Good advice. And a stylist should be able to tell you if it would work. I first brought a picture of Alex Andersen with her longer hairstyle. Stylist told me she could cut it like that but it would always have to be dried and teased and sprayed and she knew that wasn't me. She also thought that it would be too dramatic a change from what I was used to. She made some suggestions and I went with them. She told me to live with it a few weeks and if I wanted it shorter she would do it the next time. And, of course, she was right.
L>One more note to all the good advice that everyone has given you -- if
I also think going to guild meetings won't really help make a lot of new friends. You need to get involved in the guild with committees and workshops so you have a one to one contact with people. The meetings are just too busy to have any meaningful conversation with anyone and many people only get to see their guild friends at the meetings. So they are busy catching up with them, rather than meeting new people. This is a problem in every guild, no matter how many hospitality committees or door greeters you appoint. If the guild puts small groups (bees) together, you might check into signing up for one of those if you're interested. I don't know how long you've lived there, but "I" think it takes about two years in a new place before things start to feel like home. Maybe I'm a slow adjuster. KJ
Join a Y or fitness center if one is available. The Y usually has financial assistance programs if that is a concern. Our Y is a great place to meet people and it helps keep me in shape.
Thanks Pauline -- I'm assuming the type of salon you call isn't some place like the place in Wal Mart or a Fantastic Sams....
I really wish I was closer to one of my stepsisters (both physically and emotionally -- she moved and left no forwarding address/contact information with me =( ). She's always been good at this stuff (well, alright, maybe not always...as a teenager she did seem to go a bit overboard and looked more trampy than accentuated, but I think from what I have gathered many teen girls go through a stage like that when learning about make up), went to cosmetology school, etc. While I initially thought her make up choices for me at my wedding were a bit dark, she did a beautiful job with me -- make up and hair. (pictures available on the same site as my interview outfit). She anchored that veil so well that it took me forever to get it off -- and that was after dancing, being swung around like a little girl by a friend, and changing -- both into and out of my dress and alternate outfits. We weren't close as kids (she's nearly 10 years older and I was the intruding baby stepsister) and I had hoped around the time of my wedding that we'd get closer as adults but things happened, she moved, I moved, etc. and we lost touch again. Someday we'll manage to reconnect somehow....
Been on meds before for PMDD, trying to avoid it for as long as I can this time....
Thanks, Tricia
Paul> When I'm in need of changing hair stylists & don't have any current
lol you are not slow! it took me over 5 years to get used to living where I do now - just a new neighbourhood it wasn't till I got kids that things improved :-S
I couldn't possibly have joined in the 'appearance' parts of this thread (I am considerably older than you so no help at all!). However, the job interview part I hope I might be able to help with your viewpoint. When one really likes the sound of a job, and feels comfortable at the interview etc, it is the more disheartening not to get the job - especially if you know you could do it and be very good at it - and
*why* didn't they realise that? When I used to interview, and had to send rejection letters or telephone people, I used to try to gently explain that (i) five other well-suited people didn't get the job either! and, more important (ii) the interviewers know the job, know the other people you would have to work with or report to, and know the atmosphere of the place. They have to weigh up, as far as it is possible, whether the person will not just do the job well, but will fit into the existing framework. You must have heard of people who have been thrilled to be appointed to a post, only to write a resignation two weeks later. Interviewers, believe it or not!, also want new employees to be happy and fit in with the place. To quote again my old stand-by metaphor the jig-saw piece: there's nothing wrong with the piece, and nothing wrong with the jig-saw, but if it is the wrong piece for that spot, nothing will make it the right piece. Chin up. The right post will come eventually. . In message , Tricia writes snipped
There are some really great foundations out there now that don't feel so gross. Like Bare Minerals or Nearly Naked....those are the two best that I've found so far. I hate the confining feeling most of the others give.
I'm not much for make-up either but I would suggest you try a department store cosmetic counter "make over". The classier the store the classier the result is likely to be. The make-overs are often free since they will try to sell their (expensive) products- worth it if you like the look & it will help you get to kind of job you want. You might also want to try a spa facial- feels good & they'll give you skin care advice. Both of these aren't free. Expect they'll recommend $100-200 of cosmetics and about $50 for the facial.
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