You get to say comedy movie things when you're bi...

[silverthorne]

So...wore eye make-up to work today (don't fall over dead in shock, folks), since I'm trying to figure out something good for the yearly company shindig--which I've been told I'm going to, no excuses, now that I do not have a controlling, antisocial SO.

Well, I've been asking folks how it looks, because I would really like to not look like a total idiot when I go (and make-up is...well...pretty much a necessity to Big Events, and something I know nothing about. :/)

Anyhow, she looked, and commented 'You better watch out; you're gonna end up attracting a guy...or a girl...or...something." (She knows I'm bi)

My response?

"I think I'm gonna stick with guys right now. I understand them when all they want me for is dick relief. Girls, on the other hand? I keep finding the crazy ones. That's a pretty good sign I should probably leave the women alone, you know?"

...it made her laugh, at any rate.

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[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, plum is one of the colors that makes my lids and the skin around my eyes look bruised, even with concealer put on first--it was part of one of the 'green eyed' sets I got, and unless I keep it really light (as in, it looks pink when I put it on due to how little I can use), it turns me into walking dead looks wise. :/

I do seem to be having better luck with the greys and smokey blues though...(been messing with makeup tonight).

My eyes are too deeply sunk for dark eyeliner, usually. And the edges where my lashes are easilt seen, so it ends up looking like the line it is floating above the white flesh where my lashes are.

[rebl1969.livejournal.com]

How 'bout gray?

I admit gray is my default "makeup" look, when I bother to put it on. I suck at being a girl. I put on gray eyeliner, smudge it all over the place, put blush on my browbone and go with it. No mascara, no lipstick, just eyestuff and blush. No concealer either; I need it but it's too big a hassle.

Seriously. I had this revelation when I was 17. I had tried for years to do "good" makeup to get a boyfriend or whatever, and then after my junior year I went away for the summer (Governor's School) and all of a sudden my entire beauty regimen consisted of rolling out of bed 10 minutes before class. When I returned to high school in the fall I kept it up and all of a sudden I had boys all over me like white on rice. I'm not quite sure what happened, but I think it had something to do with no longer giving a shit about what the other girls wore or thought. Then, later, I met John, who as previously stated hates makeup, and the rest is history.

I don't know what I'll do if Sophie turns out girly. Get her a mentor, I guess.

[rebl1969.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, the no-makeup look works better on someone who is 17 rather than someone about to turn 39. Which is why I'm thinking about buying some new eye makeup. Nowadays I just look old to myself.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I use foundation on and under my eyes, because the skin is thin there and due to age the veins are starting to show. Otherwise though, I've managed to keep my good skin. For now, anyway.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

....my wake up regimine has always been 'wake up, roll out of bed, put on clothes, and go'. Only times I ever got into amkeup was for drama class, renfaire later in life, events where it was expected (and usually I had someone else do it for me at that point), and when my friends and I were being...odd. At whch point there was make-up everywhere and not being used conventionally.

Unless you're thinking Twisted Sister or Poison mixed with fantasy concepts is conventional (I once put a sunset on my BF's face). *g*

The grey/blue set I got is going to be tomorrow's attempt. I knew grey and grey-toned clothing tends to get picked up by my eyes, so maybe similar eyeshadow will do me justice where the green mix failed me.