You're Never Going to Believe What People Are Mistaking The New Bronze Medal For
You know you live in a beauty-obsessed world when the official Olympics Instagram account posts a photo of the brand spankin' new bronze medal (in hopes to get you hyped about the 2016 games in Rio, starting August 5!), and a slew of people think it's a highlighter. Why? Because everyone is lit on strobing and making their faces look fresh and dewy AF these days. That's why.
Here's the photo the Olympics Instagram put up with the caption: "Only 40 days to go. #RoadtoRio@rio2016"
And here are some of the comments that followed, which displayed people's confusion on what it was-slash-how much people loved/wished this was actually the Olympics "highlighter":
rebekah.ling@amyyidk I thought this was highlighter with some super dope packaging
diaanatranI NEED THIS HIGHLIGHTER IN MY LIFE @lindsayh_07
ciaraaitkennlooks like a highlighter @rxchellis
paulapranda@annamorrione I thought this was highlighter
hannibalsoloImmediately thought this was the most beautiful highlighter
lucyyyambroseI thought this was highlighter at first 😂 @ella_simmonitee
frnkierosdickThat's some bombass highlighter
ruby_cuthbert@georgiammurphy where can I get this highlighter
keepingup.withlisaim so disappointed that this isnt a highlighter
You get the idea. And then people started catching on...
beeoobe Wait. Is it a medal?
rebianca14Have I mentioned this to you? I thought this was a highlighter@teejocelynn..... It's olympic medal😂
alinax42Wow the medals are looking great 😁
Honestly, I can't blame the 129 commenters, most of which thought this medal was the coolest highlighter out, since the rainbow one dropped on Etsy. Because it actually does look like a highlighter - just look at its rose gold hue and, what could be, its finely milled iridescence. It's ~beautiful~. Plus, to be fair, it's in packaging that I've seen similar beauty products come in (see below!), so it's not like it was that far-fetched of an idea to begin with.
Not to mention, it would have actually been a genius idea for the Olympics to create something like this, given the fact that highlighters are selling like hot cakes as of late. PS: It's not too late, Rio - I think you might have the next cult beauty product on your hands.
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