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Amy K's avatar

"It was the first of many times that I realized that no one is thinking about you quite in the way you’re thinking about yourself." For me, needing to wear glasses and getting a new pair of glasses from time to time is such a confirmation of this. The shape, size, style, and color can be entirely different: almost no one will notice. No one thinks about your face/appearance the way you think about your face/appearance.

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Emily's avatar

I remember getting to college & being the only one of the athlete girls on my hall who knew how to put makeup on - specifically eyeliner, on upper & lower lids, which I would not be seen without. All the girls came to my room for makeup & asked “how do you know how to do this?” I assumed everyone wore a full face of makeup in high school. And oh the many times I woke up before whatever boy I was dating to apply makeup & crawl back in bed before he woke up.

Having not worn so much as mascara since March, I feel so, so free from all of it.

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