Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Beauty And The.....Ouch!!!!!

There are just times, as a woman, when we do the craziest things for beauty. I can't tell you the number of times I have poked myself in the eye with my mascara wand (hint: never sneeze when putting on your mascara).

I have pulled my eyelashes out (hint: never curl your eyelashes after putting on mascara).

I have managed to get my hair so snarled up in the hairbrush or around the curling iron that it would take a team of six volunteers and a surgeon to medically extract me from it.

I have burned myself with a curling iron. Not once but several times. Until I finally figured out that either I put a comb between the curling iron and my forehead, stop using a curling iron until I pass the firefighter's exam, or stop curling my bangs (which I eventually did).

I always seem to get moisturizing cream in my eyes. No matter how carefully I put that stuff on, it just makes a beeline for my eyes. I could put eye cream on my toes and it would still find it's way up to my eye. Never fails. One minute I can see and the next minute my eyes are stinging and I am hollering "My eyes! My eyes!" like some third-rate movie.

I have cut my legs while shaving. Now, nobody really needs to do that if you're careful. But I am cheap and somehow need to squeeze every last ounce of sharpness out of the blade, and I am also always in a hurry to be done with shaving.

Do you see the keywords here? Sharp and in a hurry.....they don't mix. Trust me. You don't want to be in a hurry when shaving your legs unless you have a medical staff and a crash cart on call.

Sometimes we all just need to slow down!

19 comments:

  1. Ok, all men turn away at this point. Hey ladies, I found something PAIN FREE that removes those little facial hairs that like to pop up (around your lip, chin, etc ...). Sally Hansen has a product in a "wand" that is like "Nair for legs" -- you know, put it on then wipe off the hair? No waxing. Yay. No pain (unless you get it in YOUR EYE NAN!). It works great and I don't have to endure wax any longer. Yay.

    Too funny Nan!

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  2. Just wear a funky hair cut like me. U don't need a brush and NOONE knows if it is messed up or suppose to look wild and crazy.
    Blessings, andrea

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  3. That my friend is why I wear hats. LOL Why I don't wear makeup or curl eyelashes...& why I don't shave my legs. No I'm kidding I shave my legs, I love my husband. :) I have cut myself so many times shaving my legs. I do need to slow down. Too funny.

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  4. That's me too...who says that you can't use the same razor for months? Oh, ya that's right...my scarred legs say I shouldn't.

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  5. Ya know, I very rarely eer cut myself shaving with an OLD razor. It's when I have a brand new one that I wind up with little nicks and cuts all over me. I'm weird like that!

    Yea, I usually end up with the mascara on my skin instead of in my eye. It annoys me to death!!!

    Great post, Nan!

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  6. Yep, beauty can be a pain...literally! :D

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  7. LOL! I know these all 2 well! :D Ouch!! Make also note that when you get a pedicure (which I rarely do) to not have the cuticles cut. Ugh! Let's just say I've been taking medicine for almost 10 days and applying to my toe.

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  8. I have cut my legs shaving many a time! I tend to always get a small burn when using straightening irons, don't use them much but when i do you had better watch out!
    Collette xxx

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  9. I hate getting new razor blades too. I burn my forehead all the time with my hair straighter. Not fun!

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  10. We went camping this past weekend. On the trip home, I was commenting about my unshaven legs. My 8 year old said, "Yea!! Momma's gonna have hairy legs like us!" My boys have so much to learn. I keep my legs free of hair - can't stand it- but I am often in too much of a hurry. That pain just hurts.

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  11. I love this post! You made me laugh again. It can be pretty painful being a woman sometimes! lol -Cathy

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  12. Oh I can honestly say that I have done all the things listed in your blog list of woman on the run. I too need to just slow down and relax.

    Love and Hugs ~ Kat

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  13. I have done everyone of these things too! What is wrong with all of us. Beauty is vain, i guess. One time when I was a teen, i pulled out every eyelash above one of my eyes except the few scraggly ones left in the corners that the eyelash curler did not have a good grip on. needless to say, I looked quite ridiculous for awhile and did not where mascara at all until they grew out quite a bit. Funny now! But to a 15 year old girl it was a tragedy. Taught my daughter's this lesson early so they never have to experience eyes with no eyelashes. :)
    thanks for the reminder Nan!

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  14. I have a post similar to this coming up one True Story Tuesday. Beauty sometimes equals pain!

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  15. I always get everything in my eyes! The other day I was at Bible study and I had to walk out because my eye started watering and burning so bad, I really waterproof makeup!

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  16. I think you and I must be related...this sounds too much like me! I accidentally shaved off part of my eyebrow when I was trying to use one of those little tiny razors for stray hairs. I had to draw it on for a coupla months until it grew back!

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  17. I did the curling brush on my bangs and had to cut by hair at the scalp. So I looked goofy until they grew back!

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  18. soooooooo true!!!!
    really FUNNY☺☺☺☺

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