yes, you CAN soak them, you just don't have to (actually, you don't have to presoak any beans, but I find that most of them digest better if you do.)

Yes, except that women are also expected to be shaved (legs and underarms) and have well-groomed hair. So makeup is just piling on.

How seriously/not seriously you'll be taken w/o make up is dependent on a number of individual circumstances. I've been bare faced for... well pretty much ever (there may have been some ill-conceived experimentation done in middle school). But in my various chosen professions and past-times, it's never been a…

Except lentils! Lentils are ready in 20 minutes. Lentils rule. So, I guess GP rules too!

I have the most magickal of genes such that my hair is different colours, everywhere. Red beard, red pubes, brown head, blond legs, blond arms, black happy trail, black feet. All parts are clearly delineated for the benefit of all.

For everyone else, I guess you just have to ask the experts at Instagram.

I haven't worn makeup for like the last 30 years. Sorry my face is so boring!

I...kind of feel like his shaggy hair was hiding some symmetry issues. Just from a balance perspective, this is not an improvement. Maybe if the cut wasn't so big on the one side? With a little work he could rock a David Tennant vibe. Even the scrawny neck would work for him then.

But how do we demarcate the line between the two? What magicks do we apply?

The lentil joke is old and stupid.

Hey, hey, hey! We don't need to go around disparaging lentils. I might die of malnutrition without lentils.

My family pretty much lives off dried legumes and rice. All of these recipes are affordable for me so I'll probably make them.

Now normally, i dont give a fuck about this bitch, but BEANS!!! yes mam! I fucking love beans! I got to stand behind this heffa on that one. Legumes are fucking magical!

He got laid the night of the makeover, and it was in no way NOT AT ALL because of how he kept shoehorning the fact that his brother is in the Flaming Lips into conversation AT A FLAMING LIPS CONCERT.

Before. Totally before. I love the longish, messy hair.

Eh, maybe it's my fanatical hatred of bangs coloring my judgement, but I prefer the old Amy. Oh Amy, why did you ever change?? *sob*

It's not just you. She looks way better before the cut. The before picture also has the added benefit of kick-ass glasses and don't-cross-me clothing, which I appreciate.

Loving the before - the after looks strangely effeminate to me. The same cut, with less product and a little bed tousled look might be better.

Is it just me or is she roughly 167% more attractive before the cut and...whatever it is they did to her face? Just me? Ok, I'm good with that.

Gonna be honest here. I would have had sex with this man anyway. The first cut would have attracted me from ages 18-25, the second from 26-present.

I mean...no. I see what you're saying, and I think it's well intentioned, but at a weight where a certified professional trainer and exercise scientist told me that they weren't sure I could lose 10 more pounds and still be healthy...I didn't look anything close to that. I was super duper fit, with the resting heart…