Safiya: Who was relevant in that age?
Freddie: Lizzie Mcguire.
Saf: Lizzie Mcguire! Freddie: Yeah.
Saf: But Lizzie Mcguire was relevant to me like- essentially even to this day.
*Freddie & Saf laughing*
*Background music*
Saf: Hello friends and welcome to another video.
Saf: Today I'm with Freddie-
Freddie: Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!
Saf: Frederica.
Saf: We are gonna be bringing you a video that was popular, months ago-
*Freddie and Saf laughing*
Saf: That no one's really doing anymore, but we really wanted to do it-
Freddie: Yeah.
Saf: -It's how I did my makeup in -not high school but middle school.
Freddie: Mmhmm. Middle school to me is more fun, just because like it's just super super nostalgic and like-
Freddie: The amount of accessories I used in middle school was just like, ridiculous.-
-And I just like, knew I was fly, and like knew I was fine and like, lip gloss poppin' at all times.
Saf: I went ham, Freddie watched me do this-
Freddie: You did.
Saf: I went on Ebay, I got really excited because I found some lip gloss that I had used many years ago-
-and then I went on a bender and asked Freddie what she had used in middle school and I just got, like -
-eight lip glosses from different vendors so we have a lot of lip products, we have a lot of hair clips, and we have one single pressed powder.
Saf: I was in middle school in like the early mid-2000's.
Saf: I pretty much did exactly what a lot of like early mid-2000's girls did, but with the added caveat that my mom was really strict, so -
-I would like sneak this into school and then put it on at school.
*Freddie and Saf laughing*
Saf: Cool. Freddie: Let's get into it, let's do it.
Saf: Should we start with the lip stuff?
Freddie: Yeah, let's start with lip stuff.
Saf: I just want to show you guys the amount of things that I bought.
Saf: This one is a special request by Freddie.
Freddie: Special place in my heart.
Freddie: This N.Y.C. Roll-on Glitter Lip Gloss, I mean they had a lot of different like colors and styles I guess, -
- Like some weren't glitter, some were just clear, but like just this N.Y.C. brand is so near and dear to my heart.
Freddie: You know, going to grocery stores and drug stores with your mom was always just like a thing, at least for me in middle school,-
-but like I would always go into the little makeup section and be like, "Oooh, which lip gloss do I want today?"
Freddie: And this roll-on application is *so* early 2000's.
Saf: *surprised gasp*
Freddie: Like just look at it.
Saf: I just also want to say that I got these off Ebay and they're supposedly pretty authentic to the time.-
-So these might be expired..I'm not recommending that you try these at home but we will be trying them.
Freddie: I mean, this does look a little clumpy, like it's been sitting.
Freddie: Oh my God! Oh my God! It's so ugh. It's like when smell just triggers memories, ya know. It's like -
Saf: Wait
Freddie: Oh man, yes. This is what I had.
Saf: That lipgloss smells like Limited Too.
Freddie: All I remember is just like using this lipgloss and watching The Parent Trap.
*Saf & Freddie laughing*
Freddie: Oh!
Saf: Oh my God!
Saf: Is there any glitter? Yeah I see some glitter.
Freddie: There's a tiny bit of glitter, no blue tint at all. Just super clear.
Saf: I can't really explain it. It smells like something that would be in like a body spray bottle.
Freddie: Like Limited Too, Bath & Body Works. Like stores of that nature is what this smell reminds me of.
Saf: Actually, besides the N.Y.C thing, the rest of the lip products are all Bonne Bell.
*Freddie laughing*
Freddie: Bonne Bell was so lit.
Saf: This thing is Bonne Bell Lip Smackers LipLix
Freddie: Look at that packaging, first of all. Saf: Look at this packaging. Also it's hollow.
Freddie: It is holl-*Freddie laughing*
Saf: Which means I'm slightly aroused.
