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waffles/pancakes, sandwiches to a Spam-like packaged “Unicorn Meat” – people are going gaga over anything dyed in pastels and sprinkled with, well, sprinkles. BOOM! You got yourself a magical menu sure to please Little girls have had their hand on the unicorn pulse for your inner (or actual!) child. forever. Every girl’s closet has something with unicorns on it - guaranteed! But, there are grown people who wear clothes who are into unicorns, too! Shirts proclaiming “Unicorn Mama,” “I’d Rather Be a Unicorn,” and “I Flew It’s not breaking news that the beauty industry has cashed Here on My Unicorn” are sold in almost every store. in on the unicorn fad in a big way. It might have started Fashion companies drank the pastel-hued Kool-Aid and the fashion trend with the infamous rainbow highlighter now you can dress in unicorn panties, socks, bra, shirt, — which was an online cult fav — but it was unicorn pants, and shoes (WARNING: there is no guarantee this hair that catapulted the fad into the stratosphere. Locks won’t turn you into an actual unicorn). of pink, yellow, baby blue, and lime green so pretty and feminine, yet fashionably outrageous at the same time. Even pets have not been immune to the unicorn frenzy. But the ringmaster of it all – for good or bad, depending Some of the funniest and weirdest pics on the net right on what side of the fence you’re on – are the makeup now are those with a unicorn horn on a cat. Just a stuffed companies. How could they not be? I mean, every thang horn on an elastic strap, that’s it. Simple. But, the feline is unicorn in that world right now. It’s not anything new loathing in their eyes is just too hilarious. There is even a in beauty, but recently Too Faced Cosmetics took lighter store in NYC called the Brooklyn Owl, which is dedicated fluid to the style and set it ablaze – Burning Man style. to selling unicorn horns for all humans (not just Bronies). The “Life’s a Festival” collection has a Magic Rainbow I bet my bottom dollar (and I truly only have one) that Strobe Brush with rainbow bristles on a unicorn horn this is revenge for what we do to our pets with these handle, the Life’s a Festival Love, Peace, and Unicorn goofy costumes. Eyes in a rainbow shaped shadow palette, Unicorn Tears bronzer and lip toppers, and a setting spray with specks of I think there is a little bit of unicorn in everyone. The trend iridescent sparkle. There’s so much more in this collection is fun, cute, and playful, you can’t deny that. The horned that it deserves its own article, but it’s been ultra-successful beast and spring-colored products swirling around us if only for its motif. Other brands follow suit with their based on beloved fairytales have touched every corner version of brush sets with the same vibe to it, shaped as of the media and consumer market and we’re feeling it! a horn and glittered up to the gods. Fashion Beauty APRIL 2018 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE |   21