Vanity/looking in the mirror

Did you not look in the mirror when you washed in the morning?

Me- morning, evening and when I go to the loo during the day. If I'm wearing lots of make up during the day I might check it once or twice more (as messed up make up can be a bit grim) but I generally only wear a little bit so don't bother much.

I don't remember doing so, but I suppose I might have to check I didn't have toothpaste on my face! I didn't have makeup on the day before so I didn't have to make sure I washed it off, and I didn't put any on first thing so I just washed with an Olay wipe, brushed my teeth, showered, brushed my hair and I could feel that my parting was straight enough so I didn't look at that either. If it's a day when I'm wearing makeup I would have checked more.

An ex of mine once called me 'the vainest person he'd ever met'. I don't think he meant it in a bad way ?. Mind you, as his comment was generated by the fact that I'd brought a hairdryer with me to stay overnight, I think that may have been a little unwarranted.

I look in the mirror all the time, am constantly reapplying makeup and tidying my hair. It's not arrogance, though, it's down to insecurity 100%.

Mirrors, car windows, shop windows ... I'm continually checking how I look. Vain? Moi?! ?

Me too ?

But I wouldn't say I am vain, vain to me means someone is conceited (sp?), and I am not that at all. I just like to check I am looking ok, hair is not messed up, make-up not smeared and I don't have anything stuck in my teeth ?

Ooh yes just to clarify, just because someone cares about how they look or checks their reflection a lot doesn't mean I think they're vain!

I think its one of those things that maybe you do as a reflex, so don’t remember it. I know I checked myself today (would’ve had to to do hair) but don’t actually recall it.

I look in the mirror for purely practical reasons- I never have a really good look at the way I look- to the point where I often don’t recognise myself in photos- but I’m a bit concerned once I start looking it will become an obsession (like the way you notice a roll on your stomach then can’t stop worrying about it)

What flailing wildly said...I look in the mirror loads, H is always telling me how vain I am but it really is about insecurity rather than anything else...I have to check I don't look too terrible whenever I get the opportunity!

I'm terribly vain - I have a full-length mirror in my classroom (not installed by me, I hasten to add) and I have to stop myself looking in it all the time. I don't know why; it's not as if I think I look particularly good.

Had a giggle at this thread....because i need to look in a mirror more often than i do.

I often come in from a gig at silly oclock, get the make up off quickly and roll into bed. We don't have a mirror in the bathroom...so a purposeful trip has to be made to the dressing table. Many a time i go all day looking like a panda!

I am the girl who is always saying 'I'm not being vain, I just have something in my eye' when I pull my compact out.

I haven't. I'm just generally checking my appearance. I'm not vain!

Maybe. Ish.

Oh ***, I am terrible! I check my hair and make-up loads of times throughout the day. I am obsessed with my skin in particular. If I think I look wan/poxy I feel unsettled. I also do the thing with the compact-pretending I have something in my eye, to have a random check when in the company of others'. Even on my wedding day, I had a few surruptious checks-I've a small, antique compact which fits within my palm-sad I know!

I am shocking, borderline OCD, when it comes to looking myself in the mirror. Just as Flailing Wildy says though, it is not so much vanity as insecurity. I check for flaws rather than admiring myself. Lipstick/lipgloss is my second biggest obsession, I am forever reapplying it. ?