High school is a time of extremely questionable choices, and our favourite beauty buys were no exception.

They were the days before we could actually do makeup properly (or were even allowed to wear it), and when we wanted to smell like an overly-sweet fruit.

Still, we can’t help but feel nostalgic towards the products we invested our very little money in.

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Whether it’s a fragrance, body lotion or lip balm, the scent of each, brings back the good, the bad and the ugly teenage memories.

So to remind you of these days gone by, here are 12 cult beauty products that you (or definitely someone you knew) owned during high school.

Impulse Body Spray

This ‘perfume in a spray’ was a scent you could smell from miles away.

The two most popular scents, Vanilla Kisses and The Spice Girls are sadly discontinued, however, other variations of the sweet overpowering scents live on to this day.

The Body Shop Watermelon Pot Lip Balm

There’s something about the fake watermelon scent that just brings back memories. It seemed every girl had one of these trusty potted lip balms in their pockets (different packaging, same smell).

Although they also came in Strawberry, Raspberry and Passionfruit, Watermelon was by far the favourite.

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara

The ‘It Girl’ mascara. This green-and-pink tube was instantly recognisable and a cult beauty buy throughout the ’00s.

White eyeliner

DollyandGirlfriendconvinced us that white eyeliner was the key to bigger, brighter and more awake looking eyes. However, it somehow left a lot of us looking more like we had conjunctivitis. Not a good look…

Napoleon Perdis Camera Finish

There was a reason this was so popular. Not only was Napoleon Perdis’ name known everywhere, but this compact was so easy for us beauty novices to use. Dab the sponge in the foundation, and voila! Done.

Britney Spears Fantasy

Celebrity perfumes were all the rage. Whether that be Britney, JLo or Paris Hilton, we wanted them all.

But there was something about Britney Spears’ Fantasy that made it the number one favourite