00:00Hi, I'm Molly and welcome to Try This Challenge. I'm here to embarrass myself.
00:03Please don't cyber-bully me.
00:05For this Try This Challenge, I'm going to be recreating my middle school self for three days.
00:10My middle school self was disaster town.
00:15Pretty, like, tomboyish, like 5th, 6th, 7th, into 7th grade and then tried to be, like, preppy, like, 8th through
00:2310th grade.
00:24I spent most of my allowance at Hot Topic in middle school.
00:27I went through this, like, scene, gothic, emo phase.
00:31I guess I just kind of wanted to make myself stand out.
00:33I think I just mostly was following what was cool at the time.
00:37I remember in class once people were like, how many Hollister tank tops do you own?
00:41My mom sent me a bunch of photos.
00:44This one is innocent enough. I was a cute kid.
00:46That's my dog, Lucy.
00:49And then here gets a little more angsty.
00:54And then I don't really know what's going on in this one.
00:58Like, what am I running from here?
01:01And then this one could not tell you what the f*** is happening here.
01:07This one, oh, my God.
01:09I don't know if you can tell, but this necklace right here is made out of zippers.
01:12This is the start of the phase where I started cutting my own hair because no other person could understand
01:19the type of hair that I wanted.
01:21It's so embarrassing.
01:22This is the limited two phase.
01:24I don't know anyone who's as excited about anything as I was to get this limited two shirt.
01:30That says pink divas and it's two pigs dancing.
01:34And below it says shake it all night long.
01:37Here I'm wearing an all black outfit and I threw on a gray vest to add a little color.
01:42My seventh grade yearbook photo.
01:44An oversized Aeropostale polo shirt that was buttoned all the way up.
01:49And I remember wearing this to a middle school dance.
01:52I also wore these like really nasty chunky ass skate shoes.
01:57So this photo was my best friend and I.
02:02We went to Halloween Horror Nights and we dressed up.
02:05And by dressed up, I mean I threw on a tie.
02:10Last but not least, this gem.
02:16Good morning.
02:20Day one of the challenge.
02:23So I got here an oversized pink polo.
02:27Just a regular pair of jeans that I will roll up in a really heinous way.
02:32And then the chunky skate shoes.
02:37But for my seventh grade yearbook photo, I was rocking the middle part.
02:42So I'm going to do that today.
02:45This feels wrong.
02:47It is day one.
02:49Just like middle school me.
02:51I'm about to do my eye makeup.
02:53And I'm a little nervous because when I was younger, I definitely tried really hard to wear a lot of
02:59dark eyeliner and dark eyeshadow.
03:02This is the finished day one look.
03:05I have this black top.
03:08The only black top that I had.
03:09Oh, and I have some mismatched socks.
03:12My dog and I match.
03:17What's funny is my shoes are actually a little bit too small.
03:20I have a big head, literally.
03:24And which means that when I wore this in seventh grade, I had to unbutton the top button just to
03:31get it on.
03:32And then I re-buttoned it.
03:35So I just got to work and I'm about to go on set and I'm going to go see what
03:42my boss's reaction is going to be.
03:44It'll be funny.
03:46Hey Hannah.
03:47What do you think?
03:49Oh my god.
03:50Do you think it looks good?
03:52Yes.
04:02I can't do it anymore with the middle part.
04:04I got a break.
04:06I can't do it.
04:07It just feels bad.
04:10It is the end of day one.
04:13Dressed like middle school me.
04:14I'm pretty sure I'm going to break out on my forehead from all of the sweat that's accumulated underneath this
04:19hat of hairspray.
04:22It only took one makeup wipe.
04:24I'm actually really surprised.
04:26I'm actually really excited to see people's reactions for the next two days because I think it's been really fun,
04:32you know, going back to the past.
04:34If you are one of the select few people who can rock the middle part, then you are most blessed.
04:40I am not one of those people.
04:41I am looking forward to tomorrow.
04:43I have a few things planned that I think will be fun.
04:47See you in the morning.
04:49Good morning.
04:50It's day two.
04:52And as you can probably already see, am I in these bad boys?
04:57Sixth grade Molly was still in her, um, wearing retainers full time phase.
05:03So I'm going to be wearing these all day for y'all.
05:07Buckle up.
05:08We are going to go dark once again today.
05:11Here is the finished look for day two.
05:13I threw on a plaid shirt.
05:15I'm wearing some bands and I threw on a studded belt.
05:19This is how I dressed in middle school.
05:23Um, were you popular with that?
05:26Or...
05:26I do it for the art, you know, I do it for the content.
05:29I do it for you guys, so stay cool.
05:33About halfway through the day of day two, um, feeling fine.
05:42At the end of day two, I'm feeling a lot more confident than I thought I was going to be.
05:49I wouldn't be opposed to wearing this outfit again, to be totally honest.
05:54End of day two, um, day two went well.
05:57My friend Laura and I went out to the park today.
06:00We took my boss's dog, Alice.
06:08I'll just take these out.
06:15I would say by the looks of them, it's pretty clear that I've had these since fifth grade.
06:25Good morning, day three, TJF.
06:29The outfit I'll be wearing today is actually an outfit that I wore most Fridays in late
06:37middle school through kind of through all of high school as well.
06:41So here's a flashback Friday in the flesh.
06:45To me, this look just says I've given up.
06:58The f***ing Alice for sure in the bottom eyeliner.
07:03It is day three.
07:06I'm excited to not wear this much eyeliner again.
07:09Alright, here's day three's finished look.
07:12And I got this really fun shirt that says, normal is boring.
07:18Welcome to Refinery29.
07:29All in all, I would say it was a really fun experience.
07:32If that's what made me feel good back then, then that's awesome.
07:37But don't feel like you have to change just so that you can be cool.
07:42As you get older, you're embarrassed by less things.
07:46So looking back at that now, like, it's not what 2017 Molly would wear.
07:50But 2006, 2007 Molly, like, really thought she was killing it.
07:56If you're a middle schooler and you're watching this, don't feel pressured to be someone, wear something,
08:03do your hair or makeup in a specific way that you don't feel comfortable with because it doesn't matter.
08:08Anyway, thanks for watching and we'll catch you next time on Try This Challenge. Bye!
