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Lipglossing Like It’s 1999

September 7th, 2018 by Karen 4 Comments

mac ruby princess
Ruby Princess

It’s funny to me when all ’90s makeup gets lumped together into a single category. Like, for lips it’s the ’90s matte lip look, and trust your homegirl when she says that everyone did not wear matte lips throughout the entire decade of the ’90s.

(Well, a lot of people did, but not everyone.)

You also had different sub-eras, like the late ’90s — circa 1997-1998 — when everybody (at least everybody I knew who wore makeup) wore dark, unblended lip liner, frosty silver lipstick and clear lipgloss.

Then you had 1999, 2000 and 2001, when it was all about glossy, frosty lips, which reminds me…remember when everyone and their mother was carrying a tube MAC Oystergirl?

Yeah, you know what’s up. 😉

mac grand illusion glossy

I’m getting that ’99 vibe so hard from these non-sticky MAC Grand Illusion Glossy Liquid Lip Colour lipglosses, which are $21 each and hella pigmented.

mac goldieloxxed
Goldieloxxed (this shade reminds me an amped up MAC Nymphette)
mac its just candy
It’s Just Candy!
mac spoil yourself
Spoil Yourself
mac dance all night
Dance All Night

Ah, they’re taking me back…especially It’s Just Candy! It reminds me of my early 20s when I rocked MAC Lychee Luxe to da club.

Da club… Oh, my gosh, I feel so ridiculous saying that. Like, when do you get to that point where you just sound silly using slang? It doesn’t happen overnight… It’s a slow burn kinda thing, ha ha ha.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Lipglossing Like It’s 1999 / Originally published September 7th, 2018

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Categories: Lips, MAC Makeup, Makeup, Product Reviews Keywords: mac, mac cosmetics, mac dance all night, mac goldieloxxed, mac grand illusion, mac grand illusion glossy liquid lipcolour, mac its just candy, mac ruby princess, mac spoil yourself

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  1. Meri says

    September 7th, 2018 at 10:39 pm

    I love how your posts always have these little ’stories’! Do you have any tips for writing them? I’m starting a blog soon but I don’t have this approach on my posts because I haven’t gotten the ideas so far 😀 And any other tips are welcome as well, I really enjoy your blog posts every time! ❤️
    & Please pet Tabs for me! Such a cutie! ?

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  2. LindaLibraLoca says

    September 8th, 2018 at 12:07 am

    I think if you grew up in a decade, you remember so many different things about it that the attempt to say: THAT was 90s makeup seems a bit ridiculous. I remember the dark lipstick/ frosty gloss trend so well, I can´t believe it was a thing of beauty for me back then.

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  3. Lupe says

    September 8th, 2018 at 2:45 pm

    Nice shirt! Ooo Goldieloxxed is my favorite!

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  4. Kim says

    September 10th, 2018 at 5:56 am

    That’s a lot of frost! 🙂 I was definitely stuck in the darker lip era of the 90s. OK, I’m not fooling anyone with “was”. HAHA! I was never good enough with a liner to do the dark liner with frosty fill, though. Thank goodness because that would have been a horrible look for me.

    The boys regularly remind me that I’m far to old and uncool to use their slang.

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