| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 05/27/2005 : 19:08:02
as by request (peer pressure peer pressure)
a thread about the girly things, the products and sprays the lotions and potions the pamperings and peels the treatments and treats.
I nominate the body shops body butter and Lush bath bombs as being most excellent.
and nothing is as lovely as a really good pedicure, mmm feet treat
I hope that I will live to see you undress |
| 35 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/26/2005 : 03:45:10
Very good for summer - just works so damn well |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/25/2005 : 11:05:52
You have a point.
I meant the fabulousness. The walking on air. The happy feeling.
You know the one I mean.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics
 |
| dayanara |
Posted - 06/25/2005 : 11:04:22
weren't girls pretty hairy back in the duran duran days? |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/25/2005 : 09:05:39
Thank you, Dayanara and Surfer for suggesting this.
I feel like I am starring in a Duran Duran music video.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics
|
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/24/2005 : 00:26:38
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Ooh. Very important stuff, Surfer.
My first answer starts with Frank.
(Frank and Brazilians = 1 degree of separation!)
Because of the just-announced Pixies show I cancelled my
NYC trip and appointment (you can now boast that you know
someone who blew off the J Sisters). This very Saturday
morning is my close-to-home meeting with the wax. is 9 a.m. too
early to pop codeine with a whiskey chaser?
Now, about your dilemma. It's not about how you look. It's about
attitude. Subtle but serious attitude. Kill with kindness and
charm and sass. And don't worry about your body or wear anything
too revealing. Smile. That's my best advice. Good luck.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics
Ah thank you - that is pretty much the approach I was going to take (always reassuring to know), just thought that some extra muscle on my arms would help with the 'tude. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/23/2005 : 15:13:03
Ooh. Very important stuff, Surfer.
My first answer starts with Frank.
(Frank and Brazilians = 1 degree of separation!)
Because of the just-announced Pixies show I cancelled my
NYC trip and appointment (you can now boast that you know
someone who blew off the J Sisters). This very Saturday
morning is my close-to-home meeting with the wax. is 9 a.m. too
early to pop codeine with a whiskey chaser?
Now, about your dilemma. It's not about how you look. It's about
attitude. Subtle but serious attitude. Kill with kindness and
charm and sass. And don't worry about your body or wear anything
too revealing. Smile. That's my best advice. Good luck.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics
|
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/23/2005 : 14:13:19
Time to revive this baby. Kathryn - have you had your brazillian with the world renowned J Sisters yet? We need to know.
And I'm needing advice, (though I'm not sure this belongs here) - I have 2 weeks in which to get myself looking fabulous (on a tight budget) - I need to say fuck you in style to someone at a party - I desperately need any tricks that you are willing to share. I'm at the thinnest I've been in a long long time (but there's still a fair bit more I want to go) and am now in the process of trying to tone up my body - how do I do this without much time and juggling a bit of a silly workload? Any devious tricks to help would be much appreciated. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 06/13/2005 : 23:32:27
quote:
Originally posted by Surfer Rosa
It was one hell of a way to do it, if not rather disturbing for the therapists who were amused by the sheer enjoyment we were getting out of their massages. Looking back at it now I wonder if they knew.
I think they would prolly.
All I know is that my chiropractor knows everything about what kind of meds I take and how much water I drink or how much calcium I'm getting etc. without even asking.
__________
Don't believe the hype. |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 10:37:08
If it doesn't lessen the pain, it makes it more fun. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 10:35:41
God bless you, Nic. You don't think I'm a decadent libertine.
OK. I am. But this getting loaded on prescription meds and hard liquor
business to lessen the pain of such a procedure, it seems too
much even for me. Not that I'm gonna do it any other way, mind you.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 10:16:37
Whoohoo! That is most certainly the way it's done. Once in my misspent younger years, for my birthday, me and a buddy of mine from work at the time booked ourselves into a spa for full body massages while very much ripped to the tits on e.
It was one hell of a way to do it, if not rather disturbing for the therapists who were amused by the sheer enjoyment we were getting out of their massages. Looking back at it now I wonder if they knew. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 06:54:05
Thanks. It's booked and I just this morning remembered the Vicodin in
my medicine cabinet. I'll take half and do a shot of Jack. Wheeee!
