BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: GUEST,Lizzie Cornish
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 07:59 PM

Always, Chanel No 5

Always, Sparkling eye shadow, all over and under my eyes, going for the Crazy Aged Faery look... :0) (and it makes people smile too)

Always, Kohl and Mascara, my eyes would never go out without it...

Always, blusher, preferably english rose

Always, sparkling teeth

Always, bath every day with smelly stuff of whatever's nearest to hand, must be bubbly though...

Always, clean, long hair, loose fresh and bouncy, (steady boys!) preferably gold, although I'm thinking of letting it go white like Emmy Lou now, 'cos she looks Fantastic, and I'm almost there now, white that is, not fantastic...and long white hair would go with the Crazy Aged Faery look very well...

ALWAYS, Lipstick! Oh, feck the day I get so old I forget to put that on!

And ALWAYS, Pearls....

And always, ALWAYS, a Smile, the most important thing to put on each morning.

Bury me in all of the above please..and sprinkle my coffin with Chanel No 5 and Rose Petals....Those with sensitive noses will just have to bring hankies, for a Gal has to ALWAYS smell nice, ESPECIALLY at the end of her Life.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: open mike
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 07:18 PM

I pull my waist-long hair back in a hair bungee...in a bun.

when i wash it i brush it...ditto on the special brush....

not all of them will go thru my locks....i often put it in a braid.

I try to cut my toenails every solstice and equinox...and often

trim my finger nails by nibbling them off rather than clipping....

I keep some lip balm handy....and use it frequently..

i try to brush my teeth and take my vitamins each evening

(one of my new years resolutions is to be more regular with this)

I take a bath every week if there is hot water and electricity here.

no make up for me....sometimes hand lotion. keep it simple and basic.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: foggers
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 07:01 PM

I use olay moisturiser, and I make some of my own skin care preparations using essential oils. A few spots of rose oil and rosemary oil in a water spray makes a good skin toner. My hair and scalp get very dry, so I use argan oil as a scalp rub with some chamomile oil as a scalp rub a couple of hours before I wash my hair. I have a regular hair appointment every 6-8 weeks as a good cut and colour makes the most of what I got.

My fingernails are short (for banjo picking!) and I recently started using Hoofmaker cream by Mane n Tail and the difference it has made to my nails is amazing. I use it every day at bedtime.

And I use a hemp based foot cream to treat hard skin once a week. I have a chiropody treatment about every 6-8 weeks n which is absolute heaven.


I only wear make up for special occasions (parties and gigs!) I use fairly natural shades that do not look too fakey. I also use a light fragrance at such times, either ones given as gifts or blends I make from essential oils.

I think that having a self care routine is good for body, soul and self-esteem!

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 07:00 PM

Why, thank you, Manuel *blush*. My husband says the same thing!

Jumping into the perfume discussion, I never thought of it one way or another, but when I started my chorus (15 years ago! How did that happen?), several members quietly mentioned to me their allergies/sensitivities to artificial scent of any kind. Since then it's just become part of the "how we help each other's singing" guidelines- no perfumes, etc. I did once have a woman quit when she found out that included her heavy use of patchouli essential oil!

BUT- since then, I too have become more and more aware of the effects of scented products on my sinuses and my singing voice, and I now avoid anything with artificial scent, and my sense of smell has gotten more aware of all things odorific- the sweet smell of summer pines, the toasty smell of the wood stove, kitchen smells, as well as not-so-good smells.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 06:00 PM

My mother many years ago used to like Estee Lauder 'Youth Dew'. My sister and I hated it. It was so strong it stayed in the house for weeks after my parents had gone back home. And like Jennie, I used to wash everything in the guest room, curtains, cushion covers, bedspread, just to eradicate that pong. So I understand how some folk loathe strong perfumes. But my floral ones are very weak and light. In fact, they wear off after a couple of hours. They just give me a tiny reminder of summer.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: Bobert
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 05:54 PM

I just checked in to see which men had posted to this thread and no other reason other than to say, "Whatever blows ya'll skirts up", 'er something like that...

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: JennieG
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 05:15 PM

The occasional trim (I have long hair, nearly finished growing out 20 years of colouring)......Dove moisturiser on my face daily......nice hand creams, preferably lightly scented. Am currently using one made by a local woman, lemon myrtle and honey - so nice! If I remember when going out, a light squirt of perfume to waft me along but I frequently forget. I don't like heavy perfumes on me or anyone else.

LH, hasn't that smell gone yet? Sitting next to us a few years ago on a flight from Toronto to LA was a very attractive well-dressed young woman who had really gone overboard with her perfume, so much so that I had to move. (it didn't bother Himself though.......) I could smell that perfume on my clothes all the way from LA back to Oz, and everything I wore had to be washed to get rid of it. I don't know the name of it, but it was really overpowering.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: GUEST,Manuel
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 04:32 PM

I'm sure that lots of us MudGuys have enjoyed the various postings to this thread. I especially like reading what AllisonA has to share. That's the type of woman I like.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: Charmion
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 03:54 PM

As Lilyfester says, my workplace, my doctor's office and even the bus are all bedizened with signs warning of the dire effects of scents on certain sensitive souls. I never use much, and even that little guiltily.

