Chapter 1910 A Professional Opinion
Half an hour later, Yuvan led the two children out of the makeup studio. Zayden glanced up and down at Joy before remarking, “Joy, this makeup artist isn’t as skilled as Nina. She makes you look prettier than this.”
“Your makeup looks awful too, Zayden. You look like a dead fish.” After having enough of hurling critiques at each other, the two children sighed as one. “If only Nina was here to do our makeup for us.”
“Why don’t we give her a call?” Zayden suggested. “She must have gotten off work by now.” “We’re due to start filming really soon, though. Nina might not make it here in time. Let’s get to work with the horrible makeup just for today.”
“I don’t want to,” Zayden complained. “I want to look my best on our first day.” Yuvan gazed bemusedly at the squabbling children. “The makeup done is specific to your roles. You look fine! There’s nothing that needs changing.”
Zayden gazed at him scathingly. What an awful liar. I know I look much better than this!
Joy felt sorry for Yuvan, who had waited for them the entire day while they were at school. It wouldn’t be fair to have him wait even longer still for Nina to get here. He must be tired after such a long day.
“Zayden, this is an opportunity to work on our acting skills to compensate for our poorly done makeup! We’ll have Nina doll us up another day, all right?”
“I’m convinced that this will affect my performance,” he insisted stubbornly. “It’s such a waste of my good looks for me to look like an idiot. No, it bothers me. I need to call Nina.”
Nina’s phone rang just as she arrived at the restaurant.
After listening patiently to Zayden’s request for her to meet them at the studio, she glanced at her watch before explaining apologetically, “I have an urgent appointment today. Can’t the makeup artist on site do something about it?”
“She made me look like a fool, Nina. I can’t be seen on camera looking like this.” Nina fell silent for several moments before coming up with a solution. First, she had Zayden and Joy send photographs of themselves for her examination.
After the amendments based on her suggestions were made, the children showed her their photographs again before passing her over to the makeup artist with further suggestions.
The makeup artist had heard of Nina’s reputation within the beauty industry and was thrilled to be receiving first-hand tips from a legend.
Upon taking Nina’s suggestions, the children’s makeup was finally redone to their satisfaction. Even the makeup artist was pleasantly stunned at how much of a difference the subtle tips made.
The humbling encounter made such a profound impression on the makeup artist that she considered in earnest to be Nina’s apprentice.
She was not alone. Yuvan, too, was surprised at how different the children looked. “You two look much better than before!” he remarked appreciatively before asking the makeup artist if she could do the same for him.
The makeup artist scowled in response. “You are playing an orphan with mental issues! What would you need to be dolled up for? Consider yourself lucky that I didn’t make you look homeless! Your appearance has to match your role in the story!”
“Why does the both of them get to have their makeup done, then?”
“They are playing children from a rich family! Of course, they needed to look as good as possible!”
Unable to argue any further, Yuvan merely lamented his fate. “I’m destined to look like this forever, aren’t I?”
The makeup artist had enough of him. “Stop complaining and get a move on. The filming is about to begin!”