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 02:01:22
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Daisy, I just got that yummy-smelling stuff in the mail and I'm gonna use it tonight.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Surfer - I await your answer as my appointment nears and I fear the pain.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics
Sorry - forgot about this thread. Unfortunately not by the J Sisters - probably just as well though since they'd possibly ruin me for other waxers. I can't lie, it is sore but it's quick and definitely not an unbearable pain. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/11/2005 : 11:21:16
I have to say that, unlike most products of its kind, it has a nice but not
strong smell. That's a huge plus, Daisy. Good job on that!
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 06/11/2005 : 10:50:35
let me know what you think!! Hopefully it didn't get too hot in shipping and melt everywhere!
put some on my nasty dry feet a few days ago. i slathered a whole bunch on.... and then just let it sit there on the coffee table under a news paper... then I put socks on and slept with it on overnight...i saw a pretty big improvement.
I was using it mostly before for the hands and the elbows... but i think i like it better on the feet :) |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 06/04/2005 : 21:58:12
quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
A general question, but with most cosmetic things, how do you figure out what to do? do you ask people or read in magazines or practise? I've never plucked my eyebrows because I have no idea where to start and where to stop, I asked my girly girls and they say I don't have to because mine look ok (which is a relief because I'd mess it up) but things like blusher and lip liner and stuff... no idea, I tried and looked like a clown so never bothered. I found out I put eyeliner on wrong when my friends asked how I applied the upper lid-line because they couldn't do it, I just sort of scribble it on I saids and apparantly thats all wrong, and I should be using liquid eyeliner and, I mean, how do you know?
Thank heavens for this thread I says
ooh it's gone dark
I hope that I will live to see you undress
As far as the eyebrow thing goes... if you really want to try it out... chat with your girlie girl friends and see a good place to go to get your eye brows done. I know that they have one in London and I have been to the one in NYC... but vidal sasoon does a good job... they pluck and cut your eyebrow hair. just tell them you want a natural brow and you just want it cleaned up a little.
then watch in the mirror as they do it and just follow what they do... this will build your confidence and teach you how to do it.
as far as make up goes... one of the people i really respect in the business bobbi brown reccomends going to makeup counters at department stores and getting free make overs.
bobbi is a good line because they won't force you to purchase or to fit you in a mold.... just let em know that you're a busy student who likes to go out on the town from time to time... you only want to spend 5 minutes on your daytime makeup... and let them know that you want to learn the proper way to put on eyeliner.
make an appointment there and a few other places and just say you are new to makeup and you want to find the line that's right for you before investing...
then ... purchase what you want there... but then for the most part... they will give you a sheet with all the colors ... match them up and you can get eveything you want at a drug store or mass merchant for cheaper... it's all pretty much the same... check out the brushes for makeup for stuff you may use alot... for example blush... and find simlar brushes at art stores. (bobbi's idea, too)
there is no way you should feel pressured to buy... and that way you will learn a lot of different ways to apply stuff and what looks good to you.
if you do buy stuff at a cosmetics counter... don't be afraid to go back and have them refresh you if you can't remember how to put something on or in what order.
the best thing you can do for your skin is drink water, eat a ballanced diet, don't drink to much, protect your skin from the sun and don't smoke.
of course all that's hard... so do your best... but that's going to help one's beauty last more than any make up ever could!  |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/04/2005 : 06:53:10
In the UK? Or by the sisters (in whose fast hands I am trusting myself)?
Also, pain rating 1-10?
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/04/2005 : 05:32:38
The J Sisters are legendary - lightening quick hands!
I've had it done twice. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/04/2005 : 04:27:35
Oh and it's not that expensive: 65 bucks at the J Sisters salon
on 57th Street (have you heard of them, they're the 7 Brazilian
sisters who brought it to the States, and they have all these
celebrity clients)?
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/04/2005 : 00:00:44
Kathryn, it's a painful violation that is worth every penny in the rewards that it brings! |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 18:48:32
Dayanara has convinced me! Tomorrow I'm making an appointment for
the Big B.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 16:08:54
epilators aren't that bad, I had a go, but when it comes to legs and stuff I tend to shave every day in the shower because I cannot stand letting it grow past that
lazer treatment is tempting, for some areas
I hope that I will live to see you undress |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 10:44:15
I can only imagine you had a fun Valentine's Day that year.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| dayanara |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 10:31:41
are you guys talking about epilators? i heard those were unbearably painful. i looked into the laser route but was told that since my hair is light blonde the laser wouldn't have any pigment to grab onto and it would just peel my skin off. not that appealing, so i shave.
and kathryn - yes, i'm a dork. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 09:59:55
quote:
Originally posted by dayanara
got it waxed in the shape of a heart and dyed red for valentine's day once
Wow!
