NYLON - April 2009 - (Page 134) counter culture: cheap thrills let’s twist again As a kid, I spent a lot of time in my mother’s bathroom, pretending to wash up when I was actually rifling through her cabinets while chomping on Aspergum (which she had strictly forbidden me to consume recreationally). My favorite found items included Maybelline’s Dial-a-Lash mascara, which has since gone out of production. In the commerical, a featherhaired brunette demonstrated that just by twisting the dial at the end of the tube, you could adjust the thickness of product coating your lashes (which, I thought, would allow me to apply so little that my mom wouldn’t notice). Avon has built on this concept for their new mascara, spectra lash—and this version is hypoallergenic. Genius! Now let’s just hope no one refurbishes the Flowbee. Avon spectra lash mascara in black, $9.50, at avon.com. all you need is a 10 dollars and a dream. euro class Ah, the European pharmacy: stacks of fantastic-sounding cold remedies, elegant lip balms, and high-grade skin creams make our as-seen-on-TV junk and frozen dinners seem infi nitely unsophisticated. But the partnership between Boots, the 160-old British apothecary, and Target has been classing up the product aisles stateside for a few years now. The latest collection, Boots Original Beauty Formula, is all old-timey charm, at nearly oldtimey prices. Here, at NYLON—where we wash our hands with an incredibly drying foam from a motion-activated dispenser—the Lavender Hand Cream is quite popular. And it looks prettier than anything you’d find at the Dollar General. Boots Original Beauty Formula Lavender Hand Cream, $7.99, at Target. -S H I R L E Y M A N S O N O F G A R B A G E , a p r i l 1999 still lifes by kate lacey. http://www.avon.com
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