ASK ANY IRISH GIRL interested in beauty today, and her makeup obsession can probably traced back to Tinkerbell.
Tinkerbell play makeup was beloved by the children of the late 80s and early 90s.
It had basically everything you hate in makeup now – a small range of shades, poor pigmentation, and a strong scent – but back then we couldn’t get enough of it.
The packaging was like catnip to little girls
Fairies. Hearts. Stars. PINK. Mammy, pleeeease?
But your parents probably needed a lot of persuading to get it for you
“Sure what do you need makeup for? You’re six.” Reasons, Dad. Reasons.
The set was brought out every time you played dressup
No outfit was complete without some peel-off pink nails.
The SMELL of the products
Think hard, and you can probably still smell it now. Plasticky, artificial, totally intoxicating.
The lipstick had no colour, but you still felt sophisticated wearing it
“Excuse me, I am a WOMAN” – Five-year-old you, probably.
And peeling off the nail polish was more fun than putting it on in the first place
But you applied it all sparingly, because you knew if you used it up, it was gone forever
Miss you and your delicious plastic scent, Tinkerbell. :(
