I use Bare Escentuals makeup and was recently in the store buying a new eye shadow. I had to chuckle to myself when one of the saleswomen was talking to a new customer, trying to sell her on the product. She told the customer their makeup is “husband proof.”
Customer: “What?”
Saleswoman: “It’s husband proof! It won’t come off on your husband when you give him a kiss!”
Customer: “Ohhhhhh… that would be great!”
I’ve heard them tell people this before and it makes me laugh every time. A lot of makeup companies make this claim about their product - it’s “husband proof” in that it won’t wipe off on your hubby when you kiss or hug. I think this claim works for them with the white women who are married to white guys. Anybody else knows no makeup is “husband proof.” The white couples just don’t realize it because they can’t see it on his face.
Every morning before Saresh goes to work, we have to do a makeup check of his face. Otherwise, he’ll end up going to work with a smudge of Caucasian on his nose. And if we do any more than just kissing, let’s just say he ends up having to wash his whole face!
More makeup problems we’ve encountered as an interracial couple:
If he gets a big zit on his forehead, he can’t even use my concealer to hide it. I don’t recommend trying “Light Ivory” on Indian skin.
Indian beard stubble - it’s like a Brillo pad, or steel wool maybe. One passionate kiss will scrape off any makeup you’ve put on your face in two seconds flat, along with the top layer of skin. Then when you wash your face to start over on your makeup, you dab on your toner and immediately make that “Home Alone” face in pain as the toner stings the heck out of your newly raw cheeks. Then you commence using your Light Ivory concealer to cover up the red marks.
Makeup: Just another peril of interracial relationships. 
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