Alright, let me tell ya ’bout this Bonita Cosmetics, or whatever they call it. I ain’t no fancy city gal, but I know a thing or two about lookin’ presentable, ya know? Gotta look good for church and the occasional trip to town.
Now, first off, they got this eyeliner stuff. Liquid eyeliner, they say. Comes in a little bottle, and you gotta paint it on your eyes. Sixteen dollars, they want for it! Sixteen dollars! Back in my day, we used charcoal from the fire, and it worked just fine. But I guess these young folks, they gotta have their fancy things. I ain’t tried it myself, mind you, but my niece, she uses it. Says it makes her eyes look all big and pretty. She showed me once, and it did look kinda nice, I guess. But sixteen dollars? Lord have mercy.
Then there’s this eyebrow pomade. Now, this is somethin’ I don’t understand at all. Pomade? For your eyebrows? What in the world? We always just left our eyebrows alone, or maybe plucked a stray hair or two. But these young girls, they want their eyebrows all thick and dark and shaped like… well, I don’t even know what they look like. They come in all sorts of colors, too. PC01, PC02, PC03, PC04. Sounds like a bunch of gibberish to me. But hey, if it makes ’em happy, I ain’t gonna judge. Much.
Then there’s the nail polish. Bonita Essentials Nail Lacquer, they call it. “You Mint A Lot To Me,” is the color I saw. Mint green. Like toothpaste, almost. And it’s in a little bottle, only 0.4 ounces. Costs a pretty penny, too, I bet. Now, nail polish I can understand a little better. Makes your nails look all shiny and pretty. We used to use beet juice to stain our nails red. Didn’t last long, but it was cheap. This nail polish, it probably lasts longer, but again, it costs money.
Speaking of nails, they got these nail polish remover pads. Acetone Free, they say. Strawberry scented. Now, that sounds nice. Acetone, that stuff stinks to high heaven and dries your nails out somethin’ awful. Strawberry scent is a whole lot better. Comes in a little jar, I reckon. Easy to use, just wipe the polish off. But still, it’s another thing you gotta buy. Seems like these makeup companies are always tryin’ to sell you somethin’ new.
They got a whole bunch of stuff, this Bonita Cosmetics. Vitamins and health supplements, too, it seems. I don’t know nothin’ ’bout that. Always figured eatin’ your vegetables and gettin’ some sunshine was good enough. But these city folks, they always takin’ pills and powders. Maybe it works, maybe it don’t. I’ll stick to my garden, thank you very much.
They’re real big on the internet, this Bonita Cosmetics. Got all them followers on them social media things. Thousands and thousands of ’em. Folks lookin’ at pictures and videos and buyin’ stuff. I don’t have no computer or nothin’, so I don’t know much about it. But my grandson showed me once, all the pretty pictures and things. Seems like a whole different world, I tell ya.
Anyways, that’s all I know ’bout Bonita Cosmetics. Seems like they got a lot of stuff for folks who like to paint their faces and nails. And take pills, I guess. If you got the money and the time, I reckon it’s alright. Me? I’ll stick to my soap and water and a little bit of sunshine. That’s always worked for me.
But, you know, young folks these days… they got their ways. And maybe some of this stuff ain’t so bad. I mean, that strawberry-smellin’ nail polish remover, that sounds kinda nice. And my niece’s eyes did look pretty with that eyeliner. Maybe if I was a bit younger… or had a bit more money to spare…
- But still, sixteen dollars for eyeliner? Lord have mercy!
- And eyebrow pomade? What will they think of next?
Well, I guess that’s all I gotta say about Bonita Cosmetics. They got their stuff, and folks seem to like it. More power to ’em, I say. But me? I’ll stick to what I know.
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