Why Powder & Lipstick?

As I age, my thoughts drift back to my childhood when my mother and her friends all looked perfectly made up. It was another era, a more refined time. Oh, how I longed to look just like them! What transformed these women from housewives and mothers to looking like the women I saw in the magazines? Why, powder and lipstick, of course! I know. I asked them. "Mommy, what's on your face?" "Powder and lipstick, honey." "Grandmom , what makes you look so pretty?" "Powder and lipstick, honey." Ask a woman of that age today when you try to sell them product. "What makeup are you used to wearing?" "Powder and lipstick, dear." There may be a lot of product on that face, but the answer is usually the same: "Powder and lipstick."

Certain days, truth be told, I find myself wearing. . . guess what? Powder and lipstick. It's easy to put on before dashing out of the house and it does make you look a little bit better. Most days I add foundation and a little mascara, too, but the "Powder and Lipstick Option" is always there. I sell a lot of powder and lipstick. I always will.