As many directions as my mind wanted to go with the prompt, this is what I thought of. How many years of putting on mascara only to have it clump or smear. I haven’t worn makeup for at least a decade. Between eyes that are smaller than they were before, not to mention the crop of wrinkles begetting wrinkles, I don’t have a mirror situation to work with my old eyes and inability to stand that long. Not too mention so many other things calling me to get busy. All more fun than makeup. Though, I do enjoy nail polish, a pluck or lotion. But yarn! Diamond painting! The newest binge or book. All far more fun than standing in front of a mirror attempting facial improvement.
I used to have a vanity I inherited from my grandmother. It smelled of her perfume and powders.
“Yesterday…”
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That’s a good one for clump – mascara! I still do my morning makeup but it only takes a few minutes. I like that vanity. I bought one at a yard sale one time & liked it, but trying to do my makeup with the mirror so far away from where you sit, I couldn’t see what I was doing! haha. Later on I did get rid of the vanity. 🙂
Ha! That is one reason I got rid of the vanity. I couldn’t see me any more. None of the mirrors in this house work well enough to see that closely. But I do miss the powder smells of my grandmother.
I’m still too vain to go without makeup, but yes, the wrinkles are starting to make it more difficult and the last thing I want is to look like a clown! So far, it’s not that bad, and I feel better about myself when I wear it. To me, I look sick, pale, and sad without it.
I rarely ware makeup nowadays either! Only for a special occasion! Your right, there is definitely lots of other more fun stuff to get absorbed in!
It’s funny to think there were days I wouldn’t go anywhere without it but now I don’t think it improves. And it is nice not to be so obsessed with how I look. I still want to be presentable but comfort matters more, now, too.