Cellophane and Popsicle on Mars
Hi!
Please help me understand two words, please!

The firts one is cellophane
You walked right into that salon and said, ‘Look at all of those marvelous bottles over there with so many different hair colors and rinses, and are those called cellophanes? Tiffani, I trust you.’
So, is it what we use for packaging? Or is it something else - some special thing for hair or I don't know what... XD

The second one:
“You were so outlaw,” said Sophie. “You shut your eyes and Tiffani got busy. And that, like, gave me courage, so I told Misti Ramona, who was one of the other stylists, to get goin’ with my topknot. I told her to think parfait Popsicle on Mars. Do you love it?”
I undersatnd what Popsicle is (ice pop). But what is Popsicle on Mars? Do they mean the planet Mars or maybe chocolate bar?

Question

Cellophane and Popsicle on Mars
Hi!
Please help me understand two words, please!

The firts one is cellophane
You walked right into that salon and said, ‘Look at all of those marvelous bottles over there with so many different hair colors and rinses, and are those called cellophanes? Tiffani, I trust you.’ 
So, is it what we use for packaging? Or is it something else - some special thing for hair or I don't know what... XD

The second one:
“You were so outlaw,” said Sophie. “You shut your eyes and Tiffani got busy. And that, like, gave me courage, so I told Misti Ramona, who was one of the other stylists, to get goin’ with my topknot. I told her to think parfait Popsicle on Mars. Do you love it?”
I undersatnd what Popsicle is (ice pop). But what is Popsicle on Mars? Do they mean the planet Mars or maybe chocolate bar?

Answer

There is a popular chocolate bar in the UK called a Mars bar, this is what I immediately thought of. However the English used in this paragraph is clearly not from the UK and I am not sure if Mars bars are available in other countries, the other answerers do not seem to be familiar with them. So it is possible that the writer is referring to the planet. Popsicles and cellophane are explained in the other answers

Answer

Hello Dariana

Cellophane is like a clear gift wrap. Often it is used in my country as an outer wrapping over the top of ordinary paper when you buy flowers from a florist. It can come as a colourless or coloured sheet. It is also used crumpled in a basket when you make a hamper of gifts in a basket.

The second I think is a highlight of bright colour on the plain orange-brown planet of Mars. Like a Bright coloured popsicle with its stick pushed into the planet of Mars. (My best guess). Not a well expressed metaphor.

Hope this helps
Greg

Answer

Yes cellophane is a clear plastic sheet. Maybe it’s used in a hair salon in some way, such as wrapping to cover a hair treatment. That’s just guessing though.

The second one is using a lot of slang and is kind of playing with some of the words. She’s probably making an analogy to the colorful nature of popsicles and the mix of colors in a parfait and adding “on Mars” to emphasize she wants something unusual also. The clues to this are outlaw, got busy, courage, and get goin. The mix of slang with the proper use of a parenthetical phrase is kind of amusing actually.

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Ad 2) No idea, you may have to ask the person who used the phrase what they mean by that.  But given their first two sentences I don't think they're a good role model to be learning English from.

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