those who cater to human vanity seldom starve

Section 1 - Hair

1. How often do you wash your hair? every day or two - it tends to be pretty no-fuss
2. What shampoo do you use? Redken Color Extend
3. Conditioner? Aveda Rosemary Mint
4. What other products do you use in it? Aveda Air Control hair spray, and - very rarely - Aveda Color Extend Rich Recovery (deep treatment)
5. Do you buy expensive products or cheap brands? expensive
6. What's your natural hair color? Do you like it? medium brown. It's not the worst thing ever, but I don't seek it out.
7. Do you dye it? What color? How do you do it (box, salon, maybe some other way)? I have it dyed, by a professional, very regularly and in a variety of colors
8. Last hair cut? yesterday!
9. Where do you go for hair cuts? a salon about 4 miles from here
10. Most you'd pay for a hair cut? I pay a lot to have it done right the first time
11. How do you normally style your hair? I rely on the cut to do a lot of the "styling" for me, because I'm spectacularly unmotivated to handle that myself
12. If you could change your hair texture, what would you change it to? curly, of course
13. How often do you get hair cuts? every five weeks
14. Is your hair healthy? yes
15. Do you have bangs? not really, though they're still trying to peek through. I've got a very tenacious cowlick....
16. Favorite hair accessories? plain black ponytail holders or nothing, usually
17. Ever had your hair an unnatural color? What colors? only human hair colors for me, thanks

Section 2 - Makeup

1. What makeup products do you use daily? oil-control powder and mineral eye shadow
2. Do you buy expensive or cheap makeup? medium; not the cheapest but definitely not from a kiosk at a department store
3. Do you ever wear eye shadow? What colors? yes - tan/mink brown, usually
4. Do you do your makeup all fancy for special occasions? "all fancy"? Not really. I suppose I apply it with extra care and maybe put on a little more, more comprehensively.
5. What age do you think is appropriate for someone to start wearing makeup? depends on the person and their situation
6. Would you leave the house without any on? sure - I do it regularly
7. Favorite color for your lips? on a normal day, I go without color. For special occasions, a deep red.
8. Has your boy/girlfriend seen you without makeup on? N/A - but it would definitely happen sooner rather than later!
9. Where do you go shopping for makeup? Target or Ulta
10. How long does it take you to put on makeup in the morning? a couple of minutes, maybe? It's the absolute least of my concerns in the morning.

Section 3 - Body

1. Do you use lotion daily? body lotion only after shower or bath. Hand lotion multiple times per day. Feet before bed.
2. Do you shave? How often and where? yes - all the standard [American] locales, regularly enough
3. Do you exfoliate with a bath pouf? yep
4. What's your skin tone? pale Caucasian
5. Do you tan or use fake bake products? never - orange is not a good look for me
6. Do you have any birth marks? Where? I do, indeed. If you can find 'em, you're privy to this info.
7. Favorite part of your body? shoulders
8. Cup size? adequate
9. ^ Happy with it? reasonably
10. Are you at a healthy weight? for a human, yes. For one of my gender, age, height, and health? Prehaps not.

Section 4 - Nails

1. Do you paint your own nails? as opposed to painting someone else's nails? Weird....
2. Favorite colors to paint them? oh, my own. Huh. Red, blue, green, black, purple.
3. Do you have natural or fake nails? natural
4. How long do you usually keep them? until they die and fall off...? (Another weird question.)
5. What color are they currently painted? a sort of bright dark blue, which sounds more odd than it is
6. What about your toe nails? all that was about my toenails. I only paint my fingernails for very special occasions, since it tends to chip or file off inside books or on keyboards.
7. Favorite nail polish brands? OPI or nothing
8. What designs do you like? on nails? Straight up, thanks.

Section 5 - Face

1. How often do you wash your face? when I shower or bathe
2. What products do you use? Neutrogena Deep Clean Cream Cleanser or Ivory soap
3. Do you ever use face masks? What kinds? very rarely - Kiss My Face All Natural Pore Shrink
4. Do you exfoliate regularly? only via the cleanser/soap and my hands
5. Be honest, do you pick your pimples? nope
6. What do you do with your eyebrows? water twice a month and fertilize annually
7. Do you have any "odd" facial hair (like a female mustache)? no
8. What kind of skin do you have? Oily, dry, normal? dry-to-normal

[from The Cat, who got it here; the title quotation is by Will Durant, from The Story of Civilization]