Question Five

Lilly Daché’s Glamour Book

Glamour Test – Question Five

“Have you made out your personal report card honestly and objectively, grading yourself on figure, posture, skin, hair, eyes, expression, grooming, makeup, clothes, and general appearance?”

 

 

This is the Personal Report Card that I filled out for myself when I was 13 years old. I found it in the back of my Lilly Daché’s Glamour Book. First it made me laugh and then I realized that if I was going to fill out a report card for myself today, the scores wouldn’t look much different than this. Way to progress, Shay.

Skin:  I’d still give myself an 80 on my skin. At 13 the issue was the occasional blemish. Now the issue is the dreaded fine line. I’m also paler than I’d like to be and I tend turn pink in the sun. Thankfully however, God has gifted us with a miracle called a spray tan! It’s one of my absolute favorite things. Okay, I actually hate it when I’m doing it.  It’s cold and it gets in my ears and I sometimes forget to turn when I’m supposed to, but miraculously…even if I spray my front twice cause I wasn’t paying attention…it all seems to work out okay, and eight hours later I look like I just got back from a vacation in Mexico!

Hair:  I’d still go 90. After the horrible perm grew out, it turned out I had really good hair. In fact, I won best hair my junior year. Which I thought was totally fair since I had been teased so horribly for my hair not three years earlier. My senior year I was beat out by a new girl who transferred in. Her name was Marnie. I still resent her. But anyway… My hair is good. It’s like Quick Curl Barbie hair. It will do anything I ask, but I’m deducting the 10 points cause, like I said, the ends are dry. Also, it will only get to a certain length and then it won’t grow any further. Drives me crazy.

Eyes:  Previous score 90. I’d go 80 on this now. I have that fine line issue, but they’re still clear and blue and I can see out of them, so there’s that.

Muscle Tone:  Gave myself a 60 then. Give myself a 60 now. Fail. Bummer. I’ll have to work on that.

Hands:    I gave myself a 75 when I was 13. At that point I was following a manicure How To guide that I’d ripped out of Seventeen Magazine and I loved to paint them this light frosted pink. I’d go 85 now. I like to get my nails done regularly, and thanks to the magic of the Gel manicure they stay pretty for about two weeks at a time. I always get the same color…Big Apple Red. 

Posture:   I gave myself a 75 originally. I’d go 70 now. I mean I’m upright, but I catch myself slouching all the time. I’m gonna need to work on this one too.

Makeup:   I find it amazing that I gave myself an 80 on this at 13. I barely wore makeup then and knew nothing about applying it. My mom wasn’t big on beauty tutorials so I went to the cosmetic counter at the mall to learn how to put on eyes shadow…which was purple by the way. It’s scary but I think I used frosted green at one point too. I’m a neutral girl now, and I love a red lip. I guess I’ll just give myself an 80. It’s non offensive.

Grooming:  Gave myself an 80 then, and I’d give myself an 80 now. I’m not ashamed to say that there are days…sometimes whole weekends…where I stay in my yoga pants and T-shirt. I also love a messy bun, and I don’t always put on makeup when I run out to do an errand. No one is perfect.

Expression:  I’m not exactly sure what Lilly is going for here. My 13 year old self scored this at a 75. I guess I’d say the same. I have one of those expressive faces…the kind that doesn’t hide its emotion well. I also tend to be over animated. Plus I roll my eyes a lot. I’ll work on this one too.

General Attractiveness:  I kind of can’t believe that I gave myself an 80-90 back then. I just remember being so awkward and weirdly dressed. I felt like all the other girls knew exactly what to do and that somehow I’d missed the class on that.  I must have been feeling optimistic that day. I’m just going to average out my numbers, which gives me a 77%. Not bad, but room for improvement.

Best Points: At 13 I thought my best points were my hair, eyes, skin and makeup. I’d probably say the same now, but I don’t really think makeup can be a best point.

Worst Points: Muscle tone and posture. Again, I’d go with that.

So what do I need to work on here? My facial expressions...try not to let everything I think and feel show on my face and try to stop the eye rolling. My posture and my muscle tone.  I’m also going to work on another issue not addressed here. My exuberant self expression…aka, cursing like a truck driver. Those are the big ones, but I think I can use an overall refining in every area. This glamour thing is not for the weak or the lazy. Being schlumpy is way easier.

Two points.