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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first stop is makeup. A short funky British woman lunges at my face with a powder brush. I instinctively recoil in horror. I don't like to share cosmetic products. I try to protest that my natural complexion is so smooth and vibrant that I don't need makeup. Spice Girl will have none of it and proceeds to plaster my countenance with blush and bacteria...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Fame in the Name | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...first stop is makeup. A short funky British woman lunges at my face with a powder brush. I instinctively recoil in horror. I don't like to share cosmetic products. I try to protest that my natural complexion is so smooth and vibrant that I don't need makeup. Spice Girl will have none of it and proceeds to plaster my countenance with blush and bacteria...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE AUDITION | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

Luckily, for the fume-afflicted, there is hope in some preventative over-the-counter drugstore remedies. Everyone's favorite medical professional, Dr. Scholl's, has a massive stake in the market. With his baby powder scent Odor Destroyers sole inserts ($3.69), users can trim the one-size-fits-all slab of scented cushion to fit the bottom of any shoe. No lefty scissors handy? Realize that these pads might flip and flap away with flip-flops? Coat the inside of your shoe with the Doctor's Shoe Shot deodorant powder ($6.99), featuring a Toilet-Duckstyle neck and Zinoxol, "an advanced...

Author: By V. C. hallett, | Title: those stinky, nasty feet | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...other companies, Gold Bond, whose primary product is advertised as a cure for the "male itch," also dips into the foot odor powder business with their stout blue bottles of Gold Bond Medicated Foot Powder with Methanol ($3.77). For a more upscale and superficial remedy, the Body Shop sells Refreshing Foot Spray ($4.50), a blue-tinted watery substance that perfumes tootsie nastiness with rosemary and tea tree oils. Finally, footloose...

Author: By V. C. hallett, | Title: those stinky, nasty feet | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...Heading left down Broadway took me past a park, a Revolutionary powder house, and to a gigantic traffic rotary, where I stood trembling in front of drivers who must have been imported from Cambridge just for the sake of making Medford dangerous. I finished my donut. I darted across...

Author: By T.j. Kelleher, | Title: Four Dollars and Change | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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