I don't wear a lot of make-up. I wear it to work, when I work, but I'm not totally upset if I forget to put it on that day. I own a transparent face powder and mascara. For the occasional wedding, I add some eyeshadow I purchased in high school.
Freshman year of college, I was friends with a girl whose step-mom sold some brand of make-up for a living. So we had a make-up party. Only 6 people went, but we each got mini-make-overs which I thought was cool considering I spent a good portion of my junior high/high school years trying to convince my mom that I was old enough to wear foundation and glitter eyeshadow wasn't specifically for strippers and hookers.
--Side story: one time we were in Fashion Bug getting me an outfit for a field trip or picture day or something because I went to a Catholic school and owned nothing but hand-me-downs from my brother and strangers until I went to public high school. And at the check out was this 7 year old: eyes covered in glitter. I looked at my mom and asked her if she thought the little girl was a prostitute. She didn't think it was funny and STILL didn't let me wear glitter eyeshadow. Which probably explains why I was covered in spray glitter for every single high school dance. It's just so fancy and classy, right?--
OK so we're getting these make-overs in the basement of one of the dorms and this woman is telling us about the products. Someone asked about whether or not the product would make them breakout because they had sensitive skin. I will never forget; this saleswoman said that make-up actually clarifies your face because it brings all the impurities to the surface and pulls them out of your pores to be washed away.
I'm no dermatologist, but this seemed a little bullshitty. I'm a skeptic. I follow logic and reason. Her step-daughter only wore this make-up and fully believed it would clear up her skin, so I kept an eye on her acne for, like, 3 years. It never cleared up.
Take that Mary Kay!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I sold Mary Kay for two weeks. God, did I suck at it. Just glad I realized that early on. That mom was total bull-shitty. But still, MK has provided a lot of opportunities for a lot of women so I still count them among the good guys.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember what company she worked for, but I don't think it was Mary Kay. It was like some middle market between Avon and Mary Kay. I'm not trying to diss a company that promotes women to be their own boss and earn lots of money. I would prefer to do it selling dildos and lube, though. More honorable.
ReplyDelete