I never knew the makeup counter could be so great
I had such a wonderful moment with my daughter yesterday. She really is all girl. She loves her babies, her mini toy stroller, cooking, and makeup. Every morning when I put my makeup on, she drags her bathroom stool over and shouts “meeeek-up, meeeek-up” so I fluff her cheeks with the brushes and pretend to put on eye shadow. Then lift her up and say oooh how beautiful and she grins ear to ear.
Yesterday, I had to take a trip to the mall to C.O. Bigelow to get some new face cream. I had tried to be economical and bought cheap stuff at the grocery store, but my face broke out everywhere. So much for frugality.
Anyway, so given the immense choices and my love of all sorts of girly Jams and Jellies, I decided I was also in the market for a new lip gloss - Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl style. So I plopped Mazie up on one of the stools next to the counter and the gal at the store brought a few choices over for me to try. They have these little disposable brushes so you don’t contaminate the tester, which Mazie took to be her own personal set of makeup brushes. We stood there together with the gal from the store for about an hour, trying lip gloss on Mummy and pretending to put various kinds of makeup on Mazie. All the while, the other women in the store came over to oooh and ahhh over how beufitufl Maze looked in her new makeup.
She was having so much fun. Smooching her lips, pretending she was putting on lipstick, using the brushes to “dab” on blush, and getting really close the makeup mirror to admire herself .
What a great afternoon for Mother and Daughter. One hour of complete and utter girly fun. Robbie says he wants to come with us next time we go the makeup counter.
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Handmade Nation Movie Trailor
This is a very interesting project I’ve stumbled across.
It’s movie that “documents a movement of artists, crafters and designers that recognize the marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism and art.” Seem like the movie is along going to highlight how the internet and social networking communities are bringing together crafters and artists in ways to keep traditions alive in a world where we don’t regularly sit in women’s circles with several generations from one family to create a cross stitch sampler. I’m going to have to see if I can get a screening at out local Cinema Salem theater. Check out the trailer here.
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The Strength of Women is the Strength of Women
I’ve often looked back on my college career and thought hmm if I’d only taken that course sooner, I’ve have ended up a Women’s Studies major. No not because I’m some sort of feminist lefty and remember I shave my armpits. But because I often liked the discussions, thought problems, and stories that emerged. Plus I’ve always valued the strength of women — not the kind of shoulder pad wearing women of the 80’s strength but the strength that is inherent in the female gender, the kind that comes from our chromosomal make up. I read lots of books where so called women’s issues are at the heart or where there is a strong female protagonist: Above the Earth and Sky: My Journey to Bhutan; Kabul Beauty School; Breath, Eyes, Memory, the biographies of Queen Noor and Abigail Adams; the list could go on and on. I’ve always looked back at the women who came before us with reverence and am currently reading Our Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts.
In the introduction she has a very interesting passage that I think will stick with me for the rest of my days. She writes:
“When I first started learning about the women who influcenced the Founding Fathers, I thoughts they might represent a unique generation, in the way we have always been told that the men of the era were unique……But as I’ve got to know these women…., I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s nothing inuque about them. The did — with great hardship, courage, pluck, prayerfulness, sadness, joy, energy, and humor — what women do. They put one foot in front of the other in remarkable circumstances. They carried on. They truly were our Founding Mothers.”
I’m going to remember the sentiment at the heart of this even if my house might not be on fire with revolutionary soldiers outside and I might have running water and indoor plumbing. I still have a house to run and a family to look after, a husband to enjoy, a job to manage, friends to stay in touch with, and a toddler to wrangle.
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