I enjoy fashion to an extent and do enjoy it through my girls but my girls often get called boys because my idea of fashion does not include pink and girly. For example I love sweater dresses at the moment but in navy and cream, grey or muted olive greens. It doesn't bother me what gender people think they are and I am happy for DD1 to dress herself which usually means she will wear blue with blue or yellow with yellow. I let her go to the park or the shops or speech therapy in costumes too and have to say, I think she does look adorable as 'Alice in Wonderland' but that doesn't mean I just focus on looks or anything! I think she is brave and helpful and intuitive too.

I don't wear makeup or anything but I do like wearing things that suit my figure and put a little thought into things. I actually went looking for my makeup today as we were going to lunch with some of DP's highschool friends and didn't want to drag him down too much, he told me not to bother and in the end I didn't because I couldn't find it haha... guess I don't even own makeup anymore.

I have personally never felt any pressure to make my girls look 'girly' or 'pretty'. I think comfort and practicality (toilet training, nappies, knee coverage for crawling etc) are the most important in the end for me. Availability comes next as we get most things second hand.