extreme makeover- would you?

[JMohegan]

That's cool. I'd simply like to reiterate though that I do have this direct correlation nailed for me in my current business model. I know that I can be very far afield of barbie and still make bank, but I also feel like I have the sense of its limitations. I was comfortable working at 178lbs with my own images. I have a fairly healthy body image.

I like my work. I intend to push it into my sixties and I intend to go voice only with content pics the day that my own are not working any longer. But using my own has benefits. And would have helped a lot when I was sick.

I *like* that extra 50% earnings that my own photos and clips bring. I'm protective of it. I *like* the creative work of shooting them and writing them.

There are hitches that would compromise this, and I could see certain age markers being one, and not others. I don't give a crap about the ones that are not. I'm sorry if that depresses you based on your ideas about my individualism and fuck the systemness and I mean that without confrontation and sarcasm. But I think they are still pretty intact.

This helps me understand where you're coming from, thanks.

I'm the kind of guy who sees wrinkly gray sixty-somethings smiling at each other and playing with their grandchildren, and thinks they're the luckiest people on earth.

Like anything else, one's view on this subject depends on where one sits.

 

[Netzach]

This helps me understand where you're coming from, thanks.

I'm the kind of guy who sees wrinkly gray sixty-somethings smiling at each other and playing with their grandchildren, and thinks they're the luckiest people on earth.

Like anything else, one's view on this subject depends on where one sits.

H is gonna kill you. He's just turned 60, is gray but not terribly wrinkly and runs 50 K's.

No grandkids yet. I'm sure there will be, but he's more likely to be taking them to yell at baggers in DC.

 

[graceanne]

I'm the kind of guy who sees wrinkly gray sixty-somethings smiling at each other and playing with their grandchildren, and thinks they're the luckiest people on earth.

My aunt and her husband are early fifties, and they've been married since their teens. Every evening, when he gets home from work, they go for a walk, holding hands. I want to be like them.

 

[the captians wench]

I SO would get my eyebrow and lip lazered if I could afford it. I HATE waxing. I figure only a woman would pay someone to RIP HAIR OUT OF THEIR BODIES!

My 11 year old was all 'mom? when can I start waxing my eyebrows?' The answer was seventh grade, but I told her that she shouldn't be looking forward to it, it sucks.

I'd enjoy it a lot more if I wasn't so cheap that I won't pay some one else to do it. Doing it myself is just messy, but I kind of enjoy that sharp pain related to it.

 

[graceanne]

I'd enjoy it a lot more if I wasn't so cheap that I won't pay some one else to do it. Doing it myself is just messy, but I kind of enjoy that sharp pain related to it.

I'm not into self masochism. Plus I'm very afraid I'll screw my eyebrows up. I want to teach myself to do eyebrows, so I can do my girls when they get older, but haven't been willing, yet, to shell out for the supplies.

 

[Netzach]

I did the bleaching thing as a teen and it worked pretty well. I would still bleach my lip if it didn't mean more product to deal with.

I do my own at times, go in at times - it's more about time than money at the moment. I use the cold wax, the hot is a giant pain in the ass. Although I think I need to start letting M do them, I took off way too much this time. He's *very* anal and good at these things. I could save pedicure money if I can corner him regularly.

And pedicures - again, lest we think I'm high maintenance, they're for the fetishists.

 

[graceanne]

I did the bleaching thing as a teen and it worked pretty well. I would still bleach my lip if it didn't mean more product to deal with.

I do my own at times, go in at times - it's more about time than money at the moment. Although I think I need to start letting M do them, I took off way too much this time. He's *very* anal and good at these things. I could save pedicure money if I can corner him regularly.

I do my own pedicures, and then people go 'oh! did you get a pedicure?' and I'm like 'hah! like I'd pay someone to do something I can do myself just as well'.

I did mine and my daughters toes yesterday. Here's mine.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/graceanne1978/lit%20images/100_2559.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/graceanne1978/lit%20images/100_2548.jpg

 

[Netzach]

Cute!

I'm good on my right side and dismal on the left foot, go figure.

Sorry this is threadjack. UNextreme makeover, haha.

 

[graceanne]

Cute!

I'm good on my right side and dismal on the left foot, go figure.

Sorry this is threadjack. UNextreme makeover, haha.

