As many daughters do, my daughter Margareta wanted to do most everything that mom did. Although I don’t wear a lot of it, when she saw me putting on makeup, she would want makeup too. At 3 years old, I didn’t think makeup was such a good idea, so I would lightly brush on eyeshadow that was as close to her skin color as possible so that she could see some sparkles, but from a few feet away, you couldn’t tell she was wearing any. She also got to wear lip gloss on occasion. After I put them on, I would always comment “you have such pretty eyes and lips!”, so she started asking for “pretty eyes” and “pretty lips”. She would say, “Mama, I want pretty eyes.”

When her Aunt Heidi came for a visit, Margareta wanted to be just like her. She was thrilled when Aunt Heidi gave her the full makeup experience: foundation powder on her face, eyes, lips and the nail polish on her fingers and toes to match Heidi! She showed it off to everyone she could.