Here’s to getting better with age!
High school’s awkward for many people, and Jolie was no exception. I went to two different schools: for three years, I attended a large public high school in Alpharetta, Georgia, and then voluntarily shipped myself off to boarding school in Santa Barbara, California for my senior year. (Jolie’s weird like that. Her Georgia friends were not amused.) The Georgia reunion was this weekend, and after the awesomeness of my Santa Barbara shindig, I thought nothing could compare…but I was wrong!
From a beauty standpoint, it was excellent to see how great everybody looked: few let themselves go, and many were even more glossy, fresh-faced and well-groomed than I would have assumed. Sure, our high school closely resembled one of those clique-driven, individuality-crushing battlegrounds that you see in raunchy teen comedies starring Seann William Scott and baked goods, but over the years, the majority of my classmates seem to have matured, calmed, and learned the very crucial differences between good makeup (flattering! subtle!) and bad (RuPaul! spackled!). Jolie, by the way, counts herself among the beauty enlightened, as you will see from the “before” and “after” photos below proving that a little beauty knowledge can make anybody (even me!) blossom.
14-year-old Jolie, in New York City, with her best friend A. So, that’s what my natural color looks like!
Jolie, at 15, in the middle of her “I will only wear No Fear t-shirts and flannels” phase. It led to (I kid you not) a style-intervention from my then-best friend’s mom.
At 17, beginning to resemble an actual adult. (Away, baby fat! Away!) A., you will note, looks exactly the same. (Damn her genes!)
Ahh! Now, that’s better! Thank God for highlights and smokey eyes.
Tags: beauty evolution, high school reunion, JOLIE/NADINE
August 18th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
aww little nadine
too cute
August 18th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Love you as a blonde!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I love the scrunchy around A.’s wrist in the second photo!!! It’s oh so retro!
August 18th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
fabulous! i love the pics! thanks for sharing. i totally get the whole “i will only wear..” thing!
August 18th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
My what fab hair you have now! I need to fly out to Cali to try out your colorist!
August 18th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Your 15 year old hair color was pretty cute.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
you’re cute, then and now! (now’s cute + really pretty)
August 19th, 2008 at 8:06 am
How DID we all survive high school??! Jolie, you survived it beautifully!
August 19th, 2008 at 9:56 am
ooh jolie please share your smoky eye technique with us!!! pleeeeeeeaseeee???
August 21st, 2008 at 10:26 am
and thank god for eyebrow waxing! Why oh why did it take me so long to figure it out??