Women at the cosmetics counter(s)

[MetaBob]

Way beyond Nanci Griffith's Love at the Five and Dime.

Many of these women are gorgeous, and they obviously work on that. They cater to other women.

I went to pick up my partner's makeup this week. I got a couple looks and gave a couple myself. Nothing inappropriate. Everything I saw and heard (and smelled) was beautiful, which is to be expected even under masks. So, who are these wonderful women? They don't usually get to "wink at the boys", at least as far as I can tell.

Knowledgeable and beautiful. Confident, I don't actually know. Tell me.

 

[sirhugs]

are you picturing a straight m/f story? Like when you pick up for your wife? Or a f/f story when the counter girl seduces a woman?

 

[mikendel]

Oh yes. I sold cosmetics for 12 years. Always fun to flirt with the men that come in.

 

[Carnevil9]

One of the new girls working the cosmetics counter is told she will have to show customers how to apply the products. That means she has to learn how to apply the products, and look like she is an expert. She begs her boyfriend to let her practice on him. He reluctantly agrees. Eventually, he comes to enjoy having his face done, and he becomes her male lesbian lover.

Alternate: it's not her boyfriend, but her brother. Or her father.

Possible title: "Make-Up Sex is the Best"

 

[sirhugs]

One of the new girls working the cosmetics counter is told she will have to show customers how to apply the products. That means she has to learn how to apply the products, and look like she is an expert. She begs her boyfriend to let her practice on him. He reluctantly agrees. Eventually, he comes to enjoy having his face done, and he becomes her male lesbian lover.

Alternate: it's not her boyfriend, but her brother. Or her father.

Possible title: "Make-Up Sex is the Best"

...here I was about to post a TG/CD option, and you scoop it...love the title idea...

 

[MetaBob]

Oh yes. I sold cosmetics for 12 years. Always fun to flirt with the men that come in.

Why? Serious question. I mean aside from the "flirting is fun" effect, which is very real, there I was, this guy in a sea of distanced femininity, getting smiles and looks, and giving almost as good as I got (there were a lot more of them than me, or at that time anyone else). I imagine most of the looks were of the "aw, he's shopping for his partner" (which I kinda was) variety.

I imagine there's a sense of power for the woman in that situation, where a man might feel uncomfortable and/or out of place and the woman is dressed and made up to appeal to other women who might want to emulate their look, their poise, their demeanor, their elegance; confident, wise, knowledgeable, experienced, and helpful.

are you picturing a straight m/f story? Like when you pick up for your wife? Or a f/f story when the counter girl seduces a woman?

I didn't actually have a specific story in mind. I just thought this was an interesting juxtaposition of worldviews and wanted to learn more about what others might think, who might be more familiar with that world than I. Not that I don't think there's a very interesting story (or three, or fifty) in there, and I'm certainly not averse to writing one if inspiration strikes.