A male approach

I shower once a day - soap and shampoo. Every so often I brush the knots out of my hair using whichever brush has the least hair stuck in it. Nails are always kept short enough that they don't need to be cleaned. When I shave, it's a joke: ten seconds of electric razor and my jaw is done. And sometimes I consider deodorant, but only if there's the chance someone will notice.

That's practically my entire repertoire of self-maintenance. Knowing a slim portion of what's out there for your gender (really, what guy takes into account the volume of your eyelashes?) I guess my question is, why are women happy with no-frills guys if they invest so much into their own appearance? Aren't we making you look bad?

I guess it comes down to personal choice. I know plenty of girls that will only date a guy if he's a good dresser, smells good and spend an exorbitant amount on hair products.

Despite being a girl who takes an hour to get ready in the morning, I prefer my boys 'no frills'. For me, it's because I like being the feminine one, I think.

It's also a confidence thing. Alot of girls need to spend more time on themselves to feel, and therefore look, awesome, while most boys (that I know) aren't the same way. The sexiest of men are quite often those that don't spend that much time on their appearance. Confidence is waaay hotter than hair gel and nice shoes.

I spend lots of time on my appearance because...

I can. plus, putting on makeup is way fun. And you know...

Sometimes a girl just wants to have fun. Why do you think i invest so much time into makeing clothes and stuff

it's fun!

besides, some girls feel like they need the makeup.

Agreed. I've passed the 'I only feel good when I'm wearing makeup' phase into 'Screw it, it's fun as hell'.

Hehe, me too ^.^

I just love making little patterns with the eyeshadows and eyeliner and stuff >.<

You guys are a class of your own though because you've got the talent for that, but I've got friends that follow trends down to the button and it's crazy how they need to 'style' themselves when you can just slap a guy with pants and shirt and it hardly ever changes. And then guys hardly follow cosmetics at all..

Actually what about the ones that do? What's a woman's vibe towards the product-boy scenesters?

Depends if they're doing it to be cool or doing it because they love it, methinks. If they're doing it because it's just them, I think it's pretty sweet- at least they're having fun.

Still, I'm not attracted to them in 'that' way. They're just people with rad makeup skills.

I wear makeup...just because! I agree with what was said about how it's fun and while I don't feel that I need makeup, I like how you can use it to enhance and stuff and I like how I look with it on. I don't wear it every day but most days. I'm a simple eyeliner girl though.
I actually think I'm quite simple about this kind of stuff in general...I like having clean hair, thats the only thing I cant stand and I wash it every day. But I could go without makeup and just usually wear jeans and a cute tshirt...But I do dress up it we're going out somewhere.

My boyfriend...he usually does his hair if we're going out. Just rubbing some gel in it. He showers every few days. He always cleans his teeth. He changes his socks and pants and tshirt daily. He'll occassionally have a squirt of aftershave...and thats good enough for me!
I'd get annoyed if he took ages to get ready or was like perfectly preened...thats my job! He's a bit of a scruffy but he scrubs up good when he needs to.

I dont mind scenester guys...I like it in theory but if I was sitting waiting for him to get all producted up and stuff...nut. Not happening.

And the trend thing...I think to some extent you have to follow trends, because even catwalk trends filter down into high street stores and such but to religiously follow trends to the letter and change with them...thats too much. If they put themselves into thats good though.

I like boys to be clean..but smell like themselves..i don't like to smell aftershave and stuff..and i like it when boys don't care so much about theyre appearance..all the boys ive ever dated only get their hair cut when they can afford it, buy whatever fits them and it comfy and wear whatever smells cleanest and its never ironed..

And see to be honest? when im with a boy that i love, i make little effort with my appearance, just cause i know it means nothing to him..only time i go way out with make-up is if im going to be around strangers in a very public place, and i think for me then its a defence thing..nobody wants to be seen by strangers feeling "naked"..and its nice to give strangers an impression of who you are by how you look..cause like it or not, theyre gonna judge you anyway..

I wear makeup because I like wearing it and because if my face looks okay it covers up the fact that I am actually really lazy and usually have messy hair and bitten nails and stuff
And with boys I don't care as long as they are in a middle ground where they don't check their hair in every reflective surface they walk by but still take a bit of care in their appearance.

