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"Help me, Obi-wan Kenobi"
Feb. 26th, 2021 10:03 am.
Although it's not that dire. The thing is, I don't know what I don't know.
A few days ago, I saw this delightful piece of art at AO3. Part of the comment I left for the artist said, "Did Joe lose a bet? Is he sleeping and staying asleep through the procedure because his subconscious is comfortable with Nicky right beside him? Are they going to some kind of gay gala tonight? Oh, the possibilities..."
And I left it at that -- I thought. Unfortunately, the idea won't let me go, and my muse insists that I write the story. But I have a big problem... I've worn makeup maybe six times in my entire life, and the last time was 30 years ago. (Stage makeup doesn't count; it's a whole different beast. But that also ended 30 years ago.) As regards makeup for going to some big shindig, I know nothing, and don't even know what I don't know. I've been searching google images and youtube, and I'm floundering.
So I'm hoping some of my friends' list have experience -- or just ideas of what you'd like to see -- and can offer some suggestions and/or good links to research. I don't even know what to ask. Do you think heavy "glam", or subtly enhancing the eyes? What colors?
And -- it just hit me this morning -- Nile wears beads in her hair. (No not in the movie. But post-movie, hair-beads could definitely be a thing.) Would Joe wear beads in his beard? (I want Joe to wear beads in his beard.)
Any help you can offer would be deeply appreciated. And not just for Joe -- once Nile gets started, everyone will want her to do them, including Booker and Quynh. (Everybody lives, nobody dies, they're all back together and we don't need to know how or why.)
I feel kind of silly, tackling a subject about which I know so little, but I can't stop grinning about the idea of Nile doing makeup for everyone, so onward and upward.
.
Although it's not that dire. The thing is, I don't know what I don't know.
A few days ago, I saw this delightful piece of art at AO3. Part of the comment I left for the artist said, "Did Joe lose a bet? Is he sleeping and staying asleep through the procedure because his subconscious is comfortable with Nicky right beside him? Are they going to some kind of gay gala tonight? Oh, the possibilities..."
And I left it at that -- I thought. Unfortunately, the idea won't let me go, and my muse insists that I write the story. But I have a big problem... I've worn makeup maybe six times in my entire life, and the last time was 30 years ago. (Stage makeup doesn't count; it's a whole different beast. But that also ended 30 years ago.) As regards makeup for going to some big shindig, I know nothing, and don't even know what I don't know. I've been searching google images and youtube, and I'm floundering.
So I'm hoping some of my friends' list have experience -- or just ideas of what you'd like to see -- and can offer some suggestions and/or good links to research. I don't even know what to ask. Do you think heavy "glam", or subtly enhancing the eyes? What colors?
And -- it just hit me this morning -- Nile wears beads in her hair. (No not in the movie. But post-movie, hair-beads could definitely be a thing.) Would Joe wear beads in his beard? (I want Joe to wear beads in his beard.)
Any help you can offer would be deeply appreciated. And not just for Joe -- once Nile gets started, everyone will want her to do them, including Booker and Quynh. (Everybody lives, nobody dies, they're all back together and we don't need to know how or why.)
I feel kind of silly, tackling a subject about which I know so little, but I can't stop grinning about the idea of Nile doing makeup for everyone, so onward and upward.
.