How an Elle Editor Biked to Work for a Week and Looked Good Doing It!

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Finally!

[Emm]

Makeup wise–my dermatologist recommended this tinted sunscreen: http://www.skinceuticals.com/_us/_en/category/physical-fusion-uv-defense-spf-50.htm. It works amazing, especially if you’re pale and burn easy like me. I put it on before I go to work, and when I get home 9-10 hours later, its still perfect, and I’m not sunburned! I wear a light powder over it to which helps control shine later in the day. No need for foundation.

For eyes–I put this on at 8 am, and my eye makeup is still perfect after my ride home at 7pm. http://tartecosmetics.com/tarte-item-clean-slate-360-creaseless-12-hour-smoothing-eye-primer.

I can’t help with hair. Mine is miserable–lots of it, bit thin strands so it’s impossible to style–so even without adding a helmet it’s flat and boring.

Can’t say I ever look “amazing” like she does, but I at least look acceptable while at the office I also can’t bike in using my work clothing–there are hills on my ride and I sweat. I see alot of people do it though and I’m jealous. Maybe if I had a cute bike like she has and no hills on my ride I’d try it 😎

[Tim Kelley]

@Emm 87618 wrote:

Makeup wise–my dermatologist recommended this tinted sunscreen: http://www.skinceuticals.com/_us/_en/category/physical-fusion-uv-defense-spf-50.htm. It works amazing, especially if you’re pale and burn easy like me. I put it on before I go to work, and when I get home 9-10 hours later, its still perfect, and I’m not sunburned! I wear a light powder over it to which helps control shine later in the day. No need for foundation.

For eyes–I put this on at 8 am, and my eye makeup is still perfect after my ride home at 7pm. http://tartecosmetics.com/tarte-item-clean-slate-360-creaseless-12-hour-smoothing-eye-primer.

I can’t help with hair. Mine is miserable–lots of it, bit thin strands so it’s impossible to style–so even without adding a helmet it’s flat and boring.

Can’t say I ever look “amazing” like she does, but I at least look acceptable while at the office I also can’t bike in using my work clothing–there are hills on my ride and I sweat. I see alot of people do it though and I’m jealous. Maybe if I had a cute bike like she has and no hills on my ride I’d try it 😎

Awesome! Anyone else have makeup tips?

[ShawnoftheDread]

@Tim Kelley 87622 wrote:

Awesome! Anyone else have makeup tips?

You don’t need any, Tim. We all like you with your natural look.

[Tim Kelley]

@ShawnoftheDread 87625 wrote:

You don’t need any, Tim. We all like you with your natural look.

If you only knew how hard I have to work for this natural look….

[americancyclo]

I wish the message was that you DON’T need three professional stylists and a $150 helmet to bike to work.

I do applaud her though for making it in all week, even in the rain. I would have liked a gear list at the end of the article, or at least a “3 things I found very useful, and some I didn’t bother using at all” Maybe she can do a follow up article after she gets her own bicycle?

[Anonymous]

@americancyclo 87631 wrote:

I wish the message was that you DON’T need three professional stylists and a $150 helmet to bike to work.

It’s Elle. I’m reasonably sure getting out of bed in the morning requires 3 professional stylists and a $150 article of some type of clothing or other.

[eminva]

That was a well written and thoughtful article. I hope she keeps up with the bike commute.

My commute is a tad longer than hers and I don’t try to do it in street clothes. We have locker rooms/showers at the office so I keep a duplicate set of makeup and get all office-ready after the commute. On non-bike commute days, I usually ride to metro (about 1.8 miles each way) in my work attire. My hair is short so I don’t really have to worry about helmet hair. The only thing I notice is that if I ride after I’ve put on my makeup, the wind makes my eyes tear up. Wraparound style sunglasses solve the problem.

Liz

[Emm]

@acl 87644 wrote:

It’s Elle. I’m reasonably sure getting out of bed in the morning requires 3 professional stylists and a $150 article of some type of clothing or other.

Agreed, you don’t pick up that magazine (or really any women’s fashion magazine) and expect a practical, low cost advice. That’s why when I began biking into work I asked friends, people at the bike shop and random people I pulled up next to on my bike what they recommended and used. That worked ALOT better.

[DismalScientist]

@Emm 87650 wrote:

Agreed, you don’t pick up this forum and expect any practical, low cost advice.

ftfy

[consularrider]

@Emm 87650 wrote:

Agreed, you don’t pick up that magazine (or really any women’s fashion magazine) and expect a practical, low cost advice. That’s why when I began biking into work I asked friends, people at the bike shop and random people I pulled up next to on my bike what they recommended and used. That worked ALOT better.

That’s what I always thought about the bicycling magazines as well.

[mstone]

@americancyclo 87631 wrote:

I wish the message was that you DON’T need three professional stylists and a $150 helmet to bike to work.

I do applaud her though for making it in all week, even in the rain. I would have liked a gear list at the end of the article, or at least a “3 things I found very useful, and some I didn’t bother using at all” Maybe she can do a follow up article after she gets her own bicycle?

I’m pretty sure that the point was that if you already were going to use three professional stylists to get to work, you can still also use a bike.

[PotomacCyclist]

@ShawnoftheDread 87625 wrote:

You don’t need any, Tim. We all like you with your natural look.

Is this thread a hint about Tim’s costume, er, natural look, for the 2015 Phoenix Derby?

[dasgeh]

Admittedly, I’m not a makeup kind of gal, and I won the hair lottery (at least in the sense that whatever I do to it, it looks the same). I was blah about the article until the last page. Awesomeness. My favorite part:

It’s also hard not to be aware of the specific kind of trust it takes to bike—that cars will stop at red lights, that pedestrians won’t leap into the bike lane—because you’re more fragile than a car but traveling at a much higher speed than a person. Sometimes people break your trust, but mostly they don’t, and that’s pretty awesome to be reminded of and kind of restores your faith in man. (See, deep thoughts.)

I’m going to try to channel my inner Dirt-and-Elle-editor on the way home and notice all of the people who DON’T break my trust.

[ShawnoftheDread]

@dasgeh 87672 wrote:

Admittedly, I’m not a makeup kind of gal, and I won the hair lottery (at least in the sense that whatever I do to it, it looks the same). I was blah about the article until the last page. Awesomeness. My favorite part:

I’m going to try to channel my inner Dirt-and-Elle-editor on the way home and notice all of the people who DON’T break my trust.

Trust but verify. It’s not just for statecraft.

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