I Never Saw My Mother Without Makeup

But I’ve learned there’s more to life than being pretty

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My mother slept in her makeup. It was probably awful for her complexion, but I don’t know since I never saw her without a thick layer of foundation.

She spent hours in the bathroom each day, styling her bleached blonde hair and applying makeup. My mother had bangs because she said her…