After my hairdressing shop had their awful fire, it came to me that I would have to start doing my own eyebrows until they got back on their feet. How does one pluck their own eye brows when you need to wear your reading glasses to do it! Well... my solution was to get one of those big ass magnifier mirrors and my Mother in Law just happen to have one she didn't need!
That's when it happened.... that when I actually saw the spots, the blemishes, the lines, the facial hair.. the "old" coming out of me.. oozing like a volcano .... ARRRGGGGH. What an eye opener.. and I instantly wondered how people could stand to be in a conversation with me, while looking at this face. After a bit though, I came to the realization that they were quite use to my face that they looked at each day... it was just me that was shocked that I wasn't the 20 year old beauty I use to be!
This began my new routine in the morning... pluck pluck, tweeze tweeze, squeeze squeeze... I bought foundation, and mascara... started wearing my one 4 year old tube of lipstick more regularly. But, as all routines go.. I did this for a month or soo.. and then it got lame. I put foundation on when I thought of it.. and suffered through trying to put mascara on, like once ever week or so.. and the lipstick.. well, I stuck with that pretty good.. but I only put it on once a day.. thinking it will last all day!
All that said, just to explain my morning routine this morning.... got dressed.. looked in the mirror.. and thought I looked particularly pale today.. so I gave my lips a swipe of this new lipstick that came in a sample pack that Jacquie got for free somewhere.. didn't really like the color but didn't have time to change it. I thought I would attempt the mascara today...
I am not great when it comes to eye stuff.. creeps me out totally.. so mascara is such a struggle for me... and sure enough... went in too deep with a big blob on the wand and touched my eye...
I immediately slammed my eye shut.. and voila...
After my laughter stopped, I thought I might.. first look for my camera, and second, look for eye makeup remover.. which I was pretty sure I bought when I bought all the other crap when I started my "new" routine! Got the picture... found the make up remover.. and spent a minute or two trying to get it all off... realized I forgot to brush my teeth.. so I did... smearing my new lipstick all over the toothbrush.. and my lips... removed that and went back in.. put on my old lipstick and went to work with mascara on just one eye!PS.. don't look at my eyebrows.. that part of the routine wore off too!
8 comments:
Hilarious! I know just how you feel about that looking in the mirror thing! Yesterday at work it struck me that, to the young people working around me, I must look like their grandmother. When did that happen?! Not to rub it in, but you are going to be a grandmother...at least you are going to get the reward for how we look. I had my son so late, I may not be alive for mine! Think how bad that will look! tee hee!
ha ha...I think we all go through that. You need to get a new lipstick!! Four years is too long... I just got a new foundation and I promissed myself that I'll wear it once a week... even if it's to go to the dentist. I don't think I'll ever wear mascara because I can't see any more to put it on without glasses... ...but I do put a bit of shadow on once in a while.
Well I'm older than all of you... when I see my sunspots, I remember all those wonderful days in my youth in the pool or on the beach with never a speck of sunscreen. Those were some good ole' days!!
Too funny Donna! You don't need to change a thing! I love going into work seeing your beautiful smiling face, makes my day!
Oh Donna - I can so relate to what you have written, but I agree with Mary. We get used to seeing people the way they are and love them in spite of their imperfections - we all have them (unless you have plastic surgery...and that's another issue!)
My dad's line is "Growing old is not for sissies". I think I have a better appreciation for it now!
Love ya!!
Debbie
OH Grammie You stop :) You are a stunning beauty !! I love the picture of you putting on mascara - I actually burst out laughing!
I laughed out loud reading this! OMG Donna! You are just too funny!
We love you just the way you are. I would proudly go to dinner with you with your mascara blob because I love...you! Just YOU! Not the mascara, not the foundation (which you totally did not put on for 3 months...more like 3 days!!!!) not the tweezed eyebrows, not the lipsticked lips...I love YOU! We all love you! Thank goodness you can't put makeup on personality becaure I wouldn't want to change yours one bit! If you could put your personality up to your big ass mirror...you would still see the beautiful, sassy, hip, independent 20 year you refered too! Ma maudite...
hi auntie donna it's Emly! i am so excited for GRAMMIE CAMP!
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