Countess Youngae’s Money-Sweeping Makeup Shop - Chapter 81

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81

When it comes to the ultimate in glamour, it has to be eyelashes.

Contact lenses would be even better, but they’re difficult to make and too dangerous to put in eyes here.

So these eyelashes have to be the main feature!

I picked up the eyelashes with tweezers that had curved tips and attached them in various ways along the lash line.

In the past, even the manager who used to criticize me never argued against the opinion that I was exceptionally good at making and applying eyelashes.

That’s how confident I was in making eyelashes look natural yet captivating.

After attaching all the false eyelashes, I used mascara as the final touch to darken both the natural lashes and false eyelashes.

Lower lashes as a bonus.

“All done!”

As I dropped my hands and stepped back, the Female Actor immediately lifted her eyelids.

At the same time, Caspian squinted his eyes, then opened them wide and approached to examine the Female Actor’s face.

“Wow, that’s amazing. This is Cue? Once we do the hair, we might not recognize her at all.”

While the Female Actor nodded and examined herself in the mirror, Lili returned.

“I bought them!”

“You’re back? You got everything perfectly! Lili’s the best!”

When I gave her a thumbs up, Lili grinned bashfully and handed me a paper bag.

Inside were thread, ribbons, and buttons – everything, even though I only needed one item.

Wow, she must have had a hard time.

Would it be too shameless to ask her to do hair too?

After glancing around cautiously, I whispered quietly to Lili.

“Lili, if it’s okay with you, could you rest for a bit and then do that person’s hair? Since we’re doing this, I want to show them the full treatment.”

“Yes, that’s fine!”

“Thanks. I’ll give you a bonus today. Sorry for making you work so hard.”

“Not at all! I’m happy I can help!”

Our Lili is so kind.

I closed my eyes briefly in silence, moved by her kindness, then smiled brightly following Lili’s lead.

Soon I washed my hands and brushes, then brought the bag over and organized the materials.

“Now if you sit over there, I’ll help with your hair too. Could the next person please sit here?”

“Understood.”

After seating the Male Actor next, I simply organized his skin texture like I did for the Female Actor and began the skin makeup.

“What kind of atmosphere would you like for the doll? There are cute dolls and more realistic ones, you know.”

“Hmm, something that a little girl might have played with would be good.”

“A pretty feeling?”

“If possible.”

“A pretty feeling…”

After nodding, I first covered his skin somewhat thickly with foundation close to white, as Caspian suggested.

It needed to feel inhuman.

Using white, black, and a bit of red, I began the eye makeup.

I didn’t define the contours.

Instead, I covered from the eyelid to the outer corner with black, then brightened from the inner corner to where the black began with white like a highlight.

With red, I extended from the outer corner to the inner corner, expanding the eye size.

I dipped a thin brush in a small amount of red and lightly shaded the aegyo-sal and the brightened inner corner to indicate where the nose bridge was.

For the eyeliner, I drew a straight black line from the inner corner to the outer corner.

Even if it’s barely noticeable, having it versus not having it makes a difference in feeling.

After pondering briefly, I lifted it up sharply, then made the eyelashes white with white mascara.

I never thought I’d actually use this.

Drawing the eyebrows as thin and straight as possible with black completed the eye makeup.

Caspian, who had been watching with curiosity earlier, was now looking at the mirror as if wondering if this was really the end.

Of course not – if I stopped here, he’d just look like a pretty person!

I smirked triumphantly and used black and gray to draw small circles on his cheeks like a hollow doll – 3 circles in 2 vertical rows.

On the other side, I drew circles too, but this time two vertically under the eye, and from below the cheekbone to the chin, I drew thick crescent-like lines.

“Done. Scissors…”

“Scissors, here they are!”

“Thanks, Lili.”

I took the scissors from Lili and cut the thread and thin ribbon.

Then I lit a candle and trimmed both ends of the ribbon.

“What are you doing?”

“You’ll see if you watch. Just wait a moment. We’re almost there!”

When I smiled brightly, Caspian tilted his head and crossed his arms again, looking puzzled.

Regardless, I took out the eyelash glue and applied it to both ends of the trimmed black ribbon, then attached it straight across the circles on his cheek.

