I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

x-post - It is gross, yes! It just weirds me out. Empty carriage different story. Go to town imo.

^^xp this! I used to have a constant fear people were looking at/judging me in all situations, so makeup doing was stressful. I got over it by dying my hair a ridiculous colour and embracing my otherness as a valid reason to be stared at. Going weirder made me feel less self conscious. Yay, psychology!

well i mean, it is gross bc you're touching all the handlebars and everything, and then you're touching your face

that is p weird

it's like u might as well do ur makeup in a gas station bathroom in backwoods alabama

or something

bus is usually pretty empty. Also I wash then moisturise in the morning then like to let that sit for 30 mins or so before doing make up and I don't have time to do that before leaving. I only do a bit of concealer and powder really, couple of blobs of liquid foundation maybe. I have like an hour commute so want to leave the house asap

Lol I do not touch the bars

Lipstick or whatever is fine but it's the ladies who are just sitting there smearing foundation all over the place and stuff like it's just no thing. I don't want to witness any smearing that early in the am.

I also clip my toenails, nbd

I feel like I take up enough space on public transit just existing, so also moving around to apply makeup would make me feel bad in a very specific way. Also, I have to make funny faces when I put on makeup and I don't want the word to see those faces!

x-post - Empty bus different story too. If there's really nobody there/looking then I would probably do it too.

xxps - lol

WAIT you clip your toenails on the train?????

stop

sorry, we are all sisters here but you gotta shut that down kinder <3

Ha ha ew no, get out

omg guys she was kidding

I think that being beyond disgusting is the single thing all ilxors agree on

I honestly don't know what I'd do if someone just kicked off their shoes and started clipping away on the bus. I mean besides die, of course.

x-post - There was one person who admitted to clipping their nails at work though I can't remember who. You're right though - it seems to be a universal no-no.

OH shit! Jeff saw someone BRUSHING HIS TEETH on the train a couple of weeks ago! He was wearing a bathrobe, too! (the tooth brusher, not Jeff.)

OMG WHAT

That's sort of amazing.

He posted about it somewhere, I think. I'll see if I can find it.

ha, my favourite co-worker called me up the other day to tell me that another co-worker had kicked off her shoes while they were talking and starting picking at her feet (keep in mind, they were both IN one of our stores while it was OPEN) and then started eating some food without washing her hands.

haha kinder knows how to get our goats! and jeff saw The Dude?!

foundation I could never fathom doing on a train because there's always some left on my hands and I wash them before I go onto any other steps! but I'm one of those people who wash their hands a lot.

There is talk of train-makeupping on the IA thread:

I sat next to a woman on the train this morning who was doing her makeup, which annoys me but I can cope, except that I swear it took her ten minutes to put on foundation. She just kept getting a teeny little bit out of the tube, and then rubbing it on her face, getting a teeny bit more, and rubbing it on her face, then a teeny bit more, and rubbing it on her face, and then a teeny bit more, and rubbing it on her face. I think it was more the repetitive nature of the motions than the actual make-upping that was making me batty but phew, I was on edge until she switched to eyeliner.

― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:31 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

And then later!

Guess what? I was on the train with the make-up lady this time! I timed her foundation application and it was not ten minutes but it was a little over five, which is still a really long time to dab makeup on your face. I wasn't in the seat next to her so I could surreptitiously check out her technique and she puts on LIQUID EYELINER! On the train! Using a little hand mirror! I can't even begin to put on liquid eyeliner in a perfectly still bathroom with a big mirror and bright lights. I'm torn between still being irritated by how long it takes her to put on foundation/the impropriety of personal grooming in public (I'm sorry, sunny! I'm kind of stuffy about these things) and being completely impressed by her skill.

The person I was sitting next to was wearing earphones and also playing Words with Friends WITH THE SOUND ON. I don't even think she realized it.

― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, May 4, 2012 2:55 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I have things planned. I have wanted to blog about PRODUCTS forever!

PS my gel manicure that I got almost a month ago still is perfectly intact EXCEPT for my right hand index finger, which has been torn to shreds. Should I get a new one or just keep on truckin'?

/The person I was sitting next to was wearing earphones and also playing Words with Friends WITH THE SOUND ON. I don't even think she realized it/

how does that work? if you've got the jack in, don't all the sounds go through the earbuds?? now i'm worried i've been playing games with the sound on for folks while i listen to my music

Hasn't it grown out some so that you can see your bare nails at the bottom?

xp IIRC she was listening to an iPod, playing Ww/F on her phone.

Yes it has, but I actually like the way it looks a lot because it makes my fingers look longer.

Hell, roll with it then.

A month is fuckign impressive for gel. The longest I've gone is 3 weeks but by that point they were getting pretty torn up. I just had gel and it lasted exactly 2 weeks. Sometimes I get antsy and want to change the color but I have to admit it's pretty damn sweet.

I think I'd always get gel but then I'd feel bad for the 30 some odd polishes I have at home.

I didn't buy all those btw. I won a blog give away last year and got about half of them from that.

I haven't worn nail varnish on my fingers in years but you guys are basically making me do it. Also all the cool girls at work do it too. (By cool I mean the lady who always wears amazing 60s style indiegirl outfits and my boss who is always wearing some kick-ass office dress)

Wearing nail polish for me started as a way to get me to stop biting them but now I just love the way it looks. I feel really weird without it on.

BUt only because I'm used to it now.

I like it too because it keeps me from fucking up my nails.

Yeah my cuticle are TOAST unless I pay someone to maintain them every couple of weeks.

i do my nails every sunday, fingers and toes. i own a million polishes and get new ones all the time. i just got some of the extremely narrow tip nail brushes to do detail work lol

immediately drew a cat's face on my thumbnail

I'm lazy about my toes but I tend to do my nail polish every Sunday too :) I bought some tiny stickers today with the hopes of using them as fun decals. Some are Bat signals! I also bought a few liner ones this week so this weekend's result should be fun.

Plane about to take off so can't post more than I AM SO IN! More tomorrow when I am back on land.

Aww sorry for the disappoint on the nails dudes. Yeah I found those on pintrest which is a great place for hair and nail ideas. Also, can I be in on this blog????

I will be a loyal reader!

So . . .

http://ifeelprettynot.blogspot.com/

I am training someone today so I'll be around off and on but I just wanted to get something started.

:D

aw yaay :D

yayayayaay

Awesome!