For the most part, the trends of the late ’90s a la Clueless carried over into the early ’00s, but had an extra iridescent twist. On the horizon of the new millennium, we tried fashion and beauty looks that emulated a hyper-real page from a Delia’s catalog – body glitter at attention – while being just a little worried that Y2K was a real thing. It was perfectly acceptable to wear a butterfly clip or ten, long-forgotten boy bands like O-Town, BBMak, and LFO dominated the airwaves, and I got my very first CHI hair straightener, which was a huge deal. In an attempt to recreate the half-updo I wore at least three times a week in middle school, I flat-ironed my hair completely straight, and parted my hair in a zig-zag pattern down the middle. Once a few of the strands around my face were pinned back, I pulled out two tendrils on either side of my head.
The early ’00s were all about that frosty metallic look, so I traced the entirety of my eye with the Jumbo Eye Pencil in Lavender ($4) then alternated between all of Sigma's Ice Castle In the Sky shimmer dusts ($30 for three) all over, and placed the sparkly white shade right under my brow bone. I contoured my crease with MAC Stars n' Rockets shadow ($16), a shimmery magenta, then added mascara and liner. To finish, I mixed some of the pink Sigma dust with MAC's Clear Lipglass ($15) and stuck a rhinestone next to my eye because I saw Mariah Carey do it one time. It looked better on her.
