Dear Queenie,
I do not use makeup myself but one of my friends uses a lot, too much I think. I usually don’t say anything to her about it, but one day when she had put on lipstick all the way around her mouth it got a little smeared and made her mouth look huge and funny.
When I tried to tell her how it made her look she just told me not to tell her anything because I don’t use makeup so I don’t know anything about it, and I couldn’t think of a good answer.
Queenie, how could I have answered her?—Speechless
Dear Speechless,
In your place I would have told her, “No, I do not use makeup, but I have to look at people who do and right now I am looking at you and this is what I see ... .”