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| mosleyk |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:56:55
I thought about the laser treatments, but it takes up to seven treatments and they are like $70 each.
I want to know what cream your hairdresser used. 6 months? I would pay for a product like that. I swear I get 5 0'clock shadow on my legs. Granted they are blond, but I still hate it! One thing I have tried that works is a lotion by Jergens. It gets at least an extra day for me out of my shave. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:45:30
Yeah Nic, overplucking is really not good. Neatening is a good word.
Rita, I have that machine too. I keep hoping that it will just stop growing.
I'd pay big bucks to never have to shave again. Big Bucks!
A hairdresser at the salon told me she bought some sort of cream that you put on after you shave or wax or whatever and her hair didn't grow back for 6 mos.
Its funny how its so easy to damage hair follicles on your head and impossible for the ones on your legs.
__________
Don't believe the hype. |
| n/a |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:34:25
I am feeling strange now, every women here takes their hair with wax, so they become weaker, and after a while, you have less growing. Shaving is awful, because they grow faster and stronger.
That's one of those things that I do usually. And I don't feel like I'm brave for doing it, you get used to it.
I have also a little machine that I can use in my legs when I don't have time to go to take it with wax. Very helpfull!
Talking like a damn builder |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:34:01
The eyebrows thing for me personally is just a neatening kind of tweezing - I am over plucked phobic - those weird commas that some women tweeze their eyebrows into freaks me out.
Carolynanna - I agree - I do a better job at doing my own make up than what other people seem to do. (I personally prefer the slightly smudged fucked up look than the uber neat stuck up stepford wife look). Heavy on the eyemakeup light on everything else. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:24:37
quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
A general question, but with most cosmetic things, how do you figure out what to do? do you ask people or read in magazines or practise? I've never plucked my eyebrows because I have no idea where to start and where to stop, I asked my girly girls and they say I don't have to because mine look ok (which is a relief because I'd mess it up) but things like blusher and lip liner and stuff... no idea, I tried and looked like a clown so never bothered. I found out I put eyeliner on wrong when my friends asked how I applied the upper lid-line because they couldn't do it, I just sort of scribble it on I saids and apparantly thats all wrong, and I should be using liquid eyeliner and, I mean, how do you know?
Thank heavens for this thread I says
ooh it's gone dark
I hope that I will live to see you undress
The first time I got my eyebrows done was for my wedding.
I've prolly screwed it up since but I just try to follow what she originally did at the salon.
When I put on make-up I just do it how I think it looks good.
I like the cleopatra kind of eyeliner deal.
Otherwise I don't know anything about professionally putting it on.
But it might be comparable to hair, you know when the hairdresser tries to style your hair and its all wrong. Because they don't know your hair type or they try to make it like their own etc.
__________
Don't believe the hype. |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:15:32
My dad gets his eyebrows threaded, that looks uncomfortable to me
I hope that I will live to see you undress |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:13:35
A general question, but with most cosmetic things, how do you figure out what to do? do you ask people or read in magazines or practise? I've never plucked my eyebrows because I have no idea where to start and where to stop, I asked my girly girls and they say I don't have to because mine look ok (which is a relief because I'd mess it up) but things like blusher and lip liner and stuff... no idea, I tried and looked like a clown so never bothered. I found out I put eyeliner on wrong when my friends asked how I applied the upper lid-line because they couldn't do it, I just sort of scribble it on I saids and apparantly thats all wrong, and I should be using liquid eyeliner and, I mean, how do you know?
Thank heavens for this thread I says
ooh it's gone dark
I hope that I will live to see you undress |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:12:01
Or when ladies get their eyebrows tatooed on.
It never looks right.
__________
Don't believe the hype. |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:09:43
now there's a thing I've never done, eyebrow plucking that is, I used to know a girl who shaved hers.. blue shadows on the brow not at all attractive
I hope that I will live to see you undress |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:08:03
kind of along the same vein - I use babies teething gel for plucking my eyebrows. |
