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September 01, 2006
Friday Shuffle - The I Feel Oh-So-Pretty Edition
Remember last week when I pontificated on looks and shit? Well, I motivated myself to do a few things:
1. I colored my hair last night for the first time since last December. And I went with a color I don't think I've ever had before. It's dark. Like my soul.
2. I bought one of those snazzy new foundation/powder combos and pitched the terrible crap I purchased last November.
3. I bought new lipstick. Zoe was right - that Maybelline 16-hour lipstick is good stuff.
Wanna see the final product?
Prettied up, and surly as ever. I think I like it. But just for you, loyal readers, a smile:
I'm liking how the new haircolor and lip color bring out my eye color. I also like how my shaggy bangs hide my shaggy eyebrows. That makes life easier in so many ways.
In keeping with stereotypes, as soon as I got myself all pretty, my brain went out the door. I think the haircolor has seeped through my scalp, chemical burned the plates of my skull, and has been nibbling on my brain all day. I'm just tired, draggy, and having issues stringing more than thoughts together blah blah blah what was I saying?
Oh, right. I have pretty brown hair.
There's a road. It needs to be hit. I need to pack. With the current state of my tired little mind, there's a danger that I'll head to the hometown with nothing but my pigtails, my cute red lipstick and the clothes on my back. Must shuffle off to pack with the teensy bit of my mind that remains.
1. Porchlight - Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
2. Spiders (Kidsmoke) - Wilco
3. Give Him a Great Big Kiss - The Shangi-Las
4. Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams
5. Girls - Beastie Boys
6. Don't Buy the Realistic - Spoon
7. Rejoice - U2
8. Version City - The Clash
9. Blue Veins - The Raconteurs (Who prompted me to watch a great deal of the MTV Video Music Awards last night. It was almost worth enduring an acceptance speech by the Pussycat Dolls just to see Jack Black ask Jack White if he'd like to join a band with him.)
10. Losing My Religion - REM
Posted by Robin at September 1, 2006 04:12 PM
Comments
Robin, you look fabulous! Really, really great! I love that color on you - hair and lipstick both.
Ooo...lipstick...now I feel the itch to buy more lipstick.
Posted by: Dixie at September 1, 2006 05:11 PM
Hello, cuteness!
I agree, those colors are fabulous on you. And I love your glases.
Posted by: Summer at September 1, 2006 06:05 PM
Love the hair. Love the lips.
Posted by: Big Daddy B at September 1, 2006 06:08 PM
Awesome!!!
Posted by: JO at September 1, 2006 08:25 PM
I've never noticed how green you eyes are before! I love the new color, and the lipstick is to die for.
Posted by: Julie at September 1, 2006 08:57 PM
You look stunning! What a difference hair colour can make - I think it makes you look younger and it really does pop your eyes out - and your cute chin.
NICE! Good choice - makes me want to do it too!
Sal x
Posted by: Sal at September 2, 2006 02:42 AM
oh btw - what colour lipstick is that? Want want
Posted by: Sal at September 2, 2006 02:43 AM
Oooh, you look lovely! Heh, I am a fashionista! I give GOOD lipstick advice! I'm practically Anna Wintour!
Well done on the makeover, keep up the good work (you have time to now, as you won't be touching up your lipstick, even if you go bed in it!!!)
Posted by: Zoe at September 2, 2006 07:38 AM
I dig the hair color-we must have the same coloring! Now all you need are some chipper red glasses!
Posted by: allison at September 2, 2006 08:29 PM
You look fantastic! What haircolor did you use?
Posted by: Marijean at September 2, 2006 09:10 PM
right before I read your comment about your eyes, I was thinking "wow, that look really makes her eyes stand out. I didn't know they were so green..." Looking good!
I've been having "post-pregnancy-need-to-do-something-about-my-looks" pangs! You may have motivated me. :)
Posted by: Annie at September 3, 2006 11:14 AM
You look great! I love that hair color on you -- the lip color too. Has anyone ever told you that you have a lovely smile?
Posted by: Katya at September 3, 2006 02:17 PM
To everyone who's complimented me: I'll make sure you don't get any of my really terrible grape jelly for Christmas. Flattery has its benefits.
Yep, my eyes are that green. They're just usually overpowdered by the glasses and hair.
Sal, I hoped the new hair color would knock a few years off me, considering how gray-headed I am! The lipstick's Maybelline ... can't remember which one, but it's the 16-hour one. The color's "Flame".
Zoe, you're much less devilish than Anna, but your style advice is spot-on.
Allison, we definitely have similar coloring. I used to have red glasses, too. Well, really dark pink glasses.
Marijean, the hair color's Nice n' Easy #117, Natural Medium Golden Brown.
Annie, you know, I think I looked my best when I was a month or two post-partum. I was so sick of looking exhausted and puffy that I overcompensated in all other areas. My first post-partum clothes shopping yielded some cute, cute stuff.
Speaking of cute, when do I get to see photos of that new babygirl? I'm dying over here!
Katya, thanks. I do hear occasionally that I have a pretty smile. I got really lucky in the dental department.
Posted by: Poppy at September 3, 2006 02:38 PM
Poppy, I am terrible for forgetting! Go look at www.anneshaneandnathan.photosite.com. I just uploaded a bunch of new one a day or so ago too.
Posted by: Annie at September 3, 2006 08:11 PM
DAMN! You look fabulous! Are those new specs? I love 'em.
Posted by: Exena at September 4, 2006 07:00 PM
You look great!! :-)
Love the hair and lip color....and wish I had those eyes!
Posted by: barbara at September 5, 2006 10:57 AM
