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Lynne Baker

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Following on from Mrs Clooney's thread about Miners nail enamel I was thinking about brands that we used to know and love.
In the 70's I used to love Helena Rubenstein's Apple Blossom perfume, and their lip colours too. I used to wear jam jar bottom specs and got my first pair of contact lenses in 1980 at the age of 17. For the first time in my life I could wear sunglasses, starting a lifelong love of them. My very first pair were Goggles "greatest shades ever made"!
In the 80's I was a true devotee of Charles of the Ritz skincare which I bought from Dingles in Salisbury. Despite the rather snooty counter lady I trudged there month after month in the hope that one day I might look like their poster girl!
