Beauty Tips for Ministers
Because you're in the public eye, and God knows you need to look good.
Your Dear Hard-Working Tootsies
March 30, 2007 on 11:34 am | In Self Care | 8 CommentsGood morning, angels!
I have just ordered a little item called “Yoga Toes” from an outfit called YogaPro, and wondered if any of you have personal experience with their product:
http://www.yogapro.com/ts/toestretcher.html
I got them because I realized last summer that I have the beginnings of a BUNION on my right foot (what a horrid word! which is why you must prounounce it in the French manner, like “bun-yoh”) and my massage therapist Eddie says my little toesies need to be in alignment more often. I asked him What does that mean, Eddie? What are you saying? I should be wearing …
SENSIBLE SHOES or something?”
And he said all kinds of lovely and comforting things, because he knows and accepts me and he understands that SENSIBLE SHOES are just not in the stars for me at this time in my life. But he said that this bump on my right foot is telling me that I need to pull my toes into alignment and so I went and got these Yoga Toes. I’m looking forward to trying them, and will report back to you. Hot tip: If you want to order some yourself, you can use “ALR” as a coupon code and get $15 off!
Seriously, though, a good massage therapist is one of life’s most beautiful blessings. Especially ones who sometimes send you out the door all calm and put-back-together and then absolutely refuse any money at all because, impossible as it is to believe, they just care about you and want to give you back some of the healing and energy that you’re putting out. Talk about angels.
‘Brellies Are An Accessory, Too!
March 30, 2007 on 1:40 am | In Accessories | 1 CommentDon’t forget to pick up a nice, bright umbrella before April showers begin.
They’re not expensive, and you need a good, sturdy dark one for sombre occasions. But hey, why not treat yourself to a cute, bright one that will look smart with your trench coat? I’m rather fond of this, myself:
But I’m more likely to pick up something in bright stripes from Target.
A New Mama Writes In!
March 29, 2007 on 10:34 pm | In Fighting Frump, Product & Catalog Reviews | 2 CommentsDarlings, March came in like a lion and is going out like another lion! Whooee, is it windy! PeaceBang put her garbage out on the curb last night and was afraid all night that the wind would blow it all over the yard, which would have been just disgusting! And given her stomach virus, even more disgusting than usual!
Was that my out-loud voice speaking those uncouth thoughts?
I do apologize, dears. And here it is just around dinner time, too.
Well, PeaceBang will not be eating dinner, but at least she’s feeling well enough to stamp around the house yelling, “I WANT REAL FOOD! I AM TIRED OF PRETZELS AND SALTINES! I WANT LINGUINI WITH CLAM SAUCE!” Funny, because linguini with clam sauce was a favorite in the Weinstein household growing up, but it is not a dish PeaceBang has ever eaten in her entire adult life. She must be hankering for Tastes of Home. More specifically, she is hankering for the comforting sounds of Shirley in the kitchen. Well, that just does it. I am making some plain linguini as soon as I finish this posting, digestive tract be damned. If God hadn’t wanted us to eat linguini five days into a mysterious intestinal infection, He wouldn’t have given us Immodium and Gatorade.
This letter came to us today from the wilds of North Hampshire, or New Hampshire, I think they call it. One of those perfectly charming New England states, anyway. Our note reads:
Dear Peacebang,
I’m [SS], a fellow UU minister serving in New Hampshire, and I had to write to you to tell you I am a huge fan of Beauty Tips for Ministers. I came back from maternity leave to my ministry this fall, and found myself (despite the reduction in my sleep) re-energized for church work. Woo-hoo! But a few months later, I realized I needed to re-energize my own bodily self as well, to get back to showing the world “I feel great in the body God gave me” instead of “good God, what did pregnancy do to me”? And BTFM was there to help. You have inspired me to get an actual hairstyle and an actual hairdryer, and to pay attention to how I look as I go out the door every day, baby or no baby. Thanks!
By the way, the makeup items I cannot live without are Touch Base for Eyes by Clinique in Petal Shimmer and Juicy Tubes lipgloss by Lancome in Tickled Pink. Plus some concealer and mascara, this is my weekday, no-one-will-be-taking-my-picture regimen.
Now readers, how cute is this woman? She is full of energy, she has a new babe, she took the time to write an appreciative letter to PeaceBang, and she beautifully articulates the message we communicate when we make that extra effort to add a little shine and polish to our look. I couldn’t have said it better, so let me repeat her words, “I feel great in the body God gave me.”
Brava, Reverend Mama, thanks for the recommendations and the note, and all good blessings on you, your ministry and your new little one!
Kiss of peace,
xoxox PB
Our reader recommends:
Clinique Touch Base for Eyes in Petal Shimmer
Lancome Juicy Tubes lip gloss in Tickled Pink
Alloy.com: Your Source For Super-Cheap, Fun Clothes
March 27, 2007 on 11:32 pm | In Product & Catalog Reviews, Women's Clothing | 3 CommentsThis is a great website to visit when you want to get in touch with your inner teeny-bopper:
http://store.alloy.com/frontpage.do?commTrack=shopChannelFromHome
Here’s the thing. They carry youthful, very of-the-moment clothing. It’s extremely cheaply- made but hey, it’s also cheap.
You can add some interesting pieces to your closet without spending much money at all, and as soon as it falls apart (like, the day after tomorrow), it won’t be in style anymore! What’s not to love?
PeaceBang has an secret Extreme Bohemian side that she likes to indulge when she’s home alone, and bought two smock tops and a pair of crazy wide-legged pants from Alloy for about $35. They’re incredibly soft and comfortable, they bring me back to my Wiccan-oriented grad school days (Jen, you’ll be the only reader out there who gets the appropriate visual on that one!), and they’re a nice break from the grown-up world.
Enjoy, darlings.
UU Minister Man-Head
March 27, 2007 on 1:08 am | In Hair, Tips For My Menfolk | 11 Comments
I saw this photo on the celebrity fashion-dish blog “Go Fug Yourself” and screamed. Do we not all know a Unitarian Universalist male minister who has manscaping exactly like this?
WE DO.
And it’s time it STOPPED.
This look, which I am just now dubbing “Swinging Seventies Pastor,” is DATED, boys! It’s time to cut the hair shorter — I know, you have fabulous flowing locks and you want to show them off, but if you’re doing a beard and ’stache at the same time, you CAN’T.
I know my boys are partial to their facial hair, but given that a HUGE percentage of our clergy have it, wouldn’t it be cool if more of our guys put away the stereotypical grooming habits of the past just, you know, to see how it feels?
You can always grow it back, right?
Meanwhile, I’m not even mentioning the horrors of this outfit.
Gee, I must be feeling better! Stomach flu seems to agree with me!
Jesus Had Tats!
March 27, 2007 on 12:54 am | In Accessories | 9 Comments
To the lovely reader who wrote to me recently asking what I think of tattoos on the Gen X crowd, all I can say is,
Hey, if tats were good enough for Jesus, they’re good enough for PeaceBang!!
That said, if PeaceBang sees one more young lass in low-rider pants sporting one of those Celtic knot designs just above her posterior, she’s going to fling her iced decaf latte at the nearest innocent bystander and scream something incoherent about how posting other culture’s spiritual symbols above your butt or anywhere else on your person does not make you COOL, it just makes you — in about sixty years — another old person with ugly, extremely faded designs on your body. ::::deep, cleansing breath:::::
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