Leading on from 'do you wear make up every day', how much of you is natural, and how much is artifice?

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Me:

Naturally red hair, highlighed blonde. Is washed and blow dried every day otherwise would look like wreck of hesperus. Also conditoning treatments to counteract the effects of peroxide and hairdryer.

Eyebrows bushy caterpillars, so threaded into a nice shape. Also used to be dark but they have faded over the years, so colour them in.

Skin wouldn;t be so good if I hadn't worn sunblock for years.

Skin would also be dry as a riverbed if hadn't used creams (albeit cheap basic ones)

Legs, armpits, bikini line shaved.

Wear make up every day.

Try to eat sensibly as have natural tendency to have a pot belly and big bum. Exercise a lot to counteract this.

Would look a lot different if I hadn't helped myself a lot on the way.

Hair - dyed as am too young to have white hair otherwise. Mostly not blowdried/straightened.

Skin - moisturise, sun block (unless you cover all of your body with clothing spf 70+, or live in the far north, you will make plenty of Vitamin D, so sunblock is really important. Dark skin does not protect you against getting skin cancer btw), and cleanse. Only wear makeup when in formal work.

Eyebrows - shaped to improve glasses clearance

Hair - armpits once a week(ish), legs etc when I can be bothered

Nails - depends on the time of year - in trade show season I do more with them as need to be v polished. Currently very short

Hair: Have mousy hair with a splattering of ggrey. I highlight my hair and straighten it within an inch of it's life....

Eyebrows: still dark naturally. Pluck them daily.

Skin: Make up wipes to remove, moisturise daily, night cream on an evening, vaseline on eyes and weekly I use pore cleaning strips on nose and chin and frownies when I remember...

Body: Legs, armpits, bikini line shaved. Moisturiser most days. Fake tan ocassionally.

*Make up: Everyday wear is tinted moisturiser with SPF, concealer, cheek stain, bronzer, mascara and lippy or gloss evening I crank up the eyes!

Perfume: I wear some most days

Nails: They are mine, I have long strong nails. Always painted. On a weekly basis I remove cuticles and tidy up nails.

Diet: Not over weight, eat a balanced diet, don't deprive myself.

Exercise: I do Armed forces fitness every WEds and Sat plus a 45 minute run with dh every Monday whilst ds at a club. Fit in a run on my own as and when. Also have a dog and walk him daily.

Hair - short (so cut regularly) otherwise undyed (attractive badger streak at the front at the front!)

eyebrows plucked

makeup every day (fondation, concealer, blusher, mascara)

armpits and legs shaved regularly

nails cut short, hate nail varnish.

no perfume

I shave my legs and armpits.

Today I have purple hair, that's not natural at all.

Otherwise, I don't care a jot and am au naturel.

This reminds me of a quote by Cher:

"Even if I get my tits stuck on my back they are still my tits...."

how can your skin not be real?
this thread title adn then the OP dont match

Yourgorg - eh? What do you mean?

Skin- moisturised every day, has been since I was a teenager.

Hair - dark honey blonde (as I believe the hairdresser described it) no grey, entirely natural, washed/conditioned every day, cut too rarely.

Padded bras a must (am a 'pointer')

Nails - fingers short, no polish (too lazy to wait for polish to dry), toenails usually painted but not at the moment.

Legs, armpits, bikini line shaved when I remember but nearly always before training.

Diet, exercise- I go to the gym 3 x a week, and karate a minimum of 2 x a week. Fairly healthy diet, especially at the moment.

Perfume - most days. Have got loads that I need to use up.

Hair -naturally dark but now caramel highlighted to cover up grey. Washed every day, short funky style

Average day at work - no make up except lipstick, anything special happening, then full slap

Perfume most days

Skin... have become addicted to clarins, love it, worth every penny

armpits - shaved several times a week

bikini line, can we change the subject

eyebrows and top lip waxed once every 3 wks

nails short and natural except have manicure & pedicure before holidays usually

Bras - nice pretty ones, always from m&s, underwired, with only occasional matching knickers

DP doesn't care about any of the above though!

Hmmm. Hair dyed as now very grey, never when I was younger.
Armpits/legs shaved or waxed only when on display (so like, maybe three times a year...)
Moisturiser every day.
Makeup only when going out.
Contact lenses sometimes.
Occasional self tan in the summer.
Have never tampered with my pubic hair (or my eyebrows, for that matter).
Struggle to buy enough clothes to be respectable.
I think that's about it.
Never could understand the obsession with plucking/depilating/making up/highlighting - what a waste of time. I do what is the minumum necessary to be (kind of) presentable.

