Amelia looked between the two of them. "You know what? Let's use my laptop. I'll fire up a makeup tutorial on YouTube, and you two can try it out. How's that?"
"Perfect! I can't wait to shock Aiden." Meryn grinned evilly.
Amelia pulled out her laptop from the back of the case and logged in. "What type of look did you want?"
Meryn pulled the laptop between her and Noah. "We got this, you do Beth."
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely." Meryn started typing. "We just have to find a video we want."
"Okay, if you have any questions or need help, let me know." Amelia slid a tray of assorted makeup and beauty supplies over to them and turned to Beth. "So what's your normal look?"
"Pretty natural, I tend to go for neutral colors like cream, pink, and light brown."
She assessed Beth's gorgeous blonde hair and blue eyes. "How do you feel about bold colors?"
Beth flinched. "How bold?"
"Trust me." Amelia grinned and started pulling out the makeup she knew she wanted for Beth's new look.
"So, Amelia, do you know The Doctor?" Meryn asked, her eyes still glued to the laptop. Noah pointed to one video and she nodded.
"Doctor Who?" Amelia winked at Beth.
Meryn laughed. "Exactly!" Then she paused. "Wait, did you actually mean to ask doctor who, as in the question?"
Amelia just raised an eyebrow at her, and Meryn rolled her eyes.
"What are the odds that most of the mates watch Doctor Who?" Beth asked, lining up the pencils by length.
Amelia shrugged. "Maybe the Doctor is gathering all of his supporters into one place so that, when the time comes, we can help him save the Earth?"
Meryn looked up, her eyes wide and her face filled with wonder.
Beth groaned. "Don't encourage her nutty conspiracy theories."
Meryn glared at Beth. "Some of my theories are true, thank you very much."
Beth shook her head. "It worries me that you even think of those crazy ideas to begin with."
Meryn shrugged. "Aiden snores; it's what I think of when I'm trying to get to sleep."
"Ahh, sleep deprivation. I knew there had to be an explanation."
Amelia pulled out her pack of makeup remover wipes. "Before we get started, is anyone wearing makeup?" All three shook their heads. "Ideally, I would have you exfoliate and moisturize before we get started, but I think we can skip it today. Remind me to establish skin care programs for you later." She put the wipes on the table.
"This one?" Meryn pointed to the screen. Noah nodded. Meryn started their video as Amelia picked up a tube of primer. As she was smoothing it over Beth's skin, she heard a masculine voice from her laptop. "And you if don't like it, don't fucking watch it; you know the drill."
Amelia and Beth turned to Meryn and Noah at the same time. "What are you watching?" Beth asked.
"Manny Mua. So far, he rocks!" Meryn's eyes were glued to the monitor.
"Mua?" Amelia laughed. "Meryn, that's Manny M-U-A, as in makeup artist, not his last name."
"That makes more sense," Meryn said.
"He's gorgeous," Noah sighed, watching the video with a dreamy expression on his face.
"He must be pretty," Jaxon quipped, without looking up from his work.
"He is," Meryn and Noah replied in unison.
Amelia turned back to Beth. "I'll have to check him out later." She held up one bottle of foundation then another. Beth was so fair she knew she would probably have to mix foundations to get the correct shade. She chose two of the lightest shades she had and ran test strips down her neck. While they were drying, she lightly filled in her brows with a brow pencil. Since she was blonde, she didn't want to go too dark.
"No, he said a two-twenty-four brush, where is that one?" Meryn asked.
"Found it." Noah held up the black handled brush.
Amelia lucked out in that Beth was a match with a foundation she had. With a flat-topped brush, she buffed the foundation into Beth's skin. She used her favorite concealer not only to highlight under her eyes but to prime her eyelids as well. Next, she set the foundation and concealer with a translucent powder.
"My fucking eye is twitching," Manny complained from her laptop. Meryn giggled at the video. "I love him!"
Beth chuckled at Meryn's giggles. "She would find a kindred spirit via YouTube somehow."
"Meryn, I don't think that's right," Noah commented nervously.
Amelia dug through her case, looking for her palest pink blush. She wanted just a hint of color in Beth's cheeks. "Found it!" She opened the compact and picked up her fluffiest brush.
Beth leaned back, looking skeptical. "I don't usually use blush."
"Trust me, I know what I want to do with your eyes." Amelia ignored Beth's nervous expression and added a flush of color. She finished Beth's face by adding a shimmery highlight to emphasize her high cheekbones.
"Why do they say, 'I'm going in with'? Going in where? It sounds like it's going in your eyeball." Meryn asked.
"Meryn, I think that may be too much," Noah said, his voice sounding strange.
Amelia shrugged and closed the highlighter compact. "It's just what they say." She beamed at Beth. "Now my favorite part, the eyes." Amelia went straight to her custom palette and began layering and blending colors.