February 10, 2011

Kohl Vial of Likely Lead Poisoning

I bought this at a vintage clothing store about eight years ago before I learned that lots of kohl has lead in it. So I looked and oh, boy is it ever sparkly, so I'm glad I only used it once. Or twice. Maybe.



So if I did anything really weird about 6 -7 years ago, I'm going to say I was suffering from lead poisoning. Right. Moving on.

There's really nothing I can say to 'sell' this thing. I can't really recommend anyone actually use this kohl. You know, like in your eye.




But as a shelf sitter it's wonderful. It's a pretty terra cotta clay thing that seems to be a travel souvenir from Egypt or some such place. It's got a mass-produced-but-not-high-quality feel to it.

The Kohl Vial of Likely Lead Poisoning is just over 4" tall and 2" wide, and has a tiny mirror on the front. That's so you can see you giving yourself eye cancer. There is a good amount of Kohl left inside, but again, I can't recommend sticking this in your eye.

Probably not safe around children, either.

So yeah, put it on the high shelf.

1 comment:

  1. Bohemian11:43 PM, July 27, 2011

    Well as you can plainly see I didn't put up very much resistance before I headed over to your Hoard! *winks* And I'm SO glad I did, I so needed a good laugh & your story had me LMAO so hard that The Man woke up and came into the Office to see what was so hysterical! *LOL* And what's really tragic, this is something I probably would be tempted to add to my own Hoard... if I don't already have some???! *Hummnnn... better start looking for that high shelf just in case Princess T stumbles upon Grammas old Kohl Vial Of Likely Lead Poisoning when I was going through my Cleopatra phase...* *winks*

    Dawn... The Bohemian

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