Giving up appearances

Recent research by Debenhams has taught us that we must appreciate how good our colleagues look on a Monday morning… its all going to go down hill from there!

Results show that women spend, on average, 76 minutes getting ready for work each Monday morning. This is 36 minutes longer than any other day of the week!

This extra time is devoted to perfecting their hair, make up and clothing so that they can be sure of making a good impression on work colleagues, says fashion store Debenhams.

However, standards slip dramatically with each passing day, so that by the time Friday comes, the time spent on their appearance has slumped to just a quarter of the original figure!

By the second day twenty three minutes will be devoted to their hair, eighteen minutes on make up, sixteen minutes to trying out different combinations of clothes with the rest taken up by showering and washing.

However, this figure falls to just 40 minutes the following day, with time spent on hair falling to 12 minutes, make up to 9 minutes and nine minute deciding what to wear.

By the time Friday comes, the total time spent on getting ready has collapsed to just 19 minutes,  a quarter of Monday’s time.

Instead hair preparation takes six minutes, make up just two minutes and deciding what to wear just one minute!

Time spent in the bathroom remains constant at an average of ten minutes regardless of day of the week – so at least we’re apparently showering all week ladies!

 

Men, by comparison, take on average 28 minutes to get ready on a Monday, a figure which slumps the very next day to 14 minutes before falling to a constant low of eleven minutes for the rest of the week!

This is just not good enough, but totally understandable in the manic world we live in.

Just think what a mid-week massage could do for us?