Frump to Fab - Summer Solstice Sizzler

fedupandskint

Thanks for all the good wishes!

Well it was weigh inday today and I am 2lbs heavier now after the festive period. It should come back off again now I'm more or less back on track with the diet plan. Took my measurements and bizarrely lost half an inch from my waist and my chest! So you win some you lose some!

Took the dog on his medium sized walk today for 45mins in the dreadful weather and should be back out running again tomorrow and so on

I love the idea of a Fashion Friday - this Friday is a serious study day to spend all day on the assignment so I won't be very fab this week but I do sometimes wear something different on a Friday anyway and I'll do this when I'm back at work

Inazuma

mrstree wrote: »

Hello all
Fashion Friday sounds a good idea I work in a school as well doing admin and wear a lot of black. (It's slimming!) I have a lovely orange pashmina that I don't wear often enough so I will wear it on Friday.
I'm off to the gym tonight and after that I will re-do my nails - how often does everyone else's nail varnish last? Even with a top coat on they still seem messy after one day.
x

I have the same problem - I love groomed nails, but find ordinary varnish just chips after a day or two. Have had Minx and Shellac done but find they really trash your nails once you have them removed and they take months to become healthy again. My friend wears false nails and her own underneath are just grim, all soft and split but she can't bear to show them so keeps on with the falsies and her own nails just never get a chance to recover.

Anyone tried anything else? Or know how to keep ordinary varnish looking decent?

Willow92

Inazuma wrote: »

Anyone tried anything else? Or know how to keep ordinary varnish looking decent?

I think you just have to keep trying different top coats, some might work for one person but not for another.

System

Mine can last almost a week if every couple of days i put a layer of clear varnish over the top. Or you could just put another thin layer of the original colour over the top.

liz-paul

Re nail varnish: I find using a base coat is more effective than using a top coat. I also find if I use base coat, 2 coats of colour and a top coat it is too think and never dries. And all the usual things like wearing washing up gloves etc... If I do my nails 'properly' then I get 2-3 days max out of them. A cheating kind of way to make it last longer is to put on one coat of something quite subtle. I find it looks more 'done' than no nail polish but because it is subtle the chips don't notice so much.
So far this week I've kept up with showering & moisturising at least once a day, make up on most days, hair done (a bit) every day, make up off & creams on at night, tooth whitening done, nails done, exercising every day & taken some care over my clothes every day.
Thanks everyone for the encouragement and ideas for maknig myself look & feel better. Really appreciate having a bit of support so I don't feel like a vain, wannabe, bimbo

WelshWoofer

Just watching an old 10 Years Younger and they've just said that every night you don't take your make up off your skin ages 8 days!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
Good job I've started doing it - better late than never:o

Willow92

Gonna dye my hair tonight

Growing the black out and going dark brown so it's looking pretty messy with mousey brown, darker brown then black

Sezzagirl

I love the idea of Fashion Friday! They is definately stuff in my wardrobe that should see the light of day more often!

I got fed up with trying to stuff my clothes into my drawers and had decided to have a clear out and luckily when I got home from work there was a heart foundation bag waiting to be filled!

So, that is now stuffed full of sad, tired clothes ready to leave my house! I even threw in a few bags and sheets too! Once you start this clearing out lark it's easy to get carried away!

I was going to paint my nails but didn't get round to it. Mind you, like so many, I can't keep nail polish looking good for more than a few days, however I apply it! I suupose I just need to get better at doing it more often!

I was talking to a friend today about the difficulty some people have getting the right benefits to help them through the hard times - good luck to anyone who is fighting the battle of the benefit balance!

prepareathome

Inazuma wrote: »

My friend wears false nails and her own underneath are just grim, all soft and split but she can't bear to show them so keeps on with the falsies and her own nails just never get a chance to recover.

My nails are like that, I hate them and hide them under false nails, do take them off every 4 days or so as never last longer and will leave them off if not going out otherwise false nails go back on, my mum was the same but she was braver than me and just painted them and no one ever noticed but me I know how bad they are and hide them so of course bringing attention to them, did that for years before there were decent false nails and of course people would end up looking at my nails because of my actions, I look at people with beautiful long nails and sigh.......

annem38

hi all, bit late for me but its taken me all night to get on here! anyhoo, still trying to get my "fab head" on and nearly getting there, but a cheeky little tempranillo seems to leading me astray, hic :beer:

anyway, love love love the idea of fashion friday, definately up for that, will be joining you MRSTREE in wearing a lovely orange scarf/shawl which always brightens my day!

also in effort to look fabulous over xmas and to stop me biting my fingers ( nails no, fingers and cuticles mmmmmmm!) had a shellac manicure, it still looks fab but didn't realise what i was getting myself into, any ideas how you get it off or do you have to go back to the salon??

have a good evening, whats left of it!

anne x