A few months ago I read “Getting Pretty Back” by Molly Ringwald. Yes, that Molly Ringwald. The one who is pretty in pink. I thought initially that this book was going to be another celebrity memoir that I could lampoon…
Category: Beauty Top Down
Beauty Top Down: My Hair. Again.
It has now been almost 14 weeks since I got my hair chemically straightened with a Brazilian Blowout. Not coincidentally, it’s been 14 weeks since my hair looked good. For those of you who have not been following along, I…
Beauty Top Down: Microdermabrasion
Knock knock. Who’s there? Your late 30s! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s totally not funny. I won’t lie, I lucked out in the skin department. My complexion has always been pretty good. Sure, I fell victim to the occasional hormone-related break-out but I…
Beauty Top Down: Make-Up
Oh make-up. How I love you! Pretty colors, enticing packaging, the promise of looking prettier! What’s not to love? I have so much make-up. Just look! And keep looking. And remember that I tossed out a cabinet full of make-up…
Beauty Top Down: Update
So I’ve been trying to get more fabulous. You can read all about it here. And I have succeeded if by “success” you mean “failure”. Let’s re-cap, shall we? Exercise: For about three weeks I was doing a good job…
Beauty Top Down: My Hair. Again.
Those of you who follow this blog know I’ve been taking steps to look a little spiffier. Because without taking steps, I look like a slightly over-weight suburban mom with frizzy hair and mascara smeared beneath her eyes. In other…
Beauty Top Down: Weight Loss
Dear Mouth: This is Butt talking. You better check yo’self befo’ you wreck yo’self! What’s that? What did you say? Oh, I can’t hear you because you’re stuffed too full of M&Ms! You piggy-pig-pig. Look, you are making me look…
Beauty Top Down: Clothes
I’m not a snappy dresser. I’m a boring dresser. All winter I wear solid color slacks with an array of turtlenecks or v-necks over them. In summer I wear sundresses with cardigans over them. On weekends, I wear capris or…
Beauty Top Down: Excercise
I have to start this one off by saying “Damn you Dumb Mom! Damn you for undermining my credibility when I complain about my body by taking fabulous photos of me that I shared with the whole world the other…
