Working with other women has made realize many things as a female. As we all get older, we start to get really particular about things. This is all the more reason why I believe there is no “one answer” to doing anything beauty related. We all have our ideas of what is beautiful about our faces, bodies and etc.

For example, a long time ago I worked for this Korean company and my boss was this really gorgeous woman in her 30’s. But she always had her eyeliner drawn very long at the end. It was to the point where she looked like a cat because her eyeliner went way beyond the ends of her eyes, like about 2 inches? I thought it was SO WEIRD because she’s so pretty and that was the ONLY makeup she ever put on everyday. I kept thinking that she would look so much better if she didn’t wear anything at all, and how weird it was that she did that purposefully! But I guess she thought it looked good on her!

Yesterday, a woman from my work spent a really long time arranging a bouquet for the front desk. She was spending a lot of time, cutting and snipping here & there to assemble this:

I think this bouquet describes what I’m trying to say perfectly. If you’ve ever tried to assemble a bouquet, I’m sure you can relate to this theory example. Making a bouquet can make you go a little crazy! You want it symmetrical – but not TOO symmetrical. You could stare at a bouquet for hours, picking a stem up here and there, but no matter what you may be left unsatisfied. There is no correct way (unless maybe you’re an expert florist) but you basically leave the bouquet alone once you’re satisfied with whatever you came up with. You HAVE to have a particular sense of… SOMETHING while assembling a bouquet. So you kind of have to care where the roses go and where the leaves go.

Someone else might think it’s lopsided or that you should take more in or out. She made me promise to cut and snip the dead leaves for today — even though I work alone and the only person that would see this is MAYBE the mailman.

This bouquet situation was a very small example of many other things that women are particular about. The way your desk is arranged. The time you leave your apartment, and whether you’d like to walk or take a cab. The way you answer the waiter’s question.  The list goes on and on about the way you do certain things, and we simply think that our way is somewhat the most logical way. Or we think very little about why we do the things we do, and when someone does something differently we think about how odd or wrong that is.

This is why women start FIGHTS! =) As we get older, we get more set in our ways and are OUTRAGED when someone else doesnt’ think the way we do. Of course, this is a total general theory and there are always exceptions (like that one super duper nice friend you have.)

Have you ever seen 2 grandmas fighting? It is something you need to experience! I witnessed two Park Ave grandmas going at it at a cupcake store. One grandma was talking on her cell phone inside the store and the other grandma was FUMING because she couldn’t believe how rude she was being. They basically cussed each other out, Park Ave style. (Imagine shaking of the heads, muttering under their breaths very loudly, and intense glares that would make a small child wimper.)  I was a bit scared they would start throwing things at each other!

I know that I’m particular about:

- my plans (I hate change!)
- my workspace (I need to have a SET space for me to work… I dislike being moved around)
- tardiness… unless there’s a really good reason!
- my coffee… gotta be strong or I won’t drink it!

Are there things you’re particular about?