<p>I agree about all the cleavage on the TV shows. Especially the female lawyers. They sure don’t live in MY world! (fortunately)</p>
<p>I’ve been seeing cleavage on the bank tellers at my local branch. I want to say, “Honey–not appropriate for business environment!” (The manager should be saying that.)</p>
<p>Does anyone else remember when bank tellers wore “uniforms”? On Monday would be the blue blouse and navy skirt, on Tuesday the print blouse and black skirt, etc. I think the practice stopped in the early 90s…I guess it was seen as insulting and demeaning, but there wasn’t cleavage back then.</p>
<p>I do a workshop with young adults, recent college graduates, who have been hired by a foundation to do work in public schools as college advisers. My workshop deals with communicating with parents and part of my mission is to make them understand that communication takes many forms, including dress. They cannot look like young teachers are portrayed on Boston Public or Glee or any other show that takes place in a high school. Really, the cami/blazer thing with a shorter skirt just sends the wrong message. And I don’t know which poster mentioned it, but yes, men and especially adolescent boys are distracted by any sign of cleavage. </p>
<p>I wish we had more realistic role models for young professional dressing on tv. Most of the young women I hire are amazing and they get it. But once in awhile, I have one who resists my advice and in most cases have difficulty being successful. Probably less because of how they dress than because of their reluctance to take advice.</p>
<p>I would love to see House act like he really would IRL if Cuddy dressed like that. Instead of making occasional comments, he would be drooling and staring.
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<p>“Is there any place that I can buy retin a (like Renova) on the internet?”</p>
<p>Please, please, don’t try to buy this stuff from shady outfits! The best that could happen is that they sell you some benign shea-butter cream, but you might get some nasty stuff! Retinoids are not very stable without special formulations (I used to analyze them in the good old days), and have too many biological functions to list here. Our bodies are amazing metabolic machines!</p>
<p>Cleavage on the evening news… This drives me nuts. Can’t those ladies pick up a cami or two? Besides covering what’s not supposed to be shown on the evening news, camis can add a splash of color and pizzaz to the outfit!</p>
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OK, BB. I remember getting Renova on the internet a few years back and it was fine…same as the prescription I had before.
I’ll get myself to my dermatologist…just seems silly to pay for an appt to get a wrinkle cream. We have high deductibles…</p>
<p>MOWC- I recall when Retin A first came out and the big deal was that you could not be in the sun; now this was SoCal so that was a big deal, but what about your running? Even if the sun is not as strong where you are as SoCal, you still are out in it? I thought there were negative side affects to any sun exposure?</p>
<p>I just got some night cream w/a retinol in it (non-prescription). Don’t know how effective that will be. I wondered about he sun exposure thing w/Renova, too…</p>
<p>What is the difference between Retin-A and Renova?</p>
<p>Both contain Tretinoin (aka all-trans retinoic acid) as the active ingredient. I think Retin-A is a formulation designed for acne treatment, and Renova is a formulation tailored to wrinkle prevention/removal.</p>
<p>They both have the same active ingredient. I once looked into the acne formulation to see if it was cheaper and it was a little, but it is probably more drying. Renova is a brand name, there are others available.</p>
<p>Nora Ephron wrote a funny book about hating her neck. I never noticed that I have tiny lines in my neck until I read that book. It’s strange, I have very few wrinkles on my face but my hands look like they belong to someone 10 years older. When I started getting age spots on them, I started taking preventative measure like putting sunscreen on the backs of my hands when I go out in the sun, and it really works. They’re still wrinkly but no more age spots. Sigh…</p>
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<p>PRJ, me too! Thanks for my laugh of the day (as I wipe my tears away, but not from laughing).</p>
<p>In my case, its my grandmothers!!! I am built exactly like her. not a bit like my mother which she cannot understand. D1 is built just like my aunt and D2 is almost exactly like me. DNA is interesting.</p>
<p>I haven’t had a problem with sun exposure. Much of my running is done before 7am, but races and long runs are later, of course. I wear sunscreen at pool/beach etc but not to run. No issues.</p>
<p>I’m an apple. They say to show cleavage and that jeans don’t work. Hmmm… </p>
<p>You guys were inspiring me to spiffy up a bit!</p>
<p>CountingDown, I started with “spiffing up”, which made me feel better about myself, and, inspired by this, I decided to give exercise a shot and take a harder look at what I ate - I ended up losing weight. After losing ten pounds (yay!) I’m a slimmer version of the hourglass shape. Pencil skirts are my thing (if they go out of style, I’ll cry!).</p>
<p>BB, pencil skirts are on those perennials that never go out of style. They may not reflect the current big trends but who cares? If you can pull it off, I say go for it. Nowadays, there are really nice variations,like with kick pleats or ruffles at the bottom. I have a black one made out of some kind of stretchy fleece material with a wide waistband that I can wear at any point from my ribs down so can change the length. No zippers or elastic waistband! It’s the most comfortable thing I own and very stylish if I say so myself.</p>
<p>I also have started exercising and what a difference a few pounds can make in how clothes look! Not to mention that my posture has improved which is the most effective way to “dress young”.</p>
<p>^^mousegray, I agree 100%!</p>