Girl Anachronism

Archive for the ‘Beauty’ Category

• This is what happens when I can’t sleep

  Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

  It’s called Extreme Bed Hair.

• Masochism and a tub of hot wax

  Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

  I was right - not having the regular after dinner cigarette is driving me crazy. I went for a long walk to try and get rid of the cravings but all it did was increase the itchniness. How on earth *did* I manage to quit last time? I certainly know how I managed to cut [...]

• Waiting for the kiss

  Sunday, January 13th, 2008

  “A man had given all other bliss,
  And all his worldly worth for this,
  To waste his whole heart in one kiss
  Upon her perfect lips”
  - “Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere”,
  Alfred, Lord Tennyson

• Sheer Vanity

  Thursday, September 13th, 2007

  There are so many things that I don’t like about my appearance, but one thing I have always, always loved is my hair.
  Thick, jet black, healthy, vibrant and bouncy - I’ve always gotten compliments on it and as a result I’ve always thought of it as my crowning glory.
  For two years, I had a GEM [...]

• My Beauty Myth

  Monday, November 20th, 2006

  No, not Naomi Wolf’s book (which I’m yet to read, shameful as that admission is), but my own ponderings on the subject. What’s brought this on? My recent trip to a day spa with a girlfriend. I went and had a pedicure and a full bikini wax, whilst she had a pedicure and a moisturising [...]