Barbie Girl

[gilana]

I feel like I should post something about Never After, and what a fabulous time I had doing it, and what amazing audiences we had, and how grateful I am to have had the chance to be a part of it, and how much I miss everyone from the show.

But I went to Sephora yesterday and saw something that appalled me enough to get me to actually post.

I went in to pick up my free birthday lip glass set (T minus 3 days until I hit the big 4-0! Woooo! Ready or not, here I come. Also, holy shit.) While I was there, I asked a clerk for help finding some 70s disco-style makeup, for when I make it back to the Donkey Show. We looked at some fabulous Urban Decay eyeshadows, and a few other products, and then... then she showed me this. Barbie™ Loves Stila All Doll'd Up Eye Shadow Palette. That's right, Barbie. I'm really confused. Are adult women supposed to want to wear makeup like a plastic doll? Or are they marketing to the 8-year-old hooker crowd? The colors are, in fact, pretty much what I'm looking for for the disco thing... but there is no way in hell I am going to support that marketing decision. (The line of Smurf makeup, for some reason, baffles me but does not quite infuriate in the same way.)

Comments

[sapphira-altair.livejournal.com]

Oh... oh dude. You have no idea how much I covet that palette. I've seen it before.

A couple summers ago - summer 07, I think, MAC did a Barbie line as well - it was all hot pink and super girly shades. The hot pink lipstick I used on people for the show was from that line. I miss it so. I'm such a sucker for things like that. They are really made for people like me.

FWIW, you are always welcome to raid my kit. :)

AND.......happy early birthday, lady!!

[aphrabehn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I remember the MAC collection. It was kind of awful, IIRC.

If you want the SLB stuff, sign up at Stila - last email I got from them offered all sorts of discounts on that line.

[joyeous.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it seems unlikely that little girls would be shopping in Sephora. But it is likely that tweens/teens would be. I see many 12-13 year olds as well as older teens wearing bright make-up. It does seem young, but I can see this sort of thing really appealing to them.

[jicama]

I'd think it could also appeal to the 8-year-old "playing dress-up" crowd.

[skreeky]

Sephora is a bit high-end for kiddie dress-up toys. Home of the $30 lipstick, at least last time I bothered to darken their door. I consider $10 to be an expensive lipstick, thanks.

But then, I don't really consider make-up (or any other toiletries, really) to be an enjoyable luxury item. I consider them utility items. I completely fail to understand Lush, too. I am aware that this is not an ordinary female worldview, but I live and let live.

[kalliejenn2.livejournal.com]

i think they're going for the nostalgia/cutesy angle. it's the same reason i bought hello kitty lipgloss from mac when shopping w/ victoria.

[http://users.livejournal.com/urban_faerie_/]

dude...I WANT that hello kitty makeup! i'm not allowed to buy it because i don't need it and i am a big girl.

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

Dude, all three of us bought Hello Kitty Makeup from MAC. I'm not ashamed.

[http://users.livejournal.com/urban_faerie_/]

dude... the key to enjoying anything in the beauty industry is to not try and understand it. trying to force it to make sense might break your brain.

[aphrabehn.livejournal.com]

Oh the Stila Loves Barbie set is definitiely being marketed to an older crowd. I think a lot of little girls like that Brats crap more than Barbie.

However, I do agree that Stila's overall market plan is in the toilet, which is a shame since the line used to be one of the best. I'm wearing one of the all time greatest shadows ever today - Stila's Kitten.

And Stila's in a LOT of $$ trouble, too.

I heartily suggest looking at Makeup Forever for all your super pigmented, long lasted Disco glam needs. That line *rocks*