I'm really good with nails. I wish I knew how to do fake nails, although it wouldn't make any difference to me since I'm not so hot with on my right hand. But even then, when I paint my finger nails (very rare) the nail polish is consistent and smooth on my right hand, just out of practice. My daughter usually has me do her nails, cause they always look good. Of course she got those gorgeous deep nail beds, so her nails don't even have to be very long to look good.

On the bright side my god-daughter is going to start beauty college next year, and I'll be able to get her to do my nails, and maybe teach me how to do fake nails.

I think the debate over plastic surgery is over, so it should be okay for the conversation to grow.

 

[ownedsubgal]

Absolutely.

For every close-knit loved one going "it's not so bad" I had to deal with how I *felt.* For everyone telling me "what they would do" or "how they would feel" it was like, that's nice, you're not experiencing this, fuck off.

exactly, well, except i may think of a nicer response than "f--- off." lol

seriously, all i want is to be able to feel good about the way i look...to be able to pass by a mirror and smile rather than panic and hide. i just want a moment in time...heck, even a coupla years would be great...where i'm actually comfortable with my appearance. thus far, in my 29 years, i have never experienced that...EVER. is it just the height of vanity to want that feeling before you croak??

 

[Netzach]

exactly, well, except i may think of a nicer response than "f--- off." lol

seriously, all i want is to be able to feel good about the way i look...to be able to pass by a mirror and smile rather than panic and hide. i just want a moment in time...heck, even a coupla years would be great...where i'm actually comfortable with my appearance. thus far, in my 29 years, i have never experienced that...EVER. is it just the height of vanity to want that feeling before you croak??

No.

And I think those things come from a combination of internal and external things, honestly, for most people. I don't think it always has to be *all* your inner self-esteemy stuff on its own, but that is a part of a larger picture. Without that it doesn't work, but without lining up with what you want to see to your satisfaction in SOME measure it doesn't either.

That's as pithy an observation as I've got on that.


Well I *thought* it I didn't say it. Well, eventually I did, when I had to listen to "if it were me I'd put on sunglasses and I wouldn't care" one - more - time.

Even I have a little bit of editing, heh.

 

[Netzach]

On the bright side my god-daughter is going to start beauty college next year, and I'll be able to get her to do my nails, and maybe teach me how to do fake nails.

My long-held fantasy is to send M when no one has to work any more and we live in a porn fairy empire. I can't expect him to use these skills professionally because I cannot see him touching strangers with regularity at all. Germ o phobe.

 

[JMohegan]

H is gonna kill you. He's just turned 60, is gray but not terribly wrinkly and runs 50 K's.

No grandkids yet. I'm sure there will be, but he's more likely to be taking them to yell at baggers in DC.

I can't imagine not being able to run and play ball of some sort. A sudden inability to do so is definitely something I'd have surgery to correct, if I could. Knee replacement, or whatever.

Don't give a fuck about gray hair and wrinkles. Can't relate to guys who do.

 

[Netzach]

I can't imagine not being able to run and play ball of some sort. A sudden inability to do so is definitely something I'd have surgery to correct, if I could. Knee replacement, or whatever.

Don't give a fuck about gray hair and wrinkles. Can't relate to guys who do.

He's had to drop MD's who are like "oh plantar fascitis, you need to stop running" or "you need to stop running because - well you're over 50 and I have no knowledge of sports medicine"

No you don't. You need some tape and a bit of rehab. Jeez.

 

[Keroin]

He's had to drop MD's who are like "oh plantar fascitis, you need to stop running" or "you need to stop running because - well you're over 50 and I have no knowledge of sports medicine"

No you don't. You need some tape and a bit of rehab. Jeez.

Ack! Stop running?

I once had a friend ask me to try to convince her 45 year old husband that he shouldn't be running at his age because it's "bad for the body". WTF? And why she asked me, of all people, is a mystery.

I will run until my body absolutely refuses to let me anymore.

Totally off topic but vaguely related to failing joints - I finally got L in to the doctor about his knee problems! (Seven years, not bad). He's going for Xrays, hooray! But the doc also told him he needs to start investing in better footwear, something I have been telling him for years. Man, it's so nice to be proven right sometimes.

/random hijack.

 

[Netzach]

Ack! Stop running?

I once had a friend ask me to try to convince her 45 year old husband that he shouldn't be running at his age because it's "bad for the body". WTF? And why she asked me, of all people, is a mystery.

I will run until my body absolutely refuses to let me anymore.

Totally off topic but vaguely related to failing joints - I finally got L in to the doctor about his knee problems! (Seven years, not bad). He's going for Xrays, hooray! But the doc also told him he needs to start investing in better footwear, something I have been telling him for years. Man, it's so nice to be proven right sometimes.

