Category Archives: body image

Loving the Summer Cosmetics Business

So here’s what I love today. It’s all about the minimalist summer makeup. I can go with these total basics: Loreal Voluminous mascara (I like the brown-black, non-waterproof, straight applicator, I’m just saying)

and the Maybelline Superstay lipcolor #774 (which goes on wet and dries gluey, then you spread on the included gloss-thing, and I swear,...

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Giving In

That makes it all sound so much more dramatic than it is. Ah, well. Sometimes I just do that.
So here’s what happened:
After more than two (2) years of cutting my own hair, I finally went ahead and got a Real Haircut. You can see from the pics above that I have been attempting the longer...

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Magic Mirror

The Nordstrom at the nearest mall has a magic mirror.
I’m totally not making this up.
The mirror at the end of the hallway inside the dressing room makes me look 6 inches taller and 20 pounds lighter. My legs are long in that mirror. My face, too. I think, in fact, that I look svelte in...

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Slave to Fashion?

So I’m going to go ahead and blog about clothes.
Stop laughing.
I mean it. Stop.
I like clothes. I do. They certainly beat the alternative. (I know, right?) But fashion? I don’t get it. Even little-kid fashion. In fact, I was in Macy’s yesterday with all four Kids, and I had gag-reflex issues with the little girl...

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I Am At War

The war cannot go unfought. I must eradicate the enemy, as it lurks, smooth and heavy, waving, taunting. I must destroy. This is war.

That may be a little strong. But this is going to be a fight. I am in a battle, anyway.

The enemy? Arm flab.

Eww. It causes my cool-mama casual waves to...

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Body Image Alert!

Okay, so everyone in the world must know this already, but not so much me.

So here it is:

If I feel crappy about me and sit and do nothing (except maybe eat a bag of caramel popcorn) I will continue to feel crappy and possibly even feel worse. Surprise!

But if I do a little goodness,...

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