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13 Beauty Things From the Early 2000s You Were Obsessed With
So much body glitter.
Back in the late '90s/early '00s, "makeup" to you meant lip gloss, perfume that smelled like candy, and so, so much body glitter.
Dessert by Jessica Simpson
Honestly, Jessica could have sold bottles of her own sweat in 2004 and people would have bought it. The fact that this line of body shimmers, fragrances, and lip glosses tasted like icing was just the icing on top. And the Deliciously Kissable Whipped Body Cream came with real sprinkles, which is both baffling and amazing at the same time.
Lip Smackers
The best part about Lip Smackers was the fact that there were so many different kinds you could trade with your friends. Dr. Pepper flavor. Roll-on tubes. Lids with jewels on top. Tubes that came on a necklace. Yeah. They're still pretty awesome.
You liked the nail polish, but you loved that squishy jelly ring. You and your friends went inside a Sephora every time you passed by one to pick out a new ring and matching polish.
This perfume smells like 50 cupcakes were liquified and bottled into one fragrance. Which is exactly what you wanted to smell like in junior high.
At literally every birthday party you went to in elementary school, you gave away "Art Stuff" glitter lotion or body spray as gifts. Because what said "happy birthday" better than glittery fruit-scented lotion? (Nothing.)
You didn't really wear makeup growing up, but you had some shimmery cream eye shadows that your mom would let you wear occasionally while making music videos with your friends. No? Just me? Cool.
Remember the days when Mary-Kate and Ashley had a cosmetics line full of all things shimmery and sweet-smelling? If you didn't sit around smothering yourself in this stuff while watching Billboard Dad, what were you doing with your youth?
Stardust Glitter for Hair and Body
This stuff felt and smelled like hair gel, but one swipe of each color on your arms and you were ready for your Spice Girl talent show performance.
These were the tiniest nail polish bottles ever, which meant you could stuff, like, 10 in your sequin hobo bag before heading to the mall to buy more from Claire's.
MAC Lipglass in "Clear"
You spent all your mall gift certificates to buy a tube of this stuff because there was no way your mom was spending 15 dollars on lip gloss. It's so insanely sticky that all of your hair strands would get stuck in it if you moved your head, but you didn't care because you had the glossiest lips of them all.
You had no idea why you wanted to smell like rain, but you did. The wall at Sephora had dozens of scents you never knew someone could bottle (like brownies and dirt) and you wanted them all. You still do.
Urban Decay Edible Body Shimmer Powder
You didn't understand back then why a company would make edible body shimmer, but you loved dabbing the stuff on the back of your hand and then licking it off. It wasn't until later that you put two and two together, and then wondered why your parents thought it was good idea to get a seventh grader the "Marshmallow" flavor for Christmas.
This is the first of Britney's fragrances and arguably her best ("Fantasy" is a close second). Forget what it smelled like — the bottle was everything. It had a bejeweled chain that looked just like Britney's belly button ring and one of those fancy squeeze spray things with a tassel on the end. And she advertised it with this commercial that made you feel all of the things.
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