Let's digress here. I have reached the august age of 48 without ever having worn make-up (aside from that BonneBell lip gloss stuff in 7th grade). I cannot explain this phenomenon. I mean, I know I can definitely use some make-up. Something to accentuate my eyes and my cheekbones, say, in a desperate bid to draw attention away from the sagging lower half of my face....that would be nice. I opened the catalog that came with the gift card. Let's see...eye liner? Mascara? Some of whatever it is women rub on their cheekbones?
Picture, if you will, a monkey let loose in an Anthropologie store. I could make neither heads nor tails of what I was looking at, though I was fascinated by all of it. I thought about ordering some things anyway and begging a friend to help me use it. But the more I looked, the more confused I got. So many varieties and colors! Pretty ladies! Lips! BIG lips! (insert puzzled chimp sounds here) I put down the catalog, planning to return to it later.
Only, instead of a 1 in 25,000 chance of winning, your odds are more like 1 in 20. How great is that? Just leave a comment below to be eligible. Remember - you've got to be in it to win it!
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I love your blog, you make me laugh. The kind of laugh that is true, real, and kinda ugly looking (think squirting milk out the nose). I wear make-up but barely and would really like to learn how to make those smoky eyes or how to apply eye liner without it looking like my 7 year old did it. And how, how, HOW do you get lipstick to stay on longer than ten minutes? Help me, Suburban Correspondent!
ReplyDeleteGosh, I'd hate not to enter... but I have a feeling my make-up IQ isn't much higher than yours. I *have* worn make-up, but not regularly since 9th grade (1989)...
ReplyDeleteI'm going to feel like a real loser if I only net 5 or so comments here...like having a party and no one shows up...
ReplyDeleteHA! I too, at the lovely age of 31, have never worn more than lip gloss and mascara on my wedding day. Every time I put on makeup I feel like a floosie, but all of my friends even wear it to church, so that can't be the case! :p Perhaps if I updated my makeup box a bit (13 year old compacts and eyeshadows from my last try) it may finally become part of my day.... more likely I'll get a bottle of sunscreen though. :p
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I L-O-V-E makeup and love learning new techniques. And, I am definitely in the need for some as my daughter asked why I don't wear eye shadow just this morning. Um... I apply it every day!
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do not enter me, because i am just like you - i never learned how to be a real girl and just don't do make-up. but i do appreciate knowing that i'm not alone!
ReplyDeleteIsn't your teenage daughter willing to give you all sorts of helpful advice? I know mine is. She wants to dye my hair too, to cover up the gray. She is SO thoughtful that way. Not, however, in a "cleaning up after herself way". I could probably use some makeup, is what I'm saying.
ReplyDeleteMe me me!!! Long time stalker, first time commenter who wants to win!
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The chimp sounds: I HEARD THEM!
ReplyDeleteMy face paint IQ's not high, but I think it might be a little higher than yours.
Signed,
A faithful eye liner and mascara wearing girl.
This is the perfect giveaway for me... I use makeup and I'm CHEAP, uh, I mean frugal!
ReplyDeletePlus, if I won I could tell my husband "It's from that blog from that woman whose daughter taught her friends and their American girl dolls to play poker," and he would know exactly who I was talking about!
I love makeup! This would be super fun. I'll have to keep my fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the long time stalker, first time commenter group!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'd love to win! I love makeup and hair goodies and all that girlie stuff!
I looooove makeup. This giveaway has my name all over it. There are some great youtube vidoes on doing makeup; Don't be scared!
ReplyDeletei'd love to win the gift card (i would actually give it away to a sweet teenager who turns 14 in september). pick me, pick me PLEEEEEEAAAAASE!
ReplyDeleteSame type of leopard here!!!Somehow I raised a female cub that loves makeup. Don't know how that happened but she would love the gift card.
ReplyDeleteOkay, here I am...entering....I really like the 1 in 20 odds! ; )
ReplyDeleteOooh, how fun! Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteOooh! I must admit I do love makeup, but I keep it pretty simple due to that whole budget thing I've got going. Also, my Arab friend wants to give me a makeover, and I want to have some stuff on hand. Pick me, oh gods of random number generators ;)
ReplyDeleteANd I suspect you look good w/o makeup which is more than I can say.
I love nothing more than giving a makeover--if/when we meet I'd love to "do your face." Makeup was something my mother taught me (never wear too much) and I have taught my daughter--though I do go without more frequently than I used to when I was younger.
ReplyDeleteYou should try starting with sparkles and greasepaint. S'what I wear.
ReplyDeleteI like wearing makeup, but I rarely do - too much trouble and it seems with three kids,there are more important things to accomplish in the morning. So I no longer buy, and whatever I have is probably in the dire need of tossing. So i'll enter. Maybe winning will give me that extra kick to wear makeup more often.
ReplyDeleteI have to wear makeup now for the job. Although I"ll admit sometimes I just say "nope" and go natural. But my natural doesn't look as good as your natural :)
ReplyDeleteI feel like such a fraud since all I ever do is lurk. And, I don't have kids, mice, or vomit. I did have mice once but that was six years and almost as many apartments ago. I'm also a poor grad student and about to get married on a poor grad school budget. I'd love to have something pretty and frivolous! But only if its ok for me to be in the uk...
ReplyDeletea post for the makeup challenged??? count me in!!! i've dabbled in makeup off and on throughout my 39 years and i STILL end up looking like a kid playing dress up!!! but there's hope right??? thanks for a fun giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteDon't pick me. I'm only commenting because your post sounds so much like when I decided about six months ago and splurge and buy myself some makeup. After agonizing for what seemed like hours, I bought some cleanser and moisturizer.
ReplyDeleteYou could have used the gift card for bath oils, soap, or some such . . .
ReplyDeletemmm, I loved those lip smackers.
ReplyDeleteI don't want you to enter me in the drawing, I have makeup I don't use much of already.
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@Anonymous - I'm sensitive to so many scents that I have to stick with what I know as far as soap, shampoo, etc., goes. I'm pretty much an Ivory girl. And my poor teen daughter is forbidden to use perfume in the house, for the same reason. No wonder she hates me.
ReplyDeleteI wear makeup most every day. But enter me anyway. I like free stuff!
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