Scrubbin'

I'm going to go out on a limb here I think, but I have to say that I have decided I really prefer the look of women when they are natural and even a little scrubby. "Scrubby" meaning that they have that bit of I-just-woke-up-from-a-great-sleep-and-rolled-out-of-bed.

I know, the whole faux look of "just rolled out of bed" is quite popular for hairstyles (still), but I like the one step further and think that comfortable just-rolled-out-of-bed look is great for women with their whole look.

This could easily be just because I hate getting dressed frankly. I didn't have to work this last week, and because it was pretty gross out I didn't leave the house much (yes, I had a week as a hermit--much more fun than you'd think), so basically I spent a week in pajama bottoms and a sweatshirt.

Granted, it wasn't always the best look, but one morning after sleeping really well, I woke up, put on these cute pajama bottoms I have that are long, dark blue and covered in small stars and moons. I threw my hair up in a high ponytail, and put on my new blue sweatshirt--and frankly I felt damned sexy that way.

This whole, dumb, silly post is because I saw pictures on Facebook of a girl that I know through my pole dancing and hip hop classes who is a catalog model. When I first met her she was quite fresh-faced (i.e., no makeup), with her hair up in ponytail on top of her head, and wearing super scrubby sweats. I thought she was so damned adorable. She has gorgeous eyes, and these beautiful, full lips (think Angelina Jolie--I love my lips, but hers were very bee-stung looking), and a cute little nose. Then I saw some pics she'd posted on Facebook of her catalog modeling shots and I went, "Oh...um, that isn't nearly as cute as she is in person." She had her full makeup, high heels, a short dress--and it just wasn't doing it for me at all.

I get that when we girls get dressed to the nines, playing up our features with great makeup and cute outfits it generally comes off really great. Naughty mentioned to me how amazing I looked one day when I had great makeup on with my black pushup bra on (could have been the bra), and wanted to know what the occasion was. It hadn't been anything but wanted to look pretty for him, and the effect was well worth it because he was pretty impressed, but he also tells me how beautiful I am when I'm just hanging out and have zero makeup, and am in my pajamas. Frankly, I like that response--although usually (from others) it comes in the package of "Wow Rae, you look really great!" And then I feel snarky and think, "And how do I look normally, you ass?"

Ok, ok...so it is just that I like to scrub out more often than not, but really I think girls look cute like that! Ingrid usually looks best to me when she is in no apparent makeup, her hair up or just regularly brushed out (she has the just-rolled-out-of-bed hair down pat), in a simple t-shirt and sweats too.

Maybe it's a girl thing. Give me your thoughts. When is a girl sexier or at least cuter? Sweats or dressed to the nines? Is it better when a girl is turning out the hot clothes and sexy makeup only once in awhile, or better when she goes scrubby only once in awhile?