Fashion Board 3-5-04 to 4-6-04

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
My bad -- I thought we were discussing skin color.

Well, when we met recently, I didn't appreciate you trying to make me feel comfortable by changing that either.

Finch:



TM

[AnotherSarcasticSock]

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Well, when we met recently, I didn't appreciate you trying to make me feel comfortable by changing that either.

Sorry -- obviously I need to consult dtb's makeup consigliere.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by dtb
I have to agree. (Well, I suppose I don't have to... but I do.)

People often ask me where I get my hair colored. I am always nonplussed by this question, as if I were to get my hair colored, it wouldn't be the color it is! (Uh, yes -- I put these random gray ones in on purpose! Isn't is trendy?!?)

But I have to say, I can't think of a color that would look normal on me other than my own.

I wish i had your hair then. My natural color is dishwater, with a smattering of gray. And my hair is so fine that if I don't color it or otherwise do something to damage it slightly, it hangs on my head like a limp rag. Very attractive.

I color my hair the color that it would be if it had warm brown tones in it instead of dishwater dull. I think many people think it is my natural color, but it is actually my natural color plus.

I'd thank my dad for the awful hair color, the annoying fineness of it and the premature graying, but he is dead now, so I don't think he'll be apologizing any time soon for it. My mom has naturally dark brown/black, thick hair that is just starting to get gray at the temples now that she is over 60. Bitch.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Unbelievably long post that starts off discussing bowties. Someone who read it will have to tell me where it ends up.

You must type really fast.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by dtb
Not only did I never used to wear foundation, I never used to wear makeup because I didn't know how to apply it, and I always thought looked stupid.

INFOMERCIAL TIME

Then randomly, a friend asked me to meet her at the "Awake" counter at a department store, and when I got there, of course, they suckered me into sitting down and going through their skin-care products and makeup.

The skin-care stuff is excellent. The foundation is awesome. It's this stuff that you use with a wet sponge -- so it's not really heavy -- when you apply it with the wet sponge, it goes on very light and you don't need that much of it -- and it works great. It also has SPF 18 (a good reason to use it). A little bit of loose powder over that, and voila!! (or wa-la, as my 5-year-old says...) perfect skin! I don't need to use cover-up anymore, because my skin looks pretty decent after using their skin-care stuff. I get the occasional blemish (I know, hard to believe, right?), and then I'll use the cover-up stuff, but rarely.

After I started wearing makeup, I can't tell you how many people commented on how much better I looked (which, actually, was kind of discouraging), but whatever.

So has anyone tried the Schick Quattro? I have stood by Gillette since the days of the Sensor, moving on to the Sensor Excel, the Mach 3, and the Mach 3 Turbo. But lately I have noticed a decline in quality. It seems like the razors wear out quickly, and often they seem dull on first use. Just yesterday I nicked myself with a brand new blade. This is unacceptable for a product that bases its price roughly on the price of gold. I'm considering a switch.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
yuck, right men?

I would assume that the men stopped reading this thread days ago, aside from Not Bob and Penske, of course, nttawwt.

If you've not had your make-up professionally done in a while, you might go to someone to see how the makeup looks have changed. We're far past the days of cakey, overly made-up faces. I rarely look made-up, but I can look as fresh-faced at 2 am after a night of drinking and dancing as when I leave the house in the morning. I use makeup to look younger -- eyeliner to help my eyelashes appear darker, without succumbing to the spider look of too much mascara, lipliner and gloss to make my lips red like they were when I was young, maybe a little illuminating powder for that healthy glow after the third late night in a row, etc.

Because I spend a lot of time around people significantly younger than I, I can clearly see the difference in their skin tone and texture. I still don't look as old as I am (which sometimes makes my clients a little anxious), and, thanks to a great dermatologist and aesthetician, as sun-damaged as someone who spent her first 20 plus years on the beach should.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic


I, however, am not as horrified by the four-in-hand being worn with a dinner jacket as I feel, on some level, that I should be. So long as it is still, in fact, a black tie, not colored, not silver, not ... whatever. Dunno why - probably because I still cling inflexibly to the idea of black tie as informal wear.

I thought four-in-hand knots were for those who wear the same collar as Deion Sanders. Actually, it's the first knot I learned, but I can't stand it now. Although some ties just hate to be half-windsored.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I thought four-in-hand knots were for those who wear the same collar as Deion Sanders. Actually, it's the first knot I learned, but I can't stand it now. Although some ties just hate to be half-windsored.

There's more than one knot?

Damn.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
It should shock no one that I'm a left wing communist.

I am a middle of the road independent, probably also not a shocker. I have little conviction and even less loyalty. I expect politicians to cater to my outsized ego. If they catch Osama, I'll vote for Bush (possible, I guess, but not likely). However, if I got laid off, I'll vote for John Kerry (again, chances are slim to none - I so vehemently expect politicians to cater to my outsized ego that I actually insist on voting for candidates whose views reflect my own - can you believe the arrogance!).

BR(I, too, was disappointed that one couldn't shoot both the french internationalist and the KKK dude. Priorities are priorities, but I really wanted a shot at the french guy.)C

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
So has anyone tried the Schick Quattro? I have stood by Gillette since the days of the Sensor, moving on to the Sensor Excel, the Mach 3, and the Mach 3 Turbo. But lately I have noticed a decline in quality. It seems like the razors wear out quickly, and often they seem dull on first use. Just yesterday I nicked myself with a brand new blade. This is unacceptable for a product that bases its price roughly on the price of gold. I'm considering a switch.

I think I've said this before here, but I've switched to disposable razors for three reasons: (1) Mach 3 blades are fucking ridiculously inexpensive. You think a $9000 handbag is crazy? Try 8 blades for $17. Fuck you; (2) the pivot head makes it very difficult to trim the sideburn area and under the jaw line. I thought it was supposed to make shaving easier? Not for me; (3) I seem to get a closer shave with disposables, which makes no sense at all.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I think I've said this before here, but I've switched to disposable razors for three reasons: (1) Mach 3 blades are fucking ridiculously inexpensive. You think a $9000 handbag is crazy? Try 8 blades for $17. Fuck you; (2) the pivot head makes it very difficult to trim the sideburn area and under the jaw line. I thought it was supposed to make shaving easier? Not for me; (3) I seem to get a closer shave with disposables, which makes no sense at all.

This post persuades me that you have facial hair about as well as lengthy posts about makeup persuade me that Not Me is actually a woman.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I so vehemently expect politicians to cater to my outsized ego that I actually insist on voting for candidates whose views reflect my own - can you believe the arrogance!

I could if that were true. But from what you've posted over the years, Nader's views seem to align with very few of yours.

TM

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
This post persuades me that you have facial hair about as well as lengthy posts about makeup persuade me that Not Me is actually a woman.

You're crazy. I've got a robust beard a la Jacko:

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
You're crazy. I've got a robust beard a la Jacko:

You know, I could die happy if I never had to see another photo of him. He looks like a sharpei.