This year I've had an ongoing joke with my husband that my nickname is "frump girl." Never have I ever worn so many long skirts and had my hair in a bun 6 days of the week. Not to say if you do this that you are indeed Frump Girl, heavens no. It's just a step out of the box for me. (I'm a Florida girl and LOVE my shorts) But I have no problem wearing long skirts in town, and wearing my hair up is actually preferable since it's always a million degrees in Palau.
But today something RADICAL happened to me.
I walked into the bathroom this morning and stared at the girl in the mirror. Same skirts, same polos, same hair in a bun for 6 days of the week. And what in the world am I going to do with this bare face? Are those new wrinkles? Don't get me started. So I thought I'd spruce myself up and wear my most favorite eyeliner in the world. I put it on...smiled in the mirror...changed my hair...walked out of the bathroom...walked back in...and then took it off. I wasn't convinced. I wasn't feeling it.
It's been such a rare occasion that I wear makeup here in Palau that for once in my life, I preferred NOT to wear eyeliner. (younger me gasps) I actually liked how I looked without it. This is huge for me considering that at one point in highschool I wouldn't be caught dead without it. But as I've gotten older I've gradually embraced a more 'natural' face, and here in Palau I'm learning to love it even more.
I won't ever deny my love for eyeliner and makeup and all things glitter and girly. And I know I'll be back for it soon. But today I'm glad that I can also choose not to have those things, and still feel just as beautiful. I hope you do too.
Maybe frump isn't so frumpy...
xo,
Rachel
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