“The tips were reasonable: don’t eat anything garlicky for lunch, put cucumber slices on your puffy eyes, and don’t curl your hair too many hours in advance. But the real perversion was that this routine spanned a full day”
Photo: Getty Images I Think About This a Lot is a series dedicated to private memes: images, videos, and other random trivia we are doomed to play forever on loop in our minds.
All of those ideas float like a patriachical miasma around me day to day, but recently — as I found myself cleaning up my eyebrows three days before a semi-important work meeting and timing out an exfoliation schedule that would leave my skin refreshed, but not raw — I knew I was once again in the thrall of a two-page Seventeen spread that has haunted me since approximately 1995.
And it’s true, the date prep was extreme, exaggerated, and unnecessary. But also … kind of amazing? What an indulgence, to have a full day to spend that way. To have all that time to tick all those boxes, to feel — as if this were ever a possibility — fully prepared, fully your best self.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Why Fans Think Kendall Long and Joe Amabile Have ReunitedAre these former TheBachelor stars together once again?
Read more »
California's Reopening Plan Is Not Exactly What You ThinkMuch like Georgia and Texas, which have recently reopened, California’s step-by-step plan to revitalize the local economy has the opportunity to set the tone for how the rest of the country will handle phasing out of lockdowns.
Read more »
Why Scientists Think The Novel Coronavirus Developed Naturally — Not In A Chinese LabYou could be forgiven for wondering how a disease as fast-moving and deadly as COVID-19 could just appear naturally, out of nowhere, seemingly overnight. Presid…
Read more »
Growing Mushrooms at Home Is Easier Than You'd ThinkBring the forest floor to your countertop.
Read more »
Bobby Brazier's fans think he's the double of mum Jade Goody in modelling snapBobby Brazier has been making waves in the showbiz world on his own two feet with his modelling achievements as he followed his late mother Jade Goody's footsteps
Read more »
Facility near Pyongyang airport linked to North Korea's missile programme, U.S. think-tank saysA new facility near Pyongyang International Airport is almost certainly linked to North Korea's expanding ballistic missile programme, according to a report from a Washington-based think-tank.
Read more »