I'm so old I Remember when:

[EmmaDonovan]

My mom had this set of American Tourister luggage. She loved to travel and she got a LOT of use out of it. That stuff was built to last.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I'm so old I remember when driftwood art was in everyone's living room.

Bonus points if you displayed it on smoked-glass-and-chrome bookshelves. Très chic.

 

[RoyalChick]

Ooh, that's a lot better than mine! Mine doesn't have the nifty neato jar! It's just open on the bottom, see?

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Mine is like yours only red

 

[Cynthia12]

The top one looks like lipstick, maybe?

What’s the metal things?

Yes, Avon had some color examples you could take.
And someone answered the metal thing. We would slice the Velvita Cheese with that.

 

[Cynthia12]

My mom had this set of American Tourister luggage. She loved to travel and she got a LOT of use out of it. That stuff was built to last.

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My husband had a white one.

 

[Cynthia12]

I will never forget the lipstick my mom wore: Million Dollar Red.

My mother liked the corals.

 

[Cynthia12]

Not electric, you just push down on it. Here's a video from someone who sells them on Etsy, she demonstrates it:

Easy Peezy.

 

[jxp]

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Still got one. Works well.

 

[jxp]

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Luckily Mom was an Avon lady during my sister and my early teens. Easier to experiment finding the perfect color(s) for our young selves.