I have finally had a quiet moment to sit down and just RELISH this example of supreme journalistic integrity and commitment. My mom is in a line of work where she frequently has to do hair and makeup (sometimes daily). I have core memories of her head getting pulled, steam from the blow dryer zapping her scalp, people (multiple) 1” from her skin, literally blowing on her face. I’m like—glamor is WORK. An actual, ongoing, physical event. So much time, too! Like… I will make that kind of time if you pay me. (Maybe.) Alas, nobody has offered.
“It was what I needed to remember that this isn’t who I am; this isn’t who anyone is, even those who live this way, because people can’t be whittled down to nail appointments and handbags. The High Maintenance Baddie is not an identity, but a transient state of being.
I’ve had a panic attack at BN and now I work there and have seen others do the same. I think it’s how safe people feel there- it brings up all the squished emotions.
I have finally had a quiet moment to sit down and just RELISH this example of supreme journalistic integrity and commitment. My mom is in a line of work where she frequently has to do hair and makeup (sometimes daily). I have core memories of her head getting pulled, steam from the blow dryer zapping her scalp, people (multiple) 1” from her skin, literally blowing on her face. I’m like—glamor is WORK. An actual, ongoing, physical event. So much time, too! Like… I will make that kind of time if you pay me. (Maybe.) Alas, nobody has offered.
Imagining a world where lake skinnydippin, boy chasin Isabel gets paid to do mega glam is like… fantastic fiction. Muah. I love it. 😏
The COMMITMENT!!!!!!!
“It was what I needed to remember that this isn’t who I am; this isn’t who anyone is, even those who live this way, because people can’t be whittled down to nail appointments and handbags. The High Maintenance Baddie is not an identity, but a transient state of being.
I still love her all the same.”
*chef’s kiss*
So excited for you and your new home 😍❤️🔥
The commitment was pathological but WE GOT IT DONE LMFAOOO ❤️❤️ eeee so excited 🤩
I f’ing love you and I’m booking our next Botox / sushi date in the city 💅🏼
Bitch ur my soulmate… 👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️
From one baddie to another, I commend you for this! Its was very fun following your week!
Thank you so much for reading gorgeous 😘
this is unashamedly one of my favorite posts of yours. i reread it once per quarter
also congrats on the HOUSE my goodness!
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH 🥹☺️😍
I’ve had a panic attack at BN and now I work there and have seen others do the same. I think it’s how safe people feel there- it brings up all the squished emotions.
This feels so accurate to me omg
1) 😮💨
2) I'd never heard the phrase HMB before reading this piece (I assume my 3 year hiatus from social media is the cause)
3) I asked my wife if I was HM and she gave me some wonderfully descriptive and accurate examples of how much I am 🤣
I've have now begun to sing "High Maintenance Baddie Daddy" in an Adventure Time-esque tone.
Ok I am HERE FOR high maintenance Jamal… maybe your weeklong chronicle is next 😏