for women only, ( I hope!)

[RockyRoad]

Hmm...This is gunna be very embarassing for me to type (can't you just picture me blushing!)

I shaved my legs when I was nine. My mom has no rules about that.

I only use make-up on special occasions, with one acception. My skin tend to be very pale at times, so I have to use blush to make myself look...alive. When we have school concerts, graduations, etc, I tend to put on some lip gloss. But that's about it.

I don't date, and I never want to. The boys in my school are sick and whacked. Plus, they refuse to date girls of my "social class".

I got my period two years ago... In my school if you get it too early they say you are fat. They say "Fat people get it first" which makes me ashamed. I HATED it because I could never swim, and I had to hide it from all of my friends. (They make fun of people who have it, FYI) Then OH the cramps! I've left school early almost six times this year because they hurt!

I really like this thread. I've never talked about this stuff with my school friends before. I guess they'd just laugh and stuff. I can't wait until they get it.
Thanks

[2kitties]

Originally posted by NoahsMommy
There is NOTHING on earth that can't be cured with a brand new outfit and a new item from Sephora. Gosh, I want to go shopping!!!

I'm in I'm in I'm in!! Sephora is one of the best stores on earth! Sephora and the Mac store... not the Mac counter in the mall, but the full store! There just aren't enough of these places out there. Who needs Disney World when we've got Bloomies!

I live north of Chicago in Milwaukee and I have to tell you, if I'm feeling blue, I drive south and spend some time on Michigan Avenue. And, IF I'M REALLY BLUE, I go inside the store of all stores: TIFFANYS. Ahhhh. (Not that I can afford anything there, but a girl can dream.)

[weiner_teddy]

No offense but I hate makeup!! I am not a make-up kind of person lets put it that way. As for shaving my legs I was about 12 years old when I started.

[catland]

What - and draw attention to myself? I really don't remember when I started to shave my legs. I wasn't a big fan of the practice - I'm still not - I love the winter when I can wear tights (hee-hee).

As for makeup, I still remember my first purchase, Cover girl mascara - blue-black. I didn't wear makeup very much as a teenager - I wore it more in my twenties and thirties - now that I'm in my forties it needs to be a special occasion for me to bother with it.

So far, from a distance at least, my grey hairs look more like "highlighting" - we'll see how much longer that lasts.

FLS - I know its hard to understand at your age, but having your period is nothing to be ashamed of (of course, you couldn't have told me that when I was 13 - I would have been mortified to even discuss the topic). That bit about "fat people" is totally made up - don't believe it for a moment. I've found that Advil is good for cramps - but check with your parents first! Don't ever take medication becasue someone on a web site said so.

[RockyRoad]

Originally posted by catland
FLS - I know its hard to understand at your age, but having your period is nothing to be ashamed of (of course, you couldn't have told me that when I was 13 - I would have been mortified to even discuss the topic). That bit about "fat people" is totally made up - don't believe it for a moment. I've found that Advil is good for cramps - but check with your parents first! Don't ever take medication becasue someone on a web site said so.

My mom usually gives me Midol to help. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I'll have to suggest Advil as well.

[NoahsMommy]

Originally posted by FloppsyLadySally89

My mom usually gives me Midol to help. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I'll have to suggest Advil as well.

Time for a commercial!

You HAVE to try these for cramps!!!!!

They work really, really well. They last at least 12 hours and they are so soothing, you wont feel ANY cramps at all! I get them so bad, these are the only thing that work...well, with Aleve.

You get them in the first aid/medicine section of the store.

[wolfsoul]

I was never told when Icould or could not wear makeup. But I started in grade 5. It was terrible! I went to school with bright bright red lipstick! I had no sense of fashion at that age... Now I've got the whole thing going lol. I wear black eyeliner, black eyeshadow, and black mascara

I wasn't allowed to shave for a long time...but it doesn't mean that I didn't I started shaving when I was 9, and I felt guilty about it, so I would ask my mom when I was allowed to shave. She said not now, but I did anyways. I hate shaving now though. I only shave on the days that I wear shorts.

No emabarassing period stories here I had mine while going to the bathroom when I was 12. But my friend had hers at school, and with white pants! She told everyone that someone socked her in the butt with a paintball

My mom usually gives me Midol to help

My friend could live off this stuff. lol. I myself don't need medicine. I don't usually get cramps

That bit about "fat people" is totally made up - don't believe it for a moment.

What about fat people?

[RockyRoad]

Ooh, thanks! I'll have to get it.

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

HA!! HA!!
Mary you gave an exact portrayal of my life...
I was not allowed to shave untill I was thirteen ... BUT.. I started earlier (don't tell my mom ) .. the hairs on my legs were real light but they were soooooo long... AND for my 13ht birthday I got an electric razor too. It was rechargeable and came with a relly cute pouch.. so I would keep it charged and shave every where that I went. and now I would pay a million dollars if they would stop growing so I would never have to shave again...

My mom let me wear make up at 13 too. BUT NO MASCARA!!! So my friend would bring hers to school and let me wear it. I don't wear too much make up now... only a little eyeshadow... eyeliner and mascara... no lipstick. I have never found a color that looks good on me.. I kind of just like to accent and not make up my face.

I can't really remember what age my mom wanted me start dating... but I went on my first date when I was 13. I think the only reason she let me go was because my boyfriend was a guy that went to our church and we knew him and his family for so long.

OH TO BE BACK ... in those care free days....

