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My
not-so-little-anymore sister is having her prom coming up very shortly. Seeing
her getting prepared for it takes me back to when I had mine. It’s a very stressful and exciting time for a 16-year old; The stress of
finding the right dress, what make-up to wear, your prom date?The list sure does go on. Luckily for my
sister, as having someone who experienced prom, she has me to guide her the
right way and avoid these if she will let me! Haha. For me, I had
never been to something where I could dress up like I could for this, and I was
itching to go all out. However it is very safe to say that my prom experience
was very far from perfect and there’s a couple of things which I wish knew
beforehand.
Prom is not a big
deal.
I know for my prom, I
was extremely excited. Sure, I had doubts in my head and was wondering if it
was going to be as good as it looked in the all films. But it actually ended up
in being a humongous anti-climax. That’s not to say don’t get excited. Please
do! But just realise that it’s probably not going to be as amazing as it traditionally is in films. It’s literally going to be a few hours of your life where
you’re going to be doing the same things you do at school (minus the dancing)
with the same people. What I am saying is try not to stress, prom isn’t as a
massive big deal as you think it will, so try not put so much pressure on your
for it be so perfect.
Plan your Make-up.
I did my make-up
myself for prom and I really really hated it. I know this has contradicted
what I have just said about not being
perfect, but I really did despise my entire face. I did my make-up myself and back then I
really had no skill in that department. I knew basic stuff like how to do ok
eye shadow, but nothing really prom-worthy. With no idea what I wanted my
make-up to look like I was sat down at half 3 in the afternoon staring into the
mirror struggling on where to start. I ended up just piling on the eyeshadow
and foundation because back then the rule more is less didn’t see fit to me. I
also having never experiencing false eyelashes decided to go for the biggest
most extravagant lashes I could find. Silly me. In the end I really hated it. I
should have 100% , done a run through, done some research or had it done
professionally. I mean it wasn’t a complete disaster, I just didn’t feel
comfortable with what my face looked like. If you are having your make-up done
by professionally do a run through with them. I have heard of way too many
people who have had it done professionally and didn’t like the outcome.
Why does nothing match?! haha! |
The Prom Dress.
I think finding the
prom dress may be the most exciting bit. It can also be a bit depressing when
nothing fits or doesn’t live up to your standards. You’re going to find some
you hate yourself and some that you love yourself in. It’s a slight
rollercoaster. It’d probably best to start searching for your dress early, that
way you can make the most of your time and figure what kind of shape dress you
would like and colour etc. Looking back my dress wasn’t fantastic and I wish I
had gone for something a little longer, but I did end up wearing mine for two
weddings that same year so I suppose that made it more versatile in a way. In
my school everyone seem to find it a massive scandal if you had the same dress
as someone else. There was even facebook page where you were supposed to post
your dress to make sure no one got the same one! Which seems so ridiculous now!
One of my friends and me pretty much wore the same dress and neither one of us
cared. Also for some reason I made non of my shoes and bag match the dress. What a complete fashion disaster! Okay, so it wasn't the end of the world but it's just another thing to add to the list!
So that’s mostly all
the things I wish I had thought out thoroughly about my prom. I know prom’s
just a little bit of fun, but in some
ways it got made in to such a big deal by others and in my own head. I know
exactly what I do differently if I was going to do it again.
Have you had your prom
yet? What would you do differently about yours? If not what are you most
looking forward to?
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