Late train wrote:

And sometimes I consider deodorant, but only if there's the chance someone will notice.

Awh.
Come on.
Always wear deodorant mannn.

I think girls like..need to spend time making themselves look pretty..but i like guys who dont really care about stuff like that on themselves because it makes them seem more like..masculine i guess if that makes sense..like they dont give a shit about what people think :] thats hot..

i wear makeup because it makes me feel confident that i look my best (you never know who you'll run into!)

and please wear deoderant...

sometimes my boyfriend doesn't, and when i call him out on it he's just like "i didn't think you could tell" OBVIOUSLY we can! the entire state can smell your stink on a summer day! blah!

I'm feeling like a bit of an odd duck.. I don't wear makeup every day. I wear it when I have time, and even then it's, 'Ok, swipe some eye shadow on, throw a faint line of liner on the bottom lid, lipstick, nahh, ok, I'm gone.' I wear makeup when I want to get dolled up, but I do it for me, not for anyone else. Umm, I wash my face, I shower but I can't wash my hair every day, that'd end very badly.. Deoderant, perfume(I just love how it smells.. again, that's for me) and that's basically it. My clothes are comfy, and I guess that's why my routine is so simple.

I cant shower everyday, I have to skip days between, otherwise my skin gets really dry. I wash my hair once 1-2 weeks. I wear makeup everyday...thursday to saturday dont count....I only feel good when my face is on, sorry.

DUDE! YOU GOTS TO WEAR DEODERANT!

and I wear wear makeup and do my hair for me...not sammy. screw him

PolyphonicThought wrote:

I cant shower everyday, I have to skip days between, otherwise my skin gets really dry. I wash my hair once 1-2 weeks. I wear makeup everyday...thursday to saturday dont count....I only feel good when my face is on, sorry.

are you serious? wow. lucky..
i shower in the morning and at night before i go to bed.
or i have a bath at night, but i shower before or after it (cause lying in my own filth creeps me out)
if its hot outside, i'll shower when i come home from school before i go out again too..
i wash my hair pretty much every morning, unless im in a rush..

when i was at school i washed it at night cos im too lazy to get up at like half 6 to do it. now i love being on leave cos i can get up and throw myself in the shower.
i hardly ever have a bath because of the filth thing. i just dont like them either. unless im really ill.
and yeh if im all sweaty and crap from walking home a cold shower is good.

half 6?! i got up at 7.30 for school..8 if i couldnt be assed washing my hair..but my school is a 10 minute walk away..

Bleep my hair's REALLY CURLY, so I only ever attempt to do something with it if i washed it the night before and I've ended up with an afro, and then ill only straighten it.
I only ever wear makeup when I'm feeling a bit "wheeeeeee I think i'll try out something fun today" otherwise if I'm going out and want to look nice I might wear mascara....
^_^

Guys NEED deoderant. Not necessary nice smelling or whatever, just deo.
I don't care about their hair, as long as they don't check their reflection in every reflective surface I'm cool with whatever they decide to do with it (the reflective surface check is MY forte thankyou very much males)
As for showers..... eep I can stand them having a shower every second day if they must but if they've played sport or sweating alot, SHOWER!!!

well i get up at 7 and leave at 8 to get a lift to sams and we walk from there (it's like a 5-10minute walk from his).
and im usually *just* ready to leave at 8 so with my 2 parents showering and mum using the hairdryer, id need to get up before them.

& my hair looks better slept on usually.

I feel like I HAVE to wear makeup. Im not one of those naturally pretty girls like everyone else I know. My skin is horrible, my hair is evil....and pretty much anything about me is just...not appealing to look at. Im actually embarrassed when I sleep over a friends house and wash my face before going to bed, because then people see how aweful I look.

Besides that, Im obcessed with being overly clean.

But I cant be bothered to follow anything like trends. I do enough to create a mask that wont scare people, and thats about it.

thats how I am...its not like people havent seen me without...but...I feel better with it...Garin never cared...but...lets not go there, Im not in the mood for another cry...

i get up at 6 and take a shower and do my makeup and straighten my hair and stuff
every morning
and sometimes as night
but if i took a shower after school like right before i go out
id never get anywhere because it takes like 2 hours to do my face and hair and stuff haha//