https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 05 May 2026 22:07:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days/page/2#post-184590 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:57:42 +0000 Lisa 184590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya-wow you have really nice hair long, maybe you can tough it out to grow it long again? I also like your short do now, I guess it's a matter of if you want to feel edgier or not with your hair. To me short hair=edgy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days/page/2#post-184418 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:20:21 +0000 RoseandJoan 184418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fall will be here soon Maya, I wouldn't play about too much with your skin care until the weather cools a little. I have heard good things about Australian Body Care range of tea tree products if you ever see them on offer.</p> <p>Have you ever tried ragging your hair at the nape of your neck to give you some texture in the morning.<br /> <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Curl-Hair-with-Rags" rel="nofollow">http://www.wikihow.com/Curl-Hair-with-Rags</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days/page/2#post-184415 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:10:17 +0000 Scarlet 184415@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, actually, you are officially knock-out gorgeous and must stop complaining immediately. I do feel your hair growing-out pain, but still. I was actually thinking maybe you just need to get a in-between-growing-out haircut to get your hair back into shape. When layers aren't trimmed they tend to go out of control. I hope the new salon works out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184408 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:57:11 +0000 Scarlet 184408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184350 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:57:53 +0000 Maya 184350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't really need anything that extreme Rosie. My skin is very oily, but as I said, I have somehow miraculously escaped the ravages of acne. It's amazing how much things change from one season to another. I just need to tough it out until fall (but that doesn't mean I can't complain!).</p> <p>Most of the time, the more products I use and the more desperately I try to control things that are out of my control, the worse the situation ends up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184341 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:50:36 +0000 Rosie 184341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I hate to ask this question, but have you tried Proactiv? I have some friend who had had a of success with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184330 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:16:57 +0000 Ariadne 184330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Maya, I really like your hair long like that. It's so luxurious. Do you think you can stick it out? Looks like it would definitely be worth it. Growing out hair is so hard, especially when you have bangs to grow out too.</p> <p>I am not sure what you mean about not having a good chin line--it doesn't look that way to me... then again, I'm convinced that a far larger percentage of people can successfully wear their hair short than think they can. If you like how it looks pulled back... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184301 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:47:11 +0000 Maya 184301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, my hair is not long enough yet for any kind of tying back/braiding solution. But it is long enough for pigtails. Are low pigtails too kiddish? Do I risk looking like a 5 year old? Or worse, a Catholic schoolgirl?</p> <p>Glad I made your day Tara. I like to think I am bilingual in English and Yiddish.</p> <p>Carole, I use Bare Minerals. Definitely doesn't help with the oil though. You seriously can't underestimate how oily I get in summer. I'm totally convinced nothing will help. It's just how I am.</p> <p>I found a new salon near work that's getting great reviews on Yelp and Citysearch and I'm going to ask if they can trim my bangs tomorrow and perhaps give me a consultation so I can figure out what to do with my mop. I can't have it as short as yours Brianna. I can't have anything above chin length because I do not have a good chin line and the lack of hair would just draw even MORE attention to my skin. Bad idea. I think my hair might be okay once it gets past my shoulders. Shoulder length hair is hard for me to deal with. </p> <p>This is what my hair looked like when it was very long:</p> <p><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/ranabow/new.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.photobucket.com/alb.....ow/new.jpg</a><br /> <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/ranabow/party.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.photobucket.com/alb...../party.jpg</a><br /> <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/ranabow/Photo3-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.photobucket.com/alb.....oto3-1.jpg</a></p> <p>Not too bad. These pictures are obviously old though. Perhaps my hair texture has just changed over the past 4-5 years. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184299 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:10:46 +0000 tarzy 184299@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have much to add, except thanks for saying "schlumpy." It makes me homesick for New York! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184297 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:05:46 +0000 Jenava 184297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I think we all have times like that! When my skin (which is acne prone and dry as a bone...like have the skin of a 13 year old and a 75 year old at the same time...ugh) is bad, I head off and get a facial. They are expensive, but they make me feel like I'm doing something good for my skin, even if it's just temporary... