In 2018, I stopped wearing makeup because the man I was dating said I had an unhealthy need for social validation. (It's hard to read those words now and not set things on fire, in case you're wondering how I'm doing). But back then, keeping pace with LA's beautiful people had burned me out. Even at midnight, the local grocery - dubbed "Rock & Roll Ralphs" because the female patrons toddled down the aisle in four-inch stilettos and latex - was a pickup scene. After 15 years of that, 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼 dude's misogyny somehow landed as permission to relax. A kindness. LOL It took many moons to return to my senses and realize that getting dolled up was never about them. It's about me. It's my confidence ritual. It's like doing power poses before a big presentation. Or listening to your Happiness Playlist on the way to a job interview. Or crafting an Accomplishments Board for a constant visual reminder of your own badassery. Looking good leads to feeling good. And wanting to feel good is not a flaw. That's why when I heard the term glamour vampire this week (British spelling because it's cooler), it was like a record scratch. Say more . . . my brain said, as it backed away from all other distractions to train its attention on the concept. Everyone online is always talking about "full-body f*ck yeahs," and that's what hearing this word was for me. I'm not entirely sure what it means, but vivid mental pictures make me think I might have a good idea. And it feels like the turned-up, turned-on embodiment of the person I denied for so many years. I imagine glamour vampires dress to the nines, always putting their best foot forward. I imagine they look bored. Because looking bored is chic. Alternatively, they might look blissfully drunk on the blood of their enemies. I imagine if glamour vampires did a brand photo shoot, customers would show up in droves. So the question becomes how can an ordinary human with sleep wrinkles who doesn't own a white pantsuit or have access to a toga-wearing 28-year-old get the same effect? The answers are in this week's article, How to Get the Brand Photo Shoot of Your Dreams. It turns out you don't have to be a glamour vampire to look like one. And that's good news because the upkeep is exhausting, yoga pants are the best and blood tastes like rusty nails. |
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I have to start taking care of myself before I burst into flames. I recently posted a note about how it feels impossible to function right now as an empath, and that 👆🏼👆🏼 was one of the comments I received. It’s how I knew I needed to write this article. This is not a post about politics. I write about designing a life and business you’re excited to wake up to every day. But it’s also not NOT about politics. Because I wouldn’t be writing this if we weren’t living in a chaotic stew of whirling...
Dearest Reader, Every morning, my cat, Hecate, and I engage in what can only be called aggressive petting. I whip out a brush that sprays mist (who would’ve ever thought a cat would ASK for this?), and she basically shouts at me the entire time she runs to and leaps upon the topmost shelf of her kitty condo. Whereupon she spends the next three minutes flopping about like a blissful walrus, chattering constantly, arrrrrrrching into the brush strokes and bonking the device so vigorously she...
Hiya, Reader! Why not kick off the new year with a rant, some terrible health advice, and some luminous fragments of magic? Thanks to Adeline Dimond for the inspiration. What’s Out Like In-Laws Who’ve Way Overstayed Their Welcome The News Because they’re all lying liar faces, and I’m exhausted trying to get to what’s real, so f*ck it, blissful ignorance it is. Social Media Nothing would make me happier than a mass exodus off the platforms because social media is soul-sucking mind control that...