[lara]

Not so much whether I like my required make-up or not (there's not much I can do about it so it's not worth stressing over), I still get chapped about people dissing our features.

People tend to forget there's a person behind the fierce make-up and can get really personal about your appearance. Most of the time it's aspirational ("I really love your eyeliner, I wish I could do my make-up like yours!" etc) but sometimes people can be incredibly brutal about your looks. Aaaaaaaaaall the time. I can't tell you how many times I've been described by customers as 'the fat girl with glasses and pink eyeshadow.'

"Can you do a smokey eye on me? Not like yours though, you look a little slutty and cheap." - one of my favourite lines as delivered to a co-worker of mine. Six months on and I think she's still smarting over that one.