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So- would you let someone borrow your lipgloss?

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OhMonDieux · 06/01/2023 18:02

Princess of Wales (Catherine) was evidently not over-happy about M asking to borrow her. She did give it to her but supposedly made a 'disgusted face' as M wiped some on her finger than on her lips.

I think I am in the PofW camp here.

Years ago a work colleague who I barely new, came to work late and asked me if I had any mascara she could borrow. It happened that I did have and I gave it her (a bit reluctantly) as I felt it wasn't hygienic to share.

I'd never ask anyone if I could use their make up where it touches your skin.

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HitMeWithAHotNoteAndWatchMeBounce · 06/01/2023 19:57

Zosime · 06/01/2023 19:55

But what a totally trivial thing, the sort of thing you'd normally have forgotten about by the time you got home. Yet Meghan thinks it's worth telling Harry about, and he, or they, remember it and think it's worth putting in a book that's supposed to be about him, not her, however many years later.

(And if they were about to make a tv appearance, wasn't there a makeup/stylist person on hand?)

And yes, so much this.

But as we all know, nothing - literally nothing - is too trivial for H&M to launch a global grievance about it.

Unloved21 · 06/01/2023 19:59

Depends. Lipgloss with a doe foot application is weird. A pot of balm I would be more relaxed about.

Whenharrymetsmelly · 06/01/2023 20:00

SproutsLCerVEGNoEgg · 06/01/2023 18:15

I wouldn't mind if someone did it like Megan did, with her fingers. There are only a few people I wouldn't mind using it directly on their lips.

But then wouldn't you be touching your lips, then putting it back in again? Although even fingers 🤢 has no one learned anything about hygiene over the past two years 😑 I remember years ago in a nightclub and someone asked to borrow my eye-liner!! I threw it away when they gave it back 🤮

Bagsundermyeyestoday · 06/01/2023 20:02

Zosime · 06/01/2023 19:55

But what a totally trivial thing, the sort of thing you'd normally have forgotten about by the time you got home. Yet Meghan thinks it's worth telling Harry about, and he, or they, remember it and think it's worth putting in a book that's supposed to be about him, not her, however many years later.

(And if they were about to make a tv appearance, wasn't there a makeup/stylist person on hand?)

This 💯
It also says alot that M thought it was ok to ask, and then be miffed about it. Says more about her than K.
We're all entitled to our boundaries

Busybutbored · 06/01/2023 20:07

Yuk definitely not! Coldsores! And after finding out about Harry mounting horses, I'm sure he's had a coldsore or two in his life

DialsMavis · 06/01/2023 20:21

Isn't it just the same as having your make up done by a MUA?

StartupRepair · 06/01/2023 20:24

Clearly Kate has very firm boundaries which she has had to develop because of her unusual life. You never hear of Kate's friends posting her food on insta or contacting People magazine about her. Meghan doesn't seem to have respected Kate's boundaries or spent any time in developing or earning trust. The hugging, lip gloss etc are all just crashing through and faux intimacy.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 06/01/2023 20:29

No, because if she gets a cold sore after she's made me lend her my lip gloss she'll end up blaming me, even though fuck knows where she's got it.

I would never ask anyone to lend me their personal toiletries.

What's next? A toothbrush?

ZeldaWillTellYourFortune · 06/01/2023 20:30

No way.

Fizzadora · 06/01/2023 20:44

Absolutely not under any circumstances.
Meghan reminds me so much of my SIL (DH's brothers 2nd wife - his first wife was a nut job and this one isn't much better)
I had a reasonable relationship with in-laws but she crept in and undermined it and just made me feel uncomfortable. She made it all about her.
PIL's are dead now and we haven't had sight nor sound of BIL & SIL since we went full NC. Kate and William don't have that luxury.

bakalava · 06/01/2023 20:47

Not with someone who was comfortable enough to give a fake BJ on 90210

Imagine there was a lot of that going on in the lead up to the wedding between Meghan and Stallion. Breuggggh

Velda · 06/01/2023 20:51

It’s not hygienic to share. I’d give it to her and privately think she was a weirdo, then bin it.

greennavy · 06/01/2023 20:52

More to the point. I can't believe this made it into a book

greennavy · 06/01/2023 20:53

DialsMavis · 06/01/2023 20:21

Isn't it just the same as having your make up done by a MUA?

No! They use brushes. Which are thoroughly
Cleaned between

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OhMonDieux · 06/01/2023 20:59

Interestingly, I almost posted this in Style and Beauty but wondered if anyone would wonder why I was asking.

This thread wasn't meant to provoke criticism of either woman, it was simply a S&B question or about 'power' or anything. Just hygiene.

My feelings are

1 I'd not ask, unless it was a very close friend. Decades ago my 'bestie' and I shared a roll-on type lip gloss once (little roller ball on a tiny bottle of gloss.)

2 I offer DD my 'mistake buy' lippies but always wipe them very carefully and tell her I'm happy if she refuses them.

3 I think it's unhygienic.

4 Fingers are just as bad because the brush/ sponge tip on the wand is going back into the tube.

I'd have given it to someone who asked but not used it again myself.

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Forthelast · 06/01/2023 20:59

I think it was self absorbed and forward. I wouldn't ignore anyone's boundaries by assuming we could share germs! I also think it's odd that Harry was studying Kate's face for any sign that his wife wasn't being fully adored. He is incredibly touchy and entitled. If someone didn't want to share lip gloss with me I would accept that they care about personal hygiene and are not responsible for my needs. Harry instead perceived competition and jealousy.

It must have been exhausting putting up with Meghan's bull in a china shop style with Harry scrutinising and glowering at the slightest hint of frustration, then telling the world you are jealous.

Montague22 · 06/01/2023 21:03

Those were my thoughts @bakalava

greennavy · 06/01/2023 21:08

How's it an American request? Surely it's personal. Nothing to do with nationality

bakalava · 06/01/2023 21:15

Maybe it isn't American. In my own experience, only my American family members behaved in these odd ways and on this point, specifically. Just sayin' like.

SirenSays · 06/01/2023 21:28

I wouldn't ask, I think it's kind of gross. People always ask me though and I never know how to say no. A lady at work asked to use mine and dug a giant hole with her nail🤢

AdoraBell · 06/01/2023 21:32

No, it’s yucky 🤢 and I luckily have a perfect excuse. No, I have cold sores.

I know that teens while but a grown adult wouldn’t.

Thirdsummerofourdiscontent · 06/01/2023 21:32

No. I wouldn’t share anything that goes on my mouth. That’s gross.

Penguinsaregreat · 06/01/2023 21:36

No I wouldn’t.

AngryGoblin · 06/01/2023 21:48

no, I wouldn’t

WithGoodReason · 06/01/2023 21:58

Only close family. I used to work with someone who would look in peoples desks for Vaseline to use. Gross.

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