Challenge Idea!

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I’ve never done a tumblr challenge. So! Bear with me.

I would like to propose a challenge. So many of us are stuck at home, not getting dressed, not wearing makeup, because “Why bother?” So. To give us a reason to show off our clothes and makeup and good hair days, to get us in the shower and exfoliating and taking fashion risks, I’d like to start a Get Fancy Challenge!

Here’s the idea:

I choose a day, probably a work day so people who are doing videoconferences, and say it’s time to get fancy.

Participants (meaning whoever wants to do it) put on cute clothes, do their hair, put on makeup, and look their best, then take selfies or have someone else in their house take pictures. Then they post them, tag me and tag “#get fancy challenge” and I reblog them.

These things are encouraged:

FormalwearMakeupFancy hairdosDragMakeup risks (goth, punk, that one eyeshadow color you’ve always thought was too much)Clothing risks (those “Why do I never wear this?” clothes)JewelryCasual wear that you just loveFilters

These things are unnecessary:

Critiquing your appearanceCritiquing anyone else’s appearanceFollowing meConventional beauty

As a trial run, I would like to suggest we start on MONDAY, MARCH 30. I’ll put up an entry early that day as an example.

We’re all stuck at home…let’s work on our smoky eyes and screw around with the hair gel and learn to braid and look awesome!