327.imageshack.us]

gra

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> - i prefer not to wear makeup. sure, my complexion isn't flawless but at least i don't look like michael jackson... also i don't really know a whole bunch about makeup.

also -- i like how wars and pores rhymes.

dashenbka

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @marin79: This might only work for my short hair, but I ADORE adore adore Herbal Essences Straightening Mousse. I wet down my dented-capybara-looking coiffure in the mornings, comb it through, let it dry a little, and then carelessly run some of that shizz through. It dries fast and noncrunchy and it makes my hair behave for the whole day. And it smells GOOD.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @AthertonMerriweather: I agree with katekate. Those towels are awesome! I have really long, thick hair that looks really dumb when I try and blow dry it myself, so I never do, and using those towels (after combing it) cuts the drying time literally in half for me. I usually turn it inside out and use the other side after like 10 mins to get as much water out as poss, then its out the door!

NattyLite

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hamburgerhotdog: satin pillowcases? I have not heard that one, how does it work? bc I hate washing my hair every day and it's damaged enough as it is.

rocknrollunicorn

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I wear makeup only on special occasions. Part of what makes it "special," I guess - it's like I'm dressing up my face as well as wearing a fancy dress and high heels.

Oh, I also wear makeup when my daughter wants to play "beauty salon" and I often forget about it, resulting in trips to the store an hour later with huge red streaks on each cheek, a glitter forehead and lumpy lipstick around the outside of my mouth. Pretty!

nellicat

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hamburgerhotdog: satin pillow cases? explain? I have Baby powder too, but kinda hate the smell...

Dear Blond Diary...

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hamburgerhotdog: Clean Lash Tint!

SmittenKitten

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @rocknrollunicorn: I must have gone the other way. None of the women in my family wear any make up bar a bit of powder and a bit of lipstick on special occasions...yet I have worn make up pretty much every day since I was 12.

I don't look or feel like me without it. It's not even high maintenance, it's an obsession.

gherkinfiend

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @peliroja: I like lipstick. I like sheer kinds, though; Cover Girl TruShine, Maybelline Moisture Extreme, Revlon Shiny Sheers are all favorites because they don't overwhelm me (I have a big mouth), but they're not as young looking as lip gloss (I'm 24, but can look 16 if I'm not careful).

not.a.clever.name

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Also: I am an enormous ruddy Teutonic mess. I kind of want to find some sort of makeup that will COVER the youthful bloom in my cheeks. I never understood blush. I get that glowing flush just by thinking about anything, waiting five minutes, having the temperature rise by five degrees, or walking to the fax machine.

This probably has to do with the fact that my skin is basically the color and transparency of wax paper. I'm so pallid that I'm surprised you can't see my internal organs. I'm like the Visible Woman, yo.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: I shower at night also - always have! It's partially a time saver since I get to work around 7:15am & also b/c I exercise at night so I always want to shower right after. But I tell this to some people & they think it's really weird. No idea why though!

I have long hair though so sometimes it doesn't look great when I wake up. Those are either ponytail mornings or I just spray on a touch of water & re-blow dry it. Either way, so much faster!

marin79

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @melinderr: That's really interesting. Makeup was a huge right of passage in my family and one of the few things my mom and I bonded over in my teens. She actually took me to get makeup lessons and bought me my first lipstick since I was a "grown up" now.

hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I dye my hair these days, so I am always looking for ways to not wash it (it is dry) and still look good. I have a non-foaming shampoo now, but any other tips to avoid greasy hair?

Dear Blond Diary...

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blondegrlz: Make it Makers and diet instead and you're on.

@blackbirdfly: I buy Ponds wipes eight packs at a time at the wholesale club. I'm not just a lazy bitch, I'm a cheap one too!

wolf biter

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @melinderr: I started wearing lipstick when I got my first "real" job. Now I only wear it when I'm meeting with clients, but still.

CorporateTool

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @gra:
What is a digital perm? One that shows up on your facebook page but not real life?

I'm a makeup every day girl - with lipstick. Love lipstick.

BrutallyHonestBabes

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @rocknrollunicorn: I too have a signature color. And lipstick is the first thing I put on because I think I look like hammered shit until I put it on. So then I have to redo it after I finish everything else. I probably have lead poisoning.

blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I know this is so old school but satin pillowcases and baby powder enable me to not wash my hair every single day, and I have some greasy disagreeable long scraggly hair.

hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @rocknrollunicorn: Lipstick is totally making a comeback, too. I recently fell in love with MAC's "Honeyflower" and wear it like lipbalm. Love.

peliroja

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @gherkinfiend: It was a reference to the douche-bag guy who said that British women need to take better care of themselves. Should have included a link, but was too lazy. I have nothing against the British chickies. Especially as someone who neither dried their hair, nor applied makeup this morning.

