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43| Red Carpet (Emma)
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2021-04-30 00:48:21Kay was helping me zip up the dress as I looked at myself in the mirror, almost not recognizing myself.
My hair had been braided and twirled up into a low bun with two loose, curled strands of hair to drape on either side of my face, my lips were left alone and only a gloss was put on, Isabella had done my eye shadow for me in shimmery gold and topped with cat-eye eyeliner.
My eyebrows were filled in gently, and I told Isabella to skip any blush because I was sure I would turn bright red whenever I saw Matthew or anyone from the office for that matter.
Kay had put a cherry red lipstick on that brought out more of the red in her hair and kept the natural curls she had, she went with a simple eyeliner and mascara look, wanting to focus mainly on her lips. The green dress hugged her perfectly, she was definitely red carpet ready.
There was a knock at the door as Kay and I were admiring ourselves in the mirror, Kay went to open it.
“The car is re
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