Ashy Lips

I get asked by my friends why I always wear lipstick.

Well the main reason is because I love color on my lips. Also Sam enjoys the added color as well so I keep it on.

I also get asked if it's on all the time and if I sleep in it and the answer is yes. Partly because I wear Revlon color stay and you need makeup remover to get it off. Second is so I don't wake up and greet my husband with ashy lips.

You see Sam has an advantage on me. He's an early, early riser. Honestly, this man is up at 6 on the weekends even. I strive to be like the proverbs 31 woman myself but verse 15 disqualifies me where it says "15 She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day's work for her servant girls. " With two children under the age of two, I'm usually going to sleep around dawn. By the time I wake up, Sam's already been up, washed his face, brushed his teeth etc. Honestly in 6.5 years of marriage I've never seen his lips ashy or chapped and that's just wonderful. So I try to do the same and since he'll see me as soon as I wake up normally, then I at least have the lipstick part already taken care of. (The breath is handled pretty quickly as well.)

Now I may get teased for the constant lipstick wearing but I feel it's a strength in our marriage and may be why we're still trucking. People get divorced for many reasons, most being finances and children etc. But I bet if they were to trace it back, the root issue may have began with crusty, ashy, morning lips.

So I encourage women, even if you don't wear lipstick, keep chap stick or gloss at the bedside!