Eye Owe You

[ladysprite]

So last night was the Big Deal Photo Shoot for the Boston Babydolls, the fabulous burlesque troupe that my snake and I shall soon be performing with. It actually turned out to be a lot of fun, if not quite what I was expecting. Either way, we both survived, and everyone seemed to like Orpheus and at least tolerate me.

There were professional hair and makeup people at the studio, for the purpose of turning us from mild-mannered engineers, veterinarians, and office-workers-by-day into Spangled Hussies Of The Night, which was a fascinating transformation to watch. My own razor-straight, thread-fine hair was teased, coaxed, and shellacked into an utterly amazing confection of pincurls and cascading spirals, which amazed and amused me endlessly.

In fact, I was so intrigued by the spectacle of my own hair that I utterly failed to notice that the makeup girl apparently drew my eyeliner on with a Sharpie instead of an eye pencil. At least, that is the only logical explanation I can come up with for the fact that nearly 24 hours later, after washing my face half a dozen times, showering twice, and scrubbing myself almost raw, I am still wearing more eyeliner right now than I have cumulatively in my entire previous life.

It's not too bad, honestly - the repeated washings have removed the rest of the eyeshadow, so I no longer look like a poster girl for the Battered Raccoons Shelter. On the other hand, given my already disproportionately big eyes and the magnifying effect of my glasses, I now look like I'm permanently surprised.

At least I won't have to put any more on for quite some time.....

Comments

[tafkad.livejournal.com]

Wonderful description! Please upload pictures!

[new-man.livejournal.com]

THe pictures will be at www.BostonBabydolls.net in a couple of days.

[weasel2000.livejournal.com]

Oh wait...you mean you don't normally look like a surprised racoon? :-D

[lakshmi-amman.livejournal.com]

(giggling away madly)

t'was lovely to see you m'dear.

Have you any Mary K eye makeup remover? If anything will get it off, that will. If it's still on tomorrow, mail me a paniced email and I will bring some to Chocolate MermaidLady day if you are going - on Saturday.

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

baby oil will also work, and a former coworker's mother used to use Crisco.

Anything oily - salad oil works in a pinch. Then soap, you know, to get the salad oil out of one's eyes.

[surakofb5.livejournal.com]

So how did you get involved with Boston Babydolls?

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Um.... you *are* the same guy who had the vapors when I just mentioned not having a shirt on at one point.

Are you absolutely certain you want to see pictures of me with a burlesque troupe? :)

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

I was persuaded by the troupe leader, whom I know through the SCA. And larp. And local fandom.

We're a rather small, overlappy community out here. :)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

You probably need some eye-makeup remover. (I'm having trouble seeing you as a burlesque performer, though...)

[tafkad.livejournal.com]

Didn't occur to me that you'd be OBSCENE. Just figured you'd be dolled up.

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

None of us are obscene - but I'm mostly in group pictures, and many of the girls in the groups are in rather scanty outfits. :)

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

No; that's just special for you, dear. :) I know how you feel about small masked mammals....

Seems to have come off or toned down by now at least :)

[crash-mccormick.livejournal.com]

I did not notice it on you earlier today. But good to see you again. (heck I managed to get my Lorne green face off mostly by now without turning into a noxema jar)
--Stephen