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March

Going…Going…Going….Still Going

My grandma wore a shade of Mary Kay lipstick that could only be described as orange.  I’m sure she had been wearing it since Mary Kay’s inception in 1963. May that orange lipstick and Grammy rest in peace.  Some things we love to see get discontinued– like that lipstick. I wore a very pricey Dior …

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February

Slime in Nature

There are so many things that look like slime or feel like slime in nature. SNAILS Most often, when people think of nature slimes, they think of snails. Snail slime is actually mucus. The slime most associated with slugs and snails does a super important job. It helps these little guys move and groove. This …

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January

It’s the Nostalgia for Me

Retro Slime Company is built on the concept of nostalgia.  We want to take you back to simpler times, so you’ll notice most of our slimes remind you of times.  Retro to us ends somewhere in the late 80s when computers started dialing up, and we were offered car phones.  When I got my first …

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January

Why Buy Retro

When we remodeled my bathroom a few years ago, it took five people to get the cast iron bathtub out of the house and onto the lawn.  It was heavy and awkward and built for an apocalypse. In the dead of summer, sitting in the bathtub on the front lawn, I watched the new plastic …

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January

Slime in Cinema

Join us on a journey through the moving pictures as we countdown our top 5 Slime-filled films (say that three times fast!). #5 THE FLY Before discussing slime in The Fly, let’s first talk about Jeff Goldblum.  When I think about Jeff Goldblum, I often wonder where his shirt is. The Fly is a 1986 …

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December

Mystery Mini Slimes

She was wearing an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, yellow polka-dot… slime?! Oh-so-cute and weighing in just under a quarter of an ounce, the mini mystery slime collection is a little smell of heaven and all the same quality as the big-kid version. Just like Scooby-Doo, you too can uncover a mystery when you open your Mystery Mini …

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December

History of Slime

It was a cold day in February of 1976.  Picture it.  S.W.A.T is on TV.  “Disco Lady” by Johnnie Taylor is playing.  You are in your bell-bottoms. But somewhere deep inside toy giant Mattel’s mainframe, slime is born.  It’s hard to believe slime is turning 46 this coming year when she looks so young.  She’s …

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December

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Christmas will be here any day now and here is our anticipated holiday gift guide   Stocking Stuffers! Stockings are the best part of Christmas, and as a parent, you never want to flop the stockings. These things are also the toughest part of Christmas morning because no one wants the kids to be stuffed …

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