Saf: I had this thing, when I was like 9. So this is more like fourth grade, but it still felt relevant just because-
-I can't believe I found this on eBay. I had to buy it, and I specifically remember that having it in the fall-
-of fourth grade and someone being like "If you put any more of that stuff on, your lips are gonna fall off"-
-And me silently pulling it out of my desk, opening it up, and just being like *motions lipgloss application*
*Freddie laughing*
Saf: Smell it! I don't know if... Cause it doesn't smell like other lipglosses, but it smells like-
Freddie: It smells like crayons.
Saf: It does! It smells like crayons!
Saf: Okay I'm gonna put this thing on.
Saf: Oh my God.
Saf: Oh my God. Freddie: What is this silvery tint?
Freddie: That is... Saf: Oh my God.
Freddie: I feel like I kind of do remember this stuff.
*Saf & Freddie laughing*
Saf: You know that this is when my like love of crazy lipstick began too.
Freddie: Yeah. Saf: When I was like "This is the color for me."
Saf: Think about like in that like 2001-2002 era. Me walking around, probably like a-
-giant GAP Kids sweatshirt on, and being like.. *poses*
Freddie: Okay first of all, wait, so when was Zenon? You're giving me Zenon vibes.
Saf: It must've been around then because they were being like "Girl of the 21st Century."-
-Like ooh the Twenty FIRST Century. Freddie: Yeah. Yeah.
Saf: Remember when she had that holographic disc that was her earring.
Freddie: Yes! Oh my God.
Saf: But it was also like the secret to the ship's like interior workings.
Freddie: Girl power!
Saf: Cheetah sisters!
Saf: I think that we look great so far.
Saf: I thought about, um, waxing my mustache before this just cause like, ya know.
Saf: But then i realized if we were being true to our middle school selves, I wasn't allowed to.
Freddie: Same.
Saf: The other ones that Freddie used were these two, right?
Freddie: Yes.
Saf: Tell us a little bit about these guys.
Freddie: So, all of these were very just clear. Ya know, none of them really had any actual tints.
Freddie: Aw!
Saf: That does smell really old school. It smells a little bit expired though.
*Freddie laughing*
Saf: With that, put it on your face. Freddie: Uh huh.
Freddie: It also feels expired on my lips. We're trying to figure out.
Freddie: Maybe this is just what things felt like back then.
Saf: Things were different then. *Freddie laughing*
Saf: Bonne Bel Flip Gloss
Saf: I used to have this in my pencil case. In class I would just like flip it and open it.
Freddie: I remember that. I remember that one.
Saf: Right? Freddie: Yeah, I remember that.
Saf: Were there commercials about this?
Freddie: Yes. Saf: Yeah.
Freddie: It was like, *singing* "Pop! Pop it up, yeah!"
Saf: I don't think I had the grape flavor. You can't see. This doesn't look like anything.
Freddie: No. Saf: This just looks like my lips.
Saf: It was more about the flip anyway. Freddie: Yeah.
Saf: I think I remember it being like really poppy and this is like kind of actually effortful.-
-Like I'm like *trying to open lipstick*
*Saf & Freddie laughing*
Saf: You can't really tell if there's anything on my lips, but you can tell that my mustache is out and about today.
Freddie: What was the early 2000s? Like what happened then?
Saf: It was fun.
Freddie: The Sims. Saf: Age of Empires for me.
Freddie: ..Oh....see. *Saf laughing*
Saf: You know I would though. *Saf laughing* Freddie: Of course.
Saf: This is another one that I got. It's like a little foam tip and like it'll sort of come up the top.
Freddie: Through those little holes, yeah.
Freddie: Yeah in the early 2000s like lipglosses and lipsticks were like less about what they-
-look like on and more about how cool does it come out of the tube.
Saf: Look I got it. I got the little- Freddie: You got it!
Saf: -bubble out.
Saf: And then the top part will just come out completely clear. Which is, ya know, how it was supposed to be.
Freddie: This one actually has a weird smell and I always thought it had a weird smell growing up-
-but I continued to use it.
