Guest Author - Jilly Florio

We are playing a fun, ongoing game in the Cosmetics Forum here at BellaOnline. The A to Z Cosmetics game is easy enough - starting with the letter A, list a cosmetic product or company. For example, Avon. Then the next person has to list something starting with a B - like Biore.

We've been having fun! Although we do get tripped up a bit. Sometimes someone will skip a letter somehow. For example, in this first round, the letter Q was inexplicably missed. Perhaps because Q is a tough one? So people went on to R, S, T...and then I sent them back to Q.

One sharp member said Q-Tips, so we are safe for this round. You might want to start thinking of more possible Qs for the next pass through the alphabet. :-)

Another thing that has been confusing the game is that there's another way to play this kind of thing - where the last letter of the word used becomes the first letter of the new word. For example, if we used Stila, then the next letter to use would be A, and we could say Aveda.

On reflection, this might have been a better way to play the game, since we probably would end up less stuck on harder letters like Q, X and Z. We will just have to be more creative! :-)

Where is the Cosmetics Forum?

Simply follow this link to the Cosmetics Forum. The thread in question is called the A-Z Cosmetics Game - just jump on in. We will keep this going as long as people keep playing.

Feel free also to contribute your comments to any of the ongoing discussions, or start your own!

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Two well-recommended cosmetics books from Amazon: