The person who said diamonds are a girl’s best friend were mistaken – move aside Harry Winston and hello multi-pack craft glitter! We don’t want something sparkly on our left hand we want to shine ourselves. Did you know that it even predates other inventions such as the World Wide Web, cars and even electricity? The tiny pieces of reflective plastic can date back almost 8,000 years, predominately used for cosmetics and art.
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When hitting up the biggest parties or festivals, people seem to deem the sparkly dust as an essential – or even when we’re just walking down the street (bare in mind that we do live in Falmouth, nothing is out of the ordinary down here) we see people covered head-to-toe in glitter, be it placed precisely on their clothing or splattered on their faces. Those little sparkling flecks made a breakthrough in society and stayed.
So why is glitter flying off the shelves this season? Don’t worry – we’ve figured it out, so you didn’t have to be here all day…
First of all: it makes people of all ages stop and take notice. There is something magical about glitter and when we’re kids the link between glitter and celebration is emphasised, especially around the holiday seasons such as Easter and Christmas. There is something entrancingly childlike about it, and we can’t help but be hypnotised by it and get to imagining things such as ‘unicorns totally exist, the evidence is in the glitter!’
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The second reason, which as adults we should admit – we all like to sparkle and have a good time and glitter gives us a pass to go wild. Glitter at a party scene is pretty essential now. When the glitter comes out the party can begin and it’s guaranteed to be a good night! – Bring it on.
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That’s the beauty about glitter, it is a talking point which can start a conversation with just about anybody! It highlights confidence making it a perfect accessory to help to break the ice; it’s contagious. If you whip out that tube of glitter you’ll have at least three unknown people come up to you and ask for some (I know this from experience). But even if you’re just casually going up to random strangers and glittering them up (warn them first) chances are you’ll be met with kindness and laughter. Who knows, it may also be an opportunity to go up to your crush on student night in Club I and have a legit reason to sprinkle them with glitter. Would you really pass up on that opportunity?
What’s up next? Let’s be completely honest here, glitter brings out the best in everyone and everything it touches. The shimmer and shine brings out the excitement in just about anything. It brings things to life. So let’s give a massive shout out to Mr. Henry Ruschmann, who found a way to cut sheets into glitter, which eventually made its way into our hair, on to our cupcakes and into our bath tubs.
But before you begin to roll around in piles of glitter to make yourself shine, remember that glitter also has a negative element (only one) when it comes to it. Glitters downfall is that it’s a nightmare to clean up the next morning, so when you’re preparing to sparkle, you better prepare for days!