Contractions? No Problem. This New Mom Did Her Makeup to Distract Pain

Contractions? No Problem. This New Mom Did Her Makeup to Distract Pain
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Well, what else was there to do but to apply 35-shade eyeshadow palette, mink lashes, two pots full of brushes, and a skin contouring kit—all on your face—while waiting to deliver your baby?

Doesn’t sound like a typical woman going into labor for over ten hours, but Alaha Karimi—a 27-year-old woman from Long Island, New York—did just that.

Doing something I loved helped the time go by so much faster and made everything so much easier.
Alaha Karimi