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| clux64 |
Posted - Sep 25 2008 : 06:54:51 AM
Admittedly, one of the things that attracks me to MJF is the fact that MaryJane always looks so good. Her own sense of style, feminine, well groomed, practical and youthful (despite being a grandma!). I'm not entirely proud to admit this...but I want to look good while I'm tilling the back 40! This hit me like a ton of bricks this morning when I was loading the co-op order into my jeep for my hubby to drop off on his way to work (he was in a suit, I didn't want him to get dirty) and realized I hadn't combed my hair yet (or showered for that matter). Now, I was headed in for my daily grooming as soon as he left (it was still pretty early), but I have to wonder if he looked out at me shlepping crates into the jeep in my muck shoes and thought, "What happened to the girl I married?" I'm starting to wonder that myself. I use to polish my nails for goodness sake! So here is my question to my farmgirl sisters, "How do you do it?" How do you do all you have to do, and stay pulled together in the process? I'm anxiously waiting your response--meanwhile, I'm going to go out and muck the chicken coop
Celeste
"No matter where you go, there you are"
--Confucious
www.urbanprairiehome.blogspot.com
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| ranchetta |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 9:30:04 PM
Wooohhh..what a fun topic. JUST FOR MYSELF... my daily ritual it to get up...look out the window and be thankful for another day. Next ritual..get a cup of coffee and put on my makeup regardless of who will see me that day. (I see myself in the mirror very time I go to the bathroom.....and that's the person to impress...I'll be 59 this year and feel that I like myself better with each year that goes by.) I know that my horses, doves, chickens, cats and koi really don't care how I look..but I DO.! So it's really about how I feel about MYSELF that matters...... made up or not....
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| Janneane Hazlip |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 9:12:17 PM
If a barn needs painting, paint it. I would hate to scare the UPS guy to death or anyone else unexpected, love bare minerals make up, takes about 2 seconds to apply and makes a world of difference!!Janneane |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 7:14:08 PM
I am a lip gloss girl, and I love alittle mascara the older I get.
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
http://farmchicksfarm.blogspot.com/http://renenaturallyspeaking.blogspot.com/
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
| Forrester Farm |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 3:17:52 PM
Lipstick is my must have make-up! I could give everything else up if I had to, but just feel "dressed" with lipstick on!
Ann
Forrester Farm
www.forresterfarm.com
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| melody |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 2:32:59 PM
I absolutely go no where without applying my lipstick even if it is just to the mailbox and back! Always, have. Always will! 
Melody
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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 2:21:57 PM
Janie,
One of the reasons I loved this thread so much, was that it was the perfect example of "it" ( the farmgirl title) takes in the whole bunch of us.. the girlie girls and the tom boys and all the in betweenz...
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
http://farmchicksfarm.blogspot.com/http://renenaturallyspeaking.blogspot.com/
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
| janiee |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 2:08:37 PM
wow! I just saw this post and I am so impressed with all the girlie girls.....growing up my father didn't believe in girls wearing makeup and my mom use to always have her lipstick and powder. I started wearing makeup in high school and promptly quit once in college..don't know how i ever attracted " my man"! :) but we have been married for 30 years this coming May...have recently started wearing more dresses to work but since I work in a warehouse it is really not very productive to be in heels and a dress. my sister talked me into wearing tinted lip gloss and that is about all i do these days. might have to change my way of thinking!
thanks for bumping! needed the jolt...
janiee
farmgirl #390 |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 1:56:27 PM
I am bumping up some of my favorite posts, as it seems we have so many new farmgirls and it would be fun to have them add their thoughts as well.
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
http://farmchicksfarm.blogspot.com/http://renenaturallyspeaking.blogspot.com/
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
| Laura Marie |
Posted - Oct 20 2008 : 8:55:06 PM
Although I live in the city I grew up in jeans and a t-shirt. I played in moms makeup that she would put aside whenever I got a chance. I find myself going through phases. Sometimes I enjoy just waking up taking a shower putting on some lip gloss and going to work. Other days I put more on and still others I go all out. I do what I feel like doing at the time. Although when I was on vacation my makeup didn't make it out of the bag at all. I finally came to that point in my life where I was happy with just some lip gloss and my lotion on my skin. It felt good to let the real me just be there. So to answer your question I do it at times when I feel I need a little change, I do it when it feels right. But I do it because I choose to do it. It's a science to me.
