The WELL: inkwell.vue.124: Cynthia Robins: The Beauty Workbook

#141: Da Beauty Queen (cynthiar) Fri 19 Oct 01 17:11

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 17:11:00 PDT

. . . and let me say, Linda, thank you so much for allowing me to spew on here about my favorite subjects. [Read entire topic]

#140: Da Beauty Queen (cynthiar) Fri 19 Oct 01 17:11

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 17:11:00 PDT

Stephanie: I haven't too much knowledge of what you're talking about. The "O" these days is oxygen. . . and just like tea tree oil, vitamin c, vitamin e, etc., is probably a gimnmick ingredient. Check how far down in the ingredient list it is. mostly, cosmetics are oil, water and stabilizers. . . anything else is icing. whichp robably doesn't work. [Read entire topic]

#139: Linda Castellani (castle) Fri 19 Oct 01 14:03

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:03:00 PDT

I think that wakeup makeup and Minnie and her rouge and Cynthia and her crayons is a perfect note to end on, and from which to say thank you Cynthia and all the rest of you whose participation made this such an interesting and fun interview.

We didn't get all the way through the book, but there's certainly more there for those of you want to buy a copy and learn more.

You are all welcome to stay and talk as long as you like, of course. But thanks for the two weeks you spent with us. [Read entire topic]

#138: special occasions and toenails (vard) Fri 19 Oct 01 13:27

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:27:00 PDT

!!!

Cynthia, I have another question. What is in these new "wakeup makeup" products? Of course I bought the Almay one (drugstore cosmetics ho that I am) and it has titanium dioxide and something that starts with an O listed as active ingredients. I put some on this morning and it actually did tingle very faintly, in a nice way.

So what is this stuff? Does it have any actual benefits? Or is it bad for me? [Read entire topic]

#137: Are We Really? (really) Fri 19 Oct 01 13:22

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:22:00 PDT

Minnie used to call me up several times a week to inquire "how are gonna make some money honey?" Then she would say... "why does Cynthia use crayons on her lips? Why doesn't she use lipstick like the rest of us?" [Read entire topic]

#136: Da Beauty Queen (cynthiar) Fri 19 Oct 01 13:15

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:15:00 PDT

Well, now that the conversation has completely stopped, perhaps a word of explanation.

Really and I had a mutual friend named Minnie Rabinowitz who was one of the backers behind the old Club Nine. There she would be, circles of rouge on her aging cheeks, her hair done up in spit curls around her face, sitting there in a red leatherette booth, bobbing her head to the music of Chris Isaak who was the house band at Nine at the time. She was a kick, our Minnie. She never told us how old she was and when she died, we realized that instead of 80-something, she was well into her 90s. Minnie was like a Sherman Tank. . . she just kept moving. She was one of the first successful female real estate people in San Francisco and she would call up our mutual friend Mark with a new deal jsut about every week.

Minnie died a few eyars ago; we had a great party for her and we all miss her very much. My last really hilarious memory of Minnie: Somebody hoisting her into my friend Mark's '72 Dodge van. Minnie was a cool girl and she did love her rouge. [Read entire topic]

#135: Are We Really? (really) Thu 18 Oct 01 13:29

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 13:29:00 PDT

I thought those were crayons you used on your lips! [Read entire topic]

#134: Da Beauty Queen (cynthiar) Thu 18 Oct 01 13:27

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 13:27:00 PDT

NOpe. You've been to my birthday parties. YOU figure it out. My lips are sealed. With Lipfinity. [Read entire topic]

#133: Are We Really? (really) Thu 18 Oct 01 12:07

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:07:00 PDT

You have been telling me you are 42... should I believe that? [Read entire topic]

#132: Da Beauty Queen (cynthiar) Thu 18 Oct 01 11:17

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:17:00 PDT

Plus: she lied about her age. It's a rotten trick, but it works.

I, of course, would NEVER do anything like that. [Read entire topic]