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Imagine you just turned 40. Actually the day before.
And you’re in the big city -- as in New York -- and everything is going great. Standing outside of The Today Show. Al comes by and says hi. Meredith calls you ‘Sweetie.’ And that Matt Lauer? Well, he was so worried about your cold hands he reached in his pocket and handed over his hand warmer.
“They give them to us free,” he tells you.
Yeah, life is good. Celebrating the big one is turning out just great.
Then comes a lady. A nice lady. And she says something to the extent that you’re pretty. A little odd, but OK.
She keeps talking and tells you that every Friday The Today Show does a makeover. Takes a woman from the outside audience and makes her up as pretty as can be. Are you game?
Before I tell you what my sister (the naturally pretty one we got the toddler on the plane last week to visit) this past Friday, let’s just say I’d be grabbing that ladies hand with a hearty “Let’s go.” She wouldn’t have been able to get me in front of the stylists fast enough.
Can we say free haircut. Make-up. Sometimes an outfit. And tips along the way from people who get paid hundreds of dollars an hour to do this. Heck, I’d be all about it.
I don’t see myself worrying about the woman thinking I need a makeover. See me just about any day of the week and I’m sure I’m looking that way.
I don’t have time to fancy myself up every time I walk out of my house. Man, the other day I went to Target without showering and wearing a fleece jumpsuit and I swear I was hit with a handful of disapproving looks.
So I look like I need a little work. Give it to me, I say.
My sister, well, she and I are different that way. Five minutes after the woman approached her Friday morning, my phone rang. It was about 7:15 a.m., Olathe time.
She rattles off everything that happened the past 15 minutes and then blurts:
“This woman thought I needed a makeover. Do I look that bad?”
Mind you, she’s only been 40 for about 24 hours and it’s been a tough birthday. Now a complete stranger wants to fix her up a bit. For free. (Yes, I can’t get over the free part!!!)
She’s just sure that means she looks a mess. But being The Today Show expert that I am, I explained that they always choose pretty people that they can make look prettier. They have to make their beauty workers look pretty darn talented and they only have an hour or so. So they have to have something promising to work with.
“Yeah, whatever,” sister says, still unconvinced.
I’m sure you can tell, she didn’t go for it. As soon as the lady told her it would be on TV, sister says, “Uh, no.”
No way she’s going on television. A successful newspaper editor, she’s not one to bring attention to herself. Especially not in a makeover. The day after her 40th birthday.
I hate the whole attention thing too, but did I mention the makeover was free? In this crazy economy where I have to get my $45 haircut every nine weeks instead of my regular seven?
Needless to say I would have been loving life sitting there getting my makeover.
Sister is kicking herself now. Wishing she just would have done it. Because of our surprise trip to see her last week, she missed her hair appointment.
Now she’ll have to sit in the chair, pay her $50 or so and think what could have been.
If only she would have said yes to the makeover.
Would you have?
Whn soeone suggests a makeover, I don't take it to mean "Geez lady you look bad!" I take it as, how about trying a new look? I like change. I used to change my haircolor every month, new hairstyle, and yes, new makeup look (smoky day eyes or natural). Makeover is just another word for change, and when it comes with the word FREE attached, I'm game!Absolutely! Especially on someone else's dime. By the way Laura, please let her know that 40 is really fabulous. Once she gets over the birthday shock, she'll realize that 40 is all about empowerment.I would have sprinted to that makeover chair! I will be 40 this year and don't have the anxiety that some women do. I think I look good most days but I am ready for a change. Maybe she was also a little afraid of too much change or a makeover that she just couldn't live with.Heck yeah! In a heartbeat.. just the new experience of it all would have been my primary motivation. Maybe it's cuz I'm well into my 40's and I've already learned that part.... I hope your sister learned something about taking advatage of opportunities that are presented to her.I sure would have! Dreamy... But if I were a newspaper editor? Probably not on tv. I agree with kcjahawker6 that I would take it to mean trying a new look. I also agree with you, Laura, that the tv stations aren't going to take someone who naturally looks bad for their makeover attempt. Now if she has long, hippiesh hair, the producers could have an instant change effect. But her face would have to be pretty nice to be a Today Show makeover, I'd guess.No, no, nooooo. No on the makeover part (something about strangers touching me... *shivers*) and double no on the TV part. Of course, I'm not very girly, so the getting fabulous thing doesn't hold all that much appeal to me. I'm with sis on this. I would've passed.O.M.G. Yes. I would have done it. In fact, I would have knocked your sister down to get to Louis Licari or whoever. It would have been worse than 40-year-old bridesmaids fighting over the bouquet at a wedding. And I don't care that it's public. I've always had a secret fantasy (not so secret now) of being on the Today show. And she could have met Kathie Lee and Hoda and maybe even some other NBC types, maybe Matt Lauer, Al, Anne, Meredith. Man, don't you wish you could have changed places with her????Sometimes I just don't know what your sister is thinking, I think she's crazy. What an opportunity, oh the hot dates she is missing now!
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