What I learned from my younger sisters...
I'm back!
With school, work, wedding planning, family stuff, a new puppy and trying to keep up with the house I guess this fell behind. The other day I was working on T and my wedding website and was rereading how he proposed (read about it, here!
http://theconsistentgypsy.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-tale-of-how-miss-became-future-mrs.html) and realized how much I loved writing.
What I'm going to write about in this post is how my two younger sisters spent this last weekend showing me how to be more girly. I had not felt very well this weekend, so the girls were taking advantage of my weakness. ;) I am one of the least girly people-wait, scratch that. I'm girly, I'm just not good at being super feminine. I can't do my makeup, I know 3 hairstyles, and apparently don't know what clothes flatters my figure. My Mother studied to be a beautician so growing up she always tried to teach me how to do my makeup and hair. But ever since I was little, I was not so into it. I didn't like to practice makeup, I didn't/don't see the point in spending so much time in the morning making yourself up. My sisters are the exact opposite though. Both sisters can do cute hair, all types of makeup and have their own completely different styles.
I have been thinking of changing my style a little bit, just matching what I like a little more instead of just what is easiest to do. I've always liked the boho, gypsy, ecclectic yet simple look but most of these days I'm just in workout clothes and my hair is either in a hat or a bun. My mom and sisters usually tell me that I look like I'm 12 and then I leave their house and I look my age. :)
Anyway-onto the story. I am toying with the idea of having a braid in my hair for the wedding next June and so I asked my sister, G, to do my hair like this picture I had. She did it and it looked so good I told her she could play with my hair and do what she wanted. I ended up spending the rest of the day with this hair style (which I wish I could replicate myself.)
I learned about pancaking a braid and outside braiding (if that is the wrong name for it, sorry). Then the next day, she rebraided it and pinned it up so I had Princess Leia buns while I was doing homework and hanging out with my Mom/sisters.
That afternoon my other sister, M, had her prom so G decided that I needed to have my makeup and hair done (not in Leia buns) for the pictures of us all together. I'm telling you, this girl has some talent.
On Sunday morning before I left to drive back to Wichita, my youngest sister was feeling left out. She wanted to take part in teaching me how to do my make up. So because she had been at a state vocal competition all day Saturday she hadn't gotten to play with my hair or do my make up or hang out with us- I said as long as I can stay in one spot, have at it. G and K decided to join forces. And I'm pretty sure that I figured out how celebrities feel when they are getting ready. I had G pulling at my hair doing a fancy braid, and K telling me to close my eyes, open my eyes, move my head, etc.
After G had finished my hair the way she liked and K had tried to do liquid eyeliner (which didn't work on my eye), I asked her to show me how she contours her face.
It was really, really interesting. I kept wondering, do people actually spend this much time doing makeup? Am I different because I don't? At what point, or age, is it important to really put more effort into beauty in order to "look your age"? And finally, the last question- HOW do people learn how to do makeup correctly or do their hair in cool styles??
Overall, I learned a lot and the girls had fun. Does anyone else struggle with how to do makeup or ability to do hair the way you want it??
With school, work, wedding planning, family stuff, a new puppy and trying to keep up with the house I guess this fell behind. The other day I was working on T and my wedding website and was rereading how he proposed (read about it, here!
http://theconsistentgypsy.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-tale-of-how-miss-became-future-mrs.html) and realized how much I loved writing.
What I'm going to write about in this post is how my two younger sisters spent this last weekend showing me how to be more girly. I had not felt very well this weekend, so the girls were taking advantage of my weakness. ;) I am one of the least girly people-wait, scratch that. I'm girly, I'm just not good at being super feminine. I can't do my makeup, I know 3 hairstyles, and apparently don't know what clothes flatters my figure. My Mother studied to be a beautician so growing up she always tried to teach me how to do my makeup and hair. But ever since I was little, I was not so into it. I didn't like to practice makeup, I didn't/don't see the point in spending so much time in the morning making yourself up. My sisters are the exact opposite though. Both sisters can do cute hair, all types of makeup and have their own completely different styles.
I have been thinking of changing my style a little bit, just matching what I like a little more instead of just what is easiest to do. I've always liked the boho, gypsy, ecclectic yet simple look but most of these days I'm just in workout clothes and my hair is either in a hat or a bun. My mom and sisters usually tell me that I look like I'm 12 and then I leave their house and I look my age. :)
Anyway-onto the story. I am toying with the idea of having a braid in my hair for the wedding next June and so I asked my sister, G, to do my hair like this picture I had. She did it and it looked so good I told her she could play with my hair and do what she wanted. I ended up spending the rest of the day with this hair style (which I wish I could replicate myself.)
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| She made someone who felt like death look nice :) |
After G had finished my hair the way she liked and K had tried to do liquid eyeliner (which didn't work on my eye), I asked her to show me how she contours her face.
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| It's really impressive to me how she knows what to do and makes it look effortless |
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| Imagine a line down the middle of my face, which half is my way of doing makeup and which half was done by my sisters? |
Overall, I learned a lot and the girls had fun. Does anyone else struggle with how to do makeup or ability to do hair the way you want it??
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