"Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss." Mae West

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Date: 13 June 2005 10:10:22

On the dangers of makeup counters

A girl loves a bit of makeup. Or at least, this one does. So Saturday came along and after we'd picked our wedding rings up, I dragged my fiance into Debenhams and straight to one of the counters (not wishing to malign said counter or ladies working there I won't mention exactly which it was). "Can I help?" the obviously helpful young lady asked as two others decided in their boredom to scrutinise the rest of the proceedings. "Oh lovely, thank you" I said hopefully, "I'd like to take a look at your highlighter and liquid blusher please". The well-made up y.l. decided to do the highlighter first. Then came the blusher, the very thing I'd desperately desired in order to make me a beautiful English Rose and eternally happy. Slap! Went the liquid. The girl's eyes widened. "Whoops!" said she, proceeding to rub the cheeks vigorously. "Does it last long?" "Oh yes!" gushed she, "you could scrub and scrub and it won't come off! Er...not that you'd need to, ah, scrub as such." Out came the mirror. In place of the English Rose was a first-time skier who'd forgotten her sunscreen. I'm sure I don't need to mention that I grabbed my belongings, grabbed my fiance and hot footed it out of there as quickly as possible. Perhaps she was having a bad day.