Defending, Stacey says “I tried to go without it but I couldn’t face sitting on the train without wearing makeup!” Gloria kicks things off with the application of dozens of heated hair rollers. Hair is teased and back-combed, pinned and set – a laborious process which seems effortless as the ladies chat about hairspray, makeup and all things glamorous. A ring on the doorbell conf irms the arrival of our second shoot instructor, Billie Rae, who looks immaculate in a green day dress, some slightly practical-looking heels, with auburn hair loosely curled. And as our troupe grows the war stories begin; tales of waist training, sweaty eyelids. “The trick is to give them a pinch in the middle for good luck before going onstage,” I overhear, and it turns out Billie is discussing false lashes. I enquire how our model is doing in between applications of primers, potions and powders and a thumb is raised skyward, so as not to disturb an artist at work. Billie is pondering whether it was a good idea to drink red wine into the small hours the night before the shoot, and I jokingly suggest a lunchtime snifter. “I think I could do with a hair of the dog,” says Stacey, who then quickly adds “well, just a hair for my nerves!”
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