I've written about my love of the Imagineering company numerous times on this blog.
This Imagineering Party Makeup dates from 1987, so it's a little after my time and appears to be aimed at the Glitter Rock crowd, also not my crowd. You can also see it was purchased from Venture (a local midwest department store similar to K-Mart) for $6.39. Quite pricey for 1987.
The guy in the middle looks like a reject from Mad Max.
The woman on bottom right: "That's right. That's where I put the butterfly 'tattoo'. Rowrrrrr...". I have nothing to say about the creepy guy stalking behind her.
Let's read Imagineering's committment.
"Contains the finest ingredients"...we could afford.
"Easy to use following simple instructions" Unfortunately, our instructions are complicated.
"Exciting professional results". You'll look so much like a real Glitter Rocker, the local biker gang will jump you and give you a good beat down.
"Easy to remove"...in about six months.
The box had been opened and taped shut, so I opened it to see what was inside.
And speaking of what's inside, here are the ingredients:
They contain Sodium Benzoate. At least it's not Potassium Benzoate.
I've included the instructions for application, just in case you've been hanging onto a box of makeup all these years, but lost the instructions. And maybe it will give you some ideas for a costume this year.
If this post didn't put a sparkle on your face, why not makeup your mind to head over The Countdown. All that glitters there is gold. I'm truly sorry for that.
Oh no. You'll be finding that glitter everywhere for weeks!
ReplyDeleteAlso, looking at the box for this is giving me flashbacks to watching the wrestling in the late 80s for some reason....hmmm....
You're right, Deadpan. Wrestling was very glittery then as well. Little known fact -- the entirety of the 80's was glittery.
DeleteMight have told this before, but we had the Venture chain down here in southeast Texas until 1997, when they all went under. I even worked in one for a few months.
ReplyDeleteIronically enough, that store actually was turned into a K-Mart, until it flashed its blue lights for the last time six years later. Let's all spill popcorn on the floor in their memory.
That was the fate of our Venture as well. Our K-mart moved in and it too eventually closed. I have a pretty good spilled popcorn story. We went to Venture and I bought a bag of popcorn. It wasn't a long visit and we went to Central Hardware next. I wasn't done with my popcorn, so I brought it into Central Hardware. Some kid ran into me and I dropped my Venture popcorn on Central Hardware's floor. Imagine the confusion of that cleanup.
DeleteOur Ace Hardware still provides popcorn. Yes everything about this makeup scream 1980's hair band. Especially the hair.
ReplyDeleteOur Ace has a machine, but it's been a long time since I've seen it on.
DeleteMy Halloweening ended around 1984, maybe 1985. At that time, things had escalated from plastic masks to all sorts of special effects goo that would make George Romero proud: fake blood, semi-realistic fake scars, and gooey putty you could use to give your face tumors, knots and other grotesqueries as if you were fresh from the graveyard or morgue. In retrospect not a great way to advertise yourself to the neighbor girls.
ReplyDeleteBut what street cred you got with the monster crowd.
DeleteI wasn't ever good at doing the makeup so I wouldn't ever have even attempted this stuff.
ReplyDeleteYes, as evidenced by my disastrous Wolfman year, I wasn't very good with makeup either. https://garagesalin.blogspot.com/2018/10/movie-monsters.html
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