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8 Crazy Things That Happen When You're a Hand Model

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by Erica Smith  |  COMMENT

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Your Hands Are High-Maintenance; The Rest of You -- Not So Much
Your Hands Are High-Maintenance; The Rest of You -- Not So Much One of the benefits of being a hand-model: no falsies or waterproof mascara to painstakingly remove at the end of the day. "A lot of times when I show up on set, people assume I'm a bike messenger, because I look nothing like a model -- only from my shoulder to the tips of my fingers," says Jacobson. "My hands are wearing a lot of makeup, but I don't have any on my face. My arms are waxed smooth, but I haven't shaved my legs in almost two weeks. My fingernails are fresh, but my blowout definitely isn't," she explains. And yes, washing makeup off your hands is a thousand times easier than using stingy makeup remover to take off stubborn eye shadow.

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