Classic Style Icon: Alicia Silverstone in Clueless
Eff Mean Girls, Clueless is the best chick flick. I was in grade 4 when the movie came out, and that year I wrote with nothing but feather top pens. In the 6th grade, my friend and I decided we would dress up like Cher for a day. I wore a short, mustard yellow skirt and some chunky, black lace up platforms. You know the ones. But to my horror, my “friend” forgot to bring me a pair of knee highs which she promised she had. The outfit, along with my confidence, were ruined.Anyways
The movie is brilliant and Alicia Silverstone is such a classic 90s beauty. The perfectly blow dried blonde locks, the rosy cheeks and a French manicure to top it all off.
Flashback: Baby-G
1999 is a year that I look back on with great fondness when it comes to fashion and beauty. I remember a lot of sparkly eyeshadows and lip glosses, pastel everything and a whole lot of jelly. The two items that stand out the most to me are the classic Hard Candy polishes with the cute little rings around the top, and the Baby-G watch.
I never owned a Baby-G. My mom had opted for the study no frills Timex as my first watch. But I still lusted after these so-cute-you-could-eat-them watches that all of the cool girls sported. There was also a girl in my class whose parents bought her the entire line of Hard Candy polish, but that’s another story.
So guess what.
Casio has released a whole new line of Baby-G watches for your timekeeping pleasure. They’re big, they’re pastel, and yes, they’re jelly.
For about
$80.00 a pop, these adorable, retro watches are so worth it. I’m going to pick mine up at
Casio.com. The only question is, which one do I get?
Flashback Beauty I: CG Peelers and Crackle Lacquer
Yesterday I was cruising the isles of Shoppers when I saw three little girls no older than seven standing in front of the Bonne Bell display. One of them was playing beauty advisory and the other two were pretending to be customers. The beauty adviser cracked open a few glosses and passed them to the other girls. “Wear these and your lips won’t be cracky. This one is cherry flavor.”
When I got home I started thinking about beauty products from when I was a kid. Back when I was that age I was all about the Lip Smackers and Wet ‘n’ Wild. I even had a lipstick that supposedly changed colour with your mood.
I thought it would be fun to start a little feature that showcases beauty products from my childhood, or more, tweenhood actually. I seem to recall a lot of ridiculous gimmicky makeup was coming about about 10 years ago, a lot of things that changed colour, shape or texture with heat or light. Awesome!
For my first installment may I present to you two gems from Cover Girl circa 2000: CG Peelers and CG Crackle Lacquer.
I definitely was all over these back in grade 8 and I remember that neither of them worked particularly well. The Peelers were gunky as hell and I seem to remember them taking a long ass time to dry. I admit to being a polish peeler even to this day, and few things bring me more satisfaction that peeling off my nail polish in one piece, but it’s no fun when it’s all set up for you. Where’s the challenge? And the Crackle Lacquer, don’t get me started. This stuff came off right away and was all lumpy.
Does this type of novelty beauty even exist anymore? Would it even sell? Did you use any of these polishes back in the day? I would love to know.
If you can remember any hilarious, ridiculous or retarded beauty products from back in the day, please tell me. I’m currently trying to remember the brand of a lip gloss that I was all over in grade 9. It was supposed to look like a lava lamp and came in several less than ready to wear shades like blue and yellow. Also, I recall it smelling pretty funky. If you can remember the name please let me know!
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