Issue 14
Cold
Alexis Pleus
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The Definition of Cold, Cosmetically Speaking
I try to unscramble the visual overload of boxes and bottles in every shape, size and color on the counters, shelves and racks of cosmetics lit up from overhead, under-counter and little spotlight lighting to find the one thing I'm looking for.
A decent foundation.
I think I've found it.
"Underneath It All."
Hmm...
I want buff-ivory. The shades are categorized: "Fragile, Cold, Warm and Toasty."
"Can I help you?" says the eagerly approaching cute sales woman of approximately twenty-one, display bottle propped in her hands.
"I need some foundation. This looks good."
It isn't that it actually looks "good"; it's simply the first item I was pretty certain I could identify as foundation.
"This is a great line of product! These products speak to who we are and who we used to be, and it brings those two bodies together."
Right.
"Do you think I should get Warm or Cold?"
"I'd love to give you a demonstration of the entire line."
"No, thanks. I really just want to know the definition of Cold."
"Okay. But first, let me ask you a question. Do you remember when you first
realized your skin had lost its youthful glow?"
~Alexis Pleus
Alexis Pleus is a mother of three sons first, a structural engineer second, a teacher third, a bartender fourth and a writer of life always. Email.
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