Just Business (2005)
“Other than lip gloss, she didn’t often wear make-up, and she wasn’t very practised at putting it on. The foundation was the same colour as the light tan of her skin, and there weren’t any obvious lines that she could see. She quite liked how the dark brown mascara enhanced the colour of her eyes. It was the lipstick she was unsure about: bright pink.
‘Is this lipstick okay?’ she asked Chris, who had come up behind her to use the mirror to put on his bow tie.
‘Yeah,’ he replied without looking.
...He was in a bad mood. He hadn’t played his best golf and the eighteen holes had taken longer than usual to complete. He’d been late home and had put forward a few lame reasons not to attend the party, but she’d refused to let him off the hook.
Niamh took a few steps back from the mirror so she could see her full reflection. The black cocktail dress swirled at her knees and the open-toe shoes made her legs look longer than what they were. Her hair was casually pinned up, blonde wisps escaping at the back of her neck.MoreLess
‘Is this lipstick okay?’ she asked Chris, who had come up behind her to use the mirror to put on his bow tie.
‘Yeah,’ he replied without looking.
...He was in a bad mood. He hadn’t played his best golf and the eighteen holes had taken longer than usual to complete. He’d been late home and had put forward a few lame reasons not to attend the party, but she’d refused to let him off the hook.
Niamh took a few steps back from the mirror so she could see her full reflection. The black cocktail dress swirled at her knees and the open-toe shoes made her legs look longer than what they were. Her hair was casually pinned up, blonde wisps escaping at the back of her neck.MoreLess
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