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For our post "How a girly girl made serious bank on her startup," Patricia Handschiegel — who did just that with her own startup, StyleDiary — told us that sometimes one has to let the girl's-girl image go. More often, though, a girl just has to make the most of the time she has. Handschiegel posted 573 words on "ways to cheat the system for when I'm too busy to get a manicure or to the spa." Here's a version of you can read on your BlackBerry Pearl:
- How to be a girl and a CEO
- Invest in a magnifying mirror, with a light, for touching up your eyebrows if you can't get them done, and putting on eye makeup easier.
- Take hair vitamins.
- Get good facial and body scrubs.
- Buy a good nail polish and top coat — stretch the life of your manicure/pedicure.
- Find the easy, never fail thing for your hair when you're running late but want to look good.
- Have a default makeup look you can do quickly or on the go.
- Create pre-canned, ready to go outfits. Ask anybody about my black cashmere sweater dress. It has gotten me through a ton of events.
- Moisturize head to toe; include your cuticles.
- Buy hair glaze when needed before big meetings.
- Carry the essentials with you, always.
