I was at Sephora today to return the Tarte tinted moisturizer that ended up being too dark for me. While I was there, I went over to peruse the BE section to check out one of their new shades, but couldn't tell if it was right for me, so I asked for help. The girl who helped me looked EXACTLY like Marianna. Tall, blonde, and gorgeous Same haircut and everything. I instantly felt more comfortable!

When I approached her for help, she grabbed not one but four samples to try on me. She swabbed some on and looked at me in all kinds of different light. She then pushed all of the tans out of the way and we were left with medium beige and golden medium. She did half my face in one shade and half of it in the other, then concluded that the medium beige was too pink and golden medium was the better match. She then tried a light, oil-absorbing bronzer that just added a subtle glow. She said tans are way too dark for me, while mediums are just a hair too light. The bronzer would help deepen the slightly lighter medium shades so they work better with my skin tone. In winter she said I could probably ditch the bronzer since my skin will be slightly paler, or I could use it to add color if I wanted to.

Hallelujah! Someone who understood my coloring! YAY!

I told her I wasn't sure about the bronzer just yet, and she said that was fine. She even told me that since I work in the area, I could pop in whenever I wanted and just apply it from the sample stash and see how I like it (she could not give me a sample since it is a pressed powder).

She then signed me up for the rewards program, gave me my birthday gift even though it's not my birthday, and showed me a good brush to use for my new makeup.

It was by far the best experience I have had. Her name is Molly too. Something about girls with M names is just fab I am totally willing to brave the Herald Square crowds to go back to her for advice. I think the fact that she reminded me so much of Marianna was a good omen or something.