8 posts tagged “beauty”
I started using this soap recently:
I used to use Calming Night exclusively because it was the best soap ever, but then the fuckfaces over at Dove ruined my life and discontinued it. I'm not really upset about it anymore:
Fucking assholes.
Anyway, so after I get out of the shower I put some of this junk in my hair:
Usually at this point I start smoking one of these guys and don't stop until my face hits the pillow, so you can count on there being an overtone of this stuff:
When I am going to hang out with a dude or going to a bar where I want to smell kind of powerful but not obnoxious I wear Burberry Touch for Men. Yes, I wear men's cologne. Why? Because it's made for men to like it. And my logic isn't off. I know, I'm brilliant.
When I'm going out with friends to the bar or dinner or whatever, I usually spalsh on this inexpensive (read: cheap) Bath and Body Works Magnolia Spray. It stays for hours and is inoffensive. It doesn't have that "Bath and Body Works" smell where you instantly know it cost twelve dollars as soon as it hits your nose:
The rest of the time and definitely for anything that will be super memorable I wear what I've been wearing since I was fifteen, Burberry London. Believe it or not, I first got this fragrance after smelling it on my grandmother. I know that's a whole thing or whatever... "grandma perfume", but the first time this hit my nose I was all "Nana, what the fuck is that amazing smell you have on your body? I must have it!"
And there's also a smidge of this dude in the mix:
I got not one but TWO emails from girls saying that they've been washing their face at night because of what I wrote here.
That makes me real happy.
So, I was going to post some kind of before and after, but I honestly can't do it to myself. The point in writing this is that I've made a couple positive changes in my life that I want to share with you because I'm sure I'm not the only person who this applies to.
I drink a lot of alcohol and Diet Coke, but rarely do I ever drink water. I smoke a shit ton of cigarettes. I eat red meat like it's all they have on sale at the store. I am used to working long hours. If it doesn't have the words "potato chips" involved, I don't want to put it in my body. I usually don't eat before 3pm. Basically, I treat my body like shit.
My entire life I had the luxury of having good skin. When I was 21, I lost about 40 pounds because of stress and give or take 10 pounds, I have kept it off. I have had good luck with all of that stuff. Until this year. I pretty much lost it, you guys. Over the course of about four months, I practically crashed and burned. When I look at my face, I feel like I look my age, if not older. Last year and every other year of my life since I was about 12, I've looked about 12. When I was home for Christmas someone guestimated my age was 14. Now I don't think anyone would ask for my ID unless it was airport security. I look older than ever. And ya know what? I live in fucking Hollywood, so I kinda gotta give a shit because I'm not a physicist. My face is partially involved in what I do. Even if I don't shower or wear make-up, I can't be looking all haggard anymore. I gotta get my shit back on point.
So, for about 2 weeks now I've been forcing myself to get in to bed before midnight. I drink two organic juices before 3pm because things usually don't slow down enough for actual food before then. Usually one fruit-based and one vegetable-based. I've been taking vitamins-- a multivitamin and cranberry. I've been like, forcing myself to wash my face at night which is something that I've never really wrapped my head around. I feel gross admitting it, but let's get with the realness here: most people don't wash their fucking faces at night. It makes a big difference. Also, moisturizer. Use it. Use a lot of it.
All of this is stuff that every woman magazine and my mother have been telling me my entire life and I never listened. You might not have listened either and I can't blame you-- all of this stuff is boring. I can think of about 20 things I'd rather do than play around in a sink getting my face all hot and soapy at the end of the day, but I can think of 1 thing that I'd rather not do more, which is pay for anything to fill in the visible lines that are showing up on my skin. That's asshole behavior.
I still drink a lot, I still eat like crap for the most part (and the last four days have just been out of freakin' control. I ate about five pounds of caramel this weekend), I definitely still smoke too much... but I'm making an effort and the small amount I've done does seem to be helping. Trust me, you don't want to wake up one day and discover that the bags under your eyes are no longer cured with a good night's sleep, but permanent fixtures on your face. If you have found yourself in that position, do something while you can still try and turn it around.
Alexis: Um... Molly? I'm going to ask you something and I would really appreciate if you gave me an honest answer. Did you used to fake and bake in Boston?
Me: Yes. And Kendall did, too. A bunch of us did.
Alexis: OK... you're gonna have to give me a minute to digest that.
Me: I mean, Alexis... I worked at a hair salon in high school.
Alexis: You did not!
Me: You don't understand how far I've come.
Alexis: I used to work at a tanning salon.
Me: I had acrylic tips.
Alexis: AH!
I got my hair done today for the first time in an embarrassingly long time.
I got an inch taken off, got it colored, had some hair vitamins and goodness put back into it. The woman who cut my hair was like my long lost Korean sister. I do think she kind of looks like the Korean version of myself. Am I crazy?
I look like I have Downs Syndrome in this picture. What is my hand doing? He sleeps on top of me. I should be more beautiful through osmosis because of that.
Whatever.
This morning my pedicure was rudely inturruped when my chihuahua vomited on the pedicure station. He had eaten his* Pinkberry too quickly.
*When I say his Pinkberry, I mean my Pinkberry that I had already picked all the blueberries and Capt'n Crunch out of. He's spoiled, but that shit is like 4 bucks a pop.
OH, BY THE WAY:
http://defamer.com/hollywood/junc.t/a-taste-of-the-junction-291472.php?autoplay=true