Laura Marie #369 |
| clux64 |
Posted - Oct 13 2008 : 06:27:00 AM
Kate...I like your attitude! I agree, we should want to 'gussy up' because it makes us feel good, not because our men will appreciate it. After all, we women are the great civilizers--we make everything nice, least of all ourselves. Anyway, my DH doesn't seem to put any effort into his appearance for me--and I don't care either, I like him anyway. The thing I've learned from the posts here is that one can feel 'better' just by making a bit of an effort on their appearance. I know it's working for me. Thanks to everyone who waded in here!
Celeste
"No matter where you go, there you are"
--Confucious
www.urbanprairiehome.blogspot.com
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| homemakerkate |
Posted - Oct 12 2008 : 5:40:24 PM
ok...maybe i aught to make more of an effort...(or not! LOL) I am a very basic, low maintainence kind of gal. I dont Have to have make up on before leaving the house, or faint at the sight of a chipped nail. However all the basics are (thankfully) covered in the personal hygiene area. I dont make a point of running into the bathroom before hubby comes home so that I can be pleasing to his eye, he married me just the way I am. If I am lucky enough to get a night out, hubby and I will "clean up nice" for church, a dinner out, a school event or wedding or funeral but daily...well between wood cutting, hauling stacking, animal processing, housework and my job as a very rural emt...looking "betty crocker" ready is just not my style. If you havent guessed already I have a bit of a problem with women who might feel they have to go that extra mile for their husbands. It seems antiquated to me. If a girl wants to be all girly-girl just because that is what she likes to do then so be it, have at it, and be yourself. But dont try to "make yourself up" to be someone else's idea of the perfect woman. I believe, we all are the loveliest, when we are being naturally who we were ment to be. oh, and yes I believe that I am one hot mamma too. |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Oct 12 2008 : 4:00:00 PM
Don't let Windy Pines there fool you, she's beautiful, make up or no make up! She has gorgeous dark hair, the color of molasses, and big dark brown eyes. She is a knock out when all dolled up, but she looks like an ad for Eddie Bauer or Lands End when she's going casual! We're cousins, so I know this for a fact!
Dawn in IL |
| windypines |
Posted - Oct 10 2008 : 4:20:40 PM
Okay gonna bear my soul here. Truth be told, I was born with two left hands, and I am a right handed person. I have tried to apply makeup, I end up smearing the mascara, go crooked with the lipstick. I can't get my hair to behave like the stylist does. It is soooo frustrating. Okay maybe I don't practice enough :) I do on rare occasions put on nail polish, ( on the sides of my fingers as well )
My cousin Dawn was just asking, not too long ago, if I look like Mary Jane does, on my farm. Oh gosh no. I am the one with dirt under my finger nails, a grease spot on my elbow, that I thought I had cleaned off, and stained clothes! I am more of a pony tail hanging out of my John Deere cap, type of girl.
And as far as a razor goes, that is a must. I would look like my boys, yicks! Though even that I don't do a good job on! See I am doomed!
HELP!!!!!
:) Michele :) |
| Artsy Chic |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 11:07:14 PM
I've never gotten the hang of lipstick. It always makes my lips looks so thin. I'm a tinted burts bees gal and I feel purty when I've combed & fluffed my hair and given myself about 3 mists of Vera Wang perfume. Blush makes a world of difference for me and a bit of eyeliner. It's a pretty quick routine. I gotta have my lotions! I'm fair and freckled and always dry! Yikes! That doesn't sound good. Oh, and a small pair of earings make me feel pretty :)
I like levi's and "Title nine" or REI style clothes(sporty but cute). I love to wear "happy" clothes - stripes, polka dots, flowers...and my Levi's of course! But I could see how a cute little apron could finish the look around the kitchen.
