Chapter 20
Bathrooms are sacred places, not an arena for entertainment. I banished Matt to the lounge room while I got ready for the Airman’s Ball.
I never used to wear much makeup and stopped bothering altogether since I moved to Darwin. I could usually manage to keep lipstick in place, but the few times I’d used foundation or done my eyes, it ended up in sweaty rivulets smeared across my face. But tonight called for full makeup to balance out the formal style floor-length gown I was planning to wear.
I focussed on making my eyes pop. Winged eyeliner and three coats of waterproof mascara did the trick, and I only had to redo my left eye once. I can never get those eyeliner flicks even on the first try.
I piled my hair up into a messy topknot, letting a few tendrils escape to soften th
