Lyric starts, batting her eyes at me dramatically.
Uh-huh, I manage.
As if I could miss
the luscious lashes
framing her
almond-brown eyes.
Lyric looks like she stepped out ofTeen Vogue
or something, and I—
I look like
a walking Eddie Bauer ad
in a maroon puffer coat
a pair of black fleece-lined joggers
snow boots and a matching
knitted hat-mittens-scarf situation.
The solo shots I’ve been taking
are not reading the way I want to,
Lyric continues, gesturing to a whole
influencer setup nearby.
I think the shot would be better
if there was more “romance”
or whatever in it.
She saysromanceas if
it’s a bad wordusing air quotes.
OK, so—where do I fit in?
And what isBeautyStarz?
Lyric laughs.Right, sorry.
You don’t strike me as a BeautyStarz user.
It’s basically a social media platform—
but for the beauty community.
The beauty community?
