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The Work at Home Mom beauty regime, an oxymoron?
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A dear blogger friend of mine recently wrote a post on her personal blog about her daily/weekly beauty regime. Her inspiration for the post came from a bikini waxing incident gone awry. As she tenderly hoofed it around her house she rattled off all of her grooming endeavors and wondered if it was really worth it. I read down her list, an impressive but practical list of pruning and primping, and I began to wonder about my own upkeep. I am a Work at Home Mom and often only make it out my front door if I am dropping off or picking up kids from something. As I am gathering up the toddler, hunting for my purse and keys and a pair of matching shoes, I will occasionally hear a voice somewhere in the recesses pf my addled brain, "Duh, don't you know you look awful? Your kids are going to be mortified when you show up in your pajamas, again. You haven't bathed in four days and you have peanut butter smeared on your shirt." Sometimes I listen to that voice and throw on a clean shirt and a hat, other times I see my children putting on a courageous face as I drive up and I know they are praying I'll stay put in the car.I have long suspected I am not alone in this personal presentation issue. The folks here at ParentDish are mostly a Work from Home crew, so I polled our writers to see if they had the same problems with stumbling to the keyboard to work while putting off hygiene until it either reaches an odoriferous status of emergency proportions or one of their kids has a school play requiring the presence of a clean parent. Some of the results are as follows:
- A number of our staff showers before we start working, that way we stay somewhat in sync with the rest of society and we don't have to interrupt our work flow later in the day to bathe.
- One clean item of clothing, usually a pair of pants, seems to be a big boost in morale for a number of our writers.
- Another staff writer routinely curls her eyelashes and wears lip gloss. Not only does this bit of sparkle make her feel snappy but her UPS guy is rumored to be pretty hot.
- One member goes the full distance. She finds ironing to be therapeutic and so dons a matching, ironed outfit on most days. This gives her that crisp, soothing line down her pants and the ability to take her boys to the park anytime of day without feeling like she should hide behind a tree from the other moms.
Do you have a beauty routine? Anything you can't live without as you go through your day?
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7-02-2007 @ 2:00PM
rebecca Biernesser said...I'm lucking to even take a shower every day. lol.....I have long forgotten about makeup, UNLESS I have to go the a PTA meeting which in turns means I actually take a shower, dry hair, apply makeup, etc. (you know all those PTA moms roll out of bed looking like the cover to some mag!!) MY poor dr doesn't even get the makeup version of me....lol
My own children don't care how I dress, but my nieces are old enough (and nice enough) to remind me to at least match and put a hat on.
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7-02-2007 @ 2:37PM
leian said...Wow, and here I was impressing myself with my clean underwear mandate (LOL).
It really depends on the day, and now probably isn't a good time for me to assess this, since I am 39 weeks pregnant and just getting my huge self out of bed seems like an accomplishment. But I am a summer person, so putting on the cute maternity tunics and dresses is, for me, better than the winter stuff and inspires me to try a little more with the makeup and hair. I do try for the biweekly pedicure now that my toes are actually visible to the public (but also in large part because I like pampering myself and it's a cheap way to do it). And every once in a while, I will go the full gamut with the makeup (full gamut being a little blush, some eyeliner and a not too bright lipgloss). Showering was actually not a daily occurrence (although some form of "washing up" was) until it got hot as blazes - partially because I only recently had the presence of mind to get one of those bath stools that I could sit on (again with the pregnancy thing)...
That's it for me...
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7-02-2007 @ 2:44PM
LT said...Being a hugely pregnant stay at home mom of two - I find that I'm genuinely happier on the days I do my "routine". Take a shower, put on a little make-up, put on clean clothes, blow dry my hair, deodorant, and "smells good" lotion. Sure, I skip a day every now and then. When I do, my hair is greasy by the early evening and I just feel yucky and ugly! It always seems like a pain in the ass to go through all the "getting ready" stuff - especially when all I'm doing is hanging out at the park and dragging the kids to the grocery store. But ultimately - it does make a difference in how I feel! And I personally, would NEVER go out in PJ's or with food on my clothes. That's just my personal line in the sand! Of course, I don't let my kids out of the house with food on their clothes either. And how do I shower without worrying that my kids are getting into something? I put on a video and they know that if they sit there quietly and refrain from killing eachother, they'll get a piece of gum when I get out. Works for me!
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7-02-2007 @ 3:59PM
Rachel May said...I'm with you, LT. I HAVE to have a shower every morning.
I usually do it before my husband leaves for work, though. He told me one time that he likes to leave the house knowing that I'm clean, dressed, etc, instead of greasy and still in my nightgown -- because that's what he remembers me as all day long and what he thinks (somehow) he'll be seeing when he comes home at 5:30. I don't think he even remembers telling me all of that -- but I like think that he pictures me in his mind as pretty instead of greasy while he's at work! (Does that make ANY sense???)
Plus, like Heather said in the article, once I'm clean and ready, I can cross it off my mental list. There's no stopping in the middle of something to go do it all because I need to go out -- I can just go out and do what I need to do.
I also work better if I'm physically ready -- makes me more focused because I feel more professional.
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7-02-2007 @ 4:27PM
Melinda said...I don't get the shower every day, but probably do at least 4 or 5 days out of the week. Make-up, for me, comes and goes depending on how my complexion is doing. I always put makeup on and fix my hair if I have work that day, but if I'm off I'm at home with a tank top, robe, and headband.
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