Has anyone had success with the Age Rewind Makeup? Does it rewind by decades, or is it more like wearing yesterday’s face? If I were to choose, the 80’s face would be my rewind decade of choice. There was no brow-shaping, lip plumping or face tightening cream. Just a thick surface of mud, over which blush and blue eyeshadow were applied. The piece de resistance was Bonnie Bell Dr. Pepper-Flavored Lip Smacker.
If you think about it, the process was somewhat similar to house painting. A general color scheme and plan of attack were developed, either by your local department store employee or for us rural folk, the Avon Lady. After a week, the ten-step procedure was scrapped for something cheaper and more realistic. The property was thoroughly washed with hand soap and slathered in Noxema and then the real work began.
The spackling, Cover Girl Concealer, came in a tube similar to lipstick. Once this was applied to the walls…er…face, it was time for the base coat. Preferably something thick and orange that left an obvious line between your jaw and neckline. Held up against the packaging, the face and the actual color were as different as egg- shell and pebble- gray. That’s ok, because the accent color, a bold cheek- swoosh of ruby red (meant to mimic your natural (?) cheek hue) called blush was about to consume the face. For a time, we were instructed to apply it under the cheekbone, then on top. Eventually most women just applied it as a solid four-inch highway of red, just to be safe.
Lifting the fur of youthfully- natural eyebrows out of the way, the eyelids were about to receive their due. A bright, blue shadow was applied with a tiny sponge that probably contained more germs than an infectious disease lab petri dish. From azure to cobalt, we were nothing if not inspired in our color scheme.
As with all good paint projects, the entire face had to be covered in sealant. In this case, it involved some kind of pressed powder, no doubt still lodged today in the recesses of our collective lungs. It all seemed so simple. Too bad there was an hour of hair work yet to be completed.
This made me laugh so hard. I never could pull off the blue eye shadow, but I am familiar with the fickle nature of foundation shades in the 80’s. Shamelessly, I admit I still have Bonnie Bell Dr. Pepper-Flavored Lip Smacker, since I’m a Dr. Pepper addict and my lips are always chapped all winter. In the early 80’s, I rocked the infinitely wet look of some kind of bubble gum lip gloss that had a little roller ball like deodorant. It was great, providing you didn’t mix up the two toiletries. ;) And of course, with Brooke Shields’ eyebrows on the cover of every magazine, we wouldn’t have dreamed of plucking ours. Your description of blush had me laughing like crazy. It was spot on. This is great.
Hilarious and true at the same time! Your writing is captivating and entertaining, keep it up! ;)
Thank you!
Thank you! I always appreciate your comments!
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