“I took toothpaste and broke a pen apart, like an ink pen, and mixed it together to make mascara. And I would apply it with a toothbrush,” she said. “Now, as you can imagine, oh my God, the minty freshness that was on my eyeballs was burning my eyes.”
Gypsy also said she used coffee grounds as eyeshadow, a type of cosmetics she described as “gold in prison,” before she bought a real, three-color palette from another inmate for $50.
“It was worth it because I had eight and a half years to do,” she said. “If I’m gonna be there that long, I might as well look pretty.”
Read on to find out more about Gypsy’s post-prison life…
