That's the message I've been sent.
The mirror started to convey it to me a few years ago with a friendly little wink and a nod. Gradually it grew less coaxing and more insistent. Well, these past few months, my ears have been ringing with it every time I walk away from anything with a reflective surface.
So, I have heeded the call. Now, on an almost daily basis, I am...
wearing makeup.
Up until this point, I've been a mascara and lip gloss kind of a gal. I don't like wearing more than that for two specific reasons:
1. The stuff is messy--I prefer to rub my itchy eyeballs without fear of smudges. Also, I like to drink from glasses without leaving proof of my lips' lack of natural beauty all over the rim.
2. The disappointment factor--You see, when I come to bed at night and my husband beholds my newly cleansed face, I don't want him to wonder, "Where's that more attractive woman I've been looking at all day?" (However, I've realized that I'd rather he was a little disappointed at night than all day long!)
Alas, my sense of vanity has overridden both of the above.
I invested in some eyeshadows and have been dutifully applying them each morning. I bought a couple of lipsticks but am not very happy with them. (They always appear brighter on my face than they do in the tube.)
Do I dare admit that I purchased a set of fake eye-lashes? I know that some of you use those and you look quite nice with them on, but I couldn't get them to blend in naturally with the rest of my face. I looked like a wannabe-floozy. That's right, I said "wannabe-floozy" as in I looked so ridiculous that I couldn't even achieve floozy status.
So, there you have it...my tongue-in-cheek confession of what I'm doing about feeling 25 but looking 34.
I'm just beginning to get comfortable with this...
7 comments:
Alas age catches up with us. (we are the same age after all..OUCH!! ) Good luck with your "new face" and you will get the hang of it. :)
im guessing i will hit this point in life as well! im a lipgloss/chapstick girl! sometimes i get the occasional mascara and cover-up powder (i dont even know the technical term!). but when i do wear mascara steven looks at me weird! ha...
<3sweetwater
Um...pictures?? :) And for the record, you don't need the makeup.
thanks to you i have worn cover-up and mascara for 3 days in a row! i think im going to put more effort into getting ready. i just dont knowing that at work awaits slobber, boogers, and who knows what else! thanks!
<3sweetwater
Elisabeth--Pictures? Uh...no, not until the zits on my chin clear up. (Why am I still getting those things at my age?)And by the way, thanks for your kind words, but you haven't seen me in person for what...about 10 years now!
Sweetwater--Just don't wash your face at night and then you won't have to re-apply each morning! (Just kidding.)
youre hilarious! but if i dont wash my face, i wake up with what looks like black eyes! haha!!! and i have seen you within the last month and i can say that you dont need makeup! :]
love ya!!!!
<3sweetwater
ps: i did a new post...and it didnt take five months!
Well, I may not have seen you in person for about 10 years (or more sadly) BUT I see you online and that proves my point because doesn't the camera add 10 years? (or was that 10 lbs??) Oh, well. And I could have seen you, had you called a certain someone when you visited a certain state...but we won't mention that. heehee
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