Cosmetics On The Go

On my way to work this morning, I witnessed a woman putting on her eye liner while walking down a busy street on which I work. A while back, I watched a woman apply mascara while driving her car. Yes, driving her car people! I have seen women applying lipstick, and even blush, while driving, but never mascara. That was new, and an accident waiting to happen. To me, this is worse than people talking on cell phones while driving. To put on mascara, don't you have to be looking directly at your eyeballs? I do, otherwise, I'd look like I was prepping for sunday night football (or getting ready to rob my neighbor.

I was also reminded of a conversation between two women in which one stated emphatically that "no woman should be seen doing her makeup". Not like I care either way, I've just heard people say that on more than one occasion. Then there are those other women who say that a woman should never be seen without makeup, even by her husband. That means wearing makeup to bed. That's insane to me, but whatever floats your boat. Does anyone watch Cougar Town? Courtney Cox demonstrated this perfectly. She set her alarm a half hour early to put makeup on before her "boy toy" woke up. If you feel like you need to wear makeup to bed so your husband won't leave you the next day, go for it. Whatever makes you sleep better at night. Me? Not freakin likely. Take me as "cousin it" in the morning, or don't take me at all. I'm not saying that I look like "cousin it". Close. But not quite. Nothing that a brush can't fix. And that brings me back to TV, where women are often seem wearing makeup in ridiculous situations, like crawling out of a ditch seconds after a bomb went off in a hurricane, or when they are getting out of bed (really, do you know any women who wear makeup to bed?). I've even seen women getting out of the shower wearing makeup on TV, perfectly in place of course. As far as I know, there isn't any rule that says you fellas need to wake up a half hour early just to clear the boulders out of your eyes or nose before we see you, or shave your stubble so your baby-faced at 6 a.m., etc.

Anyway, in conclusion, I just think that applying mascara while driving is a little over the top. I'm sure that you could spare two minutes out of another part of your day to do this. At the end of the day, it would keep you from looking like a complete idiot when you find yourself saying "excuse me Mr. Officer, I was busy beautifying myself and didn't realize I suddenly changed lanes and drove straight into oncoming traffic"!