But let me just say how ecstatically beamingly happy I have been since Saturday night. (And there’s nothing like happiness to give you a glow and smooth out those stress lines.) But, whichever way your vote swings, you have to admit, it’s exciting that we finally have a woman in such a powerful political position. I’m talking, of course, about new deputy prime minister, Julia Gillard. While I can’t wait to see the new government sign Kyoto, overhaul the education system, bring fairness back into the workplace, and start treating indigenous and asylum-seeker Australians with the respect they deserve, I have to also admit, the sometimes-superficial beauty editor in me is curious to see how Julia will keep herself so groomed in the weeks and months to come. A bad hair day or forty would be completely understandable in such a high-stress job. But the public tends to be pretty merciless when it comes to the image of high-profile women, especially when those women start to look like they might be letting themselves go a little. Crazy, seeing as they obviously have much more important things on their mind than exfoliants and hair gloss. Anyway, I’m thinking Julia’s chances of frizz will be minimal seeing as her partner is a hairstylist. Clever woman, that one.
