Monday, September 30, 2013

Do Not Be Certain of Yourself Until The Day You Die

"Your makeup is a little too . . . dramatic," she sniffs. 

Um, who asked you? 

We were standing in her kitchen, she being freshly engaged, devoid of face paint besides a faint hint of shadow in the dark recesses of a crease. While her nails were brushed with a refined clear topcoat, I noticed that beneath her stockings (she having kicked off her shoes) her toes sported maroon lacquer.

I didn't remotely take her words to heart, since, frankly, I didn't particularly ask nor care for her opinion. 

Now she has two babies gamboling about at her feet, and she sails into shul wearing red lipstick and red nail polish. Yes, on her hands.
See? It's fun to wear color, isn't it?

Or the one who made snide references to my gray eyeshadow, and after years of "tame" makeup wear suddenly showed up looking fabulous with Mac Carbon (black) on her lids? 
 http://s5.favim.com/orig/69/black-eyeshadow-glam-makeup-Favim.com-661872.jpg
After situations like these, I always wonder: When do I get to go around offering "advice" to those who didn't ask for it? Did I permit myself to say to either these two then, "Well, your complexion could certainly use a little coverage" or "Your eyes are dying for some mascara" or "How about a swipe of pink on those lips?" 

To quote Doug Heffernan: "Shutty!"   

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

i wager a number of your compatriots could benefit GREATLY from your input.

Princess Lea said...

But I shan't volunteer it unless it is asked! :D

Tovah11 said...

If you don't have something nice to say....blah, blah, blah. I really try to never do things like that. It's really invasive.
On a nicer note, have you used the MAC carbon EYESHADOW? I want to go and get it.

She was jealous, that's all. Bring you down so she feels better about herself. Oldest trick in the book!

Princess Lea said...

I haven't myself, but I am sure it is a matter of time. So far I opt for deep grays.

On her, I must say, it looked quite fabulous. Nothing like a black background to make eyes POP!