Then there are the women who save time by putting makeup on while driving to work....
This is when taking the train is convenient.
This reminds me of the Mr. Bean episode where he did all his morning routine while driving.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polter-Cow - Oct 21, 2010 1:16:21 pm PDT #1104 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2010 1:20:36 pm PDT #1105 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Basically, I:
- brush teeth (2 mins)
- shower/wash hair and face (7 mins)
- dry self (1 min)
- cleanse and moisturise face (1 min)
- apply humectant to hair (30s)
- apply primer (30s)
- lip gloss (30s)
- mascara (1 min)
- do brows (1 min)
If I'm sensible, dressing is done in 5 minutes. I am not always sensible, but that's entirely on me.
Jesse - Oct 21, 2010 1:22:32 pm PDT #1106 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm showered and dressed within about 45 minutes of the alarm going off (but not getting right up), drying my hair takes 5-10 minutes, makeup another couple. I'm slow in the morning and eat breakfast at home, but my alarm goes off 75 minutes before I leave the house. And I don't do anything elaborate.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2010 1:22:37 pm PDT #1107 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I really hate it when women apply makeup on the subway during rush hour. There's just no easy way to put on eyeshadow without elbowing the person next to you.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2010 1:26:25 pm PDT #1108 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My alarm goes off an hour before I'm scheduled leave the house. I sometimes snooze 10 minutes of that, depending on how rough the night was. I don't eat breakfast at home, but currently I have to make space for coffee brewing (and ensuing Jamaican folk song earworm indulgence). And catching up on the internets before I leave the house.
Amy - Oct 21, 2010 1:32:33 pm PDT #1109 of 30001
Because books.
I'm so bad now -- I need, like, at least an hour to have tea and feel human before I can shower and get dressed if I'm going somewhere.
But that was after a couple of years of taking a 6:50 a.m. train (which took fifteen minutes by car to get to). I was getting up at 5:45 and making that train.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2010 1:41:00 pm PDT #1110 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I used to wake up early enough to polish off an "hour" show every morning. WTF was I thinking?
msbelle - Oct 21, 2010 1:41:05 pm PDT #1111 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Amy - my local library has one of your books, but I've already read it. They also have one of Barb's books and I had not read it so I checked it out.
B&N local store did not have Allyson's book yet. 11/1 the computer says.
erikaj - Oct 21, 2010 1:42:41 pm PDT #1112 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I am so Glad that mostly nobody sees what I look like. I can write in my "Working-Class Hero" t-shirt. Billytea,bwah!
Atropa - Oct 21, 2010 1:45:48 pm PDT #1113 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
If she'd left it at that and not gone into what really is a pretty ridiculous sounding regimen and framing it as not just normal but required, the reactions would have been a lot different.
Yes. Plus, it sounds like she's been suckered into a overly-complex morning skin care routine.
My morning routine, if I'm working is:
- Stumble out of bed, wash face, apply sunblock, eye cream, and deodorant.
- Eat yogurt, brew tea, take vitamins.
- Drink tea while putting on makeup. (Primer, darkening eye brows, 3 colors of eye shadow, liquid liner, mascara, concealer under my eyes, translucent powder.)
- Brush teeth.
- Get dressed, which involves underthings, tights, blouse, petticoats, skirt(s, maybe), waistcoat or jacket, and boots.
- Pull hair into low pigtails, comb bangs into the correct pointy shape, put on top hat.
All of that takes me about 45 minutes. I take a bath at night, and I'm one of those weird people who washes their hair once a week.