how do you keep your sexy??

[healthcarefome]

ok - listen - First this is a second career for me and- Two, Cosmetolgy was my first for many years.

I am so accustomed to the world of beauty as I know it with glamourous hair and well manicured nails and such and I feel like I am always this plain Jane all the time. I just wanna run out and get a nice french manicure, french pedicure and stick my foot in a sexy shoe, not some danskos -you know? I am sick of this dog gone pulled back look and or ponytail. I just feel so un-sexy all the time and it starting to affect my self esteem. Not that any of that makes you, but it has been a part of me for so looooong. You know how it is when you get done up and you get an instant bit of swagger in your walk. I'm having some trouble adjusting sometimes. I don't feel like this most days at all but when I do - boy do I feel it. When off the clock, I'm too tired to even care about sexy. It's so sad, because all I do is find some more unsexy clothes like sweats when off the clock- so I am constantly in a state of unsexy.

So what do you do to preserve your sexy??

[Hygiene Queen]

Yes, there is a time where certain sexy looks must STOP.

What is sexy for one age group is NOT sexy for another.

I can make a million jokes along these lines, but I'll be good and let it slide.... for once.

[lovehospital]

It answer to "I'm 26" Not right now, but in five to ten years it will be.......there comes a time when every women has to stop doing things.....think about it.

Then I guess all the movie stars like Angelina Jolie,Kate Beckinsdale,just to name few should stop wearing nice fitting jeans because they are past their 30..hmm

Interesting theory but very faulty...

[lovehospital]

I judge my coworkers on how good they are nurse wise and how sexy they are, having one is good, having both is a blessing. And sorry, I do laugh at the ones who wear way to much make-up or have a can of spray in their hair. Ohh and also the ones who are a bit thick around the middle or on the bottom and wear scrubs that look like they were made for my tall, lanky, stick-thin 14 year old son. The other posters are right, sexy comes naturally, either you have it or you don't, and I prefer to surround myself with eye candy as much as possible, if you are finding youself trying too hard-your not sexy. And by the way, super tight scrubs are REALLY sexy on big, buff men!!

I rather look beautiful and smart than sexy,sexy to me sometimes indicate trashy,I dont know why people think looking sexy means success,to me this is just funny...you attract a wrong type of people that is for sure!!

[lovehospital]

And to clarify I got good genes from my mother,I got better with age...

[I_LOVE_TRAUMA, RN]

sexy and successful are too totally different things, however sexy in no way = trashy! And being sexy does not attract the wrong type of people, that is just ludacris. I am successful because I have had a wonderful management job for the last 8 years, and I am maitaining a 4.0 in my MSN prgram, I am sexy, well just because I am. And I did not attract the wrong type of person, I have been married to my WONDERFUL, equally sexy husband since I was 17, only man I have ever been with. He is a supportive, caring, wonderful man, and father of our 3 kids, and he goes out of his way everyday to remind me he thinks I am smart, beautiful and sexy, and the only woman he ever wants, if that is the wrong type of person, I don't want to be right, and if only being with one person makes you trashy then I guess I am. And I get just as many comments on my brain as I do for my looks. And no, he won't be cheating on me anytime soon, sexy/smart also does not equal shallow, I don't even understand where that comes from. More than anything, like some other posters said, sexy = confident, IMO anyone who wants to put a bad spin on it lack a lot of self-confidence.

[Iam46yearsold]

I'm 26 and way beyond college years,and I still wear tight pants and tight tank tops (not heavy make up or short skirts) and I dont think that this is pathetic at all!:)

Nor do I. I wear them also and I look good in them. I carry it off quite well.

[flygirl43]

I think tight tank tops at work is pretty unprofessional....at home, very different. And to those of you that think spending money on yourself (not always glossy nails and big hairdos, but what about the gym, a good diet and a little plastc surgery) think that we are trying to attain something that isn't real. I don't remeber hearing your DEAD at 45. 45 can be very very hot if you take care of yourself, and I do. Yes Ive had "some work" but if you hang out with the surgeron from plastics, who hasn't ? I love spending $500 on an outfit and getting my hair done regularly. Im not dead (except at work) IM FEMALE AND I LOVE IT

[Equinox_93]

And by the way, super tight scrubs are REALLY sexy on big, buff men!!

Sure- until they go to do a transfer and the crotch seam splits to reveal their Pokemon boxers...

[Equinox_93]

And to clarify I got good genes from my mother,I got better with age...

... You're 26... That's hardly "with age" :wink2:

[LilyBlue]

I dress modestly though attractively at work (don't want to give patients any reason to think all those nurse Mediaos are reality). I make sure you aren't getting a super shot of cleavage when I bend over to listen to your bowel sounds. I wear a little makeup, nothing that screams Tammy Faye...

I recently commented that I don't look good in red, and a male nurse I work with (whom I hold in high regard) said that I look good in anything...that made my night. :)

I agree trying to hard is not sexy...but you're not an asexual person just because you're at work either. Some people exude sexuality even in baggy sweatpants (not claiming I'm one, but I admit it exists!) And a lot of that is the way they carry themsevles. The older I get, the sexier I find someone's BRAIN.

[flygirl43]

Lilyblue has the scoop!

[LilyBlue]

I'm in shock that some people met during code,I dont think this is the right place nor right moment to "fall in love"

I'm sorry I had to get this off the chest...this was bugging me since sometime ago...mainly because I read another "romantic" story about how a nurse met her "love" during a code.I dont know how about everyone else but when I see a someone coding I only think about that patient,let alone to think about romance.

In a moment I know I will be flooded with criticism,but I couldnt help myself.

See, it makes perfect sense to me that people would become attracted to each other in a dire situation - adrenaline is sexy, and if you find someone competent and in control, you're going to think about that later...I doubt they were standing there having hearts come out of their eyes (like in cartoons) while the patient lay untouched in V-fib. Come on!