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Interesting thread! I went through so many permutations of hair and makeup it's just ridiculous. I started wearing makeup in 9th grade, with mom's approval, and of course I just went way overboard with it - big pink gobs of blush, the dark eyeliner all the way around the eye, and sparkly peach-colored eyeshadow all the way up to my SERIOUSLY over-tweezed brows. (They still won't grow back in some spots .) The only thing I couldn't stand to wear, and still can't, is foundation and lipstick - I hate the smell, taste, and feel of lipstick. I toned the makeup down some when I met my then-fiance and now-husband. I had long, straight, parted in the middle hair from 9th grade on, starting with my natural brown and then slowly being dyed lighter and lighter until it was almost platinum! (Constantly walking around with a stinky ammonia head full of hair bleach.......... ) Then, the year before my daughter was born, a coworker who was also a beautician convinced me to cut off the long hair and get a serious 80's perm, which I had in combination with the badly bleached hair. I still remember being pregnant with my daughter and getting ready for work, curling my big hair, spraying it until it didn't move, and then upchucking from the smell of the hair spray EVERY TIME. But - the day my daughter was born was the last day I wore makeup, and I let the perm and bad color grow out right away too. I had such severe post-partum depression that I could barely brush my teeth, let alone make myself "pretty". I eventually decided people would just have to deal with what I really look like, because I can't stand spending all that time fussing in front of a mirror. Now I have straight, shoulder-length hair that I can just blow dry with a round brush, and I don't wear a scrap of makeup. I'll be the first to admit that I look like hell, especially with the dark circles etched under my eyes after 41 years. My husband prefers me with the makeup on, of course, and I just tell him that I would prefer him with shaved legs and armpits, and that shuts him up. Part of the problem is that when I laugh, which is just about all day long, my eyes get watery and if I'm wearing makeup, it just gets all smudged anyway. I'll glam up for weddings and that sort of thing - basically any time I'm in a skirt, I'm in makeup too. (Maybe twice a year.) I shave my legs when I remember to, or when my husband complains - it's such a pain!

Now what would REALLY be hilarious on this thread would be pictures of us during our worst makeup/hair/clothes phases..........

[Andie]

I was 11 or 12 when I started shaving. I didn't really think I needed to but my mom said I did. I hate shaving because my hair is so light that I have to dry shave. I love winter when I can wear pants all the time. My dad usually makes fun of me saying that my legs are hairier than his. (Though he hates to see me shaving, he thinks that should be done in places where he can't see me LOL)

I got my 1st period around 13. No big tramatic thing for me just slowed me down slightly. I never had cramps and I had a hormone imbalance so I only had a period every couple months to once a year.

I was never told when I could wear make up. One day when I was 16 my aunt was like "You would be such a pretty girl if you would just wear some make up and do your hair up." (my response was that I'm fine with how I looked and if I ever needed beauty tips I would not get them from her) I'm not a make up person. I hate the feel of it on my face. I've only really wore it for my proms. Every now and then I get the urge to put a little lipstick on but that even is a rarity.

I didn't have a boyfriend til I was 16 and then he wasn't a very nice guy (he had 3 other "girlfriend) . It's ok though cuz a year later I started dating his best friend (Dustin). (only because they were totally different, Matt was a user and Dustin is the sweetest guy you'll ever meet)

Oh and although I'm naturally (dirty) blonde, I decided that my hair was getting too dark and started highlighting it in the 10th grade. Young I know but I was turning into a brunette and (no offense to the brunnettes on this) I just could have that.

[Nomilynn]

I started shaving in grade 6, so I was 11, and wearing make up in grade 7. I had my first boyfriend in grade 9. He and I dated for over a year

As for make up, I will if I'm going out or something but I don't wear it every day. My favourite perfumes are Eternity and Obsession by CK, Clinique Happy and Ralph by Ralph Lauren. I never buy perfume, I get it as gifts, and so far those are my favourites!!!

[wolfsoul]

Oops, forgot to add dating to my post lol...well, I'll tell you about that now...I never talked to my mom about dating...never will...she never knows when I get asked out or anything...Just too "blah" lol..we have one of those relationships..anything vaguely resembling something we may actually talk about I avoid
My first boyfriend was in grade 7...it wasn't fun at all....We didn't do anything at all together, but we said we were going out...It was more like one of those stupid relationships that younger kids only "call" relationships because they want to be cool lol...Oooh I so did fit that description
I had a boyfriend in grade 8...once again, we didn't do much...
Then last year, I got asked out by a real nice guy. He's still in some of my classes this year. But it just got too hard because I had so much stuff to do and not enough time for him. We never officially broke up, just drifted.
Then I went out with a reeeeally popular guy which I just found too stressful...I couldn't handle the pressure so I dumped him
Those were my first boyfriends, I've had more, but I don't want to bug you all by telling you all about them lol

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

originally posted by Nomilynn
and Ralph by Ralph Lauren

RALPH.. BY RALPH LAUREN!!!! SMELLS SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!
My husband bought me some of that... I hardly ever wear it cause I don't want to run out!! MMMMM it smells soooo good!

My favorite cologne... (for men) is Drakkar.... I think that smell is so sexy for men...

[KYS]

This is a fun thread.
I remember just if it were yesturday.


I was not allowed to shave my legs, till I
was 12 1/2, when a boy made fun of me at school.
(public schools back than would not let girls wear pants,
and in homeroom every morning.
the teacher would measure the
distance from our knee to the bottom of our skirts
to make sure our skirts were not to short.)

I wanted to wear lipstick when I was 13 years old,
and my mom said no unless Ann Landers
said it was ok. So I wrote to Ann Landers news colume
and she wrote me back with a NO!
So lipstick wasn't allowed till I was
14 years old.

When I was 15, the public schools change the dress codes
and I took full advantage.
When I was 15 my mother let me wear make up,
and short skirts.
I used to use proxide to make highlights in my hair.
I was not allowed to date till I was 16.
I did not officially date till I was 18 anyway.

Yep, I remember those days.