As time passes, we welcome all kinds of beauty products and trends that in no time flat, come and go. But when we were much younger, we could have sworn that the following trends and beauty products from the ’90s were going to be hot forever. Here are a few we had and miss.
Alternatives by Soft Sheen Carson
The Alternatives hair care line by Soft Sheen Carson was simply a modern take on existing hair care products. The fruity scent and cool lime green packaging is what made this product a winner.
Lip Lix by Bonne Bell
Even as an adult, sometimes it’s fun to have a flavored lip balm. Lip Lix was the sassy version of Lip Smackers because it had edgy names, delicious flavors (mocha and latte) and a hint of color.
Lotions And Creams That Shimmer
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It wasn’t enough to have moisturized skin back in the day–you needed moisturized skin that glowed. And we could all have glittery golden or bronze-toned skin with shimmer lotions. What I miss about these products was that the gold tone worked on a range of darker skin tones. (Yes, I took this photo. Yes, I still own this Urban Decay product. Yes, I purchased it in the 90s and refuse to throw it away…)
Exclamation For Women By Coty
These commercials were just too cool. Not that I was ever old enough to wear this as a ’90s kid, but I was old enough to want to be a fashionable and successful woman with a French roll like the woman
in the ad.
Airbrushed Nail Art
This isn’t so much a product as it was a trend, but the personalized airbrush nail art of the mid-90s was something to be admired. To be able to squeeze a sex scene, artistic designs and cursive words on a pinky nail was pure talent.
Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin
This is THE makeup artist’s bible. Instructional makeup books were a big deal in the ’90s and every makeup artist making it in fashion and beauty published one back in the day. Making Faces, though, remains the best of all.
Luster’s Pink Oil Original Formula
Nothing has restored shine and silkiness to a frizzed out press n’ curl like Luster’s Pink Oil. In the mid-2000s, they introduced Pink Oil Lite, then changed the formula altogether. Strangely, the new smell wasn’t that bad. But the only thing left from the original is its Pepto pink hue.
Colorful Mascara
It was cool to make your lashes look white, or green, or purple–or whatever you wanted them to look like. It was also a neat thing to stripe your hair using brightly colored hair mascara. While we shouldn’t bring back white eyelashes, hair mascara might be a good idea to put a little fun in your hair.
Revlon Street Wear
Revlon was not going to get left out when Urban Decay and Hard Candy hit the scene selling premium nail polishes with taboo names. The line included a dark, metallic titanium color that I haven’t seen replicated since.
L’Oreal’s Chunking Highlighting Kit
If your color is going to be unnatural, it might as well be noticeable! The chunking kit for red hair was my intro into crazy hair color (But my hair turned magenta instead of dark red). Nonetheless, for chunks of bleached hair that will later get recolored, the chunking kit would be the perfect comeback.
