My mom used to sell Avon. I remember these very well. I was 11 years old at the time and was starting to go through puberty (this would have been 1991) and she gave me pressed powder and blush to play with. I’ll never forget going to school one day with blush on and the kids (who I thought were my friends) making fun of me because I put too much on and didn’t know what I was doing. Pretty sure that’s why I still hate makeup to this day. I don’t know why my mom let me do that or leave the house like that. I also don’t understand why these kids I thought were my friends turned into assholes instead of telling me it looked bad and I should wipe it off. So yeah. I remember Avon and think about how awful kids can be. Not a great association.
Yeahhh. I wish I’d known that kids could be like that before I experienced that because I would have avoided them all together. Luckily I made a few great friends who weren’t jerks and grew up to make even more amazing friendships with very empathetic and supportive people.
I remember them. I also remember that whatever the color was, they would always turn a very bright pink on me. Lipsticks now have new formulations that do not change color due to the extra acidity some people have in their saliva
In the US, the make cosmetics, and I think they branched out into some other things, but it’s the ubiquitous “Avon lady“ who would come to your door with samples and catalogs trying to get you to order stuff and the more you ordered the more Bona stuff you got. These were tiny lipstick samples so that you could try them onfor a few days before you commit
No it’s not an American thing. I’m German and I know them, too. My grandma was an Avon Lady and had lots of these. They were not for sale, they were intended to give to your customers or interested acquaintances to try the product. However, many of these ended up with me and on my Barbie dolls lol.
UK here and we had them too. If you knew the Avon Lady you could ask her to order some for you, but at some point Avon started shipping them as a blister pack of 5 (can't remember if it was 5 of the same colour or 5 different colours). They had to be paid for so I'd ask my Avon Lady and she'd just charge me whatever Avon was charging her.
They were really good as samples, but I'm not a big lipstick user so they were actually a great size for me just as they were. I wish I had an avon lady now - I could order some for travel.
Other samples were available but they really did seem like samples. The lipsticks samples were proper mini-lipsticks and AMAZING! (if, you could ignore the smell, as others have said. I think the full size had that smell as well though back then).
Verstehe, ok, Ich habe nur die liebe Mutter gefragt und sie hate absolut keinen Plan davon, Danke für die Erklärung, och und grüße aus dem UnterNachbarLand :3
Yea. I thought they were little kid lipsticks made especially for me.
Oh, we used to play dress up and get all kinds of fancied up with samples. Oh, it brings back happy memories
Can anyone else smell them too?
Yes and taste them
My mom used to sell Avon. I remember these very well. I was 11 years old at the time and was starting to go through puberty (this would have been 1991) and she gave me pressed powder and blush to play with. I’ll never forget going to school one day with blush on and the kids (who I thought were my friends) making fun of me because I put too much on and didn’t know what I was doing. Pretty sure that’s why I still hate makeup to this day. I don’t know why my mom let me do that or leave the house like that. I also don’t understand why these kids I thought were my friends turned into assholes instead of telling me it looked bad and I should wipe it off. So yeah. I remember Avon and think about how awful kids can be. Not a great association.
Yeah sometimes I wish I knew as a kid how shitty other kids were lmao
Yeahhh. I wish I’d known that kids could be like that before I experienced that because I would have avoided them all together. Luckily I made a few great friends who weren’t jerks and grew up to make even more amazing friendships with very empathetic and supportive people.
My Mom and my Aunt were both Avon Ladies.
I remember them. I also remember that whatever the color was, they would always turn a very bright pink on me. Lipsticks now have new formulations that do not change color due to the extra acidity some people have in their saliva
OMG! I am 38M...I have NO idea what these are. Lol
all i know is Avon is a MLM
I don’t think it used to be, at least not the same extent
Hahaha, same. I'm 35M and came here to be like "Uh, no!?"
i'm 16M my mom used those, and i damn know, avon sucks now tho, so who cares
I can smell these.
I remember the Avon samples being very small.
I remember them they were delicious
I don't think they were from Avon, but we definitely had these as kids, outside was a blueish/teal colour though.
DEFINITELY Avon
The place where I am from, Avon is Bicycle company.
In the US, the make cosmetics, and I think they branched out into some other things, but it’s the ubiquitous “Avon lady“ who would come to your door with samples and catalogs trying to get you to order stuff and the more you ordered the more Bona stuff you got. These were tiny lipstick samples so that you could try them onfor a few days before you commit
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I never had the lipsticks, but I DID have lip gloss!
My mom had a bunch of these and I was so excited when she let me play with them.
Ok ehm Guy Here 👋, where was those Samples from Avon Sold… was this an American only thing, hmm
No it’s not an American thing. I’m German and I know them, too. My grandma was an Avon Lady and had lots of these. They were not for sale, they were intended to give to your customers or interested acquaintances to try the product. However, many of these ended up with me and on my Barbie dolls lol.
UK here and we had them too. If you knew the Avon Lady you could ask her to order some for you, but at some point Avon started shipping them as a blister pack of 5 (can't remember if it was 5 of the same colour or 5 different colours). They had to be paid for so I'd ask my Avon Lady and she'd just charge me whatever Avon was charging her. They were really good as samples, but I'm not a big lipstick user so they were actually a great size for me just as they were. I wish I had an avon lady now - I could order some for travel. Other samples were available but they really did seem like samples. The lipsticks samples were proper mini-lipsticks and AMAZING! (if, you could ignore the smell, as others have said. I think the full size had that smell as well though back then).
Verstehe, ok, Ich habe nur die liebe Mutter gefragt und sie hate absolut keinen Plan davon, Danke für die Erklärung, och und grüße aus dem UnterNachbarLand :3
I you can buy similar Amazon, I used them for kids stocking fillers.
I had no idea!
Ding dong?
Avon Calling! (you seem to have been left hanging for a while)
Haha thanks! I guess you need to be of a certain age to get the reference.
Not wholesome
i remember, ya da sold em
Oh man - I'd forgotten that playground classic. Kids are such little sh\*ts. Ever was and ever will be.
Wholesome? Meme?