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Reminiscing: When going to church meant wearing your Sunday best


Reminiscing: When going to church meant wearing your Sunday best
Julia Castro, with hymnal in hand, on her way to Sunday services at El Mesias Methodist Church in May 1955


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February 15, 2012
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Growing up, I would see my sisters, Tabita and Rebecca, applying Coty powder to their faces, and rouge and lipstick. Tabita also used mascara. Later, Dalila also used the Coty powder and lipstick. By the time I started using makeup, there was the pancake makeup. It came in a compact like the pressed powder we use today, but it was the foundation. Instead of a powder puff, it came with a sponge which you moistened to rub it over the makeup and apply it to your face.  . . .

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February 16, 2012 3:27pm
 
 
So true an article. Our Sunday best has definitely changed over the years as well as our behavior in Church. Everything has gotten so casual including our behavior in Church ... Read More Read More
 

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