17 Beauty Products From The Past That Made You Say, “GANDA KO!!!”
Butterfly clips for ~bouncy~ hair.
You prevented oiliness with the help of your handy Johnson’s Pure Essentials Face Powder.
But then you grew up and had to upgrade to the Pond’s Magic Powders.
And had to choose between blue, beige, and pink to figure out which one accentuated your teenage acne the least.
Bago mauso ang 10-step Korean skincare routine, we only needed one step: Chin Chun Su!
We didn’t really know what it does or what its ingredients are but honestly, DID YOU DIE????
Or if, for some reason, walang Chin Chun Su sa tindahan, Mena was there to step up.
Your nanay or tita had one of these “magic” lipsticks and you had to swipe REALLY fast before they catch you going through their kikay kits.
You bathed yourself with (knockoff) Victoria’s Secret body mists.
Pero ‘pag tipid, t’yaga ka muna sa Lewis & Pearl cologne.
If you’re a guy and pinagpala ka sa buhay, your signature scent is probably CK One.
But if not, Bench/ Atlantis body spray does the job din naman.
Pair it up with a clear styling hair gel and ready ka na to make tusok the butiki na malalaglag from the kisame.
And if in the very unfortunate circumstance that you forget to style your hair before school, you didn’t have to worry because may hair gel na naka-saschet naman sa suking tindahan.
Girls naman have gone through hundreds of bottles of the ever-reliable Aqua Net hairspray to keep that tease in place.
Speaking of hair, before it rebranded to focus more on body washes, Lux killed it in the league of shampoo and hair care back then.
But your actual favorite was Jergen’s Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific not only because of its quirky name but because it made your hair, well, smell terrific.
Hair Doctor combs were the shit because it’s not only a comb, pwede ring pangaroling ‘yung tunog n’ya CHAROT.
You didn’t need for your hair to be naturally bouncy because the butterfly clips will do the bouncing for you!
You were a broke teenager and you wanted french tips so naturally, you used your correction fluid to do the trick.
And finally, you got away with the no-makeup rule in school just by sucking on these bad boys.
Colourpop matte liquid lipsticks found shaking in Tondo, Manila.