CorporateTool

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> We had a sociologist come into work last week and discuss why women wear make-up. I work for a cosmetics company in NY.
A lot of people associate it with professionalism, which I was surprised about. One girl didn't wear a stitch of make-up all of her life. The day before she got her first real job she headed off to Saks and bought make-up. Wtf?

I don't think that I learned it from my mother or sister though, it was just something I picked up on my own. I honestly do not think I look good without make-up. I could wear less than I do, but I choose to wear it. It doesn't take that long. It's fun to play!


SmittenKitten

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @Archetype: Yes, I got a whole kit. So far I am loving it bunches, but the next week coming up is the hormonal breakout extravaganza that is my face, so we'll see how it goes.

BlondeGrlz

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @J.D.Regent: I was just always really freaked out by my childhood friend's mom who was relatively young and pretty, but when we would have sleepovers and I'd see her "without her face on" and she was unrecognizable!
My momma doesn't wear makeup, mostly because she has v. v. sensitive skin, so she just uses good moisturizers. I have recently begun to really notice what a lovely woman she is and i hope I look like her. when i was young, she was just my mom, you know?

Dear Blond Diary...

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hamburgerhotdog: That is the best beauty tip I have ever gotten. You are my hero.

BlondeGrlz

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @Le Kangourou de Kataroo is reading this sexy blog.: I've noticed that if I tone down the lipstick or the eyeliner, people ask me if I'm okay and tell me I look sick or tired. I don't think they realize that is what is making me look different, but it's not encouraging.@blondegrlz: We are soul sisters. I buy those wipes SOLELY because I am a lazy bitch.

blackbirdfly

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: Hahaha! Cheetos!

Last year I got so frustrated by the idea that I had to dye and wax my eyebrows that I quit cold turkey. I think I look fine naturally too, but lately I've been missing having eyebrows.

I've decided I can't dye my eyelashes. Too scary. But I might consider perming them.
[www.eyebrowstodiefor.com]


gra

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @AthertonMerriweather: I have this one [www.buytwistytowel.com] . It's no better than a regular towel, but less bulky. It was $5 for 2, but I think I should have sprang for the $15 that's made of the waffly fabric my hella awesome dish towels are made of.

And, yes, I tried wrapping my hair in a dish towel. It wasn't big enough.

@rocknrollunicorn: The last few days I've had to be at work "early" (**cough**9:30**cough**) so I showered at night to save time. My hair was still damp EIGHT HOURS LATER.

I barely do my hair. And I do a little makeup. I waste 45 minutes of my morning watching "The Nanny." I don't think the 15 minutes I spend dressing and doing my hair and makeup is my issue.

not.a.clever.name

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Seriously, "The most beautiful makeup for a woman is passion"

That is what I tell myself every morning when I sleep an extra ten minutes and look like ass because I didn't have time for makeup.

kimsama

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: ah, you must be my soulmate. I also wear lipstick and I love it. my lips always look all washed out. When I settled upon a signature color and a signature perfume, I decided I was grown up. Maybe I should start acting like it, though.

rocknrollunicorn

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @treecut: I get spacey in the mornings also - which is why I shower & blow dry my hair at night. But even with that I still can't figure out where most of my time goes in the morning. I should oversleep every day since that's the only time I actually rush and can get out of my apartment on time. I'm perpetually late if I wake up early or on time. And I can never figure out why!

marin79

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @katekate: @marin79: @jezebellian: Thanks. Maybe I'll ask for one for Christmas so I don't waste my own money on it.

AthertonMerriweather

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> Ha, I currently not wearing makeup. But that is because I'm spending the next month indoors working on my thesis. However...if I were running for public office, I could see the purpose of throwing some on. I've often looked at Hillary and tried to imagine her routine every morning. Once I heard that Laura Bush has a body man who is solely in charge of hair/makeup and carries around a bag with her entourage at all times. They call it the nuclear football.

peliroja

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> O hay guise - those of you who shower in the morning, do you ever feel kinda icky bringing the gunk of the day with you into bed?

I have ALWAYS showered at night. Old habit, never going to break it. I grew up on a farm and that was just the way it was -- you don't drag the farm with you into your nice clean bed, y'know?

I now work in NYC and I have to walk about three miles a day just to get to work, and there are some days when I practically run home from my bus stop just to jump in the shower. There are days where I can just feel the grit and grime embedded in my skin and hair. I LOVE showering. I have to be clean when I get in bed.

'Course, I have short hair and I always go to bed before it's dry, so I resemble a dented porcupine every morning, but at least I'm clean.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @wolf biter: Oh jinx on the Ponds facewipes, I swear you're comment wasn't up when I wrote mine. Buy you a rum and coke?

BlondeGrlz

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blondegrlz: Bare Escentuals?

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: yeah when your mom sold mary kay and never left the house without make up herself, you get into it early.

