Mexanese Mumbo Jumbo

I'm sure guys are, on occasion, boggled by the length of time it takes a girl to get ready. Sometimes it 20 mins, and sometimes it's 2 hrs. It usually leaves a tell tale path of destruction in its wake, involving various brushes, products, tools, make up, numerous outfits, shoes and purses. Sure it's a pain in the arse. It's time consuming. It's possibly even crazy. But really, the beauty routine is a sacred event and should not be messed with. Don't question it, don't complain about it and above all else - don't rush it!

Though my own routine has varied over the years, I have honed my skills to a fine art and rarely require more than 1hr to get ready for a night on the town, depending on how crazy the make up is going to be. However, I was recently reminded how easily time can get away from a gal when she's getting ready for an evening of full debauchery, and it involves a group of lovelies, all getting ready at the same time.

I headed out with some of the girls for a friend's stagette. The activity that kicked off our night was crazy fake eyelashes, so we headed down to Wink in Gastown. The owner, Viv, is the cousin of one of the girls, and graciously agreed to stay open past closing time for us. We enjoyed some tasty bubbly while a few of us got fake eyelashes done. Having never worn them before, I wasn't sure what to expect but after seeing the selection I had to choose from - I was more than excited. We all took turns in the chair as Viv touched up our make up, applied eye lashes and entertained us with dirty jokes. End result, almost 2 hrs later, was fabulous! Sure there was only a few of us that sat in the chair in total - but don't we look puurrddyy??