How vain are you?

HULAHOOP...Your post has put the idea of vanity into perspective.I wish you a good recovery.

I have my hair cut and styled every 5 weeks, and coloured with foils every 3 months. That for me is a must.
However, when I am at work, Whilst my hair is tidy, I never style it as it should be styled, and I never wear make-up, and a body spray is my fragrance.
I am a complete plain jane as I see myself, but for me that is not a problem. Work is work, leisure time is a different matter.
So, on my days off, I really make the effort. I guess that the vanity then kicks in
I style my hair immaculately.
I put on my makeup and my designer perfume and make the effort to dress well.
What I love more than anything, is just how many of my work colleagues and indeed friends have not recognised me in my off duty guise, and when they do, the compliments are huge.
My vanity is just temporary, but that is how I like it.
If I was done up to the nines all of the time, then it would be boring.
I like the way that I am, and how I can be when I want to be

I like caring for myself. I don't dye my hair or go to the hairdressers but I'm not letting myself go. I enjoy putting on makeup everyday and wearing nail varnish. I like to exfoliate and moisturise my body skin. I exercise most days and monitor my calories. I don't know or care if anyone notices my efforts, I do it for myself.
I feel uncomfortable wearing foundation creams and so on so I spend some time massaging in natural oils instead.
I guess that's vanity but that's OK.

I get my eyebrows waxed every 3 weeks and wear make - up for work. Apart from that I'm very low maintenance

Just glad to have hair back after chemo but it doesn't really have a style yet .eyebrows nearly non existent so have to draw some on daily or look blank faced . Trying to lose weight but struggling ??

Im not vain, though I try to make the best of what I have. Roots and trim every 4 weeks, facial hair cream removal every 3 weeks which I do myself and tweezering and shaving elsewhere when necessary. Teeth whitening at dentist every few years and avoiding tea and red wine inbetween. Nail care and varnish myself. Keep as fit as possible to keep the fat at bay and eat as best i can for health. Oh and plenty of water and sleep. All normal self care and definitely not vanity. We all deserve to look and feel good for our own benefit.

What do you mean. ana? I just have the same gel polish put on my toes as on my fingers. Lots of people do it.

Ive recently given up colouring my hair and had it cut short,so much less faffing about!
I do my toenails in summer only and have false nails about 3 times a year,once they come off they stay off.
I shave my legs in the summer, there's not much hair there anymore so it doesn't matter if I forget!
I do still wear a bit of makeup most days, Or I spray my face with fake tan otherwise I look ghostly.
I do it to make myself feel better. If other folk don't like how I look, they should avert their eyes!

It is not vain to look after yourself - it makes you feel better! I always try to make the most of 'what I have been given', so it's a shower immediately on getting up, quick whisk with razor on not very hairy legs, shampoo, then moisturising cream (Nivea Soft is wonderful for all over body, hands and face - done in seconds) little bit of slap (look like a rabbit without any mascara and skin is patchy without a light foundation and v. light use of blusher) then quick blow dry of dead straight hair and possible use of hot brush and that's it for the day - all done in 20 minutes at most. Makes me feel well turned out, and I never look at myself and rarely comb hair in between this brief pamper session and a shower and whisk off of make up before bed. I might add a light lipstick and a spray of something lovely for a special occasion.

Feel strongly that we should be looking outwards, not obsessing about appearance and certainly not taking the dreaded selfies!

I have always cut and coloured my own hair and keep gas tongs and lipstick in my bag if I am meeting up with friends ,colleagues or family for a meal etc.
I would hate to be without a magnifying mirror and eyebrow tweezers.

I'd like to go about 'au naturel', but I look like the risen dead, with my white face and invisible eyelashes and brows. I can't bear the sight of myself until I've revived my face, and wouldn't dream of imposing it on anyone else! ?

You have false toenails, SueDonim???

absent and TwiceAsNice I agree with your comments.

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I really don't do polished nails I would never be able to do any serious gardening.
I do use a moisturiser and get my hair cut about once a month. It really needs to be short or it is a complete mess. I no longer colour it. There is a fair proportion of black hair still with the silver so it does not look too bad. It would not look right now to go back to the complete black it was.

I get my brows tidied up and a few face hairs zapped as needed.
As for a full make up I always feel I can find better things to do with my day. Just very occasionally if I go out.

I don't use mascara. I have tried but it ends up irritating my eyes. I don't wear perfume as most of it makes my nose stream like a tap.

I will have to scrub the rest of the of the soil from under my finger nails before I go out later.

I bought a kit and tried to dye my eyelashes last weekend. It didn't work at all, and ended up in the bin.

I get my hair cut every couple of months. No hair dye/highlights because so far, I've kept my own colour with just a sprinkle of grey.

I get eyebrows waxed every couple of months and tidy them myself in between. Luckily I don't have much body hair. I get an eyelash tint for high days & holidays as I can't wear mascara, and also gel nails for hands and toes.

I wear foundation, eyeliner/shadow, lipstick and perfume when I go out. A piece of nice costume jewellery always makes me feel 'finished'.

I don't care whether I'm vain or not. It pleases me to do such things, so I do them!

I am allergic to make up so only wear it in the evenings if I go out or , in the day, to a big occasion like a wedding. However, I use a variety of face creams, exercise and watch my weight to the point of obsession. I would have a facelift in the twinkling of an eye if I thought I could either afford it or get away with spending the money. However, I suspect that this would be a hole in the budget I couldn't paper over!

Maybe I'll paper over my saggy face instead!

Most days I just slap on some day cream. Makes my face feel pampered. Only bother with makeup occasionally. Although a bit of blusher helps.

Whats wrong with looking after yourself I have a facial every month hair done each week paint toe and finger nails love expensive perfume and im getting very close to eighty lucky enough to have stayed slim so my advice is go for it

I get my hair trimmed every three weeks, put light make-up on after my morning shower and I always use perfume, I don't think I'm vain and this is my routine whether I am seeing anyone or not, I do it for my own self esteem looking in a mirror and seeing a dowdy old woman would just depress me, I wouldn't go down the plastic surgery route but I believe in making the best of what you were given.
I'm 83 and hope I will always feel this way.

I can't wear make up because of eye sensitivity but I have my hair done every week. I put perfume on most days and feel that getting dressed is enough effort on a normal day.

I don't wear make up any more as there is too many chemicals in them.

I try not to wear make up and things as there too many chemicals in products now a days.

I wear full makeup every day, even when I'm not going out.
Toenails painted only in summer, fingernails never.
Highlights every six months, cut every six weeks.
Remove rough skin on feet in bath.
Moisturise all over daily.
Eyebrows and underarms once a month. Don't bother with legs as they're always covered and anyway only got fine fair hair on them.

I remember someone's description of Barbara Cartland a few years ago as looking like two crows stuck in a chalk cliff! Cruel, but made me laugh.