I must start this series of posts with a confession - I am a beauty newbie. Yes, at nearly 30 years old. Sure I own GHDs, I rarely leave the house without some form of make up on and I own at least one pair of a. heels so high I can't walk in them and b. floral print ballet pumps. But this is all to mask the basic fact that I suck at being a girl.
At least, that's what all the ads in glossy magazines imply. On the other side, we have a certain strain of feminists who would say that my inability to remember to epilate until I'm verging on gorilla status, my utter bafflement at how the hell you apply fake lashes and my point blank refusal to wear leggings-as-trousers, bikinis, hot pants or ball-sack trousers (sorry, "harem pants") means that I am the ideal, raw example of womanhood.
I reject both of these schools of thought. I don't think a woman's level of femininity is defined by how fake she can make herself look or how mush flesh she flashes, but I also don't think that doing so means she's been beaten into submission by the patriarchy. I think that what being a woman is all about is being free to chose one extreme or the other, or anywhere in between.
And with this in mind, welcome to Feminista Fridays, a blog post series in which I will discuss my progress through the section of my Day Zero list which focuses on my outward appearance (goals #26-#33). I am no beauty blogger though, so expect posts under this banner to be peppered with mistakes, cluelessness and cries for help rather than glamorous selfies and home made tutorial vids. I'm guessing my journey will throw up some feminist discussion/ranting along the way too...because I do think there is a lot of crossover.
With my new job looming just a few weeks away, my thoughts have turned to tidying myself up to make a good impression. I'll admit that my last job ripped my confidence to shreds and I gave up on myself. I gained weight, lost all interest in my appearance and shut myself away. I've spent my maternity leave trying to like myself again - a struggle which is far from over. One thing I have noticed along the way is that if I look better on the outside I feel much better within, which was the catalyst for thinking up the goals in this section. And with me being on the verge of a new stage in my life, there probably is no better time to give these goals some attention.
The first two goals in my crosshairs are #32 "get my nails done monthly" and #33 "get my hair done every ten weeks" (which will no doubt lead on to #30 "learn how to wear my hair in three new ways"). I'm thinking Shellac and a fringe restyle...have I bitten off more than I can chew, and will there be tears in the salon? I'll keep you posted.
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