Bonnie Belle Lip Smacker

March 4, 2008 - Tuesday

Bonnie Belle Lip Smacker Current mood: silly Category: Life I wrote this great blog about Bonnie Belle Lip Smacker the other day and I'm bummed because when I went to post it on here there was an error and I lost it. It was pretty deep, despite the somewhat shallow sounding subject. I've been sitting here trying to recapture the feel of the blog but it's just not working. It was really pretty cool. I talked about how I started babysitting when I was 11 and was able to make enough money to buy lip gloss, and how it was a status symbol if you had a lot of different flavors. Of course you had to carry it everywhere you went in case there was a lip gloss emergency, and you had to carry every kind you had because you could never tell just what flavor the emergency might require... Then I talked about getting a "real" job when I was 14, working at a grocery store, and how I was suddenly turned on to the exciting world of retail make-up and how I would "shop" during my breaks at work and see what new and fantastic type of make-up I would need to buy when I got my next paycheck. I chronicled my stepping up from Maybeline and Cover Girl to L'Oreal, then the big break into department store cosmetics like Clinique and Lancome. As I made more money over the years I found I spent more money on the cosmetics I was using and always had to have the very latest and greatest new shade or product. It was quite humorous... but now it's sad that I can't capture it again. There was a certain je ne se quois. The ultimate point to writing the blog was to discuss the fact that I had left my Bonnie Belle Cotton Candy flavored Lip Smacker in my coat pocket when I washed it and now I was really bummed because I'd had it for a while and it was wonderful and I would need to replace it... not that replacing it would be difficult. In fact the anecdotal part of the blog was that after all these years of testing and trying new and different types of lipstick, eyeliner, mascara, face powder and lotions, it's amazing that I have reverted back to running down to Wal Mart to get exactly what I need without really having to work too much or too hard for it. The lesson, I suppose, was about simplicity and how not only does the 89 cent Bonnie Belle Lip Smacker do the same job as the $14.50 tube of Clinique lipstick (and tastes better, to boot), but that I can pick up toilet paper and chocolate covered malted milk balls in the same trip. Oooooh. Maybe I'll find a multi-flavor pack!