I have a confession. I like makeup. A lot. Well, not just makeup. Beauty products in general, but with special emphasis on cosmetics. I have a stash that would make a makeup artist weep for joy. The funny part? I don’t even wear makeup that often. I mostly just like to have it. Look at it, arrange it, try it on once in a while. Now don’t get me wrong. I do use my products sometimes–I even leave the house every once in a while! It’s just that the majority of my collection I obtain solely for the sheer joy of owning it. I test each new item, form an opinion of its worthiness, and then file it away in my Sephora brand safehouse. Some items make it into regular rotation–the really amazing ones that are suitable for an everyday low-key routine. But the great majority are just eye candy. It’s a sickness. I hoard cosmetics. The new collection comes out (doesn’t matter which brand, though I do have a great love affair with two or three) and I need it. Limited edition? Special packaging? Be still my heart!
There’s something therapeutic about all that makeup. Often times at strange hours of the night I find myself drawn to my train case. I look at all those beautiful little gems nestled in next to each other, and I’m soothed. I look at my lipsticks, maybe put one on. I rearrange the eyeshadows and palettes, check in on the blushes. I can’t explain this. I have no idea what it is about makeup that attracts me or comforts me. Sure, I like to look pretty. But I could do that with a handful of products used over and over again. I don’t need the ridiculous amount of items I have to achieve ‘pretty’. But if you asked me to get rid of any of it (and believe me, my husband HAS asked) I would look at you like you were mentally deficient or possibly diseased. I’d ask you to step away from my vanity table lest you spread your contagion to my precious stash. Eccentric? Possibly. But show me someone who isn’t at least a little crazy and I’ll show you someone who’s either dead or comatose…or boring enough to qualify as one or the other. And now, since I’m still in my robe and have nowhere at all to go today it’s time to go put on some lipstick…
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