Years ago, when I started livestock judging, I was told that you would begin judging everything - from oranges to boys and anything in between. Livestock judging taught me to evaluate things with a critical eye and how to rank items. Sure enough, I began doing so. I could never be asked my opinion between two items without giving an itemized list of what was good and bad about each, before telling you which one "won the class". Cattle have just worked their way into everything I do.
Raising hair steers taught me a lot about hair care, more so than any of my friends could! I learned to tease my hair from balling tails on steers. I also learned really great hair tricks from working hair on my cattle (Revive makes pretty awesome conditioner and vinegar is great monthly hair treatment!) Recently, I bought some new mascara, as I have affinity for big eyelashes and it is the only makeup I use. The package arrived in the mail and I couldn't wait to try it out! Step one, apply normal mascara lightly. Step two, apply transpiring gel, then quickly apply lash builder. Step three, apply final coat of transpiring gel. As I completed this process and my eyes transformed into big and beautiful, there was but one thing I could think of. This is EXACTLY how I have twined legs on steers! The transpiring gel is tail adhesive and lash builder is the twine!
This is the moment when I truly realized how much cattle are a part of my life, and I might just be a little crazy about my cows. So while you ladies are out learning new tricks to dress up, I'm finding new ways that I can apply those same tips and trends to my cattle!
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