BRF: It’s a Bitch

This is no joke, “Bitchy Resting Face” is a debilitating disease that can attack women of any age and can result in her looking “thoughtfully sad or angry for no reason.”

Oh, we’ve got a reason.

Here’s the PSA describing this most serious affliction modern women “face”: 

I think you’ll agree with my diagnosis that Lady M is suffering from this disorder.

The cause of the affliction is unknown, butt researchers think that several factors contribute to it including the following:

The company you keep:

Un-earned honors received:

The company you keep:

Pearls:

Bad hair days (and pearls):

The company you keep:

Really bad hair days (and the company you keep):

Bad hair days (and Aunt Esther frocks):

Badly tailored suits (and pearls):

Gardening that’s a little too organic:

oh yes, and the company that you keep:

Butt Lady M doesn’t suffer from the simple, mundane form of Bitchy Resting Face; as is her fashion, she has taken the pathology to a new level - Restless Bitchy Resting Face Syndrome:

Anyway you look at it, it’s a bitch.

Help us fight this horrible disease by making a 501(c)4 tax exempt contribution to Organizing For America of just $5 or more today. Only you can prevent BRF, because I just found out it’s not covered by Obamacare.

Oh really? We’ll see about that. The Republicans are not going to get away with this war on women with BRF. Trust me on that.

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Out of Africa

“Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road.”
― Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa

Because of the Independence Day holiday and all the other news rolling out of Egypt around the time we were wrapping up our African non-safari trip, I never got a chance to adequately wrap up the highlights.

So settle in with your mug of coffee and one of those really naughty jelly filled donuts that are banned in NYC and get ready to rumble down that road; It’s the very special MOTUS Out of Africa Roundup.

“Here I am, where I am supposed to be.”  ― Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa

As you recall our journey began with the family departing from the south portico to board Marine Won:

Look – a zebra! And we haven’t even left home yet!

Our very subdued $100 million trip – “a nod to the reality of tight economic times” according to the LA Times:

Obama's trip included remembrances of great leaders and reflections on history, but was largely absent the typical cultural scenes:no safaris, no dancing, no posing with tribesmen.

Obama, in one of his few moments working a crowd, briefly grooved with a drum circle in Senegal. The president beamed and began to sway a bit — but stopped short of dancing.

Not short enough

We stopped by the fabled Goree Island, mythically rumored to be the port of slave drivers, butt in reality just the home of a Dutch merchant equipped with a convenient garbage chute to the sea (pre-global warming and EPA).

On the Isle of Misfits

We endured dozens of wardrobe changes:

A few of which you haven’t seen yet,

and some you’ve only seen from the front:

  

There was, of course, the usual adulation of the Won on the catwalk and the red carpet:

“But the trouble is not as you think now, that we have put up obstacles too high for you to jump . . . . It is that we have put up no obstacles at all.” - Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa

Then we hovered around Johannesburg and Capetown waiting for an invitation from the Mandela family to visit the comatose Madiba, Big Guy’s personal hero, for the historic photo op. When the invitation was not forthcoming, we settled for a visit to the prison cell where Madiba was held for 18 of his 27 years of incarceration.

As they pause to enter Madiba’s cell, Lady M’s BRF serves her well. Butt what’s up with that big smile on BO’s face? It looks like he’s having a Bill Clinton moment.

Then it was on to Tanzania, where MO wore several creations from her special “keyboard symbols” (h/t Gerard) collection.

First, there was the Tally-man top, sans bananas (h/t PATAZ), :

Followed shortly  by the “FORWARD!” key frock:

MO struggling with her BRF, and losing.

The Wons happened to be in Tanzania at the same time as the Bush’s. In fact, MO and Laura were on a panel of First Ladies together; you know – the one where Lady M kidded about being held prisoner in the Big White House:

"There are prison-like elements, but it's a really nice prison," Michelle said. "While people are sorting through our shoes and our hair ... whether we cut it or not ... We take our bangs and we stand in front of important things the world needs to see."

