And wearing casual lowkey clothes most of the time so that every time you do put on just a normal amount of makeup and wear a dress people you see regularly in your day-to-day life treat you like a movie star or the hollywood homely girl in a 2000s movie who just got a makeover. ‘Why look at you you’re… beautiful‘ bonus if you regularly wear glasses and swap them for contacts. This is a part of my general life practice of under promising and over delivering
I don’t have the energy to do my hair or makeup most days as I wallow in melancholy. People seem to compliment me a lot when I throw on a cute skirt and top, knee high socks for warmth, and then I just wear 2 sets of big earrings, a few necklaces, all my rings, maybe a cute belt and either a head scarf or hat that looks good.
Don’t leave your nice clothes and shoes or expensive make up gathering dust in your wardrobe because they’re “too nice” to wear on regular, everyday occasions. Life is mostly made of regular occasions, wear that nice dress and expensive perfume to go to the movie theater on a sunday afternoon
I wore a floral dress today but now it is very cold and I can't be bothered to change so floral dress + purple sweats + brown knit sweater it is. My hair is artistic, makeup half off, eyes dead. I'm sure I look high or sleep deprived. I am neither. This outfit is not vouching for me. I hope no one speaks to me. I am blasting Hoops by Julia Wolf, even if they try, I won't notice. I feel so settled somehow.
My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebody—be it a relative or one of my best friends—was to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too 💌