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For many ’90s babies,Aly & AJwere the epitome of their best Y2K memories.
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But what was Y2K beauty like from their perspectives?
Aly & AJ had some free time while on their current U.S. tour to catch up withAllurevia Zoom.
“That was a little scary,” she jokes.
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“I’m glad that we’re not back to that moment.”
Aly also associates Y2K with experimenting with makeup for the very first time.
Back then, both the sisters watched as their mom put on her makeup.
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“She loves totally drawn-in, thick eyebrows,” Aly shares.
However, when it came to her daughters, she had parameters for their makeup routines.
Aly & AJ could only use certain products at certain ages.
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“Our mom was very conservative about our makeup use,” Aly adds.
These days, they keep things fresh, dewy, and bronzy with a gorgeous California cool-girl aesthetic.
In fact, Aly & AJ both share they prefer soft shimmer over the bold glitter of their youth.
Aly & AJ circa 2006
AJ mentions she loves adding some to her browbones.
I’m pretty sure that product was my introduction to eye shadow as a teen.
The duo has been reaching for it for their 2022 takes on their Y2K smoky eye looks.
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Sometimes, she’ll even add Smokey Topaz to her creases for major throwback Aly & AJ vibes.
The sticks are also easy to blend out with just your fingers.
“I’m not really someone that likes to use applicators for things,” AJ explains.
“I’m very much all about hands.”
“It almost looks like I went out into the sun,” she adds.
To take the summery look even further, Aly also amps up her natural freckles.
However, “this is maybe controversial, but I do not like [faux freckle pens].
(AJ is staunchly anti-faux freckle, though, for the record, as am I.)
Of course, eyebrows come up in our Y2K beauty conversation.
With thethin browfilter taking overTikTokand the mention of their mom’s painterly arches, this topic was inevitable.
The ladies prefer to embrace their brows in their fullest, most natural states.
“I like seeing the hair follicle of the eyebrow,” Aly explains.
“It’s actually something that I am in disagreement with my mom.
She will literally be like, ‘Oh, your eyebrows could be drawn a little more.’
Mom, no.”
Aly goes on to joke that she’s toyed with the idea ofbleaching her brows.
“My mom would probably really lose it if I did that,” she goes on to add.
But thought has gone into this hypothetical plan.
I tell the sisters they should reconsider these bold changes and follow through with them.
“I still love the idea,” AJ says.
“I’ve never done anything crazy with my hair; I’ve never changed it.
When I mention the latter, AJ finally understands, noting she thinks ice globes are great.
Aly says sheloves Sundree’s, in particular.
“I’ll just stick with that,” she adds.
“I don’t know if I need to freeze a cucumber.”
I couldn’t agree more.