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184296 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:04:04 +0000 Laura 184296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well with all that oil, at least you don't have wrinkles :)</p> <p>I used to slick my hair back and wrap it in a tight ponytail at the base of my neck when navigating NYC's stinky hot summers. Yours might not be long enough for that?</p> <p>Hope you're feeling more upbeat soon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184234 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:20:13 +0000 Carole 184234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my, Maya! I'm so sorry you are feeling like this. We all (or at least I do) have times like this. I once had terrible cystic acne, and it took me years to figure out how to combat that and I know how it feels to hate the reflection in the mirror and how that makes you feel deep inside.</p> <p>Just a couple of ideas: someone here recommended Cover Girl ageless concealer or something like that, I just got that and really like it alot, and I have tried many many many, this is a favorite. Also, the Bare Minerals makeup helps with oily skin. I can't wear any liquid foundation (makes my skin feel and look like an oil slick). Bare Minerals or the equivilant is the only thing I will use.</p> <p>Chin UP, BIG HUG! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184154 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:04:47 +0000 Itari 184154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry to hear that. I don't really have a useful advice, but I hope that it'll stop soon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184142 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:26:58 +0000 Ariadne 184142@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ugh, Maya, I'm sorry you're feeling so icky. I'm sure it's no fun. I don't know... I am wondering if maybe it would be worth cutting your hair short. You've probably tried this, but have you asked everyone you know with decent hair for recommendations? I have horrible, horrible hair (thin and fine, but like yours, straight in places and just wavy enough in others to look messy but never nice--I'm not saying that's how yours is in reality but that's how I always felt about mine when long so I understand) and the only way I like it is when it's cut short. I will never go back to long or even long-short hair.</p> <p>Have you tried a facial? I've never had one but I know Angie swears by them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184115 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:44:10 +0000 Dusty 184115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can recommend Suave's Sleek anti-frizz cream. It's cheap, but it's really worked for me (and, hey, if it doesn't work out, you're out a whole $2). I haven't noticed any build-up and it doesn't feel weird at all. It doesn't hold, but it helps with the frizzies and if I put it in my daughter's hair while it's wet, it doesn't get into the tangled rats nest of knots that it usually does (she has super fine, wavy hair and it's always a mess). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184081 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:39:36 +0000 Maya 184081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My salon sent out an email about keratin treatment, but shelling out close to $500 every 3-5 months is not an option for me. </p> <p>This has been going on since before the foul weather, but it's just even worse now. I went back to my usual blowdry-straight-with-round-brush routine which helped a bit, but I definitely need product of some kind and I'm not sure what to use that won't leave a nasty feeling or leave a ton of buildup.</p> <p>Skin just seems like a lost cause. No product in the world is going to stop the oil spill. If only I could fit a cap over my pores... </p> <p>Thanks for your sympathies. I am just reminded of being a teenager all over again and that is NOT an experience I wish to replicate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184053 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:00:21 +0000 chewyspaghetti 184053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We're having terrible weather and that is making me feel horrible, too. Just know that it's temporary- and it's not just you. I found this amazing moisturizer that makes me skin way less oily though, and that helps a little. It's called Merlot and Walgreens sells it. It's inexpensive and works really well. I keep telling my husband (who is plagued by the greasies) to try it. It has grape seed oil. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184047 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:51:00 +0000 Lisa 184047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya-How fast are you switching up your products (for both hair and face)? For either, it takes time to really see results, at least a few weeks. That's the part of product trials that always gets on my nerves. I want to know NOW if it works or not. Also, have you been air drying lately? Our weather has been AWFUL, did you see the humidity today? I felt 10pounds heavier when I left the house this morning. I never have nice hair in the summer months. I want to air dry to give the hair a break, but then it’s so frizzy, it looks crummy. And I do NOT have curly hair at all. For the face, from someone who has suffered with severe cystic acne for YEARS, a big part of the face, besides the products is what you eat. Have you recently changed your diet (ie more fatty food, sweets, oily foods, fast foods, etc) It’s annoying but the cleaner and healthier I eat, the better my face will look. Plus, it’s rare a person really drinks enough water in a day. Also, I always have oiler skin in the summer, but that’s because I switch to a higher SPF for the face during the summer months. I hope you keep the chin up, it’s the non fab days that allow us to have fab one’s anyway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184040 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:43:28 +0000 Sihaya 184040@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya - I'm so sorry. My hair is super hard to manage when long as well. I can *totally* empathize