applying masacara to a 3 year old....a tutorial

As you may know, Morgan has an upcoming dance recital next week. At her last class we received a handout giving details instructions on the wee ones appearance. The list included what color leotards to wear with the costume (white) how to do their hair; curls. (thank goodness my child already has curly hair, I would have a panic attack if I had to attempt to take a curling iron to my ADHD-esque child. White bow in the hair, oh no biggie!

I'm thinking...ok I can do this...

The list goes on.

Face powder...not a big deal
Blue eye shadow...ok maybe I can borrow some from the old lady down the street...
Red lipstick....ok maybe we can borrow some from the stripper two blocks over...

Then came the kicker..

Are you ready?

Mascara.

Holy Freaking SHIT!

Are you serious??? How the HELL am I supposed to put MASCARA on a THREE YEAR OLD?!?!?!

My mind can't help but drift to the many times I've applied my OWN mascara that have resulted in myself being poked in the eye and not so distant memories of myself hunched over the bathroom sink cursing myself with tears welling up in my eyes wondering if I'll ever see again.

I had visions of my poor child dancing in recital with one or both eyes covered in pirate like patches...my poor pre-schooler struck blind before the prime of her life by an unqualified mom make-up artist...I wonder how much I can pay one of the other much more experienced mom's to apply make up to my child...

So...off we went to Walgreen's to find the supplies. I was bound and determined to not spend much seeing as though I will probably never be caught dead in whore red lipstick OR blue eye shadow I managed to find some lipstick for 99cents. good...goood...I wasn't about to use my mascara on my child...I have an aversion to waterproof mascara and feared that regular mascara on a child would be a disaster. Thankfully it was buy one get one 50% off...so I bought myself some real mascara and bought the lil stage star some waterproof stuff.

Then came the hard part....old lady blue eyeshadow.

Now apparently, blue eye shadow is back, so every shadow I found was a pretty penny. UGH. Finally found a four pack in the discount section. And...actually as much as I hate to admit it, its kind of a cool shade of blue and came with a rocking green, brown and cool sparkly shadow.

WOW....mission accomplished.



And yes...applying mascara to a 3 year old proved quite the challenge, but overall not as bad as I had envisioned.