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How fake are you?
I was reading an article written by a guy who said women pull a bait and switch on guys with all the stuff they do to enhance their looks, from shapewear to plastic surgery... and it isn't fair if you take home a girl and after her clothes come off her DDs are now Bs, her make up comes off and she isn't as pretty as you thought etc. He wished that girls would just be "real"
So what's fake about you?
Me:
My hair color (it's highlighted w/ low lights and at one time I was blonde) I grew up a light brunette
My nails, Currently I have an overlay of acrylic on my real nails (no tips) it holds better than the gel manicure and I only have to go every 3 weeks
My eyelashes: I got eyelash extensions last weekend (MM groupon) I love them, it gives me a little pop
I wear shapewear mostly tanks on a semi-regular basis it just smooths you out
In the summer I get a spray tan every now and then
It shocked me when I was thinking about myself and how much about me isn't real...
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Re: How fake are you?
I wear makeup. I use contacts about 50% of the time.
Yeah, that's about it. I wear spanx only for a special event.
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Sadly I'm pretty real. My hair color isn't natural anymore, but it's pretty close.
I hardly even wear makeup...
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I wear makeup but minimal (people can't even tell I have it on half the time).
All my teeth are bonded from being sick as an infant.
I wear contacts most days.
I rarely color/highlight my hair (last time may have been for the wedding).
OMG I forgot about makeup... I wear it daily and "full" face I guess you'd call it.
Foundation,bronzer, eye make up w/ eyeliner and eye shadow w/ highlighter...
I color my hair.. and change the color pretty frequently.
I wear make up if going out. Not usually to work but if I do for work it is usually just mascara.
I wear colored contacts every day. (My eyes are blue and I use blue lenses to make them even brighter.)
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This is me (minus the hair color) so I guess aside from my contacts (which don't really change my "look") I"m all real (boring I know)
I wear full face makeup every work day and if I have to go somewhere some what important on the weekends. I don't wear if I'm just going to the grocery store.
I have highlights and lo-lights.
I will wear shapewear for special occasions.
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I color my hair once or twice a year.
Most of my "work" bras have a little padding.
I have a pedicure. Does that count? And I always wear mascara, and sometimes eyeshadow and foundation.
I wear make up (full face)
Color my hair 2-3x a year (yikes!)
I have a shape wear tank top that I wear under my clothes that makes me feel slimer. As for spanx, I wear that only on special occasions
right now I am natural 99% of the time. I haven't colored my hair or had my nails done since before Maddy was born. I don't wear shapewear or makeup except for specail ocassions now. The hours that I work and having a toddler at home give me very little time for even getting enough sleep so I choose not to spend that extra 10 minutes on makeup right now.
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I haven't colored my hair since before I met B. Most of the time I don't wear polish - I have to wear closed toed shoes to work and my hands get beat up from my labs so I don't bother with that. I sometimes wear spanx (but not always) for special occasions. As far as makeup goes, I use bare minerals and mascara, sometimes lip gloss. Mascara only because you literally can't see my eyelashes if I don't wear it. I usually add eye shadow and liner for special occasions. Most of the time I don't do anything to my hair, as I pull it back for work.
So pretty much what you see is what you get.
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I wear make on a daily basis (full face)
Color my hair every few months.
Wear "padded" bras daily
I don't wear shapewear at all.
I can't have fake nails or even polish on them because of my job.
I am pretty much all real. Don't dye my hair, don't wear much makeup and many times none at all (rarely do full face anymore), real nails, real boobs...no need to pad since they are big enough. Never wear shapewear. I don't even wear nail polish. I may get a pedicure once a year when summer starts but that's it. Yea, what you see is what you get with me.
When I met Andrew and in my single days and even before that it was makeup, nails, hair done, etc....the full works all the time. I realized that I am just fine natural (and Andrew thinks so too) so I just don't see the need in putting so much energy and money into beauty products anymore. There are times like Halloween or going to Vegas, clubs, that type of thing where I'll go full heavy makeup but those are rare occassions.
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I'm pretty much all natural... I wear contacts for vision, but not colored or anything. I hardly ever wear makeup, really only for special occasions. I was joking with my friend the other day that every time I wear mascara I end up having to buy it b/c I can never remember when I bought the tube I have and I think that you're supposed to replace it regularly.
I have not had a haircut, pedicure/manicure since July...I have not colored my hair since right before our wedding when I had some highlights put in to just disguise my gray...
I will wear spanx for special occasions but more b/c I get chub rub when I wear a dress than for real shaping - I try to find dresses that look good on my figure and don't cling anyway.
I wear breast pads but they're the kind that absorb milk. haha.
I have had laser hair removal...
Hair is highlighted
No fake nails
I have fake boobs lol
I have had eyelash extensions for about a year now. Love these things and will never take them off. My sis in laws sister does them and she has gotten a ton of awards from Nova lash for being one of the best.
Oh and full face make up to work but on the weekends since i have the eyelash extensions I just put some powder on.
I have contacts.
I have highlights right now, but I hate them, I really need to go have them "fixed" soon.
I rarely do anything to my hair to style it, a little curl booster and air dry or it is up in a ponytail.
If I wear make-up for work it consists of : Mascara, light eyeshadow, lip gloss and maybe some blush.
If it is going out make-up I do a "full face" I think it brightens me up a bit and I feel prettier.
I don't do much to my nails but maybe a buff.
No shapewear unless I am wearing a dress where I need to smooth out the lines a little. (usually in the form of control top hose...)
I do light padding in my bra's so you can't see my nips, but nothing that really boosts them.