I'm a stay at home mom and I don't want to spend too much on clothes, but I do wanna look nice, and when the cat hair and spagetti sauce get me, it's got to be easy to clean. Sometimes (ok, maybe all the time) when I see the cute little girls clothes, I'm jealous! All those courdaroys, jumpers, dots and flowers! It's practical for play, but sooo cute!! That's how I want to dress! :D
I don't do my nails, it makes me look at them too much, and i don't like that......ok, I have a few issues. ;)
Just wanted to join in,
Marianne
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein |
| kissmekate |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 9:55:36 PM
I am a lipstick farmgirl.
Right now, I am growing out my REALLY short do from last year. I have chin length baby fine hair. Lots of it. It is wavy at best, frizzy when it is humid. I hate this stage!
I wash it every morning, blow dry it, and spray it to keep my bangs in place and the back part kinda fluffed up a little. When it is longer it hangs nicer. I will never have short hair again. It was such a pain to maintain.
I shower daily. I have really dry skin, so lots of lotion-Gold Bond in the winter time. Bath and Body Coconut lime in the summer.
If I wear perfume, it is either Cool Water or Chanel No. 5
Make up is mostly that mineral make up. I don't wear a lot of it because I can go from looking nice to clownish if I am not careful.
I have a lip gloss/lip stick fetish. I have way too many. I have great lips, but my coloring in my face, I can only wear certain colors. I always have at least a Burt's with me at all times.
My routine in the morning takes about 40 minutes from when I step into the shower and walk out the door.
I wear docker style pants with simple tops to work. At home it is jeans and a t shirt or sweatshirt. Comfort and wash and wear-ability is key. For years I had to dress up in suits and dresses/pantyhose. Then they mercifully changed the dress code.
I don't bother painting my finger nails. They'd be trashed in a day. However, my toney-nails, are painted in the summer.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 8:24:50 PM
Lipstick and eyeliner, shower and shave daily, and toe-nail polish. All that though only takes about 15 minutes - I have gone to shortish hair as I approach the bit 4-0. And, of course, a fabulous apron makes the outfit:D
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
| Suzan |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 2:23:25 PM
Lipstick - What's that???? Oh, I think I had some in another life.... |
| K-Falls Farmgirl |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 12:43:28 PM
I just checked my cosmetic bag.. In my purse, In the bathroom drawer, Yikes I only have two tubes.. This will never do.. Gotta have at least 4 colors.. I will add it to my (PERSONAL SHOPPING LIST)
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Cheryl #309
Farm girl sister
Keep life simple, to Simply live. Life is too short to worry about it. |
| catscharm74 |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 10:13:12 AM
Kay, you made me think of my Nanna. She grew up dirt poor, never even having shoes until she went to school at age 4. She always ALWAYS always wore mules as an adult and always had on her lipstick, "eyebrows" and mascara. She cleaned her skin with Dove soap everyday and wore "White Shoulders" perfume and moisturized head to toe. That was her beauty routine, along with weekly manicures and pedicures. She had select outfits in her closet (probably about 8-10 nice things) and wore her older stuff around the house. When she gardened, she wore PINK rubber boots (Yep, you know where I get it from now) and her old bermuda shorts and a shirt and a bandana (yep, again..I am my Nanna) But she was always made up. She was beautiful and I thought so sophisticated for beinga farmer's wife and mother. I really strive to be just like her.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 10:05:16 AM
I hardly wear lipstick or makeup anymore. I also used to do my nails all the time. I don't have a farm so it's not like the chores are keeping me from doing it. Just being lazy. But this topic has motivated me to get back in the groove. I truly do believe that a person feels better about themselves when they do a little something whether it's a cute haircut, makeup, or smelling good.
