Rouge Ceiling

Image courtesy of Alyson Fox

"There is an opaque film
between the piquant taste of youth i savoured
and where i stand now, famished
out of your periphery
but with these red blinders i claim the spotlight" © fashionandfables



Thanks to a study funded by Procter & Gambler, i now know that to be taken seriously in the workplace i should cake my face with war paint. Not too much of course, because my co-workers might mistake me for a slapper headed out for a night on the town... but but.. what's too much for you co-workers? Since i work from home this really shouldn't bother me. But well, i might not want to work from home forever...

It's obviously a little funny because while cosmetics go way way back, think Sumerians, Egyptians, Syrians, Babylonians, Persians and Greeks, until the late 19th-century it was thought that only promiscuous women wore make-up... oh, how the times have changed!

The whole study reminded me, in a good way, of a series of photographs by the amazingly talented and beautiful Alyson Fox who also makes movies and adorable illustrations.
To emphasis the importance of red lipstick in emboldening women, she showcases women of all ages with scarlet lips. Since all i wear is red lipstick, you understand why i loved this.
love it.
love her.
wear makeup to work so people will think you are competent! We now have a rouge ceiling to battle. Get it? I know not the strongest of jokes. back to work. wee bit brain dead