Hey you, why do you keep smiling? The smile is OUT and it has an unlikely replacement.

Did nobody tell you you’re not meant to be smiling anymore?

That even though you probably spent thousands on braces as a child (read: your parents did) and invested in many a teeth whitening devices growing up, your teeth should now be banished to invisibility?

That no matter how much fun you’re having, not matter how happy you are or how desperate you may be to separate your lips and unveil those pearly whites, smiling is out.

Did no one give you that memo?

Well, here it is: Stop smiling, stat. It’s out, not in, banished and replaced by its lesser-known but widely popular step-sister in frowning.

Don’t believe me? Then explain to me why the Jenners and Kardashians are doing it. And the Hadids, too. Aka, our modern day trendsetters.

A photo posted by Bella Hadid (@bellahadid) on Jan 1, 2017 at 9:14pm PST

A photo posted by Bella Hadid (@bellahadid) on Jan 1, 2017 at 9:57pm PST

A photo posted by Kylie (@kyliejenner) on Dec 26, 2016 at 7:10pm PST

I????U HNY!!!!!????

A photo posted by Bella Hadid (@bellahadid) on Jan 1, 2017 at 10:52pm PST

A photo posted by Kendall (@kendalljenner) on Jan 1, 2017 at 8:19pm PST

A photo posted by Kylie (@kyliejenner) on Dec 10, 2016 at 10:51pm PST

Because if I have learnt one thing so far in this very short 2017, it’s that Kylie Jenner was wrong in saying that 2016 would be all about realising things; 2017 already got me realising all the things.

Including the fact you are certainly not meant to look as if you’re having fun at a party. That would obviously undo all the fun you’re actually having.

Instead, parties are simply meant to be  a sea of faces brandishing the same facial expression that appears to be a hybrid of Zoolander’s Blue Steel and a sullenly serious kind of frown.

What I am actually interested in is how they pull it off so effortlessly. How do they make sure no small little tooth gets greedy and breaks through the lips to reveal itself mid-frown?

Is it superglue? Are their lips glued shut? Does someone tell a really sad story before every photo to ensure the frown is genuine? Or is the music just so bad they’re not even interested in cracking a smile?

I don’t have the answers to that, but I did give you this entire frowning vs. smiling heads up so I haven’t been totally unhelpful.

Don’t shoot the messenger. The Jenners are the ones who have the monopoly on our facial expressions, not me.

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