Fantasy:
We would play games and wife would do makeup for first time and I would take on a new persona and look pretty.
Reality:
Opps, hard products to use:
-- foundation was perfect
-- blush was perfect, but I put on too too heavy
-- eyes: disaster
- eye pencil was driest and uneven
- liquid eye liner was better but didn't know how to clean up errors
- first eye shadow clashed with lipstick
- second eye shadow was invisible
- wife had shakes and couldn't attempt makeup more than 7minutes, so novice me had to take a stab at it
-- red lipstick was too bold
-- wig was not shaped and looked ugly
And yet it was a big milestone to have wife participate in fantasy.
My first inclination is to cut and run:
-dial down lipstick color to mauve, natural color
-learn to do makeup and don't ask wife to help
-skip eye makeup as can't feel it and needing glasses makes it more difficult
But if do that would miss out on
- bold option for lip makeup
- learning eye makeup
- learning what wigs work and which don't. Mine is a Paula Young large cap, but is too tight to enjoy.
So with all that background, here are the questions:
1 -- do you involve spouse/SO in make sessions?
2 -- how do you decide how much makeup?
- just lip color,
- or lips and eyes,
- or full full ball of wax,
- or something in between
3 -- how do you decide whether makeup process is worth the hassle?
4 -- do you use makeup every time you dress?
5 -- How comfortable is spouse/SO with your makeup decisions? If SO has different expectations, how do you reach a working agreement on presentation?