How vain are you?

I paint my toes. Dont do fingernails as they have to be redone more often.
I had a bump removed from my face as didnt fancy looking at it for the next 30 years.
That is it. But do think I may be becoming vainer as I get older, which may be the reverse of other people?

Hi Minimo I get my eyes done every month are I would look washed out and it make me feel better to look in the mirror to see I actually have some eyelashes I have started to put fake tan on my legs so that if summer does decide to arrive I will be prepared to ware my skirt and sandals then I will have to do like you and get the polish out and do my toe nails

I very rarely leave the house without mascara but only do a full face for evening.
I paint my own nails and colour my own hair.

Nothing that makes someone feel good about themselves is vain. In other circumstances I might be happy to have some treatments - manicure, pedicure, eyebrows and lashes, skin care and maybe a massage - but I enjoy the money in other ways.

I don't think taking care of yourself or good grooming is vanity and we all have our individual maintenance levels. I've just started having gel polished fingernails as I was never allowed to have them during my working ,life and now my hands are nobbly and arthritic it makes me feel better about them so you could call it vanity but I have a different rationale for why I do it. Other than that hairdos, removal of unwanted hair in extraneous places and a bit of slap according to where I'm going that's it really.

Don't bother with make up, don't go to hair dresser , don't use nail varnish, bliss

I have my toe nails painted all summer - avid flip flop wearer - and I have my hair cut regularly and then it is very easy to manage. I do wear make up when I go out - just lipstick in the summer. I have never been able to apply mascara easily but anyway I am allergic to most eye make up and runny eyes is not a good look! I have to use Xalatan eye drops each night - the rather good side effect of them is that it makes your eye lashes grow much thicker.

A little bit but not obsessional, I have highlights put in every 3 months or so when I have my hair cut, mine is just below my collar so I use a heated brush to make it go unde after blow drying. Too much faffing around really. I also wear make up, not too heavy, less is more when you get older, God forbid wouldn't want to go down the Barbara Cartland route, I don't know if anyone remembers her on tv at 90 odd, kitted out head to toe in fuscia with make up that looked as though it had been applied with a trowel. I've cut out foundation because I think it sits in creases and cracks, so just moisturiser on my face, but I've gone for eyebrow products lately, other than that mascara and lip gloss and like you WelshwifeI do my toe nails in the summer when my feet come out of boots and go into Fitflops

I dye my eyebrows at home every 6 weeks and have a cut at the hairdressers every few months, but I've also tried out eyelash extensions for holidays (brilliant!!) and didn't touch a drop of mascara all the way through.

I think I probably am quite vain...but it doesn't harm anyone else, so don't really mind it. I do get slightly annoyed when my holiday pal (who showers, puts on clothes and is ready to go out of an evening) gets antsy at my taking 20 minutes to get ready. 20 minutes isn't very long in my opinion!

Gosh you all sound so high maintenance! I saw that advert (for l'Oreal?) and decided -I'm not worth it!

I must be very high maintenance compared to some. I like to look smart for work and wash my hair everyday and always wear foundation, blusher, mascara and lipstick. More if I am going out in the evening. I get my hair cut and coloured every six weeks or so. If I am going on holiday I treat myseft to a light spray tan and a pedicure.

Most of my friends seem to have a similar regime - some more some less. Must be in the genes though - my mum who is in her late eighties still has her hair done every week and never goes anywhere without her make up on.

Why not if it makes you feel good

I nearly always wear full make up and when I haven't had time to put any on, I feel really tired and washed out - probably because that's how I look.

Jane10 That really made me laugh!

Jane20
I don't think that haircuts, tweezing, de-fuzzing, a bit of makeup to stop myself looking washed-out etc is vanity. It is just making the best of myself, which I do need to do. It's being clean and tidy.

I am not vain because I don't have a lot to be vain about. I have met some vain women and generally they don't make great friends.

oh fgs I meant Jane10 I have doubled you somehow
Twice as nice

I'm not at all vain!!! I only wash and blow-dry my hair daily,wear make up and perfume daily, get my toes done every six weeks, my hair cut every six weeks and the colour done every 3 months. It's what most of my friends do and the thing is that once I've done it, I never think about it again.

Is it vain to get your hair cut/ highlights/ eyebrows threaded/ manicure/ pedicure etc make up as and when/ clothes coordinated etc? Sounds like everyday grooming to me. If you cba to do all that faffing and you are totally happy with your appearance, fine. Personally, I quite enjoy the faffing.

I have my hair coloured, I wear make up and perfume every day. Tomorrow, I am going to have my eyebrows microbladed, because I have none. Am I vain ? I don't think I am. It just makes me feel better about myself.

Is it vain to get your hair cut/ highlights/ eyebrows threaded/ manicure/ pedicure etc make up as and when/ clothes coordinated etc? Sounds like everyday grooming to me.

manicure/pedicure/highlights/threading/clothes co-ordinated
I wouldn't go that far
perhaps I do look like a shaggy sheepdog after all

Haircut every 5 weeks, colour every 6 weeks, pedicure in summer months. Make up including foundation,blusher, mascara, lipstick every day, perfume every day. Make up on in under 10 minutes so no big deal.

I'm the same GillT57 except mascara. Can't wear any eye make up am so allergic to it it's not worth the hassle. I like to feel I've made a bit of an effort with my appearance which makes me feel better about myself. Nothing outrageous though

I shave my stubbly chin hair, ruffle my hair, put perfume on and a smile. Done.

I think it's nice to take care of yourself. It does not take too much effort or time really to look nice. I don't always like doing it but feel so much better afterwards !

In no particular order and not all at once I do the following :-

Clean my teeth to within an inch of their life

Remove facial hair with an epilator once every couple of weeks

Get my daughter to pluck my eyebrows every four months or so, and she will dye them at the same time. It does not last long but when she does it my face looks better - has definition.

When I remember I veet my legs and underarms and try to tidy the nether regions aiming for a Brazilian. Inevitably the cream goes everywhere and I end up with nothing. I'm not a fan of body hair.

I dye my roots every three weeks. I get my hair trimmed every six weeks.

I always have my nails done when I go on holiday both fingers and toes.

At the moment I have nothing on at all - giving them a rest.

When I shower I exfoliate and pumice my heels and use in-shower moisturiser.

Once a month I give my feet a good soak and a pedicure.

I enjoy doing it and it makes me feel happy whether or not anyone else notices - I do - and that is the main thing for me.

I wear make up if I am going out anywhere, other wise I don't bother, but I always moisturise with a good quality cream.

It all sounds like a lot but spread over time it does not take too much of my time

I don't think vanity is the issue. What is important is feeling at ease "in your own skin". So if you like plastering your ageing wrinkled face – or lovely smooth skin – in make-up à la Barbara Cartland, why shouldn't you? If you want to colour grey hair, why shouldn't you? If you want to face the world au naturel, why shouldn't you? It becomes vanity only when you are concerned about how other people perceive you.

I just do what suits my view of me and what makes me feel comfortable in my own skin, even I I think my own skin might sometimes do with a little help.

I have my hair cut and coloured regularly don't want to be grey- just my choice!
My toes are always painted I think toe nails look bad enough already
Always wear moisturiser . I wear makeup to work and when I go out in the evenings but enjoy just wearing lipstick on the weekends and giving my face a rest.
Use body butter every day after I've showered and wash my hair every day and use conditioner. Use a foot cream on my heels, skin much dryer as I've got older and as a diabetic take good care of my skin and feet

I don't think of any of it as vain just making the best of what I've still got