My name is Michelle, and I am a beauty product junkie. (Hello, Michelle.) Five cabinets in two bathrooms in my home are overflowing with shampoos, conditioner, lotions, face creams, nail polishes, body sprays, exfoliating scrubs, depilatory creams, shaving creams, hair gel, mousse, pomade, wax, foundations, eye shadows, mascaras, blushes, powders and tons of tiny bottles of products taken from hotels.
I have envied/pitied women whose makeup bag is a small, flaccid pencil case that contains a compact, mascara and a lipstick. They have found a look and stuck with it. They know their foundation shade (06 golden), use the same color eye shadow daily, and wear a lipstick until the tube runs out.
On the other hand, I began my makeup career with a two-tray Kaboodle and never looked back. I have since graduated to a tackle box after my husband ridiculed me for still using a Kaboodle at age 29.
I will never be happy with one shade of lipstick, one bottle of perfume or one tube of hair product. Just as Carrie Bradshaw lusted after a gargantuan clothes closet, I may someday need a beauty closet, with shelf after shelf of unguents and tonics.
Now I’m salivating.
thanks for mentioning Barack Obama’s Hart Schaffner Marx suit! Best, Lisa