Are You Yin enough??

At the airport last month, i decided to purchase a magazine in order to kill time in the waiting room....when i almost finalised what to buy, a chick of my age came from nowhere and picked up two beauty magazines--femina n fashion bloom.The look she gave me seeing the Autocar magazine in my hand induced me to write this blog.

So this ones to all my female folks who are nonchalant, laid-back and give a damn about matching their sneekers with their hairpins.Its for those who bitch abt women wearing pink nail-polish which is so freaking girly, forgetting the fact that bitching itself is "being girly" in its superlative form.

Ladies and Ladies!

Think back to the last time you really felt feminine.Chances are you were dressed to the nines for a special event.Hair,nails and flairs all perfectly in place.A dab of floral perfume, wearing lacy outfits, a long relaxing bath--these are little things that makes us feel a touch more feminine.But in the Yang world today, i ask myself, is the Yin in me dying out? i mean lets see,heres a small self-introspection i have done...you do one too, where every yang behaviour gets a "-" and yin gets a "+":
1)I have guy friends to girl friends in the ratio of 4:1 (-)

2)I follow soccer, cricket,formula 1 (-)

3)My fav movies include : Rocky, V for vendetta, 300, Fast n Furious (-)

4)I love playing the guitar but hate cutting my nails for it! (nullified)

5)I love playing tennis but hate getting tanned! (nullified)

6)I love driving and love talking abt engines in d horsepower language with my friends more!(-)

7)I love hogging but i hate cooking! (-)

8)I always keep track of the latest designs at nirvana and asmi (+)

9)I seldom doll up but a dash of kohl in the eyes and some citrus gloss are mandatory(+)

10)I love head banging on loud rock music (-)

11)I love dancing on rajasthani music...with that ghoohghat n stuff! :P (+)

12)I'm always fishing for compliments!! (+++) :P

13)I go that extra mile to keep my feet clean n pretty!(N/A...thats just hygiene!)

As we can see here, the no. of yangs are much more than the no. of yins!This realisation made me infuse and reinstill the female back in myself.So all those who think that they are losing their femininity heres my TOP 5 tips on things that give you the ultimate feminine-feeling!!

1)GHOON-GHOON-GHOONGROO: How can you be a girl and not have tried dancing with ghoongroo?? I mean those little metal bells cling-clang to give you the biggest female high!Incase you think you need kathak/bharatnatiyaam classes to do so...go ahead do it!! its all worth the feeling!Tie a Ghoongroo to your purse or buy yourself a waislet, tie a small ghungroo to your arm or wear as an anklet!Dont worry, the "chan-chan" doesnt make you look like a cow!and the
idea is to atleast NOT look like a bull!!

2)HUE ON LIPS AND HIGH ON HEELS: It may sound weird, but carrying off lipstick is a real womanly affair!For the first few times you wear it, you'll feel that anyone who looks at you (because you wr right in front of him) is beacuse the lipstick makes you look funny!! Then again, when you get out of being self-conscious, you realise that you have eaten up all the lipstick off your lips way before you reached the party venue!If you wear gloss all the time dont think
that one fine morning you'll wear lipstick and it will all be fine...cos it wont!Lipstick is a task...and a greater task is wearing Stillittoes!You should try walking with high heels atleast once a week...the last time i tried that i sprained my ankle :( but really,i have an excuse of being 5.7" tall! If you dont, go high on your heels now girlie!

3)FIT ME WELL:Baggy cargos? Kaka' and Gallas loose T's? Torn and faded denims? Long kurtis?? out of the wardrobe you!! bring in the perfect-fits.When you wear something that is perfectly fitting you will automatically quit the laid-back attitude you had and be more particular abt the way you walk and so on.skirts/tank tops/spaghettis...they all make you conscious abt your posture and gait.Initially you will be a bit self-conscious in order to avoid ugly peekaboos but you will eventually get the drift!

4)GO TRADITIONAL: India is a land of rich culture and heritage.Even in the ancient years,women have always been beauty-personified.Whether its a rose-water and multani mitti face-pack or a turmeric one, whether its a bandhni dress or a jardoshi one, whether its kaajal in place of the l'oreal eye-liner or ethnic bangles in place of trendy bracelets....once a while, do them all!Apply mehendi on your hands and wear your hair in a braid.Make it a habit to wear an indian outfit on a suitable occassion.Grab that rare chance.Wear a salwar kameez to the temple.Try covering your head with the dupatta when entering the temple and you'll realsie that the dupatta slips off every second whereas our small town friends can hold it on for the entire day!!

5)GENTLE PROD: Wake ms.yin up!Tell yourself you are a woman and you ought to behave like one...everything you do, do it with delicacy and grace...the way your hands move when you talk, the way you put the lock of hair behind your ears, the way you laugh, the way you bat your eyelashes(optional), the way you greet someone...everything should be with precision.Nothing should be rough.It should have those perfect lines and clarity...thats the essence of being a
woman.Master that art by perpetually reminding youself that You are a woman...and a woman of style!

Theres this huge misconception that being girly is being dumb.Purple is just a darker shade of pink....You can always be beautiful, delicate and feminine with your grey cells intact!Every woman beholds Beauty.In order to equal the male race we should not lose our female side.Its beautiful being a woman.Its beautiful being beautiful.Why let that beauty go?? Hold that woman in you.When God made a wo-man he just added some more qualities to a man.So be a toughie and not a roughie.Feel the essence of being beautiful.Dont worry even if you follow the above 5 pointers, you wont be trading your brains for it.You will have an added advantage of being competent and ladylike.So be Bold.Be brainy.Be beautiful.Go crack the CAT!and when you do, tell me how!! :D

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Merovingian: Lipstick? Lipstick? What craziness you are talking about woman, there is no lipstick.

-The Matrix Reloaded