I really don't mind, though. I don't think it's like the antithesis of feminism to take some pride in my looks and make myself look how I want. I mean, I do it with flair, at least.

rocknrollunicorn

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @Dear Blond Diary...: yeah my mom didn't start wearing makeup until we were out of the house. she always said, don't raise people's expectations too much. you're beautiful enough when you're young, save your time and money for when you're old and need it. now she's richer and has more time for that kind of nonsense anyway.

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blondegrlz: Neutrogena makes a lash-dying mascara that gradually darkens your lashes with every wearing. You still have to use normal mascara for thickening but it's good for in between.

hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @tscheese: I am always curious about pubes. And I love people who overshare.

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @TruculentandUnreliable: Those facewipe things are the best invention ever. I keep them under my coffee table, so I can take off my makeup even if I'm too lazy to get off the couch. I like the Biore ones but the Ponds were on sale, so I'm using those now. GET SOME!

BlondeGrlz

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I am awful in the morning, and rarely have time to indulge in lots of primping. But, I've discovered the following tricks:

- Washing your face at night helps. A LOT. I never do it, still. But the times I do I am very happy in the morning.
- No time for makeup = curling my eyelashes, YSL Touche Eclat and Benetint. At least I don't look dead.
- Hair. If I have time, dry the bangs and then twist the sides up and pin. I can let down later and it's wavy. I also do LOTS of french twisty things. And headbands if I really have no time.
- Clarins Beauty Balm. Trust me.

Permanent makeup scares the piss out of me. Especially lips. What if you decide that you don't actually want to wear a plum-colored lipstick for the rest of your life, and you're left with a funky outline of your lips? Terrifying!

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: me too, cupcake. has to be a southern thing. i went out the other night with just a clear gloss on, and the very first thing my best friend said to me was, "This is the first time I've seen you without lipstick!" cuz normally I'm a red, red, red Loreal Colorstay girl.

Le Kangourou de Kataroo

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I don't wear make-up or dry my hair, but it still takes me over an hour to get ready in the morning because I'm so spacey. I'll jump in the shower to rinse off, and start thinking about the War, or puppies, and I'll only notice it has been 20 minutes when the hot water runs out. Then I spend about 20 minutes staring at my closet, trying to figure out what sweater I want to wear. Then I'll read the paper when I'm eating my Cheerios. As soon as I know it it is 9 am and I still haven't left for work.

treecut...will cut a beech

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> I never wore makeup until I was 16, when I broke down and bought mascara. Now my makeup routine is just like those 5-minute makeup tips for moms- put on a tinted moisturizer, a little blush, and mascara and you're done! I'm cashing out on that inherent beauty of youth thing for now. My hair takes about 10 minutes, normally. So...why am I not more informed on current events, then?

Dear Blond Diary...

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @gra: Hee! See, I'm a sort of a strawberry redhead--like, seriously, my pubes are the color of Cheetos, is that a total overshare?--and I actually kind of LIKE my eyebrows. I don't have any. I've never had to have them plucked. They just...kind of grow where they're supposed to, and I leave 'em alone. I'd be way too wigged out to dye my eyelashes, though.

I would, however, just once in my life, love to know what it's like to be able to tan.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @CorporateTool: A certain class/type of British woman (hello, Liz Jones!) doesn't wear make up...or wears the no make up make up look...

Many British girls wear vast quantities of make up...usually the wrong shade and applied with a trowel...over luminous coloured fake tan.

I have on more than one occasion seen a bitch fight over the last lip liner available to buy on a Saturday in drugstores here.

gherkinfiend

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blondegrlz: She got it IN YOUR EYES?!?!!? That is so scary and the fear of it is the only reason that I haven't dyed my eyelashes before.

gra

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @hamburgerhotdog: Every time I go into Sephora, somehow I end up near it and wonder if it, too, would make a decent flamethrower like hairspray. Then I run away from it.

I am currently in love with [thebodyshop-ca.stores.yahoo.net] at the moment and it's all I wear on my face after Lush's tea tree toner.

Dauphine

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blondegrlz: I want to publicly thank the hairstylist that came up with the messy updo. I wash may hair, put it in a low pony tail, twist it, and then put in a big barette to hold it in place. If I'm going out that night, it's got a nice wave when I take it down.

Lymed

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @blackbirdfly: It's okay. I'm pretty low-maintenance, but I do, too. Of course, I don't usually re-apply after 2:00 or so, or when I've had a few drinks, but I do wear it.

TruculentandUnreliable

]]> <![CDATA[5 Ways For Ladies To Make The Most Of All That Time They Waste Applying Makeup]]> @TruculentandUnreliable: I don't do it either. Washing my face at night is a total chore. If you feel really yucky, try the Ponds Clean Sweep Cleansing Cloths. They'll take off waterproof mascara, eyeliner, sparkly blush, lipstick and leave you feeling nice and clean. Half a sheet is plenty--I cut mine in half and the packets last even longer