As trivial and sad as it may sound, stocking my makeup bag is something that has been on my backburner for, literally, years. My best friend from junior college (in Canada) used to work for MAC Cosmetics and she would keep me well-stocked with latest foundation, lip glass, eye shadow and what have you. Now, I am not a big makeup person by any means (even before kids I only wore lip gloss and mascara) but at least the makeup I used to have was decent! Now my makeup case consists of a cheap tube of liquid foundation from the grocery store, an old compact of broken blush and accompanying broken brush, the same eyeshadow that my friend gave me years ago, a lip gloss that my sister put in my Christmas stocking and a brand!new! mascara from...the grocery store.
I always say that one day soon I am going to go to a makeup counter in a respectable store and replenish my makeup collection. But when it comes down to it, I really much prefer spending money on Happy Meals (for shame) or fun children's books or even tickets to a kids' show. And so on the backburner my makeup case stays. For now.
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I hear ya! I was never a makeup person. I recently bought some Mary Kay makeup and realized that I buy makeup less than once a year. Isn't that crazy?
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm right there with you! I get yelled at on the regular by my mom-in-law, who insists that no respectable woman should be walking out of the house without SOMETHING on her face. But I think I look pretty cute without it, and who has the time to wash all that goop off at the end of the night anyway. But when I want to put it on, it WOULD be nice to have something to choose from... I used to work in the magazine industry and got free make-up all the time (a perk of being the only black girl in the room--I got ALL the great make-up for my skin tone). Alas, I work from home, now. CVS is about as extravagant as I get. But you've inspired me. To Aveda/M.A.C./Bobbi Brown/E.L.F. I go!
ReplyDeleteUm, Drag Race?! LOL! I'm SO going to DVR that!
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