Beauty

weird makeup trends we swore by in the nineties

Part 1: Face makeup

Let me start off by telling you about my uncanny obsession with the Spice Girls when I was little. And I’m still obsessed. But when I was little, I felt like it was my job to replicate the looks that girls in girl bands had but when I look back on it now, I wonder why I didn’t just listen to my mother (what’s wrong with navy blue dresses, blue sweaters and grey tights?). Now I’m stuck with photos of my childhood that I’d rather keep buried in old photo albums and I hope they never see the light of day. But okay. Luckily I’m not the only one who took part in some of the oddest trends from the nineties. And there were a lot of them, so I decided to split this post up in two. Today I’m kicking it off with makeup looks.

1. Silver colored eyeshadow

For some reason I thought this was the coolest thing ever. And I never went for a subtle dash of silver. No, I’d go all out and smear it across my entire eyelid. Some of my friends even rocked metallic pinks and greens and blues. So to be fair, silver was probably the most ‘subtle’ color of them all.

2. Over-plucked eyebrows

The less the better (if that’s even a saying). I thought the trend was extremely chic and so my tweezer and I became best friends and got rid of as much hair as we could. Wow. I’m still trying to recover from it.

3. Blue colored eyeshadown

I have blue eyes and so for some reason I thought using blue eyeshadow would only make my eyes stand out even more. Now I know better.

4. Blue mascara

Perhaps this is a look I should have kept in my beauty routine because Dior, Chanel and Sisley all still sell blue mascara. Although back in the day I thought I was supposed to use it on my entire lash(es) whereas nowadays they only use it on the tips.

5. Lipliners

Lipliners to make your lips look bigger. And then preferably in a darker color than the rest of your lips just to emphasize their size. Yikes.

Relatable? Don’t worry, I’ve got more for you tomorrow because I bet you’re also guilty of having used waffle irons to crimp your hair…