Date Ready ... Everyday
My tired tresses needed tidying and even though I'd booked my appointment far in advance, I HAD to have my hair cut.
Immediately!!!
It was getting to the point where I was willing to go to SuperCuts and risk a mullet or a bowl cut just to get some relief! ... the point where you start contemplating going with a completely different look or even cutting it all off for a change. Very dangerous!
But in the nick of time, Jessica from Jackson Ruiz hooked me up with another great cut. She's fabulous. Maybe it was my relief at getting squeezed in for an early appointment, but she looked even more adorable than the last time I was in. So adorable, in fact, that I went magazine mental.
You know the phenomenon. When you see a picture in a magazine of a blonde with long wavy hair and a tiny waifish build and you emphatically hand it to a stylist and say, "make me look like this!". No matter that you're a tall curvy eastern european woman with dark straight locks and a very ample bosom. When you're magazine mental, anything is possible!
Because I was "magazine mental" over Jessica's eyes that day, I consented to let another stylist give me a makeup consultation after my hair was done. No matter that Jessica has large, widely spaced pale blue green eyes and mine are ... well, not like hers at all.
OK, so the end result didn't turn me into Jessica... but it did actually give me a bit of a lift. I'm doing my eyes a bit differently now and I think it really does make a difference. Opens them up a bit more. It's fresh. I can't believe I've had this face for 33 years and I JUST learned how to apply makeup. Blame my previous errors on the folks at M.A.C. -- they taught me what I had been doing wrong for the past 2 1/2 years.
While I was complimenting Jessica on her expert makeup and totally together appearance, she confessed that it's a requirement of the salon. They are expected to look "Date Ready" every day. Having gone on as many dates as I've been on already and having so many more to go, I was exhausted just thinking about that kind of morning routine.
But it's something to aspire to! If I master this, maybe lining up the rest of the dates will be effortless.
Then again, maybe it's not so hard... Most men would never notice something as subtle as eye makeup anyway. Maybe it's just a function of picking out a cute outfit for work ahead of time and ensuring that one's shoes are sassy enough to inspire a haughty gait while walking into the office.
Immediately!!!
It was getting to the point where I was willing to go to SuperCuts and risk a mullet or a bowl cut just to get some relief! ... the point where you start contemplating going with a completely different look or even cutting it all off for a change. Very dangerous!
But in the nick of time, Jessica from Jackson Ruiz hooked me up with another great cut. She's fabulous. Maybe it was my relief at getting squeezed in for an early appointment, but she looked even more adorable than the last time I was in. So adorable, in fact, that I went magazine mental.
You know the phenomenon. When you see a picture in a magazine of a blonde with long wavy hair and a tiny waifish build and you emphatically hand it to a stylist and say, "make me look like this!". No matter that you're a tall curvy eastern european woman with dark straight locks and a very ample bosom. When you're magazine mental, anything is possible!
Because I was "magazine mental" over Jessica's eyes that day, I consented to let another stylist give me a makeup consultation after my hair was done. No matter that Jessica has large, widely spaced pale blue green eyes and mine are ... well, not like hers at all.
OK, so the end result didn't turn me into Jessica... but it did actually give me a bit of a lift. I'm doing my eyes a bit differently now and I think it really does make a difference. Opens them up a bit more. It's fresh. I can't believe I've had this face for 33 years and I JUST learned how to apply makeup. Blame my previous errors on the folks at M.A.C. -- they taught me what I had been doing wrong for the past 2 1/2 years.
While I was complimenting Jessica on her expert makeup and totally together appearance, she confessed that it's a requirement of the salon. They are expected to look "Date Ready" every day. Having gone on as many dates as I've been on already and having so many more to go, I was exhausted just thinking about that kind of morning routine.
But it's something to aspire to! If I master this, maybe lining up the rest of the dates will be effortless.
Then again, maybe it's not so hard... Most men would never notice something as subtle as eye makeup anyway. Maybe it's just a function of picking out a cute outfit for work ahead of time and ensuring that one's shoes are sassy enough to inspire a haughty gait while walking into the office.
posted by Master Dater @ 8:19 AM
2 Comments:
At 9:26 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hi MD,
So how do you set out on a goal as big as 100 first dates? Do you in your mind concentrate only on the first ten and then move to the next ten ect in order to not become overwhelmed. I have many big projects i would like to start but feel so overwhelmed on where to start and if i will ever make a dint in achieving what i aspire to that i don't even start.... HELP! i need some guidance.
You have alot of guts with the magazine and just saying do this on me. I get so nervous when i have a hair cutt that it is going to turn out horribly. I had a bad experience when i was younger going from long to a short styled cut that only looked good after the hairdresser had dried it and for the rest of i looked like a boy for the next 6 months- painful memories.
Md have you found since you have now gone on so many dates that you are less nervous about going on them? Do you feel so busy that you don't feel like you have to make such a good impression just be yourself and if they don't like it them just move on to the next and cross the number off, one more towards your goal :-) I am hoping that this is a good way to get over all thhose massive butterflys in your belly before you go on a date as i have not been on any. Maybe when you do it often enough, like riding a bike you are no longer affraid. Is this so?
Yes i agree that most men wont notice the parts but will notice the sum of the parts. Guys i think expect girls to look lovely all the time... they don't appreciate, realise or even acknowledge how much work had to go into it. It would be interesting to see how they would cope if the roles were reversed, i bet they'd be exhausted.
A
At 10:16 AM,
Master Dater said…
Dearest A,
Those butterflies are one of the joys of dating! There's nothing like the thrill of endless possibility before a date. Who knows what will happen?
Just try to think of it as being excited rather than nervous.
...and yes, once you've been on so many dates you're able to relax a bit more and not get too caught up in it, but if you're lucky, you hold onto the excitement. :)
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