I don’t wear makeup. Correction: I wear under-eye concealer, mascara, a little gold highlighter on my upper-lid, sometimes a little blush, and lip-gloss. That’s it-day or evening, jeans or dress-up.
Last Friday, I had to pick up my daughter’s shoes that had been dyed at David’s Bridal and upon getting there discovered that it wouldn’t open for another hour. I needed to kill some time, so I decided to see if my mom’s favorite store was nearby so I could pick up her last minute Xmas gift. It turns out there was one in my very favorite mall {that I never get to because I hate shopping and I definitely hate driving that far to shop} just 3 miles down the road. So I hit the store, got my mom something totally gorgeous for Xmas, hit a couple other totally great stores {wrapping up my Xmas shopping list}, bought a new brunch dress {you know how I love my DCL brunches!}, and discovered that there was a MAC store right there, too… I was totally amped! Now I could get my makeup test done and check an enormous task off my list!
It was actually a surprisingly fun experience. The girls at the shop were so much fun… we talked about the wedding, and like good salespeople, they went on and on about how beautiful my skin is {thanks, Proactiv} and how excited they are about all my super-fun wedding ideas. It was so much fun to be pampered like that. The last time I had my makeup done was for a pageant I was in when I was 17 {trying to raise money-I was already out on my own… totally not rock-n-roll, I know}. The sucky part is that I don’t have any pictures of the makeup test because I had to remove it shortly after to hit the gym {gotta hit that goal!}. Note: part of my scandalous expense {which will be outlined in the following paragraph} was eye-makeup remover because I was so afraid of having irritated, puffy eyes from sweating my makeup into them during my workout. It was that or the Axe shower-gel samples they have at the gym.
But here’s the scary part. After all this wonderful-ness and fabulosity, it came time to actually buy the miracle product. Four Hundred and Fifty-Five dollars?! Again: FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE FRIGGIN’ DOLLARS!! Apparently, brushes to apply all this stuff {that I’ll probably never wear} are very expensive, too. It was just so much fun and the little compacts were so fancy, I couldn’t resist. I even purchased an adorable bejeweled lipgloss compact for my daughter so she could feel fancy on the big day, too. The husband-to-be didn’t mind a bit, so that made it even worse {his niceness is unbearable sometimes… he’s really just too good to me}. But, needless to say, my $150 makeup budget is totally blown-the-eff-up. After the wedding, I’m going to donate the makeup to my girlfriends who will definitely put it to better use. It’s, like, glamour charity {I know, I don’t buy that either}.
Ugh. Stay tuned for more last-minute budget disasters…
xo
Bekah
WOWZA! Makeup/Cosmetics can definitely be pricey. Lucky you to have a great guy to help out :) That package looks awesome though, & you will make your friend a very happy lady!