So- would you let someone borrow your lipgloss?

[OhMonDieux]

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.

Ugh that's nasty. If I ever have to work in an office again I'll have to keep all my belongings locked up.

@Whenharrymetsmelly

Well, I'd expect them to do it in one go, not dip in & out of the pot

Someone's relatively clean finger wouldn't bother me no.

All day you're touching stuff FAR more germ ridden than one persons finger, then touching your own face/mouth.

Well I've never had a cold sore, and I'd like it to stay that way 🤷🏼‍♀️

I would let someone borrow it. I wouldn't use it again afterwards.

It's like they are exagerrating stories to make Kate look bad but failing miserably.

I suspect Kate is actually pretty nice.

Nope, if I kiss you and share drinks with you then I'd share, so my daughter or husband for instance. If my SIL wanted lipgloss then I'd give it to her, but then I might not have any for myself at that event because I wouldn't want to re-use it. My SIL is lovely, but we are not at a sharing personal skin products sort of friendship.

Kind of like "if it touches hiney, it is no longer miney" line in BBT. I feel the same way but obviously not as much.

I'm with DoC on this one. I'd probably react in the same way. A reluctant yes but then doing without.

Not for dipping their mucky fingers in. Probably binned it after.

A finger dipped in a pot that may have recently been up their nose, in one of their lug holes, scratching their bum or in their mouth belonging to another person is not something I would want double dipping into any pot of cosmetics that I own.

It says more about Harry though. He expected everyone to be as besotted with Meghan as he was and regard it as an honour if she borrowed your lipgloss. Kate and William clearly didn't feel this way.

No way. I’d grimace too.

No, definitely not.

I did wonder if the answer might have been different on here pre covid, but then I remembered all the bog brush issues.

Sharing lip gloss is a real teenage thing.

Certainly not.

No. X

@Whenharrymetsmelly

I haven't either, but a clean finger into a pot of lipgloss isn't likely to lead to one, especially if the person doesn't currently have one.

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But without watching them use it you’d not know if they were a double dipper. Then you have the uncomfortableness of staring

Why single me out there?

I wouldn’t mind that much if it was a pot - Meghan is many things but I’m sure she is clean.

Guess to me it's just an indication of other dubious hygiene practices, (plus I assume double-dipping). It's a no from me 🙃

Completely disgusting. It’s not an item meant to be shared.

I would probably hand it over to be polite and throw it away afterwards while being really annoyed. Can’t promise I wouldn’t be able to hide my unhappiness.

No way. When I was a teenager I borrowed face powder to a friend. Next time I had pimples. After that, never again. Not hygienic no matter who it is.

I must be a make-up slut because I wouldn't think twice about handing a lip gloss to my SIL, just as we're about to go on the telly. And I'm not that close with my SIL either.

@WinterDeWinter

Well said.

@greennavy it comes across to me as a cultural difference, and I think the Brits here are reading far too much into it (power play, etc).

People in theatre and entertainment are far more free with personal item swapping than people who are not. Women who have been in sororities or even in dorms in college in the US would have often shared personal stuff with each other - this isn't a middle school solution to a problem of not enough money to buy your own lip gloss but a way of bonding.

It's not fake intimacy from the American pov. It's actually kind of weird that it's being seen as such here.

No.

Why is it weird?

It's seen in the context of British cultural practices. Also, Kate is not someone in theatre or entertainment, strictly speaking, so why would you expect her to follow American actor practices?

I think your view here is the weird one.

And it's not just that, it's the sheer pettiness of this, something Harry clearly let fester for years and now found worthy of including in his memoirs that is mindblowingly ridiculous.