I just wait for those cosmetic company “gift with purchase” promotions. My favorite makeup products come from Lancome, Clinique and Mary Kay (great skin care). And I love The Body Shop’s body butters. Well, Neiman-Marcus is having one of its “beauty events”, and yesterday, I decided to quickly run in and pick up the Clinique and Lancome promotions.
The kindly saleswoman who gathered the products I wanted asked if there was anything else I might need, since all the cosmetic companies were offering gifts with purchase for the big N-M event. So I said I’d look around. She suggested I check out a new product they just began carrying, Le Metier de Beaute. The sales woman at that counter was excellent and very convincing, so much so that I let her apply the makeup on me. I ended up buying two eye shadows, a mascara and liquid makeup from her, in addition to buying enough Clinique and Lancome to qualify for their gifts.
What was supposed to be a 10-minute errand turned into over an hour and cost me a LOT of money for makeup, most of which I didn’t need. I’ve obviously lost my mind. So what is it with women and makeup? I just love the stuff and now have enough to get me through the next 10 years, if I wore it every day. Somebody please help me!
Friday, February 26, 2010
My Love Affair With Makeup
Posted by Sandy Laurence at 10:50 PM Friday, February 26, 2010Labels: Smiles
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Sandy Laurence is a writer, editor, wife, mother and grandmother. She's the Grandmothers Editor for Type-A-Mom (http://www.typeamom.net/) and works as a freelance writer, after years in finance for the auto industry. She also actively pursues numerous interests, including photography, gardening, politics, making jewelry and pottery, and loves volunteering for Michigan Master Gardeners, hospice and for the local literacy council as an ESL tutor.
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