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Ukuxilongwa okulimazayo kwenzeka lapho eneminyaka engu-31 kuphela ubudala. Umlingisikazi ophinde abe ngumculi waseBrooklyn, NY, uNicole Bradin, wayengenawo umlando emndenini womdlavuza webele, ngakho isimila esiyingozi ebeleni lakhe lesokunxele kwaba yinto yokugcina ayeyilindele: “Ngaya ngedwa lapho eqokwa khona, futhi angikholwanga lapho udokotela. uthe unamaphesenti angama-99 ukuthi isigaxa engisitholile [ngokuzihlola] ngumdlavuza. " Ngokujabulisayo, ngemva kweminyaka emithathu kanye nenkambo yokwelashwa ejulile (okwakuhlanganisa ne-mastectomy, chemotherapy kanye nemisebe), uNicole, oneminyaka engama-34, akanawo umdlavuza. “Manje sengizibeka kuqala futhi angisakhathazeki ngezinto ezingabalulekile,” usho kanje. "Ngifunde ukuthi ukuzinakekela kubalulekile."

Ngemuva kokufaka ngaphezulu kwamakhilogremu angama-40 eminyakeni emibili edlule - umphumela wemithi, nobuhlungu nokukhathala okwenze ukuhlala kunzima ukusebenza - uNicole ukulungele ukuthola impilo yokuzivocavoca nokudla okunempilo. "Lokhu kubuya kwami!" uyamemezela. "Inhloso yami ukuthi ngibe muhle kakhulu futhi ngiphumelele engake ngaba khona."

Ukuqala uhambo lukaNicole lokushintsha, abahleli be-SHAPE bamsusa ukuba bayohlangana no-Nathaniel Hawkins ongusaziwayo wezinwele waseNew York City nomculi wezimonyo uTroy Surratt.

Okokuqala, izinwele zakhe: "Izinwele zikaNicole zikhulu," kuchaza u-Hawkins, owadala izendlalelo zokukhulula isisindo futhi ashiye izinwele zakhe ngevolumu eyengeziwe, ukunyakaza nokuma. Ube esekhipha u-tresses wakhe futhi wawushelelisa ngensimbi yezinwele ezishisayo ngaphambi kokufaka ama-rollers e-Velcro ambalwa ukuwathambisa kakhulu.

Okulandelayo, ukwakheka: "Bengifuna ukudlalisa amehlo kaNicole anomphefumulo, aqhakazile," kusho uSurratt, naye ogcizelele ibala lakhe elikhazimulayo. ISurratt ibushelelezi kuRevlon Skinlights Diffusing Tint Foundation eNude exutshwe nechashazi leSkinlights Instant Skin Brightener eBare Light ($ 14 lilinye). Wabe esesebenzisa i-Revlon Eyeglide Shimmer Shadow e-Sandstone ($6.50; konke ezitolo zezidakamizwa) phezu kwesivalo sonke kusukela emugqeni wokuqhuma kuya ebunzini. Kulandelwa iziphanzi ezimile, imivimbo egoqekile, imascara emnyama kanye nepensela yomlomo onqunu. Umphumela: ukubukeka kwemvelo uNicole angakwenza kabili ekhaya.

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