Laura Geller Cracks Me Up!

I haven't seen Laura this trip, as I simply don't need anything from her line and am not in the market for more make-up shows, but add me to the list who love Laura. I might catch her later if there's a show tonight.

I am not really a fan of any of her products either but she is fun to watch and gives some good tricks. I love when she does the "model face". Haha!

I did LOVE her Sandbar eye palette but unfortunately, hubby just broke it into tiny pieces the other day. (

Guess she's just more my style than say, Mally. I've just really enjoyed her today.

Would you love her so much if she said ,"70% ( sometimes it's 80%) of us are chocolate?" 70% of whom? you'd ask. The customers you serve? The people you recognize? What if you were delegated to the inconsequential "rest of them" Did you know or care that > 70% of the world's population is comprised of people of color ? All shades of color from wheat to honey to henna to clay to terra cotta to dark chocolate and ebony? What if there were one foundation for ALL of you of northern European descent? say medium beige, period.

How would you feel if the disk she uses to show what the cakes are baked on is just a bit lighter than your own skin and every color of the eye palette, under the same lighting as the people, is a variation of gray and on that disk they all look the same? If everything you put on your face turned silver grey or dingy white. How is hodgepodge of bright chartreuse , pink and white supposed to balance your tone?

What if I gave you a roll up stick of tar and told you it was the perfect color for your lips, cheeks and eyes?

She's all that you've all said but she is more. She's personable, witty, attractive and has some girth. Her appeal is part of the problem . She makes it acceptable to label at least 2/3 of the country inconsequential, invisible . Of so little import that they all look alike? They're certainly all the same color. Columbians, Haitians, Ethiopians, Native Americans, Inca, Barbadans, Southeast Asians, Arabs, Australians, Africans ,North and South and Middle Americans. The damage done has been studied and the ramifications spread across our country from inner city to grasslands. Disenfranchised is a popular title these days.

I like her anyway She's and Innocent, a child of God. I just wish she'd acknowledge my existence. Any artist can open their chest of pastels and show her that one whole tray is full of the colors of people.

Im not asking for anything, not even understanding. But to remain silent is to perpetuate the injustice.

And I adore Mally, I respect and admire her. Why don't you?

Good grief.