Becoming High Maintenance

I have always been the tallest and biggest framed girl out of all of my friends. All my friends are naturally beautiful and are aging wonderfully. Even the few I have been fortunate enough to find again thanks to face book, are as beautiful as we were in our teens. I never considered us to be high maintenance. A night out meant scrunching my hair, putting on some bronzer and some mascara.

In the last few years I have discovered that high maintenance is different to what I had always thought. It isn't about the amount of makeup you wear or the $$ spent on clothes. I am proud to say that I am becoming high maintenance.

After years of binge drinking, binge eating, 4 children and sporadic attempts at fitness, the time has come to take care of me. This is not just for me but for my family as well. When I am feeling good and looking after myself I am a happy person.

I now have a beauty regime with scrub, mask and moisturiser. I also get regular waxing and have started going to a hairdresser to get my locks looked after. This week I also started at the gym and bought a new pair of sneakers.

So for years I was defining High Maintenance as a girly girl with heaps of time to make herself up. When in fact, I believe it is respecting yourself and looking after yourself.

This week I am back to the gym. I also have an appointment with two beauticians. 1 to get a patch test for IPL hair removal and the other to remove a tattoo.

My name is Shelley Peers and I am high maintenance.