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confessions of a basurera at heart
okay, i admit it. i am a basurera at heart. yes, you can say i am a hoarder of all things sentimental. i collect food wrappers, letters, notes, concert tickets, handmade (and not) bracelets, bookmarks, trinkets, rosaries, lucky charms, and almost anything that there is a memory to me. i started doing it since i was around ten and about the same time i started a journal. i remember it was a spring notebook with blue stars on its front and back covers and i would paste or use scotch tape to stick those so-called basuras inside. if they were big enough, i would store them inside my first converse shoe box which i painted and decorated with stickers. during that december of 2006, our school had a huge christmas tree which beautifully stood in the quadrangle and we had to make paper stars and write something on it — a wish or special message since all forms of kind expressions are valid on christmastime. we had to be creative in crafting it and on the deadline of passing, we hung it on the tree. finally. time to put out to the universe my feelings and wishes. i wrote there a number that was special to me back then with a brief message and hung it on the side part. back story, i had a mistake in my first try of designing so i had to make another one. the obsessive-compulsive girl in me at ten had to redo it to meet my very own standards. so the first paper star which did not make its debut to the tree, i pasted in my journal and each time i looked at it, i remember its story. what a memorable basura, i thought. and so that became my earliest memory of being a basurera at heart.
that habit of collecting basuras continued in the years that came along. i kept pistachio shells (don’t judge me) that were shared between me and special people which i have already forgotten when, both hand-written and computer-typed retreat and birthday letters, chocolate wrappers (of flat tops; the only ones i can remember), rosary bracelets that were given to me, and most of all, piattos roadhouse barbecue chips wrapper, if i can remember correctly, because it was given to me by my crush. my bestfriend laughed and looked at me wide-eyed like i was some crazy girl when i kept it inside my clearbook. but who cares? my crush shared to me his precious merienda and i have to cherish it. so there — it was neatfully sealed with few crumbs because i cleaned it. safe and preserved. i internally laugh when i look back at it now but i honestly don’t regret it. i still want to do it again, in fact, for it makes a very amusing story. storing those things is like holding concrete memories. anyway, i kept that clearbook away from any food so the ants would not feast on my “hidden treasure”.
in the more recent years, i kept concert tickets, receipts, and cards in my wallet (the new safe haven of my basuras). upon holding it, you would immediately feel its heftiness and it’s because of the coins. no, i don’t collect coins in particular. i just have this mindset of “saving them for future use” until they were already converted into paper bills by my mother because according to her, carrying my wallet is like “carrying a bag of stones”. so that explains its weight. the papers aside from the bills are notes of important things i have to remember and receipts from restaurants where i had the heartiest of meals. the cards aside from atms are of prayer and loyalty cards. there used to be some calling cards there too but they make me feel like an adult from the early 2000’s so i let go of them eventually. not my kind of basura. sometimes, i also insert earrings in the coin purse area because i believe that statement earrings instantly give you a put-together look. i had dangling ones and pearls there from time to time. quick trivia: do you know that pearl earrings make a woman look even more beautiful than she already is? if yes, then good for you. that’s a magic trick to appear blooming. if not, then good for you now because you finally know. try it. you will feel and look more radiant than ever.
back to my basuras, i take my precious time in using products that i can’t keep forever. for example, i received this pocket-sized bath and body works eucalyptus tea hand gel as my christmas present from a workmate way back in december 2018. although i enjoyed its scent so much that i want to slather generous amounts of it on my hands every chance that i can get, i only take small amounts so it can stay longer with me. i don’t know if that sounds normal and if you guys do it too if faced with the same situation, but that’s just the way i roll. so occasionally, i would share it with friends and workmates because it just lives in my wallet together with my other treasures (and yes, it’s that palm-sized small that i can easily insert it in any pocket). its oh-so-good scent can make someone’s day brighter and it wouldn’t cost me much to bring some brightness on a person’s day. at least, that’s how it is for me. i would ask them then and there if it was indeed pleasant and expectedly, their euphoric eyes would give them away before they can admit it to me. and they even ask for more! so i’d share more but in a teeny-tiny amount since the rest are for me to enjoy. i can’t blame them. it really smells that good. i even want a perfume version of it. maybe i’d search it some time. ‘til now, almost two years after it was gifted to me, it’s still half full and safely residing in my kikay kit — its new home from my wallet.
you see, not all basuras stink. some have stories or maybe that’s just how i look at them. maybe i’d buy myself a pretty bin for my upcoming golden treasures. the only one i have, the converse shoebox which i have mentioned, is still sturdy up to this day and is buried inside an antique cabinet in our ancestral house where i grew up. it sits beside a vintage radio owned by my lola that i used to turn on and listen to djs and songs at night when inwas fifteen. why? because taylor swift told me to keep listening to the radio no matter what. so i did, right after listening to her fearless album in a cd player from another corner of the room. anyway, i didn’t bring that box here with me in manila and i don’t have plans to. i want it there in its original habitat because i like flying back to my hometown every december, a year older and wiser, and finding that old treasure box, as if i’m in a movie, but already knowing what basuras are inside and the stories they each tell.
