[Instagram]
Oh K! Midterm Face Mask Party
(A post featuring three pictures in succession.
The first is a selfie of Rose Hale, proud and without shame, still classically beautiful even with her face covered in a sheet mask. Her hair, bleached by sunlight and summers spent on beaches, is pulled away from her face in a high tail. The mask is contoured to every curve of her face, its color an iridescent blend of pinkish-periwinkle. She holds an opened square package just to the side of her face, a silvery sheen of paper and bold lettering proclaiming Oh K! Chok Chok Holographic Sheet Mask. Her blue eyes, already a vivid shade, stand out on her face, open wide and free of mascara. Even with the mask, the mock expression of awe on her face is obvious.
The second picture is taken by someone else. The vantage point indicates that the photographer was standing just above where the three girls in the picture are sitting on multicolored beanbag chairs. The background is a familiar drape of white fabric patterned in rainbow etchings of astrological signs. In front of the girls, scattered across a garish rug on the floor, are a dozen packets of Oh K! facial masks.
In this picture, Rose Hale already has the holographic mask on her face, and she appears to be observing the other two girls, who seem to be captured mid-bicker. The girl with dark, shortly cropped hair held back by a neon pink cotton headband is wearing a white sheet mask. She is kneeling, two masks in hand and held as if offering a choice; meanwhile the remaining girl with green eyes looks up at her, bare face twisted in an expression of delicate confusion.
The third picture is another selfie, this time a group shot depicting four girls squished into the frame. Each of them is grinning behind the sheet masks, which ripple and loosen at the wide expressions. Rose Hale is in the middle, cheek pressing against a girl with dark, slanted eyes and bronzed skin; on either end, the girl with the green eyes and the girl with the pixie haircut are holding rabbit ears behind the heads of the girls in the middle. Rose Hale is giving the camera a peace sign, something like happiness in her eyes.)
byanyothername Celebrating the end of midterms with the girls! Thanks to Oh K! for this self care session! :)
#selfcare #ohk #southkoreanbeauty #arentwepretty #midterms #dontremindme
Posted 2 weeks ago
Comments
Ty-Liar you're even beautiful like this!
mathmagician a goddess, a divine blessing, please marry me in five years
aliceseesyou okay but those masks made my skin glow! thanks rose!
savethebees I've been wanting to try these masks and you've totally convinced me! Ordering now!
VeraNotWang Girl you better send some of those my way! Lol Do you have any idea what this child has done to my complexion?
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A/N: I don't believe in filler chapters and this one definitely isn't. Give a cheer for character development - and a tie-in to the previous chapter. Also, as a note, these interlude chapters will be non-linear; while the Youtube interlude was created at the beginning of 2019, this Instagram interlude was created during the same time as the last chapter, which means that the next chapter will be real-time 2 weeks after midterms. I think when this story is complete, all of these social media interludes, as a whole, will create context and an immersive experience. If it's confusing now, I apologize!
To that end, Rose is an Instagram model. Some people call this being an "influencer", while others just see it as a side hustle. People like Rose can make a significant amount of money promoting products, such as these face masks. Some Instagram models even attend professional photoshoots to create content. Rose does a combination of both. Like every other millennial and Gen Z trying to make things work, Rose has become a freelancer of sorts. The whole thing is actually kind of fascinating, the things these "influencers" can and cannot do, the contracts that they have to follow, etc.
Anyway! Astute readers will notice certain handle(s) in this chapter that may be of some importance later! Guesses on who VeraNotWang is? Or am I misleading you right now?
As always, be brutally honest. I can take it.
~Rae