I do use deodorant. Hate perfume though - makes me sneeze!

Oh and - I eat. I cycle to work and walk to places.

naturally very dark brown hair. have dabbled with various shades over the year but am currently au natrel (ie - going grey)

eyebrows are plucked but not overly so. i just get the straggling bits

skin - i use a basic moisturiser after shower/bath.

i wear make up most days

legs armpits and bikini all bare usually but am currently sporting a "fanny tash" for DP

i am rather large in all ways.

I think it is fairly obvious to anyone that looks at me that i have had a slightly less than easy life. i do not look 21 thats for sure!

Hair - Highlighted considerably. Washed every two days with expensive shampoo/conditioner. Straightened every day.
Eyebrows - plucked
Make-up - every day
Arms/legs - shaved every other shower
Bikini - All creamed off every 2 weeks
Toenails - painted ALWAYS
Perfume - everyday
Skin - exfoliated and moisterised morning and night
Diet - No carbs, everything from scratch

my god - reading that I should look better than I do!

Hair: Dark hair with highlights. Usually not blow dried or tampered with except occasional combing.

Eyebrows: oddhair tweezed weekly by myself. I do wear eyebrow pencil daily as I am a bit sparse here.

Skin: Wash, moisterize twice a day and use anti-oxidant serum once-twice a day

Body: Legs, armpits, bikini line shaved daily. Have dry skin so I use moisturiser every day. Don't sunbathe, use a sunbed, use fake tanner so am scary pale most of the time.

Make up: wear eyebrow pencil, cheek tint (benefit), concealer, and lip gloss daily. When trying to look nice, I use a skin brightener, eyeliner, eyelash curler, mascara, powder blusher. lipliner and lipgloss (usually only for evenings).

Perfume: I wear every day. The same one for the past 15 years.

Nails: Nada. Usually wait for the fingernails to start breaking before I cut them (they don't grow very long due to being so brittle). I do scrub them each time I wash my hands.

Diet: I don't think about my weight. I eat healthily naturally and wear the same size as when I was a teenager (size 4). Don't deny myself anything, but eat sensibly.

Exercise: Used to be a runner, but haven't run since becoming pregnant with DS1. I do have an active lifestyle (walk quite a bit), but am conscious that wobbly bits won't go away until I start exercising again.

Hair: Naturally darkish brown, but have been dying it a rich red for the last 6 months as fancied a change. I wash, condition, apply a bit of serum and leave to dry naturally every day unless I am going out. Then it's "big hair" a la Chezza Cole or an "up do".

Skin-Face:Used to just look after it via plenty of water, sunblock and good creams, but over the last 2 years have had occasional botox injections/fillers. I still look like me but only fresher and more plumped. Body: Exfoliate, moisturise and self tan fairly regularly in the summer-tend to let this slide in the winter.

Makeup-Natural and pared down during the day. A bit vampier for a night out! I sometimes go barefaced if I am staying in and not going anywhere.

Nails: Wear them short and square. Get occasional manicures.Often unvarnished, but if I paint them it's always a dark berry/black red colour.

Feet: Fanatical about not having hard skin. Toenails always painted.

Teeth: All my own! Use professional home bleaching treatments from time to time.

Eyebrows: Threaded

Eyelashes: Mine are sparse, so it's individual lash extensions or 3 coats of mascara when I can't be arsed to maintain the lash extensions.

Perfume: Everyday

Hair removal: Shave legs, underarms and lady garden regularly.

Diet/Fitness: Plenty of fish, veg and fruit. Cook from scratch 90% of the time. Diet too rich in carbs generally. Used a personal trainer to help me shed 2 stone in the run up to my wedding in 2007. Haven't put it back on. Go to the gym 3-4 times per week.

Hair: highlights to brighten it (mousy with too much grey for someone my age )

Skin: exfoliate my face a couple of times a week, moisturiser with SPF25 daily. Night cream occasionally if needed. Eye cream daily. Light fake tan as very pasty.

Body: dry brush daily and use oil moisturising spray

Make up: Don't wear it unless going out

Nails: keep them short and neat. Don't varnish them unless going out

Feet: file dead skin away daily, moisturise a couple of times a week. Nail varnish in summer.

