It's dance recital time. Yep, that fun time of year when you go to numerous dress rehearsals. Buy extra pairs of tights in the special pima pink color because during one of the many rehearsals, sweet potato pie is going to trip on the stage stairs and rip a HUGE hole in the knee.
It's the time to stock up on 99 cent Eckerds hair gel and hair pins. We burn three gallons of gas and search all the drug stores for the "true red" color the dance instructors require. Only to be pissed off when my ballerina shows up with "true red" lips and third dancer from the right is standing there in streetwalker Ho Red..
I spend an hour on each daughter gelling and twisting their hair into the perfect bun. I apply just enough foundation make up to hold the soft pink cheek color. NOTE TO SELF - if you apply creme rouge to the cheeks with no foundation, the pink will stay there FOREVER!
I struggle to apply eyeliner and mascara. I beg them to not blink and then, yep, they blink and we start over with a q-tip and Mary Kay eye make up remover.
It's a total pain in the ass, but I can totally see why Pasty Ramsey would dress up little Jon Benet in baby formals and true red lips. I bet she had some secrets about applying mascara to a 5 year old.
I do have to say that it is fun watching the girls get so excited about dressing up in their costumes, applying the stage make up and stepping into the spotlight.
They LOVE it, so, I grab my "performance make up kit", run to the theater, take lots of photos and make a note in my Black Jack to buy two tubes of true red next time.
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