Monday, April 12, 2010

nostalgic trip into my 12 year old bathroom

I was at the drugstore the other day, and came across something I had blanked out of my mind.


Teen Spirit ACTUALLY existed and it's somehow still being mass produced! I think this blew my mind. Now, it's odd that I had shelved this in some dark cavernous part of my brain because this deodorant inspired a classic grunge hit. I should KNOW THIS. But for some reason, I kind of thought it was all a weird pre-pube dream I had from back in the day. No. They really made this shit, and I bought a truck load of it. Not only was there the deodorant, there was also the shampoo and conditioner. Which probably competed in my shower stall with:


Salon Selectives. Every girl I knew in middle school would strut down the hall, swinging her apple scented hair thanks to this product. I really loved it. I don't think it's on the market anymore which is too bad.

Also, seemingly on the way out is Jane cosmetics.

When Jane first came out, I was totally obsessed. I blame Seventeen magazine and their huge marketing campaign for the new brand. It was cheap. It came in cute packaging. They had little mini lipsticks to try out for only $1, and I could fill my caboodle with them.(Let's not even start on Caboodles. I had like 6 of them.) I actually still used Jane powder and eyeshadow up until about a month ago, when I realized I just couldn't find it anymore. It's a shame. I feel like my youth is dying.

How is Jane dying, and Bonne Bell still huge?

Almost every girl I know had a load of lip smackers in her backup. This seemed to be a great "first makeup" along with clear mascara. Thanks mom. Maybe if I layer on enough Dr. Pepper, it'll actually make me look like I'm wearing some. Or that I have fruit punch mouth. It just inspired me to steal her aqua eyeliner and color my whole eyelid with it. Oh well. Bonne Bell is still around, and every once in a while, I'm suckered into buying some sort of smelly gooey lip gloss thing. The vanilla is especially yummy and tastes like frosting.

And everyone also wore this? Right?

Another long lasting trend, Baby Soft came out in the 70's and became the classic "go to" girl perfume. I definitely wore this in the 80's, probably dousing myself in entire bottles. I wonder if they still make it? I'd love to get my hand on a bottle and see if it still smells as nice as I remember.

And lastly, the dreaded Sun-In.

Tempting mousy haired brunettes into thinking we would have gorgeous blond waves if we just sprayed a little of this chemical in our hair and sat out in the sun for a few hours with a Christopher Pike book. The result was horrifying. I spent most of my teen years with a brassy orange mop on my head thanks to Sun-In. My mom was dead set against me coloring my hair, but somehow I thought sneaking Sun-In wouldn't be noticeable. As soon as I graduated high school, I spent a good chunk of graduation money on professional highlights. And you know what? Now I'm just back to plain brown, and I kinda like it.

8 comments:

Alison said...

If I felt I could still use Lip Smackers without being the creepy twenty-year-old that uses Lip Smackers, I still would.

I completely forgot about Teen Spirit, too. I never made the Nirvana connection, though.

And yes, I did mutilate my hair with Sun-In. I was a strawberry blonde in denial that ignored the warning against using in red hair. That warning is there for a reason. Hello, Orangielocks!

Green Stone said...

They still make lip smackers?! Awesome! :D
...though I'm afraid I might eat 'em again if I bought any...

Unknown said...

Hey, Jane is not on its way out! They are launching a new website and will continue to be in more & more stores. You can buy now at http://janecosmeticsstore.com/ at Rite Aid, Meijer, some Wal-Marts and also at drugstore.com. You can buy Love's at http://www.danaclassics.com/women/loves

nikki said...

Geez, I can still sing the Salon Selectives commercial. I had no idea that I could until I just read your blog.

andrea jean said...

Dude, I totally used Teen Spirit as my first deodorant. Coincidentally, it was the year Nevermind came out, and my older brothers used to tease me that I "smelled like Teen Spirit!"

Definitely also sprayed on that Love's Baby Soft AND remember the Jane cosmetics ads in Seventeen :)

Sadako said...

I never used any of this stuff back in the day but as soon as I saw the pics I was all over that! I wish I had used it! I dunno why--the cosmetic lover within me, eh?

Ally said...

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LadyJ3000 said...

I loved the Teen Spirit deodorants. Where else could you find strawberry scented deodorant?