We all went through phases in our early teenage years. Most of them we aren't proud of, but at least now we can open up our old photo folders and laugh at the terrible trends and bandwagons we all decided to jump on. These are the ten things I'm so thankful are gone.
1. Edited and tagged facebook pictures
We always had that one friend who decided to take a picture we had uploaded and put their master editing skills to use. The picture just wasn't good enough without the word art and heart stickers added. Lets not forget about the "tag a friend" pictures. I remember being tagged as a grape once. Why did I remind this person of a grape? I would panic when I saw what i was tagged as. Was I really the grape of the group?
2. Forgetting about eyebrows
It's funny because eyebrows used to be so unimportant. It was either you let your eyebrows grow like the vines of a Jumanji game or you just said F*** it and waxed those suckers right off your face. Thank you 2015 the bringing eyebrows into the beauty game. I feel like a more complete woman knowing my eyebrows are on point everyday. Atleast I have that going for me. * nervously laughs*
3. Push up bras and cut shirts
The more cleavage the better. I have to actually be forced to put on a bra nowaday. I'm okay with just a thin piece of lace and a big shirt. Before I'm pretty sure I wore a bombshell that was two cups too small on me and a cut football shirt. My boobs were up to my neck. I'm surprised I didn’t suffocate and more importantly, why did my high school allow me to wear a juicy zip up hoodie with nothing but my gel filled rhinestone push up bra underneath?
4. Attending your local radiostations summer/ winter concerts
oh come on, you know what im talking about. spending months Begging your parents to get you front row seats to see some lame boy band and that one girl who had that on hit song. then also having everyones parents spend money on a limo so you and all your 7th grader friends could show up in style (not including the matching pufy paint shirts you all made for the occasion).
5.Fake glasses
WHY WAS THIS A FASHION TREND ? i would give anything to not have to where my glasses anymore.
6. Victorias secret yoga pants
I would like to take this time to apologize to my mom for having her spend $50 on each pair of pink yoga pants I HAD to have. I would much rather have that fifty for my credit card bills. Even though i occasionally still wear my beloved yogas, I try not to think about the fact that I have rhinestones, neon yellow , and three different animal prints covering my ass.
7. Facebook photoshoots
We all at one point thought we were models and we were going to grace our newsfeeds with a series of amature pictures , we posed and edited for. Face it you used to spend hours doing your hair and makeup with your friends and then spend another two hours posing with a flower or taking pictures by a creek near your house.
8.Myspace
As thankful as I am for my internet coding skills to create the perfect background and music for my myspace , im glad that my obsession is over . I no longer care if im in brandons top friends ( for the record I probably would still be number one)
9.Drawing on our shoes
We all thought we should’ve been hired by vans to design the next best shoe. R.I.P to the all the packages of sharpies I went through to pimp out my shoes.
10.The “poof”
For some odd reason this horrendous hairstyle made every girl feel great about themselves, until they fast forward 7 years and realize how much money was wasted on hairspray and bobby pins and realized we all looked like we were hiding a small family on the top of our heads.