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Bath and Body Works Sun Ripened Raspberry Anti Bacterial Moisturizing Hand Lotion and Instant Anti Bacterial Hand Gel
Lotion: 2002-2003 (expires 2004)
Gel: 2000-2001 (expires 2002)
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Two of my favorite products!!! I just ordered the lotion one for my collection. I wish I could find the gel version for sale. Black Raspberry Vanilla was one of my fall scents in high school and I took both of these to school with me :)
Bath and Body Works Black Raspberry Vanilla Anti Bacterial Moisturizing Hand Lotion and Anti Bacterial Deep Cleansing Hand Gel
early 2000s
Lotion found on Ebay, user radiantriches
Gel found on worthpoint.com
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Bath and Body Works Plumeria Mini Body Splash and Instant Anti Bacterial Hand Gel
late 1990s-early 2000s
Found on worthpoint.com
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Bath and Body Works Cucumber Melon Instant Anti Bacterial HandGel and Anti Bacterial Moisturizing Hand Lotion, Sun Ripened Raspberry Instant Anti Bacterial Hand Gel and Anti Bacterial Moisturizing Hand Lotion
Hand Gels are 2002, lotions are 2004
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Bath and Body Works Country Apple Anti Bacterial Deep Cleansing Hand Gel
late 1990s-early 2000s
Found on Ebay, user paul2cool
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Bath and Body Works Cucumber Melon Instant Anti Bacterial Hand Gel and Anti Bacterial Moisturizing Hand Lotion
Both are from 2002
My personal picture of my collection
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Bath and Body Works Mango Mandarin and Plumeria Anti Bacterial Deep Cleansing Hand Gel
late 1990s-early 2000s
MM found on Mercari, user Lakehouse Treasures
Plumeria found on Pinterest, no user name
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Bath and Body Works Juniper Breeze Instant Anti Bacterial Hand Gel
mid 1990s-early 2000s
Found on Mercari, user LaniKai’s Attic
I just bought this for my collection! I had this in 5th grade and loved it, this is one of my favorite styles of hand gel packaging that BBW ever did. I've had my eye on this for a bit, but the color of the gel is off, but oh well. I loved this product and the way it looked so much as a kid and I still love the way it looks today! I also had this in Country Apple, Cucumber Melon, and Sun Ripened Raspberry and probably a few more.
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Bath and Body Works Sweet Pea Anti Bacterial Moisturizing Hand Gel
late 1990s-early 2000s
Found on Ebay, user b.gstyle
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Bath and Body Works Refreshing Garden Mint and Warm Vanilla Sugar Instant Anti Bacterial Hand Gel
late 1990s-early 2000s
RGM on Poshmark, user DamianDarian
WVS found on Ebay, user *toot*zeta*jones*
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Bath and Body Works Instant Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels in Sun Ripened Raspberry, Juniper Breeze, and Pacific Bluff
late 1990s-early 2000s
SRP and Juniper Breeze found on Ebay, user jg2240
Pacific Bluff found on Ebay, user red1123
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Bath and Body Works Kitchen Lemon Instant Anti Bacterial Hand Gel
mid 1990s-late 1990s (maybe early 2000s?)
found on ebay, user bja2002
#bath and body works#vintage bath and body works#kitchen lemon#anti bacterial#nostalgia#lemon#clean#childhood#hand care#1990s#2000s
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Bath and Body Works Cucumber Melon Instant Anti Bacterial Hand Gel and Anti Bacterial Deep Cleansing Hand Gels in Coconut Lime Verbena, Sea Island Cotton and Sweet Pea
late 1990s-early 2000s
Found on Ebay, user gentlylovedfinds
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Bath and Body Works Sparkling Peach Anti Bacterial Moisturizing Hand Gel
late 1990s-early 2000s
Found on Mercari, Brooke Michelle
#vintage bath and body works#vintage bath and body works anti bacterial#bath and body works sparkling peach#1990s bath and body works#y2k bath and body works#1990s bath and body works anti bacterial#sparkling peach#1990s kids#1990s childhood#y2k kids#y2k childhood#1990s fragrance#y2k fragrance#peach#1990s bath and body works peach#y2k bath and body works peach#y2k anti bacterial#1990s anti bacteiral#1990s anti bacterial hand lotion#y2k anti bacterial hand lotion#1990s peach#y2k peach
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Bath and Body Works Orange Blossom Instant Anti Bacterial Hand Gel
late 1990s-early 2000s
Found on Ebay, user rangeline_co
#vintage bath and body works#bath and body works orange blossom#1990s bath and body works#1990s bath and body works orange blossom#1990s bath and body works anti bacterial hand gel#1990s bath and body works anti bacterial#orange blossom#1990s orange blossom#y2k orange blossom#y2k bath and body works anti bacterial hand gel#y2k hand gel#y2k kids#y2k nostalgia#y2k childhood#1990s kids#1990s childhood#1990s anti bacterial#1990s hand gel#1990s anti bacterial hand gel#y2k anti bacterial hand gel#y2k anti bacterial#orange
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