If you've been reading you'll remember that I was SUPER worried about what sort of clothes and shoes I'd wear out on the playa. I ended up buying some nylon tube top dress things and was worried about not wearing a bra or whatnot. The two long dresses I bought were a fail. They were almost to the ground and kind of hot and I had to tie them up shorter in knots to ride my bike or do any meaningful work. The shorter dress was a win. I think the two long ones may get new lives as knee-length ones soon. I was short on clothes but serendipitously found that I really liked wearing a pretty bra and ruffle-butt bloomers. No once seemed to be throwing up or anything, but I have no idea what it looked like. Mirrors are rare out there. When I was out exploring I got more attention when I wore less, so that was fun too.
My $140 boots I got, I think I might take them back. I wore them one day with two sets of squishy heel stuff in them and my heels still hurt if I stood more than a half hour or so. Is it ethical to take them back because my particular feet hurt in them? It's not like the shoes are defective in any way. I ended up wearing athletic shoes.
My nails held up like a charm! I had them done as short as aesthetically possible and told the technician I was going camping. He put some extra hard gel stuff on them and had no problems.
My hair, oy. I had no idea it would do this, but it dried up and frizzed into this unrecognizable curl-tangle I could barely get a brush through. The playa took much of the purple and all I could do was scrape it into a pony tail. Camp mate Stacy had braids done before she came, and that looked like it worked out much better.
I've been back for 2 weeks and my skin is still messed up and weirdly thickened on the back of my calves. It took a week of prescription cream steroid to get rid of the rash on my arms. I'm sure I got a big vitamin D boost and I have a respectable tan. When I put my regular powder on my face now it looks like playa dust against my skin. I guess I'll pay for that with a few more wrinkles.
I took a whole sack of makeup to wear out there, but all I ever used was lip balm, sunscreen (sometimes), and moisturizer.
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