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Why I fucking love my Caboodle from 1988
A couple years ago, my father gave me a trunk that had been gathering dust in his storage shed. "I think this is yours," he... Read more
If you were collecting makeup (or crafting supplies, art supplies, various junk!), you probably had a Caboodles makeup case sitting in your room in some shade of retro pastel fabulousness. Ariel even wrote about the joy of finding hers trapped in an old box formerly lost to the ages.
Vintage versions have been available at places like eBay, Etsy, and vintage shops for ages, but now they’re available in new versions! Commence squeeing!
New versions in marbelized colors and retro pastels are available (though sold out) on Amazon, but you can find them in stock in three colors on Urban Outfitters. You can yet again store your makeup, your scrunchies, your Troll dolls, and all your precious trinkets in the tackleboxes they deserve.
Do YOU still have your old Caboodle? Let’s revel in the zeitgeist…
About the Author: Catherine Clark
Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com.
Caboodles were the best! I don’t have one anymore but am tempted to get one again.