with the descriptions of your hair. It can be so incredibly frustrating and spoil your day. On the skin front, I get pimples every month even now in my 40's! I know one pimple a month is unavoidable due to my hormones during PMS, however, I keep the rest at bay when I drink 10 glasses of water a day. I try to have at least one serving of fresh fruit and 8-10 glasses of water. And cut down on sugar. Not sure what your diet/exercise regime is but maybe looking at that might help? and I wonder if the heat is making things worse - it does for me. Big hugs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184011 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:49:45 +0000 JuliaInGermany 184011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, while I don't have any advice I wanted to say: I feel for you! I'm a constant mess these days, too. It feels like it doesn't make any sense to wash and blowdry my hair in the mornings or put on make-up, as half an hour later I'm all sticky, shiny, red and with hair standing on end. Blech! </p> <p>Remember: This too will pass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184008 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:31:17 +0000 April 184008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear, Maya. I am so sympathetic to the frustrations of frizz and the miseries produced by our rotten East coast summer weather. Also to losing your stylist -- the one I have gone to for 19 years recently left the business so I had to start fresh as well. </p> <p>Interestingly, the new person I went to recommended a keratinizing treatment, as mentioned by Megan above. Not sure what the "Brazilian blowout" part is or if it's exactly the same treatment, but my stylist said keratinizing would reduce my curl without eliminating it entirely and would completely eliminate frizz. </p> <p>Taylor and Renata -- any experience with this? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184007 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:27:19 +0000 Dusty 184007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sorry you're having such a rough time. We all have that from time-to-time and I have a feeling this summer you're not the exception. I haven't even been wearing makeup because I know I'd sweat it all off the second I step outside. Don't do anything drastic until the heat lets up a little. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184004 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:03:48 +0000 crwilson 184004@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sorry you're feeling this way Maya. I definitely go through these stages too, and it just stinks. I wish there were a miracle solution, but I haven't found one yet. I hope that you start to feel better soon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-184003 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:56:26 +0000 Sveta 184003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Poor Maya! I am sure that the bigger part of those problems is "just in your head" but it does not make it less real for you. So I lend you my shoulder for more ranting if required :-)<br /> BTW any time I have seen a picture of you your hair and skin looked just fine to me... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-183991 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:57:32 +0000 Louise 183991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think anything I can say will make you feel better so just sending (((hugs))) and keep on ranting if it helps xxx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-183947 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:24:34 +0000 Frances 183947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, yes--I know this place all too well. I call it "the Hideous Uglies," as in, "I've got a bad case of the Hideous Uglies this week and want to crawl under a rock." Of course you're neither hideous nor ugly, Maya, but it's awful when you get stuck in that place and nothing you do seems to make any difference. You know it will pass, but it's frustrating to ride it out.</p> <p>Is anything unusual happening with your fitness and nutrition routine, or do you think it's just the oppressive weather? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-183933 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:50:41 +0000 taylor 183933@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ugh. I felt that very same way today. "( </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-183926 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:45:13 +0000 Rosie 183926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hugs, Maya. Feeling like that just blows. Mac said it all. </p> <p>Some good hair ideas from AJ, Sara and Megan. It sounds like the bangs are the toughest part, though. </p> <p>Just remember, this, too, shall pass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-183919 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:37:49 +0000 Megan 183919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Maya, </p> <p>I don't know if your budget allows it but I've had a brazilian blowout keratin treatment done to my hair and it's AMAZING. No frizz even when it rains. </p> <p>Also, nutrogena make an oil eliminating cleanser. I've had some success with it combined with a matifying primer- it helps my make up stay on for at least the whole work day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/im-feeling-schlumpy-these-days#post-183914 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:32:52 +0000 MNsara 183914@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, no - have you been subjected to that nasty hot, humid weather?? That can just ruin hair and skin. That nasty humidity will wreak havoc on a person's skin, producing extra sweat and oil, clogging pores, etc. Those are days when you feel sticky and grubby even though you just cleaned up :-(</p> <p>I can only imagine that if you have frizz-prone hair, that nasty humidity you've had would frizz it like a humid Florida afternoon.</p> <p>If the weather settles into 'normal' summer heat/humidy, your hair will recover quickly. Skin may need a week or two to flush out the impurities that got started. </p>