5 Drugstore Beauty Buys Dolly Parton Used Her Whole Life — It's SURPRISING!

She could have bought the whole beauty counter. She kept reaching for the cardboard tub and the pump bottle instead. Dolly Parton spent sixty years being photographed as the most made-up woman in America — and told interviewers, more than once, that her favourites were the "old-timey ones that are not all that expensive." This is five of those drugstore staples, each set beside the luxury bottle it's supposed to be beaten by, looked at the way we look at everything here: what does the product actually do, and what are you paying extra for? Nothing here is sponsored and nothing is being sold to you. ⏰ WHAT'S ON HER SHELF 0:00 The Dolly the cameras never photographed 0:36 What the beauty counter needs you to believe 1:49 #5 Coty Airspun, six dollars, against a forty-dollar setting powder 3:52 #4 Almay pads, seven dollars — the one she named herself 5:54 #3 Jergens Cherry Almond, eight dollars, against hundred-dollar body cream 7:52 #2 Aqua Net, three dollars, against a fifty-dollar texturizing spray 9:37 #1 Revlon Super Lustrous, nine dollars, against a forty-five-dollar tube 12:00 What the five of them add up to 12:26 Smoky Mountain pragmatism, at your drugstore 💬 Which old faithful have you never once replaced? Tell me in the comments — I read them all. 🔔 Subscribe for one honest, un-sponsored beauty breakdown a week. — SOURCING: Dolly Parton confirmed her use of Almay eye makeup remover pads in her own words. Her other publicly named drugstore favourites include Pond's Cold Cream, Vaseline, Max Factor Pan Stik, Olay and Maybelline (Refinery29, 2021; WSJ Magazine, 2021; Into The Gloss). The remaining products in this video are longstanding drugstore classics of her era presented for comparison, not direct quotes from her. Prices are approximate and change. A tribute and commentary piece, made with respect for Dolly Parton (1946–2026). General information only, not medical advice — see a doctor if you are pregnant, nursing, on prescription medication or managing a skin condition. Formulations change. Not sponsored; no affiliate links. All trademarks and likenesses belong to their respective owners.