This is it she says, Excited?
I have been treated to a make over day with my friend, Sue's sister Jacquie bought it for her for Christmas and told her: go with Dawn you will have a great time
Our pale, make up free faces stand out against the black sofa we are asked to sit on as we sip a cup of coffee. Phase one Selfie Sue says as we grin into her camera...
We glance at the forms we need to fill in.
Mmmm which feature do you want enhanced in the photos I mutter as I glance at Sue, dimples for me, eyes maybe, for you she suggests
Which feature do you most want to disguise...wrinkles we giggle
But I bow my head and instead scribble I don't want to look disabled.
Upstairs our faces are transformed from pasty pale to palettes of colour. Our eyes and cheeks are defined as the beauticians apply more make up than I have ever worn! We use theatrical make up they tell us, you will need it in the bright studio. They tease our hair into bouffant styles. Very Mary Quant I say to Sue when her rollers come out!
Back on the sofa we take phase two photos...
When it is our turn we wheel our suitcases into the studio. Lets look at your outfits first Laura the bubbly photographer suggests with her camera hanging around her neck...
She asks me what my limitations are...
Try me with everything, I don't want my stick to get a peep at your camera lens I mutter as I abandon it in the corner of the room.
She suggests we sit on the floor and clicks away as we pose, first on our front, after waiting for my left leg and foot to register what I want it to do. We laugh as I try to hang onto the position long enough for a good shot...
Do you think you can get into this hole next Laura asks me with a grin.
I'll give anything a go...
I hoist my bum into position.
Now slide down, let the curve do the work she tells me as Sue watches, her grin getting wider with each shuffle..
Oh my goodness thats amazing they both say as the camera clicks...
Not a disability in sight...
