Mandy Brewster was five years old. She had two older sisters. Mattie was 15. Marie was 16. They both loved makeup. Mandy loved make up too. She adored pretty eyeshadows especially in shades of purple and blue. She was crazy about lipsticks especially in bright colors, the brighter the better. Her favorite color was cherry red. She thought rosy rouged cheeks were just beautiful.
Mattie and Marie were allowed to wear makeup because they were older. Mandy was not because she was younger. "Please, mommy!" she begged. "I want to wear make up too."
Mommy smiled and patted her on the head "Your too little, honey." she replied."Wait until you get older." Mommy would paint Mandy's fingernails and toenails in pretty colors but that was it.
Mandy liked to sit in her sister's room and watch them get made up at least when they would let her. "You're so lucky. You get to wear make up." she declared enviously from her perch on Mattie's bed as her sisters got ready to go out one day. She watched them paint their lids with eyeshadow and smooth rouge on their cheeks and line their lips with lipstick. They look so pretty. Mandy sighed She couldn't wait until she could be that pretty too.
Mommy didn't seem to appreciate make up as much as her girls. When she saw Mattie and Marie, she frowned. "March right back up there and take some of that off." she commanded. "When it comes to makeup, less is more." she declared.
Mattie and Marie sighed. They didn't seem to think so. They unhappily and went up and took some of the make up off even though they didn't want to. They knew better then to argue with their mother if they wanted to go out at all.
After Mattie and Marie left, Mandy wandered back up to their room. She knew she wasn't supposed to be in there when they weren't home, but she just couldn't help herself. She just wanted to peek at the pretty make up that's all. She tiptoed into the room and wandered over to Mattie's make up case. She took out the eyeshadow and looked at all the pretty colors. "Ooh." she sighed over a particularly lovely shade of purple eyeshadow. "I bet this would look pretty on me." she said to herself out loud. Maybe, she could just try a little bit and then wash it off and noone would know.
After she smudged the eyeshadow all over her eye lids and around them, she looked in the mirror and smiled. It looked so pretty. All it needed was a little color on her cheeks to go with it. She went in Marie's make up case and found a gorgeous shade of pink. That would be perfect! She smeared it all over her face from her eyes to her chin. She looked in the mirror again. She looked even prettier!
Then, she sighed. Something was definitely missing. She thought about it for a minute and then she smiled happily as she figured out what it was - lipstick. Lipstick would be just the finishing touch she needed. Then, she would really be beautiful.
Mandy scrounged around in both her sisters' make up cases and tried all the lipsticks until she found a shade she liked - the perfect cherry red. She managed to completely cover her lips and all around them as well. Then, she looked in the mirror and admired herself. "Pretty, pretty." she smiled at her reflection.
Just then, Mommy came in startling Mandy so much that she managed to knock all the make up on to the floor. "Look how pretty I look." Mandy said to Mommy smiling brightly but Mommy didn't smile back. "Too much makeup?" asked Mandy pointing to her face.
Mommy nodded frowning. "Too much makeup."
Mandy smiled. She felt just like a big girl.
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