Trunkmonkey
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So...
My beloved wife needed some brush cleaner and wanted to stop by and say hi to the staff at the MAC store while we were out doing our last minute Christmas shopping.
AND THERE WERE VICTIMS FOR MY AMUSEMENT!!!!!!
One MUA (I think she was a freelancer and I've never met her so there's more to THAT story in a bit) was approached by a well built and very clean looking late 20's to early 30's male about advice for what to buy. So she starts pointing out this and that and I leaned in and suggested a gift card and my spouse suggested brushes. This baffled the young lad and I agreed that the brushes would be a good idea. So now he's looking at me in UTTER bafflement as I explained that skin tone and eye color are very important for picking shades whereas if he got a gift card or brushes he could always come BACK to the store with her when she made her purchases and see what she favors. I'm with my wife so I'm obviously not a flaming homosexual (not that there's anything wrong with that) but you could see his mind clanking along with the gears JUST out of sequence. Then I recommended he point his wife here, make his own account, and monitor her posts to see what she might be interested in (I think at this point in time his mind totally locked up). *shrug* oh well I tried to help.
I also got to see a guy take two steps into the store then decide that watching people in the mall from the second floor railing was much more interesting than being in a 'girl' store.
But the BEST guy was the one that sat in the corner looking completely defeated while his wife got her makeup applied by the MUA.
Then the MUA decides to help us and I ask her to close her eyes so I can see how she applied her makeup and what shades. I have NEVER seen someone so completely confused by something I said. She looked at me like my face was melting so I said 'hey you did some nice work on her I'd like to see yours'. Finally she relented but she kept looking at me sideways the rest of the time I was there.
We missed most of the regular staff that knows me which was a bummer because I wanted to wish them a merry Christmas. This was important to me because, as much as I despise malls on a day to day basis I hate them even more when they're crowded, but those ladies are cool and work hard and get my sense of humor. I'm still kind of bummed that I missed them.
Anyway scored brush cleaner and two new eye shadows. The blush she wanted was out of stock
. But all in all not a bad day.
I'm not sure how to get pics off my phone but I do have pics of the victims that I'll post later.
Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, or whatever you prefer.
Ladies.. enjoy the holidays and be careful... the Trunkmonkey might be coming to a MAC store near you someday.
My beloved wife needed some brush cleaner and wanted to stop by and say hi to the staff at the MAC store while we were out doing our last minute Christmas shopping.
AND THERE WERE VICTIMS FOR MY AMUSEMENT!!!!!!
One MUA (I think she was a freelancer and I've never met her so there's more to THAT story in a bit) was approached by a well built and very clean looking late 20's to early 30's male about advice for what to buy. So she starts pointing out this and that and I leaned in and suggested a gift card and my spouse suggested brushes. This baffled the young lad and I agreed that the brushes would be a good idea. So now he's looking at me in UTTER bafflement as I explained that skin tone and eye color are very important for picking shades whereas if he got a gift card or brushes he could always come BACK to the store with her when she made her purchases and see what she favors. I'm with my wife so I'm obviously not a flaming homosexual (not that there's anything wrong with that) but you could see his mind clanking along with the gears JUST out of sequence. Then I recommended he point his wife here, make his own account, and monitor her posts to see what she might be interested in (I think at this point in time his mind totally locked up). *shrug* oh well I tried to help.
I also got to see a guy take two steps into the store then decide that watching people in the mall from the second floor railing was much more interesting than being in a 'girl' store.
But the BEST guy was the one that sat in the corner looking completely defeated while his wife got her makeup applied by the MUA.
Then the MUA decides to help us and I ask her to close her eyes so I can see how she applied her makeup and what shades. I have NEVER seen someone so completely confused by something I said. She looked at me like my face was melting so I said 'hey you did some nice work on her I'd like to see yours'. Finally she relented but she kept looking at me sideways the rest of the time I was there.
We missed most of the regular staff that knows me which was a bummer because I wanted to wish them a merry Christmas. This was important to me because, as much as I despise malls on a day to day basis I hate them even more when they're crowded, but those ladies are cool and work hard and get my sense of humor. I'm still kind of bummed that I missed them.
Anyway scored brush cleaner and two new eye shadows. The blush she wanted was out of stock
I'm not sure how to get pics off my phone but I do have pics of the victims that I'll post later.
Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, or whatever you prefer.
Ladies.. enjoy the holidays and be careful... the Trunkmonkey might be coming to a MAC store near you someday.
