ok...i have never been "cute" for competitions..usually the guys take longer to get ready than i do!! if you aren't a morning person (like me) i'd say take your shower at night..get up about 15 minutes before you have to meet the rest of your team...wash your face, brush your teeth, put deodorant on, get dressed (in the clothes you laid out the night before), slap your hair up in a pony tail and you're ready to go!
you're most likely going to get dirty anyway..so who cares??

what's wrong with looking feminine?
 

So I assume you got the marker off by now??? What worked?? Just for future reference that is... lol

Must of it was taken off with nail polish remover as alot of it was on her hands and face. I don't know how the stuff on her face was taken off since I just told her all the ideas you guys gave me and she might have used all of them

I made a head band from zip ties. I didn't need it, but it's awesome. I also made a necklace out of a bent counter-sink (sp?) screw on a string! =D


Fortunately I'm not in to the "girly" stuff. So I'm not really worried about "beauty tips." It's like: Eyeliner, hair isn't messy, eyebrows aren't messy, nothing in your teeth...yeah

Nuh uh! I had 3 tattoos on my face 2 days in a row and they never got smeared. They just sort of faded away...

Eck. Beauty. Who cares? Batbot is pretty for us =P The only thing even remotely beauty related I can think of is my choker....the choker is made out of computer cable, crimped at both ends with a male and female connector (how it stays on) and the pendant on it is a slice of aluminum extrusion that's attached to the cable by copper wire...

Doubles as a weapon!

FIRST Girls
 

I don't know about any other guys, but i'm the kind to find a girl more attractive covered in grease/paint/saw dust/metal shavings etc. ... hey, call me a geek, but whatever...

It just means to me that she has substance to her... more than just standing around and being a conversation piece, she's a get up and go type, and that's just really sexy.

so you go girls, don't worry about to much at competition... t-shirt, shower, deodorant, probably good enough....

Re: FIRST Girls
 

If you only had any idea how reassuring this is.
(p.s. - no pants, eh? :D)

To tell the truth, the girls that sometimes try the hardest to look like this are the ones that really aren't involved with the robot enough to look like that normally.

But it's FIRST boys like you that reassure us grungy girls. :)

OK so I forgot the pants.... :D

along those lines and considering safety, girls especially need to not wear sandals or other open toed shoes to competition. It would really really be bad to drop a robot on your foot if you had sandals on... so please ladies, save those for the beach and wear sneakers or something like that...

additionally, long pants... you have no idea how many times i've slipped a drill bit and hit my legs... only to be saved from a nice gash by a pair of jeans....

other safety related clothing considerations.... short sleeves, so as not to be caught up in moving parts... glasses ( the impact proof kind... ) Smith and Wesson makes some very stylish safety glasses... :yikes:

just my $0.02

My beauty tip for everyone:

Unflavored gelatine and elmers school glue can do wonders for your hair style!

Unless you don't know what you are doing and end up like I did last year.

If you want help with glue hairstyles, I think Josh here would be the one to ask. :D

I worked on the robot in high school...I wasn't in the pit area though, because there were lots of us, and the main people worked in it....but like...just because i got all cute for the competitions didn't mean that i was lazy and did nothing....i like to look good and wear make up...thats just who i am....

That's the most beautiful piece of jewelry I've ever heard of!!! :D

Haha, why thank you! The other driver of the team has a necklace EXACTLY like mine, only the pendant is a big washer ^_^'