The last place I expected to go when I arrived at the office this morning was a homeless shelter. After tearing anything relevant out of the daily newspapers, the deputy editor asked us to clear out all the beauty products from the fashion cupboard. The fashion & beauty team are sent products all the time and there are loads of different boxes in the cupboard labelled, hair, lips, skin, eyes, tan etc – and they are all full to the brim. All the products filled two (very) large suitcases.
When I was told that the magazine was donating the products to a homeless charity I was a little surprised. I thought that the people at the shelter would probably prefer the money from selling the products, but when we arrived the staff were thrilled – everyone needs to moisturise I suppose..
The rest of the day was sooo busy and the closet was filled with bags of clothes ready to be returned. I have heard from so many different people that The Devil Wears Prada is nothing like reality. However, today there were a couple of moments when I felt like I was being asked very casually to do rather difficult things. But I guess these people didn’t get this far in their career by taking no for an answer.
Other things that happened:
– I got a free latte from my favourite place to go for lunch, Joe and the Juice.
– A baby on the tube LOVED my glittery nail polish, and was playing with it from Bethnal Green to Oxford Circus.
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