Getting that New Look

Up until recently I didn't spend a lot of time or money on cosmetics. While the kids were growing up I didn't have the spare cash and when they'd left home, I didn't seem to feel the need. Like a lot of moms, I just managed with what I had always been using. Then one day I caught sight of myself in a mirror in a really good light. Wow! My skin looked tired and very very dry. That part of me which was used to "managing" protested a bit but next thing I found myself in a department store looking around the many beauty products at the various counters. I finally settled on Clinique, which I have used in the past.
I must admit I felt a bit awkward. I'm a granny, for goodness sakes, and here I am asking for advice from a young, very glamorous woman as if I were a gawky teenager. Maybe because of my embarrassment (if you could call it that - it does take a lot to embarrass me) I was treated with the utmost courtesy and consideration. The beautician was most charming. She sat me down, looked at my skin which is both dry and red, and listened to what I wanted. She then applied Clinique redness solutions, a daily protective base moisturizer, followed by Clinique redness solutions makeup. To top it off she added a dash of Clinique sunkissed true bronzer pressed powder. I must admit I was a bit dubious about the bronzer. True, I had just returned from a month on the continent visiting my daughter and her family and we did have very hot sunny days, but still I didn't want to look like I was in disguise or something. I am still not too sure about it. Last time I went out with the "girls" one of them asked me if I'd been sunbathing...For evening wear, though, I think the bronzer looks OK.
Of course I forked out much more money than I had ever paid for makeup in the past. But as the slogan says, I suppose I'm worth it. At any rate, by the time I got home, I felt pretty good and wondered why I'd never indulged myself before.
I just might book myself in to one of those beauty treatment places where you get facials and pedicures and lounge around in a robe reading magazines with names like Homes and Gardens and Best Holiday Destinations. Bring. It. On.