looked in the mirror, and wished you hadn't?

good one Joy
There there Kitty you are just having a bad day [but a good hair day!]
Rowan I must look at the kettlewell site it sounds good.

Has anybody else ever made the mistake of looking down at a mirror to pluck their eyebrows? I tell you what, I'll never make that mistake again after seeing that Sumo wrestler glaring back at me.

I looked in the mirror and thought I looked quite good ....... but then I wasn't wearing my glasses and I'm blind as a bat without them.. plus I didn't have the light on ...so maybe not so good

We have a few mirrors in our house. One has the light coming from above and I don't look too bad. The others have light from the side and you can see every wrinkle and blemish.

I've found a large studio photograph of me at 24, looking very presentable. I shall stick it over the bathroom mirror.

After 11 days in hospital after a kidney removal my DH pushed me in a wheelchair into the hospital lift to take me home. I was faced with a pale, miserable, pained face with the most amazing frizzy hair (my hair isn't normally frizzy) Dressed in a nightie with a catheter bag strapped to my leg.
It was horrifying. I wish he had pulled me into the lift instead of pushing me directly to the mirrored wall.

I once looked in a magnifying mirror

Huff on the mirror - it takes 20 years off

Flower

Flower some flowers for you! We all have times like that, but hopefully not too often.
Mirrors do vary a lot,also the light, and quality of the light as well. Harsh tube lighting is the worst, and the mirrors in M&S where you can view your bulges from all sides. Yes , MaggieMaybe we must all avoid that downward look into the mirror. A trick I have perfected when someone is taking a photo of you; look up [really up] when you then see the photo, it looks so much better [and strangely you don't appear to be looking up, but the posture just looks normal, instead of a bit hunched.This improves things [slightly.]

When trying on in a changing room I close my eyes until I have the item on. Hate those 'show it from all sides' mirrors. I don't even like to see 'it' from one side let alone every side.

M&S are the absolute worst! I look so fat, so pale, don't suit anything I try on, don't look anything like the other women parading through the changing area looking elegant. I tend to buy then try on at home now.

I think M&S buy their mirrors from the place that supplies the Hall of Mirrors in Blackpool, the ones that make you look fat.

I have been told that smearing Vaseline on the camera lens can give a soft focus effect. Otherwise use Photoshop.

Mirrors are a not good thing to own when you get to my age.

Although having said that I don't look too bad when I take my specs off and look, there are benefits to being short sighted.

I still feel 25 inside.

My new X7 make-up mirror arrived today....I was very brave and took a peek....eek! But, really I do need it when trying to do a bit of make-up (once a month if lucky we go 'out') and for those annoying times when you get an eye lash in your eye...take glasses of and can't see a darn thing!

I think it was Rowan tree who suggested Kettlewell,website. thanks so much. It's just what I've been looking for!!!

Atqui glad you like them! I love their ranges. Once you find a style that suits you it's great to have a wide colour choice. They aren't cheap, but I wear their stuff a lot, so it's good value for me.

Their sales are often brilliant value too!

Looking in the mirror and seeing grandma wouldn't be so bad, on a bad day I look and see my father in drag!!

When I look in the mirror I see my mum looking back at me. Now I know I am not the only one who sees her. When I showed my granddaughter a photo recently taken of my 92 year old mum, I said, "Who is that?" She said "Its you granny"

I suppose it's inevitable that we end up looking like our mothers/fathers/grandparents. We just never thought it would happen! neither did they, when they were young.

Never do that with my glasses on since I saw my strict old grandmother looking at me!

I hope you gave yourself a good telling off?

I have a mirror face. It's neither smiley, nor stern. Neutral.
But I was required to take a selfie of pooch and myself last week. Now that, let me tell you, is a lot worse than a mirror, as it was recorded for posterity.