Brooke spent the entire weekend trying to teach me how to do my hair and make-up. It had taken days for me to learn to style it the way I had to as part of my new identity and learning something new felt impossible at first. I wasn’t naturally talented at things like picking out which eyeshadows complimented my skin tone, and I had no idea how Brooke made use of the fifty different brushes and sponges she presented me with when we sat down in front of her laptop to watch some You Tube tutorials together.
These confident young women smiled back at us and chattered enthusiastically about how amazing these products they were being sponsored to use were.
I thought rather coolly that Pippa would be really great as an influencer if she ever decided to sell her soul to make a little money.
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