Maya and Chloe have been throwing shade at each other since the tenth grade. Today they're fighting about hair clips.
Maya: Girl. Those butterfly clips you're obsessed with? My grandmother wore those. To her prom. In 1987.
Chloe: And your point is? Vintage is literally the point. Alloy vintage hairpins, ever heard of them?
Maya: I heard they snap if you look at them wrong.
Chloe: Fake news. Mine survived a music festival. Three days of dancing. Under a massive sun hat. Peeked out like tiny fashion soldiers.
Maya: Soldiers? Dramatic much?
Chloe: You should talk. Remember when you wore seventeen clips to Jenna's party?
Maya: That was ONE TIME. And they were elegant ribbon hair clips. Very tasteful.
Chloe: You looked like a present someone forgot to unwrap.
Maya: RUDE. At least photographers asked to shoot me.
Chloe: Because you were blinding them.
Maya: Confidence, Chloe. Beauty bloggers literally write about this. Well-designed clips spark something in people.
Chloe: Spark or spontaneous combustion?
Maya: You're just mad because your butterfly clips got zero likes on your last post.
Chloe: EXCUSE ME. I got twelve likes.
Maya: From family members.
Chloe: Aunt Carol has EXCELLENT taste.
Maya: Aunt Carol wears socks with sandals.
Chloe: Bold choices run in the family. Speaking of bold—would you ever wear clips to a Christmas birthday party?
Maya: Already done. Tinsel in my hair. Tiny ornaments.
Chloe: That explains so much.
Maya: Explains what?
Chloe: Why Santa skipped your house.
Maya: LOW BLOW. But also—would you wear them for a professional photoshoot?
Chloe: Photographers LOVE these as props. Adds instant flavor.
Maya: Everything adds "instant flavor" to you. You once called glitter "personality in a jar."
Chloe: And I was RIGHT.
Maya: Okay real question. Could you style an entire look around just hair clips?
Chloe: Already have. Three times this week.
Maya: Without looking like a craft project exploded?
Chloe: The secret is placement. Strategic. Fierce. Tiny yet mighty.
Maya: "Tiny yet mighty." That's your memoir title.
Chloe: Better than "Seventeen Clips and Counting."
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