So let's talk about the names they give makeup. Personally, I usually love them. They're so pretty. I'm kind of disappointed when cosmetics don't have pretty names. It doesn't affect whether or not I buy them, but it's always fun.
Sometimes the name is stupid, though. Like one time I came across an Urban Decay eyeshadow called "mildew" which... actually really looks like mildew. They couldn't have chosen a slightly better name? Like fresh cut grass, or a title-y one like "Always Grows on the North Side" or something. According to Sephora,
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P166063&categoryId=B70 it's one of their best-selling shades. Even though it's fug and I can't imagine any skintone it looks good on.
Last week my boyfriend and I came across a name I felt was worse. (I'll have to ask him what he thinks of mildew.)
See, it was like 4 AM in Wal*Mart (GOD I KNOW, DON'T EVEN, JUST SHUT UP, THERE WAS A GOOD REASON) and he was sleepy (justified) and I was looking at the Halloween nailpolishes, and I found a white one called "Oh Baby!" which is dumb, and a red one called "Hot Tamale" which is pretty normal, and a black one called "Kiss Me Here" which makes no damn sense at all, but sort of makes sense for a cosmetic product, I guess. And I picked up a purple one, which is very, very pretty, it's reddish purple sometimes but then sometimes totally like, navy blue purple. And awesome. So I flipped it over to look at the name.
"No Means No"
...the hell? Is this Lifetime? I told Boyfriend, who said "Are you serious?" and then "Please tell me your phone has a camera!" (It doesn't. It makes phonecalls. And that's pretty much it. Not that I care.)
I was dumbstruck. I cannot imagine who came up with this name, who signed off on it, who thought it was at all an attractive name for any kind of makeup or really anything. I mean, what about that says "purple" to you? Jesus. He and I were trying to figure it out and he eventually came over to see for himself and lamented that no one would believe us, or something. Then I realized, duhhhhh, it's for sale, morons. And only 2 bucks and really gorgeous. So I bought it. (Well, made him buy it. And a pretty pastel green BonBons itty bitty nailpolish. I'm currently wearing both, on alternating fingers. Because you care, right?)
Am I crazy? Am I the only one who thinks this is as weird a name as it is? I mean, if all the other colors had, like, Lifetime names it would make sense. It would be a weird gimmick, but okay. Not that I don't vehemently believe that no always means no, always at all times, always. But it's still really freaking weird.
Today I bought another purpleish nailpolish by the same company. It's called "Rio". Which doesn't really fit, but isn't as weird as "No Means No".
Which is less gross than Mildew.
P.S.:
http://www.baricosmetics.com/product.aspx?id=552(Gotta love "Nasty Girl" and "Excuse Me" and "Striptease") (Also, it looks absolutely nothing like that picture, at all. Like, seriously. WTF is with this company.) (Also-also, I'm currently obsessed with nailpolish. I keep buying BonBons. I'm insane.)
-8:32 PM
(Okay, watch like a hundred people commenting all THAT IS A PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE NAME WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.)
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