(As a general comment and not because I count myself in the category described by Sarge).

I don't wear very much makeup at all but putting on at least a layer of foundation and powder has become like getting dressed or brushing my hair or my teeth. If you leave the house without doing these things, you feel uncomfortable. Stupid, I know, but it's a habit.

I also think of the chapter in Almost French where the writer is about to go to the bakery in her tracksuit pants as she would in Australia and her French partner begs her not to go without getting dressed 'properly' (as the French do). When she asks why, his answer is "it's not fair to the baker".

Yeah that is one of the major issues with online buying. NO ONE understands female sizing because it does not make sense.

Hmm, learn to sew? You did say you needed another direction to go. Maybe you could get into fashion design, and you would have a unique perspective.

I have seriously considered maternity wear also...my tummy likes to grow and shrink without the rest of me.

Female clothes sizing is a joke. Every fecking shop does their own thing. I go into NewLook and the jeans that fit me are a size 10 (8 US). I go into Matalan and I need a size 12. Some shops I have to get size 14. That can be on the same day, so it isn't that I have been size shifting in the meantime.

Same with the 'long fit' and 'normal fit'. Some shops the 'normal fit' barely reaches my ankles. Other shops the 'long fit' is long enough to trip me up.


On the wearing make-up: I think it's one of those things that once you get into the habit of it, you don't feel quite right without it. I have had very brief periods of wearing make-up. But I just dom't like it. I don't like the feel of it on my face. I like the look of it, when I do wear make-up, but it's only in a blue moon that i do it. And when I do, I don't wear foundation/base or anything like that. Usually, if I am doing make-up it's just a little brown/black mascara, having first removed most of the stuff from the brush onto a piece of tissue, to it's barely there. A little onto my eyebrows, again barely there. And some lipstick. Very occasionally, I'll add a little eyeshadow.

Perhaps, but for me, makeup is usually the difference between man in a skirt and female. If you forego makeup and someone notices, it won't change your gender in their eyes. I truly have to "put on my face" when I go out.

However, there is as ray of hope. Eventually, as the estrogen does it's thing and my body changes over, the male will be less noticable and I might get away with much less makeup. Getting rid of the beard is a huge plus in this. That gets rid of layers of warpaint right there. Eventually, I will have most of the makeup/no makeup options available to most women.

Now, all I need is six to eight thousand bucks to get rid of the beard. :(

I tried make up & I didn't like it. With my Lupus, I sometimes get the butterfly mask effect on my face. The Army had a cosmetologist (they also provide make up for burn patients or others with heavy scarring) teach me and they even gave me the make up. I couldn't stand the feel. At first, I wouldn't leave the post when I had an outbreak because of the stares & embarassment. Now I've learned to accept it. When someone stares, I simply smile & wave. Little kids can be the most fun because I'll stick out my tongue or make a funny face. It usually gets a laugh and breaks the ice.

What I'm trying to say is, don't dress or wear things for others. Learn to be comfortable with yourself & screw what others think

I stopped wearing mascara because I nearly always rub my eyes during the day and ended up with panda eyes which take ages to remove.

Panda eyes? Hmmm....I use to have this fantasy about being lost in a bamboo jungle and then there was a cute little female panda wearing a...

Actually, I revealed a secret of sorts in my newest blog post, which might surprise you long-term Dwellars that actually know me: http://thebosque.us/?p=327

Hello!

I'mma make a guess that this is Infinite Monkey making the point that the anonymous account is used more than it should be.

That point was made long before me

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...803#post720803
http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...808#post720808
http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...815#post720815

:eyebrow:

Like Superman, I am. ;)

Yeah, I saw those and figured somebody logged in and forgot to log out. Certainly not anonymous worthy.:3eye:

I am annoyed.

Hello.. my ass.

This is what I mean. I'm done. Someone is using it to troll. Let's exalt that for some reason: it could very well be one of the favorite ass-suckers.