Panic At The Disco

Glitter is back on the runways, but are the streets ready for it?

- Joie Goh

OVER-TWEEZED EYEBROWS, frosted lipstick and crimped hair may have gone past their peak in the early aughts, but glittery makeup will always stay — literally. The stuff, once released into the world, whether as loose pieces or suspended in lotion, is nigh impossible to get rid of completely, settling into crevices and corners, and sticking onto every surface imaginable, and staying put for years, decades even. It’s the evil magic behind the “harmless” glitter bomb, now made even more accessible to send to anyone disguised as a simple letter by web services like Ship Your Enemies Glitter and Ruin Day, which covers the unsuspecting recipient and their surroundings with a cloud of sparkly, scratchy particles upon opening the nondescript envelop. One moment of iridescent magic, an eternity of irritation.