beauty tips your mother gave you (good or bad)

I can’t believe I never knew about the white bra and panties under white clothes! Time to go shopping.

Great topic, duality. I was so lucky – my Mum drummed it into us to never, ever go to bed without cleansing, to keep beauty simple but effective and to be aware of sun damage – and all this so many years ago. It has certainly paid dividends. Mum and her sisters had beautiful skin and never preached to their daughters so it was natural that we’d listen and I’m so glad we did. My Dad was always super supportive too and always told us how lovely we looked when we were going somewhere special.

My mum has just always said to not keep using things that don’t work, and moisturizer is key. sage words!

I can’t remember my Mum giving me any beauty advice, although she did help me get started on a skincare regime once I turned 12 or so. She is really good at keeping her skin moisturised (I can proudly say I’ve got her onto The Jojoba Company’s jojoba oil + their Ultimate Youth Potion), but she doesn’t do the full cleanse/tone/moisturise etc thing like I do. I wish she would, her skin gets rather dehydrated. I do give her a facial from time to time & she always tells me her skin feels great afterwards.

My Mum is also such a non-makeup wearer (aside from mascara & lip gloss occasionally) that I’ve had to learn pretty much everything on my own. I know when I wore some brow stuff recently she didn’t like the look on me (not used to it she said, which is true because up until recently I didn’t own any brow product), but once I did my full face she understood why I wore it. I’d really love for her to go & have a consultation somewhere (I tried to get her to do it recently for a wedding, but she didn’t get around to it, despite my pleading), but I’m not sure if that will ever happen.

sigh One of these days she’ll listen to me, but I doubt that’ll happen, she’s stubborn as heck lol.

great forum topic.
older ladies and white pants never go well together.
my mums abit …. different to say the least.
when i was about 13 she told me to prevent any sag any where (boobies) to stand under cold water after my shower, and the way your skin tightens when cold and muscles tense up will prevent sagging…
made total sense to me….. for about 5 years…haha

Oh, here’s another adage from my mother:

“Do what I tell you to!”

Ha! Yeah, right.

TUD x

My mother doesn’t give advice to the kids ( us ). She tells you what to do and then you have to do it . ( what she doesn’t know wont hurt ). One good advice was don’t sleep with your hair wet. I believe that too.

My mom told me to stop wearing makeup because it’s giving me acne. She’s probably right to a certain extent. But I think what’s giving me acne is not washing my brushes. 🙂 She also is very VERY annoyed if I don’t have slightly tanned skin. She thinks it’s unhealthy to be pale. I don’t know if she’s right about this. I guess that what she really wants me to do is get more vitamin D, which is probably a genuine concern. One thing I hate (I know I’m ranting a bit here) is when people ask me if I’m wearing makeup. It’s like, “Yeah bitch, I am wearing makeup. Got a problem?” It’s mostly guys who have asked me that and it seriously annoys me. Sorry for the language, but that’s actually what I’m thinking in my head when people ask me that. 🙂

“washing your face more won’t get rid of pimples, it will dry your skin out!”

I don’t know about the dad’s advice. Not everyone looks at your eyes when you’re speaking. I know if I’ve ever got a pimple, people come right up, look directly at it & ask it what it did on the weekend, no eye contact for me though.

My dad was driving me somewhere once, & I got something in my eye or something. I had to check myself in the mirror for some reason. I noticed that I had red lip liner around the edge of my lips, but no lipstick! I asked dad why the hell he didn’t tell me I hadn’t put my lipstick on, he said: “Oh, I thought they must be wearing it that way now…”

I rarely take advice about anything from my dad.