On occasional Wednesdays, I offer tips for adulthood.
I’m not exactly what you’d call a girly girl. I hate shopping, I rarely purchase clothes and I only really began wearing make up regularly five years ago when I started my most recent job.
So when my 22 year-old niece recommended me for a free makeover/photo shoot, I was initially skeptical.
“It’s fun!” she insisted.
“Yeah, I’m sure it is, but you’re 22 and I’m…not,” I answered.
When the call from the salon initially came through, I politely declined. But when they later followed up with a text, I found myself wavering.
I’ve only had someone show me how to apply makeup once in my life, another freebie back when I was much younger and first out in the working world. Back then, someone told me that figuring out how to style yourself is all about seasons – and my coloring renders me “Winter” – but I never bothered to investigate what that really meant. More to the point, that was like 20 years ago and I felt like it might be time for a”refresher” course. It was.
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Image: YSL Baby Doll eyeliner 11 Light Blue by Heidi Uusitorppa via Flickr.com
