A Make-up about Makeup

Today's entry comes to you in two parts:

Part 1:  THE SHAAAAAAAAME!!!

Well, it happened.  After going strong for nearly two weeks, at Day 14, I failed to post my daily update.

Someone once told me if that if I were a dog, I'd be a collie.
Someone else once told me that I'd be a mongoose, so there's that.

I could post a whole host of excuses, but it ultimately boils down to me falling asleep after about 10 hours of wakefulness and having nothing to write about.  Oh, sweet, sweet couch, you sultry temptress of slumber you.  How many weekends have I sat upon your luscious cushions, planning on productivity, only to fall prey to the comforts of your satiny embrace?

If being a hack is my biggest fear, writer's block is a damn close second.  I am not a loquacious individual, but not for lack of opinion.  I've always expressed myself better on paper than with my voice, so to not be able to command that method of communication can be a bit irksome, at best.

So, by way of apology, I am opening the floor to any of my readers to issue a challenge for me. Keep in mind - it has to involve something related to writing, or something that I can write about.  That said - given that I regularly write about things that I do, the possibilities are pretty open.

On the same vein, today being the 15th of September, that means we are halfway through the month! For those of you who have been reading along thus far, or even for those who just started, thanks for taking the time to peruse my tiny corner of the Internet.  I've expressed quite a lot about myself, but perhaps not explained all of my musings.  So, by way of thanks, I thought I'd offer the following opportunity.  Over the next week, you can ask me any question, request to elucidate on anything I've ever posted, and I will be under obligation to answer as honestly as I can.  You can ask anonymously in the comments, at my email - laiv.wire [at] gmail.com, on Facebook, or Twitter. Anyone who submits a question via carrier pigeon gets a special reward.  Ooooooh.

Part 2:  The Makeup Post

So, SJH issued a quasi-challenge to me this morning when I told him I fell asleep before finishing yesterday's post.

SH:  Doing a make-up post?
Me:  Well.  Doing a post. But it seems a little odd to be doing two in one day.
SH:  That's up to you.  You should do it about makeup.

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Sigh.  Well.  I aim to please.  But - I hope you all recognize how not qualified I am to talk about cosmetics in any capacity.

It's not that I don't wear makeup.  It's that I don't wear it frequently.  I never really used it growing up, unless my sister was in the mood to do up my face for holidays and family get-togethers.  Evidently, the tomboy in me rebelled, and I often refrained from applying anything to my own face until I got much, much older.  By the time it was expected of me, I didn't even know what to do with it.  Put an eyeliner pencil in my hand, and it was a bit like... well...

Same expression, too.

After a few years and a few iterations, I did eventually figure out what to do.  But, as we've discussed, I've never really felt the burning need to look that nice on a regular basis.  Call me crazy, but the shop floor isn't exactly a runway.

But, the gauntlet has been thrown.  A makeup post you want?  A makeup post you shall get.

All we need is a little of my favorite eyeliner...

A touch of eyeshadow...

Aaaaand, voila!

Hey, guys...

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Guys?

AM I CUTE YET OR WHAT

Until the next.