Once in a while, there's some good news online. So it was that yesterday, the New York Times offered an article about this year's minimizing of makeup: You Can Fall Out of Bed and Look Good.
At last the world has caught up with my non-style. What took them so long?
Stiff coiffures are out, bed-hair is in. You might not be as avant-garde as the model shown here, from a British hairdressers' website. But you get the idea. Sleek is so passé, dahlings.
I tie up my long hair (too cheap to get it cut every six weeks) in an untidy knot on top of my head when I step into the shower. Suddenly that's the new look! I can just leave it that way. I hate hairspray anyway.
Precisely-applied makeup is out. Put away all those applicators, wands, liners and brushes, and use fingertips for a smudged look. Hey, smudged is me all over!
Lipstick should look like you've been sucking on a strawberry popsicle. Maybe next we'll go for bright red tongues, too, like the Rolling Stone logo. Fashion should be fun, after all!
Foundation should only be used on those under-eye circles and other imperfections; the rest of the face should be naked. Wonderful! The bottle should last a lot longer that way.
"Eyebrows should not be trendy," the stylists announce. I feel for all the ladies who have been going to beauty shops to have their brows tweaked. My neglected ones are now the "in thing."
They may have to pass on that eyebrow trend here in Mexico; too many ladies have tweezed their natural brows away and gone with the penciled look. The style has been referred to as "Eyebrows by Sharpie." Some of them look downright scary, which may be intentional: it's meant to get across the idea the wearer is a force to be reckoned with. Don't mess with this mujer.
I'm going to bask in this trend toward imperfection while I can. For sure the pendulum will swing the other way in a few months and everyone will be back to striving for perfection, every hair in place. Then we'll get sick of that and go natural again.
But I'll just be the same me through it all. I'm no slave to fashion. I only ride that carousel horse when it comes my way.
11 comments:
Well I'll be darned, I am actually in fashion for once in my life.
Hurray for us lol.
great post bliss! thanks for letting me know that i too am style.i have never even owned some of the things you mentioned. mascara and a little lipstick is about it for me and that's just when i go to work or out with steve.
have a great week!
teresa in nagoya
I'm in agreement with you. I go for that wind blown look because if I'm walking, I'm moving about 4 mph which is a pretty fast clip. If I'm driving it's with the top down. After hubby's cancer treatment he gained a sense of smell and should go to work at the airport sniffing out drugs. This also causes him to be sensitive to perfumes, lotions, and hair products. If I smell like anything it had better be food. I go with vanilla and put nothing on my hair, a good cut for my super straight strands is a must. It just falls back in place once I quit moving. Sharpie brows are SCARY!!!!
Hurraaayyy!!!! I'm in fashion! I have curly hair and, when it was long, my bedhead looked an awful lot like the model in your post. Maybe I should grow it out again? lol
You go girl - whatever you are doing works - a timeless beauty I would day.
Wash my face, bruch and floss my teeth, brush and pull back my hair, and I'm good to go.
For years I had my hair cut in a modified bob. This past year I restyled to a pony tail, a bun for formal occasions. The simpler the better.
I've never been a fashionista. Why start now?
Brenda - I would call you one of the better-turned-out women I know. And the highlight is your smile.
Teresa - With that gorgeous hair, you stand out in a crowd anyway.
jomamma - Do you mean real vanilla? I heard it repels mosquitoes, too. It's hard to find fragrance-free hair products down here.
Barb - Grow it and then when it's hot you can pile it on top of your head with a scrunchie and you're good to go. I bet you'd look great!
Wow, thanks for the compliment lol.
In my neighbourhood, my lack of style makes me one of the least well turned out women lol.
My sister who is in my mind a "girly girl" just shakes her head in despair when we shop together lol. I go for comfort and hiding the llantotas and she goes for style lol.
Have a good day.
Bliss, I'm staying on the Pacific overlooking a wonderful little bay. As I watch the sailboats anchor in the evening and leave the next morning I remember all the times you and the Capt headed this way and your adventures. Hopefully my life will settle down soon and I'll have time to read blogs again. Hope all is well with you!
Yeah! Real MEXICAN vanilla. Just a little dab, and it does repel mosquitoes.
From a young adult's (27) perspective, I like this look. Too much make-up is not attractive for most women in my opinion.
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