<p>So - I have wondered, do women who wear burkas still obsess over their bodies? I am not being a smart aleck. I really wonder if they are perhaps freeing in some way. </p>
<p>Well, at least you can always wear slacks TR, me, I am stuck with turtlenecks - and they look ridiculous in the summer. Not to mention suffocating. </p>
<p>You know, we have discussed this before, but I still say ALL of our legs look better with nylons. They just smoooooth things out. </p>
<p>One product that I have been using that I really like is Aveeno’s “positively nourishing body wash” with fig and shay butter. I have used all sorts of body washes, and usually they do little to combat those fine crepey lines on my legs - no matter how much they cost. This really seems to help. I use that and Lac-Hydrin Five moisturizing lotion. </p>
<p>So - here’s the thing. Getting ready takes so much longer than when I was younger. I mean, it is everything from the Rogaine, to the moisturizing, to the neck cream, to the cuticle softener, teeth whitener, the checking for the errant hairs on the chin. It’s a miracle I get anything accomplished in a day.</p>
<p>^^^^Burka it is! (for me) It would be so much simpler!</p>
<p>I work in a “young” industry. I am NOT young. I live in an area where I don’t need to be as concerned about appearances as I would on either cost. But, I do look forward to the day when I will cease to color my hair.</p>
<p>I was thinking about legs, wondering what would make me notice another woman’s legs at a party, school event or entertainment venue. Here’s what I would notice:</p>
<ol>
<li> Lots of tatoos</li>
<li> those stick thin legs where the person has no calves</li>
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<p>That’s really about it. Not bright white, not bruised, not thick - that’s just too common to draw a second glance! So don’t obsess over legs that aren’t perfect!</p>
<p>LOL I stopped coloring my hair two years ago. That alone is so freeing and it actually looks “not bad” almost a natural “streaky” look. My hairdresser will often tell me how “lucky” I am with my hair and the way it’s turning color. I colored it up until my neck gave up my age…at that point I decided to make my head “match” the rest of my body. Toneranger I bet your legs are tons better than what you say…</p>
<p>My beloved Grandma was a very attractive woman with beautiful dark brown hair. It wasn’t up until after she died that I found out that she had her hair color touched up weekly. I don’t have mine done that often, but I like to think I’m just upholding a family tradition.</p>
<p>On another topic, I got a Talbots catalog yesterday (I buy narrow shoes from them) and I didn’t think the clothes looked bad at all. I would actually wear some of them.</p>
<p>Tips for those with thick (or thin) ankles. I looked at my wrists - big. I guess I’ll never be dainty </p>
<p>I’m really tall so I can’t wear big heels. It’s funny though…I do love my round toe ballet flats and this says they’re the right choice for me. I’m ordering a new pair with a ruffle on the top…also good per this article.</p>
<p>I love this thread, as I can see lots of you are as unhappy with body parts as me. I never knew people were so upset over legs. However, mine are ghostly white and probably too skinny. </p>
<p>I never got down to worrying about them, because I started at the top…turkey neck, no chin, too big of chest that’s on level with the elbows, and posterchild for a tummy tuck, although I’m of normal weight.</p>
<p>No hips either. I have truly never had a comfortable pair of pants. If the waist fits, the hips don’t. If the hips do, I can’t breathe at the waist.</p>
<p>Everyone else is a “pear” or an “apple”. H*11, they don’t even have a name for me! Upside down pear? Now that I’m worried about the legs too, I think I look like one of those commercially raised chickens that has a huge breast and stick legs…</p>
<p>lol…^^^…I remember that being posted before. I’m def a column…and I’m amazed at the shoe they choose for that TALL body type…looks like six inch heels to me! At least the ankles on the model make me feel better about mine!</p>
<p>I enjoyed looking at the 12 body types - thanks for the great link. I’m still not sure what I am - maybe a column, but at 5’7", am I too short?</p>
<p>srystress: find a good seamstress and have the hips taken in on your pants. It’s easier that enlarging a waistline. Or, find a pair that fit well and have them copied in various fabrics. It’s well worth the effort, and it probably won’t cost significantly more money. My mom had a similar build and she finally had a few things made - it was a real boost to her comfort and self confidence.</p>
<p>Missypie,
I heard Dave Barry interviewed yesterday along with Scott Turow, Mitch Album, and Roy Blunt Jr. They are all part of a band called the Rock Bottom Remainders that is “touring” right now (the Wordstock Tour)to raise money for Haitian relief</p>
<p>Thick Ankles?
So, what does thick ankles mean? Is it that one is large boned, so the ankle is actually larger than average? Or that the difference between calf & ankle is not enough so the lower leg is straight up & down with no curves?</p>
<p>Okay, so a woman with larger rather than smaller bone structure who still has a curvy calf above the ankle, that’s not a cankle, right? But is it still to be hidden? :D</p>
<p>Thank goodness…I have finally found a body problem I <em>don’t</em> have!! Although cankles might help balance out the bird legs…</p>
<p>Gourmetmom–thanks for the suggestion about the pants. I should ask my mom to take in the hips. She’s a great seamstress. Unfortunately this would require me having the mental stability to buy a larger size on purpose (so the waist fits). I might try it though–I’ve spent a lifetime with my waistband suffocating me.</p>
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