Today, before I had to pick the kids up from school, I wanted to run into the mall and pick up a couple of new bras. The ones I have aren’t working with my repositioned “girls”, and I wanted to get something more comfortable than what I’m wearing. Oh, and I needed a new mascara. That’s five minutes at the Lancome counter for a Definicils mascara in black, then off to get undergarments.
Except I took Jim with me. The fabulous lady at Lancome asked what I needed, and I said, “Definicils in black, please.” Then Jim said, “Don’t you need something else?” to me, then to Rose, the person at Lancome, he said, “She probably needs some of everything, do you want her to sit down?”
This isn’t going anywhere good. I have kids to pick up in an hour and a half, and it will take me that long to realize that they don’t make a bra in any store in the mall that is going to be comfortable beyond a doubt. And now Rose wants to do a makeover.
But, my typical method of purchasing makeup has been to just walk up to the counter with my list, let them fill it, and move on. Maybe I need a makeover.
Rose told me I had great skin, which is always nice to hear, especially when you’re old. I made the comment that I don’t buy Lancome moisturizer, because it’s too heavy, and she tells me that she doesn’t work for Macy’s, she actually works for Lancome, and the moisturizer they’ve been trying to sell me is not what I need. She uses the product that she thinks will work better. I LOVE it.
She takes the time to teach me a few techniques that I can use not only with my favorite eye shadows, but also with the ones I don’t love that I got for Christmas last year to blend them in and make them less bold.
I was really happy with the things she did – I don’t think you can see a dramatic difference in the way I do my makeup myself, but there were definitely subtle differences that I could see and I liked. You be the judge –
Oh – and the best part about a makeover at the makeup counter as opposed to grabbing your stuff at the drugstore – the free samples! It wasn’t a free gift day today, but Rose gave me a cutie bag with a bunch of free stuff.
Bras? Yeah, I didn’t have time. I barely made it to school in time to pick the kids up. But I was the best made over mom there!
Pretty!! 🙂
I did the drugstore stuff when I ran out of your makeup :p
But I did Loreal and I’m happy with it. New makeup is fun; it makes you feel pretty and refreshed. Especially when someone else does it for you.
How fun!! And you look great – as always. I’m jealous that you can use items from one line though. My thought process is that no one company can do every single product well so I’m a make-up slut – eyeshadows from these lines, lipsticks from these lines, etc.
I don’t have the patience to be a makeup slut! I get too overwhelmed! Sephora nearly causes me to break out in hives!