It only seems
fitting for a first post to tell the tale of where it all began – a little
beauty nostalgia, if you will …
I was handed down
my first strawberry Chap Stick as a youngin’. A questionable ‘beauty product’ I
know, but lip balm that smells and
tastes like candy – and the closest thing
I got to it in my sugar-deprived childhood – it was love at first
application. Who knew a little wind-up tube of berry-flavoured petroleum jelly could
bring so much joy to my 10 year-old self? To this day, I still reach for my
trusty Chap Stick over any other to smooth
over dry, cracked lips. And yes, I still sniff it like a manic junkie when I
pop the cap.
Being a little
cosmetically challenged, it wasn’t until well into my high-school years that I
decided to amp up the ‘au natural’ (i.e. completely bare faced) beauty look I
had going on with this gem: Maybelline’s Full ‘N Soft Mascara. A product that could transform my previously
non-existent lash line into voluminous, perfectly defined, glossy black lashes?
Mind.
Blown! Believe me, this string of favorable adjectives doesn’t do it justice. A slick of this baby on my
lashes, and I all of a sudden I looked … female? Awake, in the midst of my
sleep-deprived teenage years? Even now, as a fully-fledged beauty addict,
mascara is the go-to product in my
make-up bag and despite many a flirtation with other mascaras (one of my
favorite products to road test, if you must know…), I always keep one of these
on hand.
So although these may
not be the most luxurious, ‘top shelf’-worthy products, like all first loves, they
always hold a place in your heart – or bathroom vanity.
Tell me - what are your first beauty loves?
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