I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

AWESOME

I used a black...something to keep my cosmetics in high school. (It might have been a real small toolbox, I don't remember.)

she wants to party
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she wants to get down
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Pony front left, step touch
Pony front right, step touch
And pony rear

Sometimes we did aerobics in gym class. I remember one tape our teacher fast forwarded past one exercise because it was pelvic thrusting. I guess that was inappropriate for 12 and 13 year olds. Or at least Mrs. Davis thought so.

lol. I feel like there was a lot of pelvic thrusting in aerobics.

I did a lot of aerobics in the 80s thanks to being a tubby kid with a skinny mom who was sad and confused at how she could have produced a tubby kid, and the kind of pelvic thrusts that require you to lay on your back, then lift your butt into the air and thrust were very popular. Also the dog-peeing-on-the-fire-hydrant move.

I've never been coordinated enough for aerobics--I get out of sync and fall over very quickly. (It's one reason why I was in special ed PE until I got enough credits to get out of PE altogether.)

The hips in the air thrusts were kind of racy, especially when you consider that people really did wear leotards to aerobics classes.

xp Christine, my mom was notoriously goofy in these classes. We were always in the back row and usually spent half the class just dancing around because neither one of us could figure out all of the intricate footwork.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gvq292tFYE

(aerobics gym danceoff movie, worth your 1:21)

One more bit of personal aerobics trivia: on Jeff and my first date, we watched the US aerobics championships at the Brewhouse Cafe in Atlanta.

awww!

xp Christine, my mom was notoriously goofy in these classes. We were always in the back row and usually spent half the class just dancing around because neither one of us could figure out all of the intricate footwork.

That was me in any sort of exercise/dance class ever. It was esp bad if there was a mirror because I could never figure out if I was supposed to watch the mirror or the instructor and wound up looking like the biggest goof. This happened in my Funky Fitness class. lol check out my friends smoove pose: http://i47.tinypic.com/2an7ue.jpg

We were always watched very carefully to make sure that we were doing things just like the instructor did.

I spent most of my Special PE time helping the coach/physical therapist with the other kids since I was far and away the most physically capable one in the classes--I was usually the only one that could walk unassisted, forex.

Have we discussed the national aerobics competitions? And Alan Thicke singing the theme song?

Mum was an aerobics nut. We had Jane Fonda workout albums, the original Jazzercize albums, a vhs tape where you did dog-firehydrant lifts to Counting the Beat by the Swingers....and classes 3 times a week with Berlin's "No More Words" & The Cars "I Know Tonight"
Her instructor had the best leotards, she was amazing.

if i can imagine counting the beat before target destroyed it would be a great workout song for sure

we had denise someone or other who looked so insanely high it was at first a distraction then a much easier solution than watching her video

Denise Austin? YES

Caboodles were awesome and the type/color/size of yours was a big status thing in the dressing room at dance recitals! We had get in shape girl, too. So awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoQ4ZuiSh8A

yeah, Veg! Denise Austin.

Alan Thicke A++

omg at preceding discussion

has anyone tried that cheap ass maybelline "ink" eyeshadow i've seen commercials for? want to try it but if its bad i know it will be really bad

WTF dudes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX6gZkaHmmY

that is. yeah, wtf. violent and uncool.

jesus christ

http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/a-make-up-tutorial-from-nikkie

It's jarring. I also am annoyed by the "women can't drive" subtext.

that's just awful in every possible way

i wonder how many are caused by JUST DOING OTHER SHIT BESIDES CONCENTRATING ON DRIVING in general. infuriating

UK has a few of these violent 'please use your seat-belt' type ads so this is fairly in line with that sort of thing. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKHY69AFstE

that scared the crap out of me

dnw

sidebar: I had a roommate who used to do her nails in traffic, I yelled at her a lot for it.

xp also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVbSB2vz_8

Yeah, I was going to say that in context I don't think it's a big deal. I've seen ads about texting and driving and I don't really see how this is different. It is a thing that I see a lot of people doing while driving which is bad news. I feel like a PSA is totally appropriate if a bit shockingly graphic.

but it's a volkswagon ad!!

that's more my ish with it

It's not a commercial. I think it's a PSA that was funded by Volkswagon. I don't have a problem with that.

Another sneak attack didactic makeup tutorial vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-XHPHRlWZk&feature=player_embedded

this one made me choke up a little!

Whoah holy shit that VW ad.

Uhhhh NEW TOPIC PLEASE.

I just bought the WEIRDEST product! I was looking for dry shampoo and ended up with GOSH "Pump Up the Volume" hair powder. It shakes out of this little container looking like a white powder but when you rub your hands it gets...WET. I'm not kidding! I think the "powder" is tiny bubbles of something! It's a very weird sensation, to be sure. About $10 at drugstore.

Seems to have worked great, though? My hair is on 2nd day after washing so it was getting a bit oily & limp and I wanted big, messy, saltwater hair today. Success!

Oh wait, that might be the stuff my hairdresser was showing me the other day! It seemed kind of miraculous! Sculpts/fixes the hair pretty well I think?
I did say it seemed like the only hair product that's ever worked on me i.e. hawaian sea water :)

I tried something similar – with terrible teenagery packaging
http://feistyfrugalandfabulous.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Got2b_Powderful.jpg

goet 2 be

But it works p well! Only $6. Nice for fuffing things back up after I take off my helmet. It makes a minor difference really but I'm blaming that on my hair, which loves gravity.

xp hm not sure it's the same brand but must basically be the same stuff

xp the brand is GOSH? i might check it out, even though i recently resolved to use up my hair products before buying any more. saltwater hair sounds too tempting.

i just recently bought eye primer after the discussion here, just a cheap one from the drugstore, and hey, it totally works! thanks everyone :)

xp I looked at that stuff too! There were two different varieties of that same brand and I couldn't tell if they were difft colors or just minutely different formulas. Went for the GOSH one because it had less packaging, in the end.

ive used that got2b stuff too, its great for volumizing. i always use too much though

and end up looking like gene wilder

takes you from tom petty to gene wilder in 10 seconds

I got some of this Matt Fat stuff in England at Christmas and it was pretty effective.

http://www.britstore.co.uk/photos/Lee_Stafford_Matt_Fat_Hair_Powder_10g.jpg

Unfortunately it was too effective on 1st day hair and not effective enough on 2nd day hair so I wound up tossing it.

The powder to liquid thing was pretty great though - it was like playing around with a science project.

takes you from tom petty to gene wilder in 10 seconds

I would buy literally anything with this tagline.

I know right??? I'm stopping at Walgreens on the way home.