I may be falling over but I do it while being pretty.

Jun 28, 2012 22:03

FYI - the photo below is of me during one of the absolute worst pain flares in months (migraine, vertigo, fibromyalgia, tactile allodynia, temporal lobe epilepsy seizure auras, cerebral palsy complications, sensory integration dysfunction, hypersensitivity, spastic hypertonia, fatigue).
If I wasn't wearing concealer and lipgloss, I might look slightly dead. Which is why I wear makeup all the time. Not for the public, but for me, not wanting to appear slightly dead.
I used to hate cosmetics as a teenager, which bothered my fashion designer mother. Now I consider makeup color essential. Especially if it helps me appear less exhausted and enhances the pretty.

Also, I have so many pills in me that it's silly, but I need to stay upright until bedtime. Prescriptions, vitamins, minerals, herbals, whatever else. Stretching and massage made it worse. Shower made it better for a while.

(Random thought: Also, I love my hair so much. It is finally obeying and doing what I want. It could be the organic shampoos and intense organic lotions all with specific ingredients, and maybe the gentle brushing with various ionic tourmaline ceramic brushes, who knows. It almost glows. I love touching it. I'm going to grow it to my waist if I can. Concentrating on pampering myself, when I am physically and mentally able, makes me feel better, when it's possible, because I can barely apply eye makeup without shaking.)


makeup, chronic pain, self, photos, cerebral palsy, fatigue, disabilities, migraine, hair, fibromyalgia

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