There are times I just can't take it anymore.The high stress corporate job, the long hours, the messy relationship dynamics with various people, being the perfect daughter, cousin, friend, agony aunt and what not, taking care of myself, my body, my mind, my soul and my room which is a perpetual junkyard...and fake lady-like behavior to top it all...how much is possible for a mere mortal? Fretting and fuming was of no use, when one fine morning I woke up to face such a day! Of course I couldn't sit at home..had to drag myself to office. But I needed to cheer up before I left. That opportunity came when, just before leaving, I suddenly spotted something in my make up kit (which is anyway half empty)....a tube of Maybelline Lipstick..in the most vivid shade of red.
MY DECISION WAS MADE!
I painted my lips with that beautiful, smooth, balmy red lipstick. And it immediately lifted my spirits. I have quite a pale, fair complexion...so you can imagine how vivid red looked on my lips...yes, I looked like a vampire out of some B grade Hollywood horror flick! And was I loving it!!
That day at office, I completely forgot all stress, worries and pressures...and was only acutely conscious of the number of heads turning to see a very fair girl with ruby red lips!! If you are a man, you may not understand what exactly I am trying to say, but girls...you know what I am talking about,right?? :-)
My friend said "You look like a slut". And she got from me a bright smile, flashing all the flossed pearlies! I don't care! I felt attractive and powerful and divine...the worries and the manifold tensions were right there, each in its place...but that day , to my mind, they were all something to be resolved later, or things that would take care of themselves..while I basked in the glory of my ruby lips!
Some were awed by my spunk of wearing a dramatic shade of lipstick to work, some bitched behind my back, some absolutely loved it, some absolutely hated it..some said it was a bold statement, some said a fashion faux-pas....but that day, the beautiful, vivid, alluring ruby red colour on my lips, made the day beautiful for me in a very inexplicable manner.
That day I hadn't put on the loud lipstick to please anyone special...it was I who needed to be pleased. Do what you want to once in a while, it'll make you immensely happy and make the rest of the world wonder what's making you radiate! I am not someone who says you shouldn't be pleasing everyone every time...I think we must put in our best efforts to please the people who make our lives meaningful...but...you can't please others if you aren't happy yourself!!
Go all out sometimes...wear that eye shadow you've always wanted to but thought its too loud, flaunt the brands, look beautiful only for yourself and do something you love doing without being apologetic about it....its one life after all!
Love
PS - The next day, I spotted around seven ladies on my floor, wearing bright red lipcolour. :)
MY DECISION WAS MADE!
I painted my lips with that beautiful, smooth, balmy red lipstick. And it immediately lifted my spirits. I have quite a pale, fair complexion...so you can imagine how vivid red looked on my lips...yes, I looked like a vampire out of some B grade Hollywood horror flick! And was I loving it!!
That day at office, I completely forgot all stress, worries and pressures...and was only acutely conscious of the number of heads turning to see a very fair girl with ruby red lips!! If you are a man, you may not understand what exactly I am trying to say, but girls...you know what I am talking about,right?? :-)
My friend said "You look like a slut". And she got from me a bright smile, flashing all the flossed pearlies! I don't care! I felt attractive and powerful and divine...the worries and the manifold tensions were right there, each in its place...but that day , to my mind, they were all something to be resolved later, or things that would take care of themselves..while I basked in the glory of my ruby lips!
Some were awed by my spunk of wearing a dramatic shade of lipstick to work, some bitched behind my back, some absolutely loved it, some absolutely hated it..some said it was a bold statement, some said a fashion faux-pas....but that day, the beautiful, vivid, alluring ruby red colour on my lips, made the day beautiful for me in a very inexplicable manner.
That day I hadn't put on the loud lipstick to please anyone special...it was I who needed to be pleased. Do what you want to once in a while, it'll make you immensely happy and make the rest of the world wonder what's making you radiate! I am not someone who says you shouldn't be pleasing everyone every time...I think we must put in our best efforts to please the people who make our lives meaningful...but...you can't please others if you aren't happy yourself!!
Go all out sometimes...wear that eye shadow you've always wanted to but thought its too loud, flaunt the brands, look beautiful only for yourself and do something you love doing without being apologetic about it....its one life after all!
Love
PS - The next day, I spotted around seven ladies on my floor, wearing bright red lipcolour. :)
Hey ya!!!!
ReplyDeleteM on for all i want to do for me n only me......
Thank you love
Lalli:-)
now u need to remember that the same logic applies when men are extravagant with their motorbikes! and its not that we show off or try to impress girls..we enjoy the power of controlling twenty horse with the twist of our wrist!
ReplyDeleteYes Shatadru, I am sure its the same logic :)
ReplyDeleteNice !!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to read this one for some time but it was getting postponed. Finally read it today:)
Liked it.
I wish I could do
something like that often.
I work in an office where the men typically wear dark gray or navy blue striped suits, 365 days a year.
It takes courage to break this unwritten code of dress.
This summer, I consciously decided to wear half sleeve shirts and went on with that for the entire season abandoning the jacket and the tie.
At least I enjoyed the comfort !
Oh my God! Dark suits for the entire year! That is monotonous! And here I was, thinking that corporate workplaces are trying to get more casual. Did you get weird stares too, for choosing to wear something different this summer?
DeleteThe world that we have built around us, doesn't allow us to do things solely to please ourselves. At least very big, grand things. Perhaps that is why sometimes these small little personal liberties make us feel like a king for a day (or queen)!
The "small personal liberties" are like two sides of the same coin.
ReplyDeleteOne side is a thrilling adventure. Something goes wrong a little and it's a stupid misadventure 😢
I had and continue to have my share of the instances where the coin lands up with the wrong side up.
Glad that it went well with you and as a bonus, us readers got another good article to read and ponder.
About my half sleeves, well, in the first season it witnessed one conversion/ follower 😊
Winters have arrived and I am back into the jacket ;)