If you’ve watched the Sex and the City series, you might remember the episode on Secret Single Behaviour where Carrie explores the topic of behaviours that single people do in their alone time. Well, I sure had a lot of those, most of which I shall not divulge today 😛
But there are some things that I enjoy doing secretly when I’m alone, away from the prying eyes of the husband. Perhaps this is you too?
- I snip the split ends off my hair with a pair of sewing scissors. For the stray bits that I missed cleaning from the desk, Tim wonders where those spiky bits of split hairs came from.
- I stare at the mirror closely for about 5 minutes before my evening shower, obsessing about the size of my pores and fine lines.
- I look at my boobs in the mirror, press them upwards, wishing that gravity would bloody stop working.
- I never ever clip my toe nails in front of Tim. Never.
What about you? It doesn’t matter if you’re single or with someone. I’m sure there’s something you do which you never allow anyone else to see. Digging your nose doesn’t count 😛
1. I do some digging and clearing when I’m alone, from nose to ear to clogged pores (blackheads)
2. I stand in front of the mirror, suck in my flabby tummy, pull in the loose skin and pretend I’m still at my prebaby body – so sad.
3. If I tell you, I’ll have to kill you…..
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Lily: OMG, I do #1 and #2 too! Even sadder for #2, since I’ve never had a baby >.< LOL at #3 😛
1. I also do the whole scrutinise-myself-in-the-mirror thing. Though I mainly scrutinise my face to see if there’s any improvements/problems that are cropping up 🙁 Woe is having sensitive, moody skin.
2. Trim my fingernails. Sometimes my boyfriend does see me trimming my nails and I don’t deliberately avoid trimming my nails in front of him, but I like to do it when he’s not around 😛 As for toenails, I go for pedicures.
3. Clean my ears.
4. Clean/Re-organise my beauty stuff (Make-up, skincare, haircare).
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Stephanie: Hehehehe I definitely clean my ears in private too. A couple of years ago, I was having a lot of trouble with blocked ears, and Tim had to flush it out with a syringe. It was such an awful experience because 1) it knocked me way off balance and I almost threw up, and 2) he said I had the biggest lump of ear wax he’s ever seen. I was completely MORTIFIED.
Is that all you do? Damn, I feel very gross now. I pick out all the ingrown hair with a pointed tweezer from my knees and occasionally, bikini area. I pluck any stray hairs from my fingers & toes. As you can tell, I have hair issues. Gross! What you do is not weird at all, lol.
Rin: Oh there’s more. I tweeze bits of hair growing on my boobs as well. Can’t do bikini area ‘cos it hurts, so I just shave. In private 😛
Omg me too Rin me too!!! No no it’s not weird, it’s acceptable! (: Or else we’ll be having hairs growing all over our bodies now, yeek. Not a very pleasant sight that is. ):
I do the mirror thing too but I fussed over whether I’ve gained weight or lost any, hehe.
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Biianca: Oh I fuss about the weight thing too. I have a bathroom scale in the bathroom which I use very regularly. Problem with the digital scale is that with the decimal points, I can tell if I’ve gained 100g. It’s sad, really 😛
You know what, It actually is fine and acceptable. Nice read. Looking forward to more such stuff. Keep it up.
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Monica: Hehe we’re women! We do stuff 😛
I shave my moustache every morning in the shower. I hate to say “Moustache” because I never let it go that long -Does anyone else do this? I tried plucking & waxing but this is faster and discreet!
Anonymous: I have my ‘tache lasered off. The husband thinks it’s a waste of money because he says he can’t see it, but hello. It’s there. Off it goes!
Ba ha ha I had to laugh out loud at your secret beauty behaviours as I do them too! The snipping split ends bit especially, that’s totally me. Except sometimes I get the cut off ends all over my face and my husband thinks my eyelashes are falling out! The other thing I do is stand in front the mirror and squish the cellulite on my thighs to see how big the dimples get. Sad, I know. LOL.
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Lilit: OMG I do the whole ‘squish the cellulite on my thighs’ too! Seriously, if our men actually see what we do in private, they’ll be absolutely horrified 😛
I’m not saying it here. I’ll tell you one day over drinks, providing you get me sufficiently drunk. NO, THAT’S NOT A CHALLENGE! 😛
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Def hair removal – I just find it embarrassing to do it in front of anyone…
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Astrorainfall: I think hair removal would be almost every woman’s plight, only to be done away from the prying eyes of the partner and/or family 😛
aaawww, i also obsess about my pores and fine lines…. stare at my tummy and pull it out just to see how big it is already! also hair removal in different parts of the body… WOMEN! LOL 🙂
Issa: See see it’s a women thing. Then again I bet that behind closed doors, men would do stuff we would never ever want to know either (hair problems, or, you know. Ahem) 😛
this is great read! i dont feel so alone now, even tho we did all that alone hehe
xoxo elle
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well, i actually spend my time in the shower for about twenty-five minutes..
i spend twenty minutes staring at my face and thinking about stuffs and for the other five minutes, i take a shower .. hoho o.O
Gayle: OMG I do the same! The husband wonders why I spent so much time in the bathroom 😛