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Yesterday Amy and I went with Michelle to a facial that she had won. We knew that it was going to be a Mary Kay party type of facial. She didn't want to go by herself, so Amy and I joined her. I have been looking to buy a new face care regime anyways.

The lady that was supposed to call Michelle to give her directions, etc. never called till we were already on our way to the party. Michelle pulled directions using her GPS. We pulled up to the house with only one car in the drive way and one car at the street. As we walked up to the house another car pulled in. There was a pregnant lady that got out and walked with us to the door, but never said a word. We knocked on the door and waited. Then the spitting image of Lurch, but in female form, opened the door and just stared at us. The pregnant lady walked right in and started messing with a sign in form and other things.... Lurch continued to stare at us. We walked in and stood in the foyer...finally a lady came from the kitchen and asked us who we were. We explained that Michelle had won a free facial and that we were here for that. The lady that we won the facial from wasn't even there yet. She said okay and kind of walked away.

Michelle, Amy and I just kind of stared at each other not really knowing what to do. Should we bolt out the door? Should we wait on our lady to get there? Should we stay standing in the crowded foyer of this strange house while Lurch is staring at us?

We decide to go and sit in the living room that seemed to be decorated for a party. There were reserved signs on all the chairs. "Best seller" "Best Recruiter" We were none of those. So we three squeezed onto a love seat. As soon as we got settled....another woman we haven't met yet, asked us to come into the dining room to start the first treatment. As we walked to the foyer, I explained to Michelle and Amy that we must be their guinea pigs for the evening. The lady asked us for our hands and squirted some crazy solution into them....then walked away. Okay...what were we supposed to do with this goop in our hands. Finally, she looked at our confused faces and told us to rub our hands together. Then the ladies stood in the kitchen and kept talking. They were totally ignoring our existence. Then a few minutes passed and they came and squished something else in our hands. She then turned the water on in the bathroom and told us to rinse them off. Then she walked away....oh tay.

Somewhere in the middle of all this, our rep made it to the meeting. She had us come to the dining room and sit at the table. She had set up little mirror things with trays. She explained that we were lucky winners of a free facial (all Mary Kay facials are free) and that while we were going to be getting our facials the other reps that were there are going to watch us so they can see and learn from our lady how she does her shows (we are guinea pigs).

So needless to say, I found a new skincare regime. I bought the whole line of skincare.... yeah.... now I am broke. Not only was I a guinea pig, I was a sucker too.