Hi, witches, I'm Blair Bathory, and this is the Something Scary podcast.

Thank you so much for being here, whether this is your first time, or you're one of the brave souls who join us every week.

Sometimes beauty is just a mask that's painted on, polished and perfected to hide the horrors beneath.

A swipe of lipstick, a pop of nail polish, all the small things that are meant to make us feel seen and powerful.

But this beauty isn't just for us. There may be someone else watching, waiting,

longing to wear it too. Be careful, because before long, you might not recognize the monster

that's hidden beneath your surface. First, a special feature for Black History Month, a monster in makeup.

And in our last story, a color to die for.

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So, want to hear something scary?

Glammer and gore. Sometimes, trying to feel pretty can uncover something truly monstrous, like in this story featured for Black History Month, written by R.J. Joseph. Talia tried her hardest to keep her face straight and eyes forward as her mother preached to her again. I buy you this stuff and you always lose it.

Money just going down the drain for nothing. She put her hands on her

hips. Lord knows, I just want you to be more ladylike so folks will know you're a girl and not some

thrown away child. Talia thought she would burst from standing so still for so long, but she really

wanted to get her nails done. so she had to be really, really

respectful. She started counting inside her head. Finally, her mother threw her hands up in the air.

You know what? Fine, fine. I'll let you go to the nail shop. She searched around her kitchen

for her purse. When she found it, she held bills out in her hand

toward her daughter. As the girl reached out for the money, her mother used her free hand to point

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