Maybe compensating isn’t the right word. But we’ll pull a Tim Gunn and “Make it Work”.
I wrote last week about what it’s like to not feel beautiful. This post kind of tag teams off of that.
There’s a girl in some of my classes. Beautiful, typecast as the blonde bombshell, smart, and quirky. She has the potential to be a beautiful person except for one thing-she’s so concerned with being a beautiful person.
With 20 minutes at the end of class, every class, you can hear the familiar clanking of make ups and perfume. She applies concealer under her eyes, reapplies mascara to the top and bottom eye lashes, lipstick, etc. The finishing touch is a spritz of perfume.
But wait there’s more! With 5 minutes left of class the clanking starts again as she double checks everything, sometimes even brushing her hair. Finally! She is ready to continue on with her day. This happens every class, morning and afternoon.
It’s sad. I bet she’s really pretty and no one will ever actually see her. It makes me wonder what happened to this girl to make her feel like it’s so necessary….
amyleighoff 