Makeup

[Lise]

This is funny! What other athletic message boards have this thread, I wonder? Not many, I'm guessing! It's funny because this is a big concern of mine, yet one I'd be reluctant to admit to .

I am pale, pale, pale. Pale skin, hair, eyebrows....now, on Tilda Swinton, as the Ice Queen in Narnia, this is a good look. On me...not so much. People ask me if I'm ill. Sooo, how to be athletic and have some color around my eyes (other than red, which my face always is when I exert myself).

I always wear sunscreen, at least 30 SPF, usually 45. I color in my eyebrows so they're visible. I wear a Revlon mascara called Colorstay. It goes on and stays on for days, if necessary (remember, I'm a midwife. Sometimes I wear the same makeup for 36 hours!). My dilemma is that I'm a triathlete. ie: Swimming. What to do? Last summer I had my eyebrows dyed professionally. Silly, right? But there's the level of my vanity.

Upshot: I ran the Chicago marathon in October. I'd spent the summer perfecting my athletic makeup strategy. Now I've run/walked/run 26.2 miles, my family and friends take me out for a burger, I can barely sit up, but I'm so happy, and my mom (even paler than I am), comments on the really important thing: my makeup is still on. Actually, she said, "You look great! You even have color!" Ha! The strategy worked!

So. I love Nanci's "natural" blue eyelashes! I like blue mascara, but blue smudges under my eyes, uncool. I suppose I could try Colorstay, if it comes in blue...and the adventure continues. Lise

[Surlygirl]

Neutrogena spf 45 sunscreen for me and chapstick with Spf 30. I always have a red face when riding anyway. Probably lack of oxygen.