The Reason This 84 Year Old Man Is Learning To Do His Wife’s Makeup Will Make You Weep

In 2017, Des Monahan, a wonderfully adoring 84-year-old husband who was concerned that his 83-year-old wife Mona would no longer be able to do her own makeup due to her deteriorating eyesight, went to the beauty counter at a Debenhams department store in order to learn how to properly apply it for her. Over the course of 8 months, a kind makeup artist from Debenhams named Rosie O’Driscoll showed Monahan how to apply full face makeup, which he can now do at home.

After meeting the make-up artist, Rosie O’driscoll at their local Debenhams’s store, Des began practicing how to apply a full face of make-up for the first time in his life. With regular lessons, Des has mastered his new skill and can apply Mona’s makeup from the comfort of their home.