Let’s see:
- I last wore a dress more than 20 years ago (though I will wear a dress as part of a costume at certain upcoming author events), and that was for formal night on a cruise
- I last wore a skirt more than 20 years ago and that was for formal night on a cruise
- I have never used hairspray
- I have worn lipstick once? twice? though I do have a lightly tinted lip balm I’ve used once? twice?
- I have very infrequently used a tinted base to cover a pimple or surgical wound
- I have pencilled my eyebrows three times (at the beginning of chemo)
- I have worn eyeliner as part of a costume
- I have worn eye shadow maybe three times
- I have used mascara maybe three times
- I curled my eyelashes with the infernal contraption two or three times
- I have never used blush
- I have never used some sort of outliner on my lips
- I have never used any other makeup
- I have never had fake eyelashes
- I have never had fake nails
- I have never had a professional manicure
- I have had one professional pedicure (in Cambodia, to support an NGO)
- I have never worn “cute shoes” (except heels once as part of a Malibu Barbie costume)
- I do wear jewelry
- I do sometimes use nail polish
- I do use moisturizer (typically 0-30 SPF)
- I started using hair conditioner some of the time as I’ve acquired more thin, fly-away grey hair
- I have tried and don’t like hair mousse
- I have occasionally had bright blue or other color/accents in my hair
- I have had hair shorter than my shoulders (and usually shorter than my earlobes) for almost 5 decades
- And yet, I look great in jeans and a leather jacket.