Nowadays a large part of her beauty endeavors take place online, in the form of her YouTube channel. Hong remembers experimenting with it as a little girl sitting playing with her mother’s cosmetics on the bathroom counter. Junior Julia Hong, another makeup enthusiast, can’t name the exact moment she got interested in makeup. With the realm of cosmetics at its most accessible, Paly makeup enthusiasts like Song utilize their passion for beauty in a variety of ways, from online videos to stage tech, elevating lipstick and eyeshadow to a means of transformation. But the number of enthusiasts seems to be growing thanks to makeup’s entrance into the Internet, bringing the contents of Vogue editorials to beauty blogs and YouTube videos. Most high school students don’t speak the language of makeup as seriously as Song does.
She wants her composition to look seamless - a subtle blend of flesh and fantasy. Song doesn’t want these colors to look caked on. “You want to make sure that you thin and blur the edges really well,” she says, as her brushes punctuate the air with shouts of black and whispers of pink. She works under a silver halo of light bulbs, above the shiny white floor of salon Parasol Beauty Atelier, whose employees have lent her the front room to demonstrate her skills on her friend. Her fingers spell out warmth in fluttering strokes, sweeping gold shimmer over an eyelid, coaxing lashes into inky focus. traffic, Palo Alto High School junior Ellen Song speaks with her hands. To the sure sound of November rain and 6 p.m. TA DA! Dordi models the complete look, a striking combination of dark eyes and red lip. STEP 2: Song moves on to Dordi’s cheeks, applying some newly bought bronzer. STEP 1: Junior Ellen Song polishes this dramatic eye look on senior Eyra Dordi with carefully drawn eyeliner.
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