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by Anna Bauman

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Bare faces. Messy buns. Disheveled appearances.

 

These looks are the norm in an all-girls environment like STA.

 

Red lipstick. Sparkly eye-shadow. Heavy, mascara-covered eyes.

 

Not so common.

 

At St. Teresa’s, the majority of students do not wear makeup to school. Many students roll out of bed without a thought to their appearance because there are no boys to impress, according to freshman Ellie Grever. Despite the social norm, some students, such as Grever, choose to wear makeup to school.

 

Grever said she wears mascara, eyeliner and lipstick to school on a daily basis, adding about 10 minutes to her morning routine.

 

“I wear makeup to school because it makes me feel comfortable about myself and how other people see me,” Grever said. “I know most people just roll out of bed and go to school and I think that’s fine because it’s an all-girls school but I feel better if I’m presentable.”

 

Sophomore Amelia Redick also wears makeup to school on a fairly regular basis, although she said her use of makeup has diminished as she has gotten further into high school. As a freshman Redick often came to school wearing heavy eye-makeup as a form of fun, artistic expression.

 

“I always found the art of eye-makeup fun and interesting,” Redick said.

 

Currently Redick only wears subtle makeup, like cover-up and light eye-shadow, to school for her own comfort level, sometimes going completely bare-faced.

 

“I just stopped wearing it because it gives me extra time to sleep in the morning,” Redick said. “It took me a little while to realize that you don’t have to make yourself up [at STA] because you’re not going to be judged.”

 

According to senior Anna Leach, there is an unspoken taboo against makeup at STA.

 

“[Most students] associate the sisterhood very directly with no makeup and not showering,” Leach said. “Those kinds of things are very much entrenched in the all-girls environment.”

 

Sophomore Amelia Redick, who wears makeup to school on a fairly regular basis, believes that STA offers an environment of acceptance, whether a student is wearing makeup or not.

 

“Everyone is pretty accepting at this school and they don’t judge you for what you wear,” Redick said. “But I think some people thought, ‘Why is she wearing makeup? She should know that she shouldn’t have to make herself up to go to school.’”

 

Leach believes that there is some judgement on the students who do wear makeup, as with any social taboo or stigma.

 

“I don’t think [the looks and comments] are necessarily malicious, but it’s a distinction that people are making mentally,” Leach said.

 

However, Leach said that STA is an accepting community.

 

“If [students] feel more relaxed to not wear makeup to school then that’s great,” Leach said. “But at the same time, if a girl wants to wear makeup to school and that’s what makes her comfortable, then power to her as well.”

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