I spend a lot of time thinking about beauty, and I find the most seasoned ladies often still need to learn at least a few of the lessons below. These might be better labeled as maxims than rules, but I thought that might confuse Google into sending me guys looking for the latest cheesecake shots from Tila Tequila. My personal favorite is #6.
- Waterproof does not equal smudgeproof.
- Do not trust that the hotel room will have a hairdryer. It doesn’t matter that the last 160 rooms you’ve stayed in have had them. If you don’t pack your bulky number, this hotel will not have one.
- No day is a waste of makeup; looking gorgeous is its own reward.
- Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘97: Wear sunscreen. (If you don’t get it, go download the Baz Luhrrman single and add it to your Winamp playlist right behind My Chemical Romance. Young people these days…)
- Be careful with makeup colors called “coral” and “peach” – they’re often just innocent synonyms for orange.
- Don’t let anyone make you think you’re superficial for caring about how you look. After all, they’re the ones who believe that what you do with your appearance means something about who you are.
- Yes, you can survive for a whole day without your flat iron.
- It’s extremely unlikely that you’re actually as fat as you think you are.
- Being nice to strangers makes you happier, and being genuinely happy makes you more attractive. Therefore, saying “thank you” to the McDonald’s guy will make you look hotter. It’s scientific.
- Faking your nails, eyelashes and hair color are okay. Faking your personality is not.
- Never underestimate the power of an eyelash curler.
- True beauty lies in confidence, so always treat the ground under your feet like a catwalk and work it.
- If you buy a new product, try following the directions on the package before deciding it doesn’t work.
- A little pain in the name of beauty never hurt anybody – well, not too bad, anyway.
- It’s okay to be more motivated to quit smoking by what it’s doing to your looks than your lungs - as long as you still end up quitting.
- When it comes to mascara, black is almost always the right choice.
- Please don’t sleep in your makeup for the first six months of a new relationship so he won’t see you without it. He won’t like the zits from your clogged pores any better.
- If all else fails, wear big sunglasses and expensive earrings.
- Don’t be afraid to fake bake. Orange streaks are way hotter than skin cancer.
- Judging other women for getting Botox, collagen or cosmetic surgery is tackier than actually getting the procedure yourself could ever be.
- Even supermodels don’t wake up looking like supermodels. Get off your own case!
Photo source: Chicago Magazine, September 2007
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No day is a waste, too true. Getting out of bed just to do my makeup is a reward. As for hotels and hairdryers, I have been lucky enough not to end up in a hotel without one, but you never know!
I love these rules!!
Being nice definitely makes you look hotter!! Great list!
this is dumb. it’s fine to pay attention to what you look like but it’s another to spend all day blogging about it and acting like thats not superficial and self absorbed. waste of my stumble.
this was totally awesome. 21 is especially true!
i happen to love these rules. they were entertaining and made me feel a little bit better about how i feel about my appearance.
thanks cailin!
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I love #6, too. Thanks for sharing!
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Great advice.I”ll try to follow this rules and I’m going to tell every ladies in my group to follow this rules. Keep up your great work.
Great tips. And I’m with you on the mascara…I’ve been there and back to black always works. Oh, and the confidence…definitely sexy!
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I think #13 should be a general day-to-day life rule…
Lindsay,
So what you’re saying is, taking an inherently self-concerned habit like doing your makeup and externalizing it into helpful advice for other girls interested in doing so is even MORE superficial than spending hours alone in my bathroom primping myself? That doesn’t seem very logical.
Judge not, lest ye be judged.
This is the way things should be, get off what we are on now
I liked the article. The way you look is important and I think it’s silly to pretend that it doesn’t. I also appreciate that you put health first before beauty. But I think beauty is related to good health.
It’s true, I will survive without my flatiron for one day ! Thanks for the tips =)
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you should watch what you say before you say it . making cracks about a person ’s age and being from the class of ‘97 – which i am – doesn’t make any more well -liked … *thumbs down *
Anonymous,
Try to cultivate a sense of humour, you’ll live a longer, more enjoyable life with a lot less time cranking about things…
Quote: you should watch what you say before you say it . making cracks about a person ’s age and being from the class of ‘97 – which i am – doesn’t make any more well -liked … *thumbs down *
-anonymous
The “Class of ‘97″ remark was from a song with inspirational “beauty rules” not unlike the ones found in this post. And who doesn’t make cracks about the ages of others from time to time? (Let’s face it, it’s a privilege that comes with youth.) If you’re secure in yourself, your age, your beauty or what-have-you then you wouldn’t be insulted.
PS – #9 is my favorite rule!
These tips are so right ^_^
#4-I’m with ya woman! Many of “us” need the dose of humor w/ reality.