Day 23
Oh dear. Yeah … that’s about as nice as I can put it at the moment.
I decided, on some ridiculous whim, to take a jaunt over to the local “mall” this past weekend. It’s not much of a mall anymore – in the traditional sense – more like a location of stores close together as nothing is enclosed anymore. In any case – there is an anchor department store that has a rather large cosmetics section and I thought I’d go in for some advice.
Oh dear.
You have to know something about me … I sold Mary Kay Cosmetics for 23 years. I started before I was even pg with Ted … so, a LONG time ago. I became a director in, at that time, nearly record time. Had my unit, got a car, things were good. And then I got tired of babysitting women who didn’t want to do their business and just wanted to chat over coffee and I was pg and blah blah blah … I decided to let go of the unit and just sell the products. And I did for a long time until I didn’t like the direction the company was taking after Mary Kay’s passing (and more blah blah blah) so I retired from hawking lipsticks and cleansers. In any case, I kind of know about this stuff. Kind of.
And well, oh dear.
I approached a rep (from a brand that will remain nameless) and asked for a skin and color consultation … and any ideas she could possibly throw my way. And I picked a rather normal looking gal. Not one that looked so made up I could dig my fingernails (if I had any) into her foundation, knuckle-deep, before actually reaching skin. So, she was pretty “natural” in her made-up way.
And I was not disappointed in her sales ability! I was shown every conceivable piece of inventory they had on hand – whether or not it was for my skin type or coloring (my guess is sales have been low!) … told I NEEDED (as in I could quite possibly DIE without said products) this, that and many other things.
Huh – who knew I couldn’t live without a “moisture surge face spray thirsty skin relief” spray on hand at all times – just in case my skin got … well, THIRSTY!? (And it was only $21!! And we are not talking Costco-sized bottle here … this was a “tuck in my purse and then forget it’s there cuz it’s so tiny” size.) I asked her why I just couldn’t use WATER on my face? I didn’t get an answer that made me believe I couldn’t live without this. Huh.
After about 40 minutes (and her still not really telling me much about my skin type or anything I didn’t know – which in all honesty has kind of sifted out of my brain) I decided I had to go … and would consider what she had suggested. (Not really.) Would I like to have a list of all the products? Sure, why not! So, she made one … a nice long one and if I ever sell my house the money I make on it might just cover the cost of the cosmetics she suggested.
For now I think I’ll stick with what I’m using … I think the brand is called “Good and Cheap”!