January 18, 2005

• Opening the Avon brochure, I find an advertisement  - in the inside cover, no less - for "ageless skin at 25+".

  Hey, Jessica and Kirstin!  You know that blush of youth?

  Forget about it.  It's gone.

  You nearly-26 and just-turned-30 year old hags, you.

  Turn another couple of pages and there's "ageless skin at 35+".

  Uh  oh.  This can't be good.

  Flip to the next page and it's "ageless skin at 45+".

  They're gettin' down to brass tacks, now.  This is the Ultimate
  face goo.  What on earth could they have in store for those who've
  passed the 55 year mark, I wonder? 

  Not a dadblamed thing.  Zip.  Zilch.  Nada. 
  Apparently if you aren't already Taking Steps, you might as well give
  it up.

  Here's a product that has a feature with which I'm less than impressed
  . . . mascara which  "washes off easily with soap and
  water."  What masochist would use SOAP to take off eye
  makeup?  Last time I got soap in my eyes it still hurt like the
  dickens. 

  Moving on to the noncosmetic offerings there is a NEW Classic Angel
  Fountain.  Since when is an angel pouring water out of a terra
  cotta jar a classic?  It's pretty enough, ye ken, I just don't see the call for dubbing it as classic.

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