Every once and a while I come across makeup in an antique store. And sometimes the container still has the makeup in it. For those of you who might be tempted to goof off and actually apply this makeup to yourself for fun... please don't. Imagine how much bacteria and gunk can grow on something that has been sitting for 50 years. That's a staph infection waiting to happen.
Cake mascara works like this. You wet the brush that comes with the package and rub it into the mascara cake pot, apply to your lashes and let it dry. Cake mascara is actually often a good alternative for people you have bad reactions to the chemicals of wand mascara.
Go check out The Vermont Country Store's website when you get a chance. It is a great place to do some fun retro gift shopping. It is the best place for it really.
It's really cool that this exists. I can just see myself getting this all over my face, though!
ReplyDeleteOoh, sweet. It looks so lovely (the mascara) in it's little box. :)
ReplyDeleteAnother reason to be wary of applying make-up old enough to be antique is also that lead might be in it ( in high school I belonged to a theatre group which for decades had previously been pretty much nonexistent. We found a lot of old- 1930's or so- make-up and they had lead in it! Scary!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for telling us about this. Actually, this sound waaaaaay more hygienic than even the normal wand mascara (which actually is quite unhygienic, what with the closed container).
On my to buy list now...thanks! Awesome post :)
ReplyDeleteLola cosmetics has one too that I LOVE!
ReplyDeleteI so want to try cake mascara; would also love to make my own. Now I know where to buy it! :)
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