/random hijack.

It makes absolutely no sense. I guess Jim Fixx plotzing created this idea that running is a secret time bomb for the middle aged male body - if you are getting checked it's actually GOOD FOR YOUR JOINTS to have impact.

MD's are stupid.

 

[satindesire]

I pluck my own brows, no waxing required. I'm sparse as hell when it comes to body hair, so I don't have to wax to get everything. Plus, I've got the technique for painless plucking DOWN.

I do my own toes, every since forever. I've never had a professional pedi before and don't plan on it. I can do my own nails but I can't, the chemicals make the house smell like a nail salon which -I- don't mind, but Mister can't stand.

When I was blonde, I used to do my own hair, but I don't have to worry about that anymore. No color means no roots! Yay!

Being able to do my own eyebrows is great, and I've taught almost ALL my girlfriends. Paying out the ass just to have someone take little bits of hair off your face just doesn't compute, with me.

 

[BiBunny]

That's cool. I'd simply like to reiterate though that I do have this direct correlation nailed for me in my current business model. I know that I can be very far afield of barbie and still make bank, but I also feel like I have the sense of its limitations. I was comfortable working at 178lbs with my own images. I have a fairly healthy body image.

I like my work. I intend to push it into my sixties and I intend to go voice only with content pics the day that my own are not working any longer. But using my own has benefits. And would have helped a lot when I was sick.

I *like* that extra 50% earnings that my own photos and clips bring. I'm protective of it. I *like* the creative work of shooting them and writing them.

There are hitches that would compromise this, and I could see certain age markers being one, and not others. I don't give a crap about the ones that are not. I'm sorry if that depresses you based on your ideas about my individualism and fuck the systemness and I mean that without confrontation and sarcasm. But I think they are still pretty intact.

I'm late to the discussion, but I would just like to say I'd LOVE to do this.

 

[FloggingMolly]

I pluck my own brows, no waxing required. I'm sparse as hell when it comes to body hair, so I don't have to wax to get everything. Plus, I've got the technique for painless plucking DOWN.

Tell, tell!

 

[satindesire]

Tell, tell!

Okay, no problem.

You'll need a few things.

Cotton wool balls/Cotton pads
Washcloth or Soft towel
Hot tap water
Toner, chilled in fridge
Tweezers
Alcohol
Magnification mirror


Clean your tweezers with alcohol to make sure they're sterile. Soak a cotton wool or cotton pad in hot tap water and squeeze out so it's not dripping, but still wet and plenty hot. Place the hot wool or pad over eyebrow and wait three minutes, or until pad/wool is completely cooled.

Remove cotton wool/pad and dry your eyebrow off using the soft dry towel/washcloth. Using your non-dominant hand (the hand you do NOT write with) stretch the skin of your eyebrow towards your temple so the skin is taut.

Grasp the hair with the tweezers and pull firmly in the direction that the hair grows. The hair should come out nearly painlessly and very easily. This is because the skin and follicle have been softened by the hot tap water soak.

Once the entire eyebrow has been plucked to your satisfaction, soak a cotton wool/pad in the chilled toner, and tone the eyebrow. The cold toner will reduce redness and swelling and prevent infection.

 

[YourCaptor]

exactly, well, except i may think of a nicer response than "f--- off." lol

seriously, all i want is to be able to feel good about the way i look...to be able to pass by a mirror and smile rather than panic and hide. i just want a moment in time...heck, even a coupla years would be great...where i'm actually comfortable with my appearance. thus far, in my 29 years, i have never experienced that...EVER. is it just the height of vanity to want that feeling before you croak??

I remembered your pictures. You may not feel good about the way you look, but I'm certain everyone else does. Well maybe just men, women get jealous.

 

[YourCaptor]

Awww, no more satin ass...



single tear

 

[satindesire]

Awww, no more satin ass...



single tear

If I left it up all the time, you guys would get totally numb to it's awesomemess.

What was that old saying? "Hunger is the best seasoning."

Apt.

 

[midwestyankee]

If I left it up all the time, you guys would get totally numb to it's awesomemess.

What was that old saying? "Hunger is the best seasoning."

Apt.

How true.

You could put up the other one. I've had enough sauce today, thank you.

 

[satindesire]

How true.

You could put up the other one. I've had enough sauce today, thank you.

I -could-. Doesn't mean I'm going to.