Gods save her, there was so. much. makeup. Strewn all across her dresser and the small tables around the room, more eyeliners, lipsticks, mascaras, and eyeshadow palettes than Liv had ever seen- and Mai had still seemed unsatisfied, having sent Ayreesha to get even more products.

Liv blushed faintly at the comment about her dress. She’d had her seamstress order it three months ago, as soon as the Aciras arrangements had been finalized. It had been a very secretive thing, of course- she knew her mother would have /never/ let her even consider owning a dress like this, let alone wearing it to what was probably the biggest event of the entire three month gathering.

As Mai moved around the room, Liv glanced at her maids. They were unusually tense- sure, they often sat perfectly still, but there was tension in every line of their bodies, and were staring at Mai with eyes that were too blank. Liv nudged them lightly with her elbows, trying to get them to relax, but they just glanced at her blankly. The girl rolled her eyes, which ironically enough got a response from them in the form of a sharp, pointy elbow jammed into her ribs. She quickly sat up, folding her hands in her lap properly and crossing her ankles, looking down at the floor again until Mai spoke once more, asking what style of makeup Liv wanted.

She glanced again at the older girl’s thick, defined eyeliner and bright red lipstick… while she very much doubted she could pull off such a bright shade, she’d glimpsed some deeper, less-saturated reds in Mai’s makeup bag...

“I really like your style of eyeliner, though I’m not sure how well it will work on me… but if you think it might work we could try that? And maybe a bit of a brighter gold shadow? I.. don’t think your normal lip color will work on me but maybe if you have something a little darker and more muted…?” she trailed off uncertainly, earning another elbow from Claudia.

“And, um.. thank you again for agreeing to do this for me, Mai.”