Authentically You....every day different...

 

 

So you have a role model.

 

Mine is Dita Von Teese as seen above here.

 

Yours might be Adele, or Dita, or it's Kim or Rhianna or whoever. Awesome. Good stuff. It's good to have someone to emulate.

 

But within that, find a way to be you. That's what this journey is about. Finding a way to condense what it is about the person you've chosen as role model, and making that work for you.

 

Dita Von Teese is my chosen role model for a number of reasons. I admire her glamourous outlook, her attention to detail, and her determination to be herself, no matter what anyone thinks. It's nothing to do with her profession as Burlesque actor. It's about Dita just finding her inner mojo, and sticking with it. I want that.

 

But that doesn't mean I can't me Mod me, above, or French Riviera me, below.

 

 I used to think that if I had a 'look', I had to stick with that unreservedly, not even wearing my hair differently. I've changed my mind on that. I've discovered a new joy in experimentation, not perfection.

 

In a single week, as seen in these photos, I can be 60's Mod, 40's glam, Monochromatic with dramatic red, and 70s mint with pearls. I never dreamed that getting dressed in the morning could be such an adventure!

 

I've practised using heated rollers, hair ribbons, curling wands, gel, mousse, sprays.

 

I've found that I like mineral makeup, eyeliner, mascara, and nude or red lipstick.

 

I know the difference between blonde and brown eyebrow pencil, and that I can't use liquid eyeliner to save myself.

 

Experimenting has shown me that I can engineer a French braid (given sufficient time!), a Chignon, and a bun with a donut...nothing to do with sugary sweets and cakes!

 

I even know what a 'rat' is and how I'll use it when I find one in my silvery hair tone.

 

 

Look! Here's some donuts AND some rats. Gruesome looking, but very useful things, hair-wise.

 

 

 

I've worn new colours, new styles, shown off my previously hidden arms and legs, worn my hair pulled back severely instead of wispily framing my face, and decided I like it all.

 

Basically I stopped worrying about what others would think, and started having fun....always with an eye to dressing for my shape.

 

Life is so very short, friends.

 

Stop putting yourself second, third or fourteenth down the list. Who wants to get to their dying breath, and be saying .... 'I wish'.

 

I want to get there and be able to say 'I'm glad'.

 

That's where I am.

 

Can I encourage you to come along with me?

 

...Mimi...