Eyebrows: pluck the odd stray hair as needed

Perfume: every day

Hair removal: shave legs, armpits and trim bikini line as needed

Diet: cook from scratch, healthy balanced meals, no snacks during the day. But am overly fond of crisps and cheese and indulge a little too often in the evenings...

Exercise: two dance classes and one circuit training class every week

So I look fairly natural but I do take time to look after my skin, face and body.

I thought I'd respond to the vitamin D issue...

According to the research paper that was widely misquoted in the newspapers recently (so that the tabloids falsely presented the result that rickets was back as a result of computer games), wearing sunblock is ONE (but only one) of the contributory factors to having a vitamin D deficiency.

Essentially, if you live further North than Birmingham, you cannot get enough vitamin D from sunlight all year round to meet your needs. Obviously if you cover your skin with sunblock or head to toe garments, this reduces your ability to get vitamin D from the sun. Having darker skin reduces the amount of vitamin D you can get from the sun as well.

Luckily we can get vitamin D from some foods, like eggs and oily fish. So we do not need to get all of our vitamin D from the sun. So it is more of a matter of being aware that if we wear sunblock we need to think about where we will get extra vitamin D from.

Makeup every day.
Shave legs and armpits.
Wax bikini line.
Moisturise legs every day - but I think that thats only because I shave them so regularly.
I use suncream in the summer.

Hair is natural...

This thread has inspired me to paint my toenails

Well, I'm as fake as they come, and revel in it :-)

Hair: the real stuff is thin, short, of indeterminate color, and depressing...but it's ok because I never have to look at it. I always wear a very expensive hairpiece that turns me into a knockout blonde. For regular wear I have two long (20") 3/4 wigs (halfway between a fall and a full wig) that I alternate. I carefully (and firmly) apply them, and blend into my front hairs, which I color to exactly match the wig. You could almost look at me with a magnifying glass and have trouble spotting it. Because I wouldn't be caught dead with what's underneath, I actually have several others for special occasions (an up-do, one for swimming, etc.) which are all the same shade.

Eyelashes: false, of course. I used to go overboard and wear the kind of ridiculous caterpillars that Liza Minelli does, but these days the lashes are long but very realistic.

Makeup: my skin is ok (no acne or anything), but it's pretty sallow, so I wear quite a bit of makeup (foundation, contouring cream, three shades of eyeshadow, eyebrow pencil, two shades of blush, two shades of lipstick and lip liner, two coats of lip gloss and powder for the full evening effect, a bit less during the day), which changes depending on the lights under which I'll be seen. I take a lot of pride in my artistry, although it takes time.

Teeth: I got implants, so I have a Hollywood-type smile.

Breasts: What do you expect?! I'm a natural AA cup, but have always felt that nature meant for me to be a bombshell...so I need to give her a little help. That said, I'm not into permanent surgery (I can't even THINK about it without cringing), so my top consists of C-cup falsies in special Curves bras that have neat pockets for them. These aren't the foam sponges of my youth; I'm talking about high-grade silicone boys here, which look, bounce, and (when the occasion warrants) feel like the real deal.

Stomach: a relatively heavy-duty shaper, which gives the same effect as if I went around sucking in my tummy...but with a lot less effort (it does get a bit constricting at times, but it sure looks good.)

Nails: acrylic, carefully maintained, changed every week, with two shades of nail polish.

Tush: even though I'm getting a little porky in the middle, I'm afraid I'm flat as a board down below, so I got myself a nifty pair of padded panties. I don't wear them all the time, but when it's time to put on something appropriately form-fitting, I slip in my not-so-little friends, and I instantly become a wolf-whistle magnet. (Seriously, even more than the boobs, a big bottom sends off sexy signals like you wouldn't believe.)

Shoes: I'm not a shrimp, but the 4" heels make my legs look sleeker and nudge me close to super-model territory.

So, what happens, you might ask, when the boys get a little frisky (I'm not married, and lead a pretty active social life)? It turns out that when handled appropriately (which is probably a whole topic in itself) not only do they generally not really mind, but some of them actually LIKE the artifice, and get their jollies by helping me 'dress'!

I guess this all makes me a bit of an outlier here, but I have no problem working hard to look my best, and when I feel good about myself it shows, and in turn ensures that others feel the same way.

Hair: aveda shampoo etc, and highlights.
Skin: lancome until I run out then cheaper til I buy more.
Hands/ ears: no nail polish or earrings.
Shave lower legs and underarms.

Think that's it.