Why do young teenagers insist on wearing thick black eyeliner? Chances are if you visit a middle school you will run into dozens of young Avril Lavigne lookalikes. One of my closest friend’s daughter loves to do this. If you give her a an inch she will paint of mile of black eyeliner around her eyes. The real kicker? She looks amazing without the eye liner and yet she prefers it. I think it must be the idea of hiding who they are under who they really want to be. That must be it. When I was 13 I tried so hard to make my hair look like everyone elses. I really did. Here is an example:
I had no business having bangs, and yet there you go right in the middle of my head. Bangs curled in obscene directions.� By the way I am not the one in the lime green sweatshirt. That is Karen and she also had silly bangs. I think she wore black eyeliner and black tennis shoes. We all had to look exactly alike, if you were different you had nothing to hide behind. And lord knows you can hide anything behind black shoes. Tell me, what trends do you think teenagers are using to hide behind? Is anyone at this age really accepting with being an individual? I realize that the era of Myspace pages claims to recognize individuality but honestly do teenagers really accept this?