Magatte Wade Products Q & A

We were not allowed to wear makeup until age 18. I grew up getting compliments without any makeup on, so makeup was not something that I was looking forward to trying on. But the first time, I experimented with it, was with mascara, on my first date in San Francisco, with the first true love of my life. I wanted to feel sophisticated and ensnare. I very much speak with my eyes. And mascara makes me feel seductive and powerful.

My husband rests his head on my lap

My mother is probably one of the most sensual women I know. She would shower at least twice a day, to start her day, and later in the evening, when she was done with work, had finished preparing dinner and before my father came home. She then always looked as if she was going on the most magnificent date with him.

Her ritual was as follows: first, she would shower or bathe. Then she would do her hair, then apply her makeup (I remember it to always be impeccable), dress, and end her beauty ritual by applying Eau de parfum. The perfumes she wore were Poison de Dior, Samsara de Guerlain, and Opium d’Yves Saint Laurent. On anyone else, those scents would give me a headache, but not on her. I loved smelling those on her.

Neither. It is just not something I think of putting on. So I rarely put any on. Just for photoshoots or TV appearances and the few moments I need to feel sexy and feminine but don’t for whatever reason.

He referred to it in so many ways, but not verbally. It was a look of appreciation, a smile, a touch… all very subtle and elegant, but oh so telling, even for the child I was.

Not sure if it is a beauty or wardrobe mishap, but I will never forget this day, as I was walking to lunch with a male customer. I love wearing thigh-high tights. And that day, because I was wearing a rather close to the body pencil skirt, I had decided to do without a garter belt to avoid visible lines and instead wear tights with adhesive.

As we were crossing the street, and in the middle of the intersection, the adhesive on the tight of my left leg for some reason decided to “give”. Before I could do anything, the whole thing had already rolled down to my ankle. And my customer to ask “what’s this plastic bag around your ankle?.” I laugh about it now, but that was probably one of the most embarrassing moments of my life.

Confidence, as in being confident with who you are, at all levels. I find confident people to be so beautiful.

Bumpy traffic, running late to a meeting

Authenticity and meaning

My husband and I were visiting the Grand Canyon area for one year. While driving down the hill behind another car that was going rather slow, we started smelling the smell of brakes. At that point, my husband who was rather annoyed was saying things like “Is this guy driving standing on the brakes or what?!?” He was making all types of comments and mean jokes at the car in front of us, with its slow speed, brake lights on, and the funky smell.
But imagine our surprise when we started seeing smokes of overheating coming out of under the hood of our rental car. My husband’s first reaction was “What the heck?!?” At that particular moment, I do not know what got into me, but I just started laughing hysterically. So much that my ribs were hurting, my jaw was hurting, and my eyes were crying, with my mascara running down. First, my husband was very mad, but he quickly joined in the laughter. I mean, what a good lesson of humility. Instead of checking our heat gauge when the smell started (my first reaction now), we automatically assumed it was the other car. Just thinking of this, I am laughing. HAHAHAAAAAA!