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Millennial Things We Grew Up With โ๏ธ
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items A collection of things that were a big part of growing up in the 2000s. Music, movies, makeup, fashion, old-school tech, the early internet and all those little things that millennials remember ๐ฅน
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Makeup ๐
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Fashion ๐
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Mobile Phones ๐ฑ
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Music & Audio ๐
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Internet ๐ป
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Movies & TV ๐ผ
Makeup ๐
The makeup I remember wearing and seeing everywhere in the 2000s. Lip gloss, thin eyebrows, lots of mascara and those pale lips we somehow thought looked amazing ๐
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Concealer lips were such a 2000s makeup trend. The goal was to make your lips look almost the same color as your skin, usually with a pale nude or actual concealer
Concealer Lips ๐ซ
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Thin, perfectly plucked eyebrows were everywhere in the 2000s. The thinner, the better ๐ค
Thin Eyebrows โข๏ธ
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Max Factor Pan-Stik was that iconic 2000s foundation in a stick. And the shade? Honey Beige ๐ It was creamy, easy to apply and gave that classic full-coverage look we were all going for back then
Max Factor Pan Stik. Honey beige, of course ๐ค
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A true 2000s makeup classic. Great Lash was one of those mascaras youโd see everywhere, especially in those iconic pink and green tubes ๐ฉท๐
Maybelline Great Lashยฎ Volumizing Washable Mascar
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One of those mascaras that defined 2000s makeup. It was everywhere, and if you were doing your makeup back then, thereโs a good chance 2000 Calorie was in your makeup bag ๐ค
MAX FACTOR 2000 Calorie Dramatic Volume macara
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Lip gloss was a must in the 2000s. Shiny lips, slightly sticky formulas and reapplying it every five minutes were just part of the look ๐
Lipgloss โจโจโจ
Fashion ๐
I actually wore so many of these things back then. Low rise jeans, platform heels, skirts over jeans, colorful belts... looking back, some of those outfits were questionable, but we looked iconic ๐
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We went out in these, walked around in them everywhere, even ran in them. Somehow we could wear platform heels all night and think nothing of it. They were basically our everyday going-out shoes ๐
Platform Heels ๐
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Low rise jeans were everywhere in the 2000s. The lower the waist, the better. We wore them with fitted tops, going-out tops and pretty much everything ๐ฅน
Low Rise Jeans ๐
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Colorful belts, studded belts, chain details, oversized buckles... the more noticeable, the better. Belts were a big part of 2000s outfits and were often worn just to make the whole look more interesting
Belts โ๏ธ
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I definitely remember wearing skirts over pants back then. Somehow it was completely normal to put a skirt over a pair of jeans or leggings and call it an outfit. Looking back, it was such a 2000s look
Skirts over jeans. Because why not
Mobile Phones ๐ฑ
Nokia phones, flip phones, polyphonic ringtones, texting and playing simple games for hours. Phones were so much simpler back then but we were just as excited about them
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My first phone was a Nokia 3310 and I definitely wasn't the only one. Calling, texting, changing the ringtone and playing Snake for hours ๐ซ
Nokia 3310 ๐ค
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Flip phones were so cool back then. Opening and closing them, texting with T9 and feeling like you had the fanciest phone ever. Bonus points if it had a tiny mirror or a colorful design ๐ฑโจ
Flip Phone
Music & Audio ๐
CDs, cassette tapes, a Discman and those big Hi-Fi systems were such a huge part of everyday life. Making mixtapes, listening to the radio and carrying your favorite CDs everywhere... we really had our little music rituals back then
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Burning CDs with your favorite songs, making mixtapes for friends or saving photos and files. Having a stack of blank CDs at home was just part of growing up in the 2000s ๐ฟ
Blank CDs For Burning Music
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Making mixtapes, recording songs from the radio and carefully rewinding the tape when it got stuck. Cassette tapes were such a big part of growing up in the 2000s ๐ผ๐
Cassettes Tapes ๐ซ
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One of those things I remember having at home growing up. CDs, cassette tapes, the radio playing in the background and making mixtapes for hours. These were such a big part of everyday life in the 2000s ๐ฟ๐ผ
Hifi System With Turntable Cd And Cassette
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I remember taking my Discman everywhere, especially when going somewhere without a computer or stereo nearby. Listening to CDs with headphones, hoping the batteries would last and trying not to move too much so the CD wouldnโt skip โจ
Discman
Internet ๐ป
MSN, ICQ, MySpace and spending way too much time online before smartphones and social media took over. Different usernames, away messages, profile songs and chatting for hours. The internet really was a different place back then
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MSN Messenger was a huge part of growing up in the 2000s. Choosing your username, picking the perfect status, waiting for someone to come online and chatting for hours. And of course, those annoying nudges when someone wanted your attention ๐ฅน
MSN Messenger
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ICQ was one of those early messaging apps that many of us remember from the days before social media took over. The iconic โUh-oh!โ notification, your contact list and chatting with friends online were all part of growing up with the early internet ๏ฟฝ...
ICQ
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MySpace takes me straight back to the 2000s. Spending way too much time choosing the perfect profile song, changing your layout, picking your Top 8 and checking your profile like it was the most important thing in the world
Myspace
Movies & TV ๐ผ
Watching movies on VHS, recording shows from TV and rewinding tapes before taking them back to the video store. Movie nights, TV shows and waiting for your favorite things to come on were just part of everyday life back then
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Recording TV shows and movies, rewinding tapes before returning them to the video store and watching the same favorites over and over again... ๐ผ
VHS Tapes ๐ผ
Magazines ๐ฐ
Before everything was online magazines were one of the easiest ways to keep up with trends, celebrities and whatever was popular at the time
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I used to read Cosmopolitan all the time. Fashion, beauty, celebrity gossip, relationship advice and all those quizzes. I loved flipping through it and seeing what was new each month ๐
Cosmopolitan Magazines