Years ago, I caught sight of a colleague picking up my silk scarf when it fallen to the floor. He lifted it to his nose and sniffed gently, and a most beatific smile crossed his face. He was sensitive, all right, but in a good way.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 03:24 PM

AMEN!!!!!!!

You are so right.

Rick Fielding told me that he had once played a gig at a hotel in Bind River...and survived! He was a brave man.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: Gurney
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 03:10 PM

I would imagine that the best self-care routine would be to routinely avoid Blind River.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 02:10 PM

I had visitors here for a week a few months back...and one of them used heavy perfume! Well, the room she stayed in still reeks of the stuff. Godawful. I hope that one day the last vestiges of it will vanish. The other 2 ladies, fortunately, did not use perfume. I don't recommend that anyone use it...or if they do, for gosh sakes, find a subtle perfume and use it sparingly! And better yet, just take a bath or shower every day, cos that is really all you need to do to smell good.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 01:54 PM

Nice warm bath.
Wash hair.
Hair cut by a pro every 5-6 weeks.
Application of 2 meds prescribed by dermatologist.

and finally, my favorite part, applying Perfecting Cream to face. This was once made by Olay. Now I buy the CVS equivalent. I love the way it feels clean yet moisturizes as well.

For state occasions, lipstick and maybe some loose powder.

I was uncomfortable with make-up until I read in an airline magazine that one's makeup should merely be a slightly more intense color than one's one color. That I could understand and do without feeling silly.

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 01:50 PM

There are signs at my yoga studio that ask people to not wear perfume due to others with allergies. I've seen similar signs at the doctors offices as well. It is also posted in some corporate offices.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 01:35 PM

Charmion, 'signposted against scent'? Am wondering what you mean?

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 01:32 PM

My routine is minimal. Warm water "splash" morning and evening (with a castile soap wash a few evenings/week). In the evening I add a rose water spray as toner. Morning and evening I apply a little cocoanut oil mixed with a drop or two of almond oil that is the best dam' moisturizer i have ever used.

Shower /bath 3/4 times/week. One of those times I wash my hair in Redken All-Soft. Because my hair is now below my waste I "detangle" with Redken Heavy Cream conditioner.

Fingernails and toenails kept clean and short.

On chilly days, I get a "foot spa" of epsom salts with a drop of Weleda Arnica Oil.

Hate perfume, never wear makeup, wear my hair in a long braid. I consider myself very feminine, but more on the inside!

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 01:30 PM

Dang! Here I am just champing at the bit to talk to the world about my self-care routine, and I've been censored out on account of my gender! ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 01:16 PM

Places sign-posted against scent, Charmion? Geez, that's a bit scary...(not that it affects me of course, before anybody gets any ideas!!) Where and what sort of places are they?

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 01:15 PM

I'm terrible, never bother with anything except a daily bath and comb my hair! Fingernails are dead short, can't bear them long. But I do like perfume, and especially cheap floral things like rose, lavender and lily-of-the-valley. I have four different ones, and choose one to suit my mood each morning. I've never been one to faff about with beauty stuff. It would be a losing battle anyway! Hope your health improves this year, Wysiwyg, all good wishes xxx

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 12:23 PM

I don't have much of a routine but my hair appointments are vital to my self-esteem and well-being. A good cut and good looking highlights are very important to me.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: Charmion
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 12:15 PM

A ridiculously expensive boar-bristle hair brush.

Chanel No 19 and Calandre perfumes -- although I find more and more places sign-posted against scent.

Badedas or Vitabath bath gel.

A proper pedicure about once every six weeks.

Subject: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 10:31 AM

I loved my mother dearly; she passed in April.

Mom had not been well-mothered in her own family of origin; I was her second daughter and, very early, became Daddy's girl. So I missed most of the girly-girl role modeling and teaching I think my sister got. They probably learned together.

But once I was old enough to have that interest, we were in profound family chaos; Mom worked hard to support us; doing our nails together just was not a priority. We were working poor. So we just kinda roughed it and "wung" it thru life. I got a little too good at doing things that way. ("Desperado... you don't have to live like a refugee....)

Now that I am on home confinement due to a Sept. surgery and the lengthy complications, I have discovered a new appreciation for taking my time with self-care stuff; I suspect now that I may have been a girly-girl all my life, at heart, without ever realizing it.

At the moment I am in love with Aveeno lotion and envying the home health nurse's dark pink, scented hand sanitizer.... (I am clearly on a slippery slope here!)


Well, I figger folkies tend to be a little less "princessy" than most women in today's culture-- you know, festival camping is fun not a hardship, less wearing of "masks" (heavy makeup).... right? So I hope this is as good a place to ask as any.

MudLadies, what is your daily/weekly/monthly routine? What products are part of your signature femininity?

???

~S~