Women take less time to get ready (NOT BLOODY LIKELY ALERT)

The Evening Standard ^ | October 24, 2002 | Elaine Galloway

[MadIvan]

Women accused of hogging the mirror before a night out can finally silence their critics - they are quicker at getting ready than ever before.

It takes an average of 23 minutes for the modern woman to put on her "face", compared with an average of 90 minutes a decade ago.

Point of order. It may not take forever, but it certainly feels like forever - Ivan

Furthermore, today's men are more patient than their counterparts of the early Nineties, and are prepared to wait for the results of the transformation.

The survey of 1,000 men from across the UK, commissioned by dental care experts Oral B, revealed that 78 per cent wished their girlfriends actually spent more time over their appearance.

Note to my lady if she's reading this (likely) - darling, no sight could be more beautiful to me than waking up to you in my arms. Before you even get near a vanity mirror - Ivan

As women rushed their beauty routine because of busier and more hectic lifestyles, the research showed men were no longer nagging their partners but encouraging them to spend more time making themselves look beautiful.

Like men, who take just 15 minutes to get ready on average, women no longer feel the need to spend hours in front of the mirror.

And it seems London ladies are the least likely to make an effort with their regime.

More women in the capital go out straight from work, leaving little or no time to transform their look.

In contrast, men in the North think their women wear too much make up.

[MadIvan]

Well this is about the UK. So have at it then.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[Tijeras_Slim]

If you factor in my time spent on FR, my wife is a lot faster.

[Desdemona]

It takes an average of 23 minutes for the modern woman to put on her "face", compared with an average of 90 minutes a decade ago.

Either these gals are really rushing through the process, or they're not doing a very good job.

BTW, if you like the end result, why complain about the amount of time it takes?

[MadIvan]

If you factor in my time spent on FR, my wife is a lot faster.

Then introduce her to FR, and it will balance out. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

BTW, if you like the end result, why complain about the amount of time it takes?

It really shouldn't matter in the final analysis. If you are in love with someone, they should still be lovely to you even if she, say, has been down with the flu for a week, wearing an old bathrobe with her hair in curlers. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[Desdemona]

If you are in love with someone, they should still be lovely to you even if she, say, has been down with the flu for a week, wearing an old bathrobe with her hair in curlers.

Ivan, curlers and the flu are mutually exclusive. But I get your point. That doesn't stop the complaints.

[MadIvan]

Ivan, curlers and the flu are mutually exclusive. But I get your point. That doesn't stop the complaints.

Well it's bad luck for you really...you're in a profession that requires makeup thick enough to provide bulletproofing. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[Desdemona]

you're in a profession that requires makeup thick enough to provide bulletproofing.

True. But not in daylight. Besides, my hair takes longer than my face. On stage you get to wear a wig.

[MadIvan]

On stage you get to wear a wig.

In a cathedral? Must be one of those wacky Protestant things. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[maximus@Nashville]

I will pass on the flu, and my wife never uses curlers, but actually, I find the bathrobe her most attractive ensemble.

[Desdemona]

In a cathedral? Must be one of those wacky Protestant things.

Oh, no. For that...hot rollers and lots of Aqua-Net.

Ivan, you do know I'm Catholic, right?

[MadIvan]

Ivan, you do know I'm Catholic, right?

How could I fail to notice? ;)

Regards, Ivan

Who is Catholic also, but not a very good one

[Happygal]

Who is Catholic also, but not a very good one

I dunno. Good enough for me :-) Incidentally my beauty regime normally involves jumping out of the shower, drying my hair with the window of the car door down, and make is applied in traffic. Guess I'm an exception to the 23 minute rule :-) But MY way leaves me more time in bed. :-)

[Constitutional Patriot]

Next headline we'll see is "Men pee sitting down..."

[Desdemona]

and make is applied in traffic.

Aren't you afraid you'll stick yourself in the eye with the mascara wand?

And driving with a full cup of coffee in one hand is hard enough.

[oldvike]

I guess those British gals have finally figured out that you can't turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. *running and ducking for cover.*

;^D

[MadIvan]

I guess those British gals have finally figured out that you can't turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. *running and ducking for cover.*

You'd better run. British lasses may hear you. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[steve-b]

It takes an average of 23 minutes for the modern woman to put on her "face", compared with an average of 90 minutes a decade ago.

Hillary, of course, takes twice this amount of time to put on both of her faces.

[stanz]

Do the female(s) in your life take too long to get ready? My daughter (19) and I had to move to another apartment just so we would have more room for toilet articles and cosmetics.