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July 6, 2013
By Phoebe Bruce SILVER, Fownhope, Other
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I am fascinated by the way women put their make-up on.
The precision and time that it takes for them to feel more confident about themselves is amazing.
I can't stop staring at the way they etch on lines of eyeliner
dust hues of green shadow onto their eyelids
and rub foundation over their already beautiful face.
It is endlessly fascinating and it never ceases to bewilder me.
They're just correcting something that was never wrong.

© Bayta R., Beverly, MA

The author's comments:
I was watching my friend put her make-up on in the morning, after I had stayed at her house. She is so beautiful, even when she is a natural bed head, yet watching her take all of that time to try and make herself look as she wants, just, bewildered me.
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