Chapter 1591: Chapter 1588: Rouge Blind Box
âThatâs right, itâs not embarrassing at all to give these as gifts.â
âIf youâre lucky and get something good, itâs a win.â
âYeah.â
All around, there were lively discussions. Many young misses couldnât resist buying a box, with some even purchasing several boxes at once.
Most of them opened the boxes on the spot, encouraged by their close friends.
The shopkeeper of The Beautiful Face Shop did not stop them.
Even Chu Ziluo was curious about what was inside.
The first girl to open a box found two lip balms of different colors, a winter cream, a set of face masks, and a box of very bright rouge.
âIâve used this cream before, and itâs pretty good. But Iâve never tried the lip balm and rouge, the colors are too bright. Would it make me look ugly if I used themâŠâ
Nearby, there was a waiter, who was a rather good-looking woman.
With a standard commercial smile, she said, âMiss, if you donât mind, I have several portrait samples here. Theyâre made with different skin tones and face shapes, showing the makeup effects. Each picture is labeled with the balm and color numbers, so you can determine if theyâre suitable for you, or if youâd like to gift them, you can give it to someone who suits them.â
The girl was indeed curious and pulled her friend along, stepping over quickly, âHey, I want to take a look.â
Immediately, a waiter approached, guiding her to see the samples. Thatâs why, despite the store being so large, the two rooms were crowded during the New Year festivitiesâit was clearly arranged for the holiday activities.
Huo Hongyan also got interested, tugging Chu Ziluoâs sleeve, and asked, âZiluo, Jiaojiao, do you want to take a look? Iâm quite interested in those pictures. I heard that as long as you buy enough rouge, and spend enough silver, people from Mei Mian Rouge Shop will personally come to the residence to help with makeup, and theyâre willing to teach too.â
âLetâs look around.â Chu Ziluo wasnât in a hurry, there was plenty of time anyway.
She signaled to Huo Hongyan, and all three of them saw Li Chunâer at the front, choosing various blind boxes.
Li Chunâer was well-off and directly instructed her maidservants to buy ten blind boxes on her behalf, spending as much as fifty taels.
Seeing the envious whispers around her, she lifted her chin proudly, âCome on, open them all. Let everyone see. Iâve bought so many; Iâm bound to get that Fair-faced rouge, right?â
Fair-faced rouge was a recently launched rouge from Mei Mian Rouge Shop, which became highly sought after when the King of Huainanâs daughter, the little princess, tried it out at the shop and wore it to a palace banquet, earning praise from the Dowager Empress, causing all the maidens to follow suit.
Adding to the fact that this rouge is new, and itâs the first time the little princess used it, it quickly became the hottest rouge in the capital recently.
However, extracting the materials for it required cherry blossoms, which only grew in warm greenhouses, not available in winter, making its price expensive and quantity limited. Only regular big clients of Mei Mian Rouge Shop could buy it.
Even Li Chunâer missed the opportunity due to bad luck, forcing her to buy blind boxes just to try to get the Fair-faced rouge.
âMiss, let me help you open them.â
The obedient little maidservant quickly opened the blind boxes.
The styles in the blind boxes were varied, with rarely any duplicates. Even though none of the first five boxes contained the Fair-faced rouge, Li Chunâer was still in good spirits, âNot bad, these are things I havenât used before. They all seem pretty good. Now I can try them one by one.â
As she opened the sixth box, the little maidservant let out a sharp scream.