My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
Most of you all already know that I work in the beauty industry, therefore have been exposed to a bumper crop of magical age-defying, age-reversal, and age-refusing products at my fingertips for the past 26 years.
And brothas N' sistas let me tell ya….I’ve tried them ALL.
Some have worked amazingly well and others were merely snake oil from a witch doctor.
Last year I wrote a post about how much of a high maintenance guy I was when it came to my beauty regime.
Let’s just say that I made George Hamilton look like no maintenance.
Things like using a facial scrub, deep pore cleansing mask, a special eye cream, neck cream, a face serum, and eyebrow tweezing with a 50x magnifying mirror and a flashlight, were all part of my nightly maintenance.
Well…I have no idea what has happened to me over the past five or six months, but I’m not as overly concerned or stringent about my routine anymore.
Perhaps it’s because when I saw my naked reflection in the mirror, I realized that from the neck up I looked like an 18 year old, but from the neck down I still looked like a 53 year old.
Plus, by the time I completed my regime each night, four hours had passed and I was exhausted to the point of aging.
My high maintenance routine was beginning to feel as though I was subjecting myself to working four hours laying railroad tracks.
I mean that’s four hours I could be spending on the Internet ruining my eyesight, while staring at computer monitor and BLOGGING for god sake!
Anyway, I’ve cut back on the time I spend looking at myself in the mirror primping and pruning, and have condensed my nightly regime to just the basic beauty necessities.
A face mask and a cigarette....
After all…my real beauty is deep inside.
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