I got paid a few days ago for typing up a transcript for a professor in my department, and I decided to head over to Sephora to get some makeup that, you know, was actually the same color as my face. I’ve got some MAC stuff, but it’s the wrong color, wrong undertone, and it makes me look a little bit like this:
Sexy, right? Any way.
I enlisted the help of a very friendly sales associate who helped me pick out some new stuff that worked, and halfway through, our conversation turns in this direction:
Sales Associate: Now, I notice you’ve got some really dark under eye circles–I don’t want to point it out to be rude, don’t worry!!! You’ve just got such pretty fair skin that any darkness under there will show right up. Just bringing it up, since I’m a momma too, and I know how it shows when you’re tired.
Me: Ok, cool! Thanks!
It wasn’t until I was standing in the bathroom after my shower, prodding at my puffy, dark under eye circles, running this particular conversation through my head that I actually realized what exactly was said.
Oh. My. GOSH.
Do I really look so tired, frazzled and old that people think I have children?!? Do I?
I don’t have kids, obviously. But I am pretty exhausted all the time.
Does a thesis count as a sort of baby?
Tags: exhaustion, grad school, makeup, sephora, thesis
Wow! That was pretty presumptuous of the associate. There are a TON of reasons that someone might have dark circles under their eyes, and grad school is probably one of the top culprits out there. Well, hopefully whatever product she recommended will help now in grad school AND in the future, should you decide to have children. Killing two birds with one stone! And whatnot.
I know right?! But hey, the concealer she recommended for me actually does work really well! I just realized that if we do ever have children, I will probably look like I got punched in both eyes, so I’m hoping this stuff does actually continue to do it’s job pretty well. It’s a little pricey, but if you ever need something to hide the fact that you’re exhausted, here ya go!
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P109935&categoryId=B70
Awesome, thanks for the recommendation! I’m clueless when it comes to beauty products. =P
No problem! I am always happy to give out beauty recommendations, there are plenty more where that came from!
We do have two awful kitties that keep us awake.
Good point, I know the feeling!
and as a mama and former grad student, I can fully assure you that your thesis is a damn fine (and demanding baby) IIn fact I am pretty sure that my thesis got more attention than my actual baby the first couple years of his life…poor Evie. that’s sad. Anyway, I was asked one summer when I was working at the beach when I was due….NO more empire waist sundresses for me after that. The moral is, random strangers should keep their mouths shut when it comes to assumptions regarding my procreation. That works best. LOVE you and think you are lovely–and I’m gonna get some of that concealer because not only do my two twinkling littles wear me out, I have Irish fair skin and horrid predisposition to “tired, baggy eyes” ick. XOXOX
Wow! Some people need to know when to keep their mouths shut, that is just plain rude to say things like that! And…that is a reason I try to stay away from empire waist dresses and shirt. I don’t want to give people a reason to say things like that!
And yes, you totally need to try that concealer! Us fair skinned gals need something to hide it when we’re tired. I’m a 1, which is the lightest shade they have.