21 Primary School Beauty Struggles Every Australian '90s Girl Faced

    "My Juice Tubes is too sticky, my favourite Lip Smackers melted, and I definitely ate the rest of that sour watermelon gloss."

    Gyan Yankovich
    by Gyan Yankovich

    BuzzFeed Staff, Australia

    1. When you couldn't fit your entire Lip Smacker collection in the pocket of your school uniform, so nobody knew how impressive it was.

    2. And when your mum bought you Moon Rock Candy, not knowing it was the fucking worst.

    3. When you had to take your glitter nail polish off before you went back to school after holidays.

    4. When Spice Girls Impulse was discontinued.

    5. And when all the boys discovered Lynx Africa.

    6. When you couldn't get your ~slut strands~ right.

    7. When your messy bun just wasn't messy enough.

    8. When you spent so much time perfecting your zig-zag part that you were almost late for school.

    9. When you had to wash out your glitter hair spray after the school disco.

    10. When you stepped outside into the wind just after applying your Juicy Tubes.

    11. When your body glitter expectations never matched your reality.

    12. When your parents wouldn't let you wear your frangipani hair tie in your school photos, even though it went perfectly with your shell necklace.

    13. When you ~accidentally~ ate your entire tube of sour lip gloss.

    14. When your first bottle of So...? Kiss Me ran out.

    15. When the clasp on your make-up carrier broke and you just knew there was no way you would get a new one until your birthday.

    16. When your white-out French tips didn't last half as long as you were hoping.

    17. When your favourite hair mascara dried up.

    18. When you accidentally popped your entire tiny lip balm out of its tube.

    19. When these tiny bands snapped seconds away from you achieving all your hair goals.

    20. When you accidentally trod on a butterfly clip.

    21. And when you had too many to choose from.

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