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Dianna G#6 Stupid Thing I've done for Beauty's sake
July 3rd 2007 17:32
#6 Anti-Perspirant Cotton Balls?
I don’t know about you guys but when we were in high school, we had to wear these ghastly blue and white checked uniforms. The uniform was tight around the top that trying to get your top half of the body through is like a wrestling match. But from the underside of the chest down, the skirt of the uniform billows out, so you pretty much resemble a blue and white checked Christmas tree. But the uniforms changed in our eleventh and twelfth year – we actually got to wear light blue blouses tucked into slim-lined dark blue skirts. Classy. The only thing wrong with the ensemble was the material of the blouse. It was sheer and it was the type of material where, if you perspired and believe me, everyone in that hall-less school where assemblies were conducted in the unshaded courtyard perspired, you end up with massive wet globs around your armpits and down your sides. So, in the height of summer, it wasn’t uncommon to see Year 11 and 12 girls walking around with woollen jumpers then taking them off in private to run out into the wind with their arms spread wide. I was one of them. But I decided I shouldn’t have to be. I rummaged through our bathroom cabinet and took out some cotton pads and tape. I bunched up the cotton pads and placed them under my armpits, putting them in place by wrapping sticky tape all around my shoulders and upper arms. They were still in place when we had our morning assembly and I could smugly feel my sweat being absorbed by the cotton pads. But for the rest of the day, I could barely move my arms. When I finally did move them normally, I could feel and hear the tape breaking and the bunch of cotton pads sliding down the side of my body and slipping down to the ground in sight of everyone, leaving them to snicker and incorrectly assume where I had placed those cotton pads.
*image taken from www.wikipedia.com
I don’t know about you guys but when we were in high school, we had to wear these ghastly blue and white checked uniforms. The uniform was tight around the top that trying to get your top half of the body through is like a wrestling match. But from the underside of the chest down, the skirt of the uniform billows out, so you pretty much resemble a blue and white checked Christmas tree. But the uniforms changed in our eleventh and twelfth year – we actually got to wear light blue blouses tucked into slim-lined dark blue skirts. Classy. The only thing wrong with the ensemble was the material of the blouse. It was sheer and it was the type of material where, if you perspired and believe me, everyone in that hall-less school where assemblies were conducted in the unshaded courtyard perspired, you end up with massive wet globs around your armpits and down your sides. So, in the height of summer, it wasn’t uncommon to see Year 11 and 12 girls walking around with woollen jumpers then taking them off in private to run out into the wind with their arms spread wide. I was one of them. But I decided I shouldn’t have to be. I rummaged through our bathroom cabinet and took out some cotton pads and tape. I bunched up the cotton pads and placed them under my armpits, putting them in place by wrapping sticky tape all around my shoulders and upper arms. They were still in place when we had our morning assembly and I could smugly feel my sweat being absorbed by the cotton pads. But for the rest of the day, I could barely move my arms. When I finally did move them normally, I could feel and hear the tape breaking and the bunch of cotton pads sliding down the side of my body and slipping down to the ground in sight of everyone, leaving them to snicker and incorrectly assume where I had placed those cotton pads.
*image taken from www.wikipedia.com
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Comment by D. Armenta
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I did the same thing with rolled-up blue tissue under a sheer yellow top..when it started to show, I was trying to discreetly remove it and wound up looking like a magician with one of those endless scarves....
Comment by katyzzz
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Didn't they have antiperspirants?
I've never had to worry about beauty other than the black one, they call a horse.
Such purgatory in pursuit of superficial things. I weep with you.
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Comment by Aimzster
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Those anti-perspirant deodorants didn't work on me unfortunately - especially when sitting in the sun for two hours.
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Comment by KylieW
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HAHAHAHAHAHA, that's hilarious. What is it with school uniforms? Surely they could make them out of a material that actually breathes. Cos every school I've ever gone to gets like a sauna in the summer. Its revolting.
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Comment by Lara M
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Comment by Aimzster
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I know, eh? That checked uniform we had from Year 7 to Year 10 stuck up our armpits that many of us walked around with a BO.
Lara,
You betcha
Comment by Mrs M
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I'm really enjoying you list. We've all done stupid things and I take my hat off to you for admitting them.
Love & stuff
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Comment by Renata
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Comment by Aimzster
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Thanks for your support. Where were you when I wanted to crawl under a rock?
Hi Renata, nice to see you!
Comment by Ash
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hahahahaha thanks for sharing that and I hope you don`t mind me laughing. I can just imagine you sitting there feeling them trickle down your sides and waiting for them to drop out - I would blush for you!
We used to have sacks as school uniforms - one cut of material that hung from the shoulders. High School was a little more classy with skirts and shirts - it was the socks that irked me - winter time meant the knee high ones or stockings if you were in the upper classes...
school... such happy memories!
ash
Comment by Aimzster
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Go ahead, laugh away. It took me some days to get over the cotton balls fiasco with everyone thinking they dropped out of my...you know what. You'd think I would've stopped there when it comes to coming up with my own beauty tips but, alas, no.