lashes, nails, and lipstick

Apparently, a Tigress with lipstick is an even more lethal combination. Hmmm...if I had known that, maybe I would have been more interested in the stuff rather than doing this Kali martial arts for so many years!

Fortunately, I'm blessed with a few things that make the girlie-girl stuff easier. I do have fairly long lashes so I only need a light amount of mascara for me. I used to look at my aunt's eyelash curler with its stuck pieces of lashes like some kind of modern medieval torture device. The SO, for the record, has even thicker and longer lashes than myself. AND he even has practiced batting said eyelashes at a wicked pace that is slightly cute and charming, yet horrifyingly scary when you realize he's the one batting his eyelashes.

The one girlie-girl thing I always enjoyed was getting my nails done or painting my nails. I have long fingers and strong flexible long nails to boot. Like candles, they tell me. I've never had a need for fake nails. I used to be really into changing my nail color, til the SO informed me about how toxic the chemicals for removing nail polish were, thus I cut back on doing that.

But polished nails are particularly lethal in Kali, when you wave your fingers and the lighter sparkles off the glorious colors and suddenly the guys are enchanted by the fire that flits on your fingertips. Sucker punch every time.

Which brings me to the point that women expose themselves to a lot of nasty stuff to make themselves fabulous. Have you ever tried keeping a steady hand doing eyeliner! Just saw an article that lipstick contains cow brains. For what end, I'm not sure. I think I'll search for non-cow brain lip stick.

Being beautiful is a dangerous thing.