Ah, the 90s: The decade dominated by experimental, ridiculous makeup products. If you were a teenage girl in this era, you were more than likely spritzing the hell out of your halter top with Spice Girls perfume, layering on glittery Lip Smackers and painting your casual-not-casual strands of hair with
Throwback Thursday: The best and worst makeup that ruled the 90s
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How many of these iconic 90s products did you own? Photos / Amazon, Ebay
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Green was a strong choice for glitter gel which was especially popular in roll-on form.
FACT: Everything in the 90s was better in roll-on form.
Lip Smackers
If you had a an entire set of these bad boys you were instantly, wildly popular.
With winning flavours such as 2000 Cookies, Bubble Gum and Stellar Strawberry, it was hard to go wrong with a pocket full of Lip Smackers.
Cool Charm
Cool Charm was one of two dominant deodorant choices in the 90s. As far as you were concerned, it really did help "bring out your inner cool".
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Caboodles Eye and Lip Gloss
No one really knew how to use these. And they were really, really sticky. While they looked incredible on Christina Aguilera, when we tried to apply them they just seemed to pool in our eyelid creases like twinkling grease in a gutter.
Impulse body spray
If you weren't in camp Cool Charm, you likely carried one of these in your school bag in one of the following flavours: Vanilla Kisses, Spice Girls Ltd edition, or any version containing a glitter mist.
Sun In
If you didn't turn your hair orange by dousing it in Sun In were you really a 90s kid at all?
Make up in a CD case
These got really messy, really quickly. They cracked and spilt all through your school bag. But that still didn't hurt their cool factor enough to be taken off Christmas and birthday wish lists.
Press on nails
For a teenage girl in the 90s, there were few tasks tougher than trying to remove the backing tape under press on nails in order to make them stick.
None the less, they were a revolution: Changing your nails in a matter of minutes was a really big deal in the 90s.
And tapping your talons on your desk at school was the easiest way to confirm your coolness among your peers.
Revlon Street Wear nail polish
The Revlon Street Wear collection was a high point in the 90s makeup scene. The nail polish and eye shadow shades rival the best the likes of OPI has to offer these days.
Anything with a metallic shimmer was immediately coveted in the 90s and Revlon knew it. Never mind that you had to apply half the bottle to achieve the desired look.
Herbal Essences
If you can't smell this shampoo from looking at the picture alone, did you even live in this decade?
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Hair Mascara
Hair mascara was a versatile product, best used on lashes and in your hair.
Green and purple were the coolest, but the more colours you could work with at any one time, the better.
A Groovy Chick bag to put it all in
We all knew her. We all loved her. The Kiwi girl's answer to Hello Kitty, we could get her on makeup bags, lamps, pencil cases and even bicycles.
