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Speaker 1: From House Stuff Works dot Com. Hello, and welcome to

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Speaker 1: the podcast. I'm Kristen and I'm Molly. Well like today

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Speaker 1: we're talking about iconic cosmetics. An article that was written

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Speaker 1: for How Stuff Works by you. That's true. Actually, in

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Speaker 1: the intro of the article talks about Mary Kay, right

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Speaker 1: because I saw her that pink Cadillac. That's just you know,

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Speaker 1: an icon of the cosmetics world in its own right.

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Speaker 1: Just write the fact that's not actually a cosmetic Yes,

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Speaker 1: And I thought that I would I would share for

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Speaker 1: a moment about how Mary Kay was a milestone in

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Speaker 1: my own life. Yeah. Well, I don't know if i'd

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Speaker 1: call it a guiding force, but certainly a significant chapter

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Speaker 1: in my girlhood because my mother did um this thing

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Speaker 1: thirteen or something. The Mary Kay consultant came over to

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Speaker 1: to put makeup on Yeah. It was kind of the

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Speaker 1: sign that okay, you are becoming a woman. Now cover

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Speaker 1: So yeah, so what do you remember of your time

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Speaker 1: with the Mary Kay lady. Well, you know, we sat

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Speaker 1: just remember wanting to explore her makeup bag because she

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Speaker 1: And I mean we really only did the boring stuff

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Speaker 1: vital life lessons, Christmas, myilelife lessons that apparently I didn't

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Speaker 1: take to heart too much, well because I don't really

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Speaker 1: know how to put makeup on my face. Now, did

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Speaker 1: you get to purchase a bunch of Mary Kay cosmetics

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Speaker 1: after your session? Yeah, I kind of got the starter kit,

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Speaker 1: very interesting. So you were influenced by this worldwide brand

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Speaker 1: of makeup. I think the Mary kay story is pretty impressive.

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Speaker 1: She started the company in nineteen three when she was

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Speaker 1: forty five, with just five thousand dollars in savings. Five

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Speaker 1: And that's when she decided to go get that pink

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Speaker 1: I want my car in this color, which is pretty

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Speaker 1: pretty cool. Yeah. Yeah, you know, I hope to one

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Speaker 1: day have the means to just walk into a dealership

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Speaker 1: something that I wholeheardly believe that will happen. Molly, um So,

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Speaker 1: But moving on from Mary Kay, because you know Mary

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Speaker 1: Kay Cosmetics, Well, yes, the brand itself is somewhat iconic

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Speaker 1: in its own way. We're talking about specific cosmetics that

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Speaker 1: I chose Revlon Fire and Ice when I was writing

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Speaker 1: would ask you these questions such as, Molly, you're ready

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Speaker 1: want to ask me? Okay, Kristen, have you ever danced

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Speaker 1: with your shoes off? Yes? You might be a fire

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Speaker 1: Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's maple leene. I

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Speaker 1: It is kind of crazy considering that T. L. Williams,

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