Chapter 74 Lip-to-lip Friendships Are Friendships Too

• The air inside the dressing room was thick with the scent of foundation, hairspray, and dry powder. Makeup mirrors lined the walls, and the heavy fabric changing curtains rattled back and forth constantly. The expansive room felt claustrophobic packed with so many people rushing around in a tense, highly organized blur to prep for the opening acts.
• By the time Zoe slipped over to Nora's station, Nora's makeup was already fully set, and she was in the middle of pinning up her hair for the first act.
• The opening segment of her performance required her to dance the masculine lead in the Swan Lake prologue—her makeup had to remain sharp and clean, leaving enough breathing room for her to quickly transition into her delicate white swan bodice and adjust her cosmetics during the intermission, before finally swapping into the striking red costume for the grand finale.