Hair

Karl Lagerfeld Sping 2009

I’m irritated as today I dropped a second expensive mascara down the back of a radiator and now whenever I do my makeup I can see a designer makeup graveyard down there, winking at me gleefully (gold YSL packaging) while melting all over the pipes. I do love doing my makeup but I’m a bit clumsy at it.

My friend Karla says that you are either a hair, makeup or clothes person at heart, although I’d add that one can be a shoe or a bag afficionado as well, and I’d say I’m definitely a clothes person. However, since my taste in clothes has started leaning towards the more restrained end of things, I’ve become more interested in grooming. It’s a lot more time-consuming than putting together outfits, which is instinctive – it comes from the heart! With hair, you have to spend quite a lot of time for what seems a very subtle result. But when you see someone with that pefect hair it brings a whole outfit together, it makes casual clothes look beautiful. You know that perfect hair, just matte enough but smooth and shiny, falling just the right way? I’d like that but I’ve never had the time or inclination and I might start a New Year’s resolution to do that – it’s free!

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