Next, I attached it in an X shape, and threaded white thread through two black buttonholes in a straight line, attaching it to the circles near the other eye.

Finally, I irregularly attached white thread in a zigzag pattern inside the thick black lines to make it look sewn.

I could end here, but it would look too awkward without lips, so I applied matte makeup like a ball-jointed doll – black like shadows on the inside, lukewarm rose color on the outside.

As soon as I finished the makeup, Lili, who had been working on the Female Actor’s hair, was looking at the Male Actor with sparkling eyes.

“Do you have any hairstyle ideas that would suit him?”

When I asked quietly, Lili nodded enthusiastically.

I looked at Lili with concern about whether she was overexerting herself, but seeing her sparkling eyes, I felt bad about telling her not to, so I looked at Caspian.

“If it’s okay with you, could we touch up this person’s hair briefly too?”

“I’d be completely grateful! Please go ahead!”

With Caspian’s permission, I stepped away to clean up while Lili immediately picked up a comb and began working on the hair.

I wondered how she could style hair so well with just a comb and no hairspray as I cleaned my hands and brushes.

Soon, at Lili’s announcement that she was done, I looked toward the vanity.

She had tied the tousled hair with a thin white ribbon to create the feeling of something a young girl had played with.

On the Female Actor’s side, she had gathered the hair like a flower and styled some strands to stick out, creating a truly ‘villainess’ hairstyle.

Is Lili gradually becoming an artist too?

As Lili also stepped away from the mirror, Caspian covered his mouth.

Is that admiration?

I looked at Caspian, but he seemed oblivious to my gaze as he made the two actors bow their heads uncomfortably while he examined their faces from the side.

After doing this for a while, Caspian suddenly turned his head and looked at me.

“Why, what?”

Geez, my heart almost stopped.

Caspian, who had been staring at me intently, approached with large steps.

Huh? Huh?

I briefly closed and opened my eyes, then with a thud, Caspian grabbed both my hands with his and brought his face close.

“This is absolutely amazing! If we could, I’d want to ask you to work exclusively with our acting guild!”

“Guild Master, your face, your face!”

The Female Actor who was sitting whispered loudly.

Then Caspian seemed to realize and pulled his head back, but his eyes were still sparkling.

Wanting me to work exclusively must mean he liked it, right?

Ahem, I cleared my throat and smiled brightly.

“Exclusive work would be difficult, but if you want makeup, I don’t have reservations right now, so I think I could help with morning appointments. What would you like to do?”

“Reservations – how many can we make? I’d like to book as many as possible!”

“Ah, but you’d have to receive makeup here in preparation for the next appointment. Is that okay?”

“Hmm, it’s fine when we’re only here, but it would be difficult if we had to move to other places. Then, that makeup thing – do you also teach it?”

“Teaching would be makeup classes? I do offer those.”

“Ah, you can teach? Then would you consider passing on that makeup technique to some of our guild members? Um, like an academy!”

“An academy…?”

“Yes! How about creating something like a makeup academy? Since we need it first, we’ll cover the costs!”

A makeup academy?

A space where we can train professional makeup artists?

What a stroke of luck!

If we have more artists, we can hire people on our side too!

And they’ll even cover all the costs.

Since they’re not nobles, we might be able to accept commoners if they have the skills.

We can speed up popularization too!

My heart pounded rapidly and strength entered my hands.

“Great. Let’s prepare classes together too!”

“Then I’ll contact you separately about the classes. For now! Let me make a reservation first-! How many people can you accommodate?”

“Assuming we finish by morning, I think we can handle up to 5 people maximum.”

“Then please book us for 5 people for a month! I’ll prepare the cost for 5 people in advance. Even if we bring fewer people, you don’t need to give us a refund. What’s the price?”

Originally it would be 30 gold each for 5 people, so 150 gold, but will you be using the affordable cosmetics line?”

“Hmm, that would probably be better.”

“Then it’s 10 gold each, so 50 gold total. How does that sound?”

“Huh? It gets that cheap?”

“Well, we’re using cosmetics targeted at commoners. Instead, it’s 10 gold because of my skills and the slight difficulty level.”

When I winked, Caspian blinked his eyes then laughed heartily and immediately grabbed the hand I extended.

“It’s a deal, Owner!”

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