Saf: That one's definitely separated though. Look at the top of it.
Freddie: Yes it is. Ew! Wait, no, look at it.
Saf: But to be fair, this thing is at least more than 10 years old.
Saf: It looks appetizing Freddie, you need to put it on your face.
Saf: Oh yeah. Freddie: Oh gosh.
Freddie: It's so crazy how reminiscent this stuff is.
Saf: It's all clear gloss or it's shimmery.
Freddie: Yeah.
Freddie: All of these things essentially are the same, but like all of the brands made bank.
Saf: When you see the tube you're like, "Oh, 2004."
Freddie: This is the goin' out gloss, a little sparkly. I'd wear it when I'd be out on the town with my girls.
Saf: [Wear it] to like the 7th grade dance. Freddie: Yeah.
Freddie: Every middle school dance I remember that happened between-
-our school and our brother school, they always played OutKast "Hey Ya!"
Saf: At my 7th grade dance they played "1, 2 Step" by Ciara. I really remember that.
Saf: I got a bunch of butterfly clips for Freddie.
Freddie: So I'm just gonna have fun over here with them because-
Saf: Tell us about the butterfly clip, Freddie.
Freddie: There were many forms of the butterfly clip in the early 2000s. These were the most common.
Freddie: I would have like cornrows or twists going back. They all just stopped in the middle of my head.-
-And then at the end of each cornrow and twist, we would put a butterfly clip.
Saf: I didn't start wearing like other makeup besides sort of like lipglosses until 8th grade.
Saf: I got an Almay Clear Complexion Pressed Powder. And this is the same thing and I remember-
-getting light/medium. I think the color that was light/medium back in the day, so I guess-
-that would be like 2005/2006, was a little orangey-er. I used to take this and take the little like felt-
-pad and just like push it around my face. Ya know, like there was no brush.
Freddie: Yeah.
Saf: It would just be this and I would just like drag it.
*Freddie laughing*
Saf: And like drag it over the 'stache and like drag it under the eyes.
Saf: I'm trying to give you guys a good image of my mustache here. Just so you can get the full effect.
Saf: Also, just imagine little bit of hairs in here and then a couple years later no hairs in here and then like a full tadpole.
Saf: Look at your little clips! They're so cute!
Freddie: I'm like kind of into them.
Freddie: I lived for a butterfly clip
Freddie: Butterfly clips and lipgloss - all I needed in that life of sin.
Saf: I didn't use hair clips really. I used to have a middle part in the middle of my hair like this.
Saf: In 6th & 7th grade I had bangs that were straight across. That's the last time I've had bangs.
Freddie: Do you have photos?
*Scary music playing*
*Saf & Freddie laughing*
Saf: It's so funny like looking back on the stuff that I used to do.
Saf: It reminds me of like all of my fears and trials and tribulations of like adolescence and puberty.
Freddie: Middle school's hard, man. Like-
Saf: *Sigh* Middle school's so hard.
Freddie: It's such a hard time. So, like, anything and I just love that like the littlest smallest things were-
-things that got us through and things that made us happy. And like there's nothing wrong with that.
Saf: It's funny to look back on cause I'm like "Oh I looked ridiculous," but like at the time I was like "I feel great."
Freddie: Confident! Yeah it's really hard in middle school to feel confident and like if a gloss with-
-a little bit of glitter and like crazy scents. Like made me feel confident then like it's worth it.
Saf: I also firmly believe that the weird stuff that we put on our face as preteens and teens,-
-like make us the women we are today. Ya know?
Freddie: Oh, totally!
Saf: You need to go through phases of doing stuff and putting weird stuff on your face.
Saf: Thank you guys so much for watching. If you like this video, give this video a big thumbs up.-
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Saf: Here are Freddie's social media handles so you can find her in the world. I'll put them over her face.
Saf: They'll be there. Maybe over her boobs, who knows? I don't know.
Saf: Yeah, thanks for watching.
Freddie: See ya!