Festive occasions: Office Christmas party

It’s that time of year and with Melbourne Cup kicking the slew of festive occasions off, I wanted to do a fun blog about the ladies…and how long it takes to get in shape, beautify ourselves and shop for all the festive occasions that are coming our way…including the infamous Xmas office party.

The office Christmas party is the highlight of everyone's festive calendar. As the last party of the year where people get a chance to let their hair down with their colleagues and forget about their troubles for an evening. The Christmas party is the perfect excuse to let your hair down…and do it up again and get it coloured styled and straightened.

How long it takes women to get ready

The average woman spends the equivalent of 13 days shopping, getting in shape and beautifying themselves in preparation for the office Christmas party, a recent study has shown. The office Xmas party is the most important event in the female social calendar, ahead of a friends' wedding, dates and New Year’s Eve parties.

Throughout the festive season on average the ladies will spend 72 hours shopping for an outfit, 96 hours getting in shape and 23 hours beautifying themselves. 

Women will also spend 63 hours taking advice from friends, 48 hours shopping for accessories and 12 hours on hair styling, including cuts, dying and blow-drying and two in three women will even begin their preparations as early as the end of September.

10 hours are spent looking through magazines for inspiration and six hours spent preparing and perfecting the right make-up look.

Another two hours are spent exfoliating, moisturising, waxing and tanning. Final style changes take up two hours.

Women have more options than ever before when deciding what to wear, meaning they are likely to take even longer than usual. 

Sorry guys, more sitting around I’m afraid.

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