Thank You Kind MAC Goddess

OMG!

I actually was waited on by an enthusiastic MAC person today at Valdosta's premier shopping experience--Belk's.

Blessings on you, kind cosmetic goddess! I have been heaping all sorts of abuse for years on the unenthused wait staff guarding the cosmetic counters, but you have restored my faith in why anyone works at Belk. I know the hours are long, the pay probably horrendous, and the customers even worse. I can say this because I don't have to work with the public anymore since at the grand old age of forty something I figured out I wasn't a people person. But I am a beauty person and it would cause me actual pain to stand behind that counter and watch some of this area's feminine train wrecks waltz by and not try to fix them.

Anyway the heroine of our story took pity on me in my post surgical state and sold me all sorts of toys to take home and play with. I am up, but not really shaking yet. I managed to drag on a clean loose sweatsuit and scent myself. I just couldn't handle blow drying yet, so I went au nappy-al. I did throw in some oil and brush it down so it would quit locking up like it does when I try to air dry.

She had on the fabulous "Strayin" from the new Hello Kitty collection, so I had to have that too. I got the last one.....It's a bright fuchsia pink that made me feel happy the minute I picked it up, plus the tube has Hello Kitty on it. I got the new Cremesheen Glass in Petite Indulgence to go over it. Same bright pink, but I can wear the glass alone when I want a more subdued look.

I also took home a tube of their new foundation, Studio Sculpt. I will really test drive it tomorrow, but it looks pretty fabulous right now. The reviews on MakeUp Alley have been hugely positive, especially for oily skin like mine.

I also got Mineralize Skin Finish in Brunette. It's sort of a baked terracotta shimmer. I think it will look good with a smokey topaz eye and my new lipstick from Victoria's Secret, Velvet Rope.

I couldn't leave without a smokey eyeshadow either because well I'm just like that. I grabbed a pot of Shady Lady; a matte dark purple that should make me look tubercular. I do try to rock the emo/goth menopause look every now and then, but I have always been too damn healthy looking to pull it off.

Anyway, thanks again kind cosmetic stranger for bringing a little color to my day. See you when the next big campaign hits the store!

Love and you so cannot use my new Hello Kitty lipstick,

Cult Diva