Butt mostly the Bushes were there to help renovate clinics that they’ve funded in order to advance Laura’s efforts to fight cervical and breast cancer in Africa. And they didn’t hesitate to roll up their sleeves to help out:

Just like the Wons do! Seen here on September 11, just one of our many new transformative National Days of Service:

As you see though, everyone cleaned up nicely for the memorial to the bombing of the US Embassy in 1998:

“In a world of fools, I was, I think, to him one of the greater fools.”
― Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa

Anyway, I’ve finally tracked down the inspiration for that Tally-man top that Lady M wore while in Tanzania (h/t Blonde Gator). She’s apparently counting the days left in her 8 year sentence.

Although I don’t think she’s the only one marking the days.

 

“Strange how one person can saturate a room with vitality, with excitement. Then there are others, and this dame was one of them, who can drain off energy and joy, can suck pleasure dry and get no sustenance from it. Such people spread a grayness in the air about them.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley

 

Leaving Africa, tally me banana.

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Lady M’s Eyebrow Re-Vitamization Secret

Now that the dust has cleared from the Fab Fifty Fest we can get down to more serious matters. Specifically, eyebrows. I know there has been much interest expressed in how, exactly, Lady M revitamized her eyebrows so dramatically. Tattoos? Asian caterpillars?

You may not be aware of the vast number of options available for this distressing problem. Let’s explore a few of them, shall we?

First there are SmartBrows, which, seem a natural for a woman of Lady M’s educational pedigree:  

Part of what makes them so “smart” is the informational brochure that comes with them, identifying exactly why you need them in the first place. I don’t have room for the entire instructive tutorial (you can study the whole thing here when you have time) butt here are a few excerpts:

Did you know that thinning eyebrows are one of the very first—and most easily quantifiable—visible signs of aging?

The truth is, crow's feet—along with fine lines, wrinkles and dark spots, while we're on the topic—have created a tremendous moneymaking opportunity for the beauty industry. Sadly, though, there's no long-term solution for these concerns…On the other hand, voluptuous, well-shaped brows make an immediate difference in your perceived age. If such a thing as an anti-aging miracle exists, it's a brow makeover.

Wow! It’s like they’re talking directly to Lady M! Her lovely, luxurious brows have, over the years, more or less gone missing.

More help from the SmartBrows tutorial:

WHY BROWS MATTER
Eyebrows are one of the most defining features a person has. They frame the face,

convey emotion,

and, when shaped properly, make the eyes look brighter and the cheekbones more defined.

Speaking in terms of physical features, nothing—other than a full head of hair, perhaps—is more integral in one's youthful good looks than a great set of eyebrows.

 

HOW TO DEAL
In the 1990s, it was all about "permanent makeup" (e.g., getting brows tattooed on)... but we all know how natural and appealing that looks.

Nowadays, there are brow implants, which work somewhat like hair plugs. More natural-looking than the spoils of a visit to the tattoo parlor? Most definitely. Less extreme? Not so much.

Boy! I’ll say! Just ask Anna Pursglove. She sure had an extreme makeover.

Somehow the eyebrows don’t strike me as Anna’s most crucial hair issue.

It’s really too bad that Anna didn’t know about the amazing new SmartBrow:

There's also an under-the-radar product called SmartBrow, which, as its name suggests, is an innovative way to get better brows. What sets it apart from pencils and powders is its unique formulation, which leverages polymers and binds microscopic hair-like fibers to your existing brows as well as fills in any thinning or sparse spots.

Wow! “Leverages polymers and binds microscopic hair-like fibers to your brows,” really!"? And they “will stay put all day?” For only $29.95 (on sale now) that sounds like a bargain.

If it were me though, I’d have gone the MicroArt™ Semi-Permanent Eyebrows route:

They last up to 3 years! Now that’s what I call good value. And not as itchy as some of the other options.

Although, the fullness of your brows may not make that much of a difference for those suffering with BRF syndrome.

For those afflicted with BRF, the best solution remains a good vacation and a trusty pair of shades:

Preferably on someone else’s dime

Or, the youthful, carefree look of bangs:

Although with bangs you need to keep in mind that as the evening wears on, you may need to do a bit of extra grooming:

So, today’s takeaway: if you suffer from thinning hair associated with normal aging, there are now multiple options available, at different price points, so it all depends on “what’s in your wallet?

You should explore all options before deciding because while hair plugs may be the obvious solution, it may not be the best answer.

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