I've written about my adventures at Saks Fifth Avenue and the Chanel Beauty department in these pages before, and just this past week I had such another lovely wonderful time that I wanted to take a moment to give thanks to the beautiful Makeup Artist Brianna and the beautiful staff who made my afternoon so lovely.
It's been a very busy time for me for many, many months now, and even when it's a holiday or my birthday or some other time when I would normally be able to just relax and enjoy myself my schedule has been so full with sometimes so many things that need my focus and attention that I can feel at times as if I really haven't had time to take the time I need to just be and breathe and enjoy the peace and beauty and joy of life.
When I heard from a woman I know who works in the Chanel Beauty department at Saks that a very special Makeup Artist would be visiting for one day only, I was so happy to see that even though my week was a very full one, the day when she would be visiting I could make the time to be there. I set up the appointment, and when the day arrived I took the time to go and meet with her, deciding that because of the possibility of snow later in the evening that I would go straight home afterward rather than going to YES Gallery or doing other errands which is what I normally would have done. I also decided to give myself the time that I needed to just be there and not be thinking that I had to be somewhere else, and that in itself felt so relaxing. However short or long our appointment would be, I decided that I would let myself enjoy the experience fully without watching the time at all.
As I made my way there, I was running a little late, and because I don't like to keep people waiting I sent a message when I knew the time that I would most likely be arriving. For some reason that day, maybe because my week had already been so very full and very busy, I felt like I couldn't walk fast enough to get there when I wanted to. But when I arrived it was as if all my cares could just drop away because I was welcomed so kindly and made to feel so comfortable immediately with the true gift of hospitality and welcoming warmth that is created by the wonderful staff there.
Brianna began to do my makeup, adding wonderful skin products with such a beautiful gift of skill and touch that I felt like I was receiving the most luxurious facial. She followed that with beginning to add the makeup itself in the same beautifully relaxing and enjoyable way. As she added the different products and colors to the different parts of my face, she described everything carefully and showed me how she was doing each step. There was so much that was so wonderful to learn, and with each new layer and addition the makeup took on a new life that truly went with the way that I know my own face and the way that I would want to have myself look.
I've written in these pages before about my joy of having my makeup done by a professional Makeup Artist, because when they are truly Artists the experience always makes me feel so beautiful, cared for and special. When Brianna was finishing, I told her that what she was creating for me was the best that I could remember and I've had many beautiful experiences with Chanel Makeup Artists. At one point, the woman who had invited me to the event walked by and said, "Oh Wow! Those colors are so beautiful!" And she came back again later to repeat it again, adding about Brianna, "I told you she was really wonderful." It was such a beautiful afternoon, and I'm so grateful that in the busyness of life that I had this beautiful gift given to me of an afternoon of feeling like a princess.
No comments:
Post a Comment