Try It: Diva For A Day

Full Disclosure: I'm lazy about personal upkeep.

I don't wear makeup.
I don't own makeup except clear mascara and chapstick.
I don't wash my face. Sometimes water trickles on it in the shower.
I use sunscreen. No scrubs or creams or serums.
I don't brush my hair.
Every year on my birthday, I use white strips on my teeth. You know those Crest strips you use for 30 minutes, twice a day, for 7 days? I use them for 3 days, ten minutes, once a day. That's enough for me.

Whenever I have a fancy function or when I needed the pics taken for this website, I called in my friends who primped me up. But really, really, really, I look like this:


No makeup. No face soap. No hair products. No brushing. Note the shiny forehead. The uneven skin. The limp hair. But eh, I'm passible for public consumption and I really, really like my nose. :)

So of course when I had full hair and makeup to be a bridesmaid for my friend's wedding, I was frightened by the process. They wanted to put GLUE on my eyelid for frak's sake That's how they get false eyelashes to stick. But the end product? I was astounded. Look at us! We look awesome.

The wedding took place at a house in Napa where the bridal party was staying. I soothed my feet in the property hot tub, not realizing the steam would melt the glue into my eye which hurt like a biatch. By the end of the night, I crawled into the bathroom and realized that I had no way of taking off the makeup since I don't own face soap. Crapola. So full time divadom is not for me. But for the one night? For all of us to look great? For these pictures? Worth it!

The four of us met on an online message board for fans of romance novels over a decade ago. We live at three corners of the country - California, New York, and Florida. This wedding is the first time we've all been together at the same time. Isn't that awesome? I know the hair and makeup helped, but I'm betting half the reason we look so good is because we're happy to see each other.