How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I started worrying about what to wear for first day back at school. It's only eleven days away now. I wonder how much "natural" makeup I can get away with? Concealer is OK—I wonder about mascara? Maybe I should just dye my eyelashes? I hate my eyebrows. I say eyebrows but in fact it's just one eyebrow right along my forehead. (1.88)
Georgia isn't technically allowed to wear make-up to school, and with only eleven days to scheme her way around this to make sure she looks as good as possible (in her opinion), she has to get on it.
Quote #8
I've been Sellotaping my fringe to make it longer and straighter and to cover up the space where my eyebrows were. Jas said, "It makes you look like you've escaped from the funny lads' home." Ellen says if I emphasize my mouth and eyes, then attention will be drawn away from my nose. So it's heavy lippy for me from now on. (1.128)
This is one of Georgia's ridiculous ideas to make herself look better. After shaving her eyebrows off, in an attempt to get rid of her unibrow, she improvises covering this up with the equally ridiculous idea of taping her bangs to her forehead. Georgia's lack of self-esteem, while humorous to read about, is clearly a little out of control.
Quote #9
I shared my nose anxiety with Mum. She said, "We used to use 'shaders.' You know, light highlights and darker bits to create shadow—you could put a light line of foundation down the middle and then darker bits at the sides to sort of narrow it down." (2.209)
Mum's response to Georgia's nose anxiety isn't the best, though her comment about appearance helps us understand where Georgia's concern about her looks comes from. Having an authority figure make a comment like this is probably not so helpful for the whole low self-esteem issue.