Growing up for me was, I imagine like growing up for anyone who was a teen in the 90’s, I spent my evenings ‘down the leisure’ I ate bags of beef Space Raiders and chips in cones made to look like newspaper, played Street Fighter on the arcade machine and drank Lilt. Elbowed my mates when one or other of our crushes walked past and talked about what a slag Kerry was ‘cos she let Barry do something naughty to her outside the fire exit.
I used Salon Selectives but I definitely didn’t look like I’d ‘just stepped out of the salon’ it did smell nice however, once it was clean it was time to spray it within an inch of it’s life with Silvikrin whilst scrunching. Surprised we didn’t all end up with clawed hands because of it. Fire hazard be buggered, took your life in your hands every time you lit up a sneaky fag, some dippy git told me to wrap chewing gum round my fingers so my Mum couldn’t smell the smoke – did it work? Did it hell!
I wore Cover Girl foundation that I won from a competition in a magazine. My Mum would never have let me have it otherwise – wouldn’t want me ruining my lovely young skin see. I can still remember the smell of that stuff to this day. It’s highly likely I looked like Casper the friendly ghost – not that I cared I was grown up obviously! I wore Heather Shimmer lipstick. Think everyone in my school/town/country did. Good job there’s not an awful lot of photo evidence around it’s really cringeworthy stuff.
I had a luminous pink Hi-Tec bag that I could have fitted my whole family in and more. I had those horrible white daps (plimsoles for those not from Wales) with a heel and those really shiny flesh coloured tights that made your legs look like sparkly sausages. I wore ankle length wrap skirts (not good in a gust of wind) with a body underneath. Those poppers were a bit of a twat when you were busting. I read somewhere recently they were making a comeback. Well sod that!
I bought all my single cassette tapes from Woolworths. This is back in the day when Woolworths was the best shop in town (well our town anyway which didn’t have that much other than the ‘Big Tesco’).
I called him Mr. Raider, called him Mr. Wrong, called him Mr. Vain and couldn’t say no to anyone without saying the full No no, no no no no, no no no no, no no there’s no limit! I watched Bad Girls, Band of Gold, Bottom and Byker Grove.
As much as loved being a teenager in the 90’s and so many things were better then I really wouldn’t want to go back and do it all again. Especially all the boy trouble, let’s be honest many teenage lads are complete arseholes! The fashion wasn’t exactly anything to write home about either – black velvet choker anyone?!
For me it was pickled onion space raiders…hehehe
This was my life…..Love it!
I realised the other day it is 20 years since I left school! That was in 1996! Time flies when you’re having fun x
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I know!It seems like yesterday we were doing all this x
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Ha ha I bet you still elbow your mate when your crush walks past.
Look on the bright side most of my growing up was the 80’s. We were still buying single records from Woolies and got all excited when Index the catalogue shop launched.
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I would if I had any 😂
Bloody hell Index!Forgotten all about them!
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Yep pretty much just described my teen self in your post ha! Oh god groan some of the fashion disasters I had eeek, so unfair that the cool kids of today have youtube make up tutorials etc to make them not look hideous 😉
Stevie x
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I was a teen in the US but I do remember reading a lot of seventeen magazine and using Cover Girl cosmetics hidden away from my mother. Thanks for sharing!
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Brought up on lucky charms…Nothing wrong with that! Haha! Excellent, loved growing up in the 90s!
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Oh the 90’s. Why that makes me feel old now when back then it was the modern times. Loved the pop music and TV shows in the 90’s. #LGRTStumble
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hahah Julie, good memories though eh! I grew up in the 80s, massive hair, lots of hairspray and backcombing…you’ve seen my hair , imagine it on steroids!!! #lgrtstumble
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