As far as MaryJanes goes - I can testify that she is beautiful all the time! When we went to Farm Fair in 2006 I saw her from dressed up to coming down the lane in her bath robe and wrapped in a quilt. She has an inner beauty that just shines through. But her complexion and hair are absolutely amazing. The last morning we were there we stopped by the farm to say goodbye to everyone. There was MaryJane in her cute blouse and skirt out watering the chickens!
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| TabithaLenox |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 09:51:31 AM
I wear makeup everyday no matter if I'm staying home or going to the store....but no, I don't dress up to go to the store unless I"m going for a whole day of shopping for something other than food. But for the foodstore, no way!
Kim
Farmgirl #184
All that we see or seem, Is but a dream within a dream....
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| oldfashioned girl |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 09:44:08 AM
This has been so fun to read!!! I have a ton of lipstick, but with three kids I don't usually wear any at home! I am trying to get in a habit of getting dressed a little nicer than my sweats even if I am just going to be cleaning! I do usually put on a bit of makeup when I go out even if it's just to the market otherwise I probably wouldn't use it! I guess I just get busy and don't think of it! I have gotten into wearing long skirts lately which make me feel a lot more girly than my sweats! I do have a bunch of nail polish, but I hardly ever wear it and when I do it usually chips the first day with washing dishes and everything else!
Rene, I would be a daisy!!!!!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
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| Alpaca Farmgirl |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 08:35:15 AM
This topic caught my attention. I am probably a lipstick farm girl. Though I admit that I don't get too dressed up to go to the grocery store and things like that. I will throw on some makeup (a little) and brush my hair and go to town. But I live in the South and most people around here are more dressed up than I am in town. I will keep my overalls or jeans and t-shirt on if I'm in the middle of "work". And I'm happy with that. I think they are less judgmental about my less than cover girl appearance when they say, "Oh, that's the alpaca lady." Most of them think that's cool. Either that or they think I'm nuts and don't care what I look like anyway.
Do y'all wear makeup or get dressed up to go to the store?
Katy
Alpaca Farmgirl
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| goneriding |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 05:57:04 AM
I guess I'm a lipstick cowgirl. Even when I used to go out for Spring Roundup, I'd still wear my makeup. Full rigged makeup. The only time I haven't really worn makeup was when I was in the military and it was frowned upon...but I had my pack with me, just in case!
When I first started trucking, I was so sad about my life that I didn't wear any and even when I met my hubby, he saw the unvarnished me and still loved me. But one day he said, "Why don't you try makeup." in a nice way. So I went back to it.
I gotta admit, I like the toenail polish but do have trouble with the fingernail stuff. I'm just too rough plus I tend to chew my nails when I get tense.
In the shower, not to get too personal, I like all sorts of girly body shampoos. I try to keep my hair colored as the gray is taking over, big time and it's starting to make me look like a calico cat! So I'm a more-blonde just to keep the gray at bay.
I have to take shower at least every other day or I feel ooky. Even on the truck. The load can be late but I gotta have my shower!! I'm not getting some sort of disease from being dirty!!
I don't mind sweating, I think it's good for you, but I have to have my shower afterward. I really do like the feeling of getting dirty and then taking a shower and have the feeling of all the dirt and grime fall off of you and just feel so much cleaner. Even at the barn, I wear my makeup.
Winona ;-)
When you lose, don't lose the lesson!!
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| Room To Grow |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 04:48:49 AM
Well Ladies this has got my attention this morning. I am a MAster Cosmetologist and going to school for the 3rd time to better myself in my adult lifetime. I have worked in a salon for a long time. And I still have to make sure I have lipstick and mascara on before I leave the house. If I dont I look horrible. Ny husband loves me without and I am glad for that. I think the only time he has seen me without those 2 things is when I had the flu last yr....But I think when we put on a little make-up we feel better ourselves. I am blonde so my eyelashes and eyebrows are VERY blonde...so I have started coloring my eyebrows...(no more eyebrow pencil). It makes it so much better. When I dont have mascara and lips on I look in the mirror and say "who is that"...and put it on...Well thats all for now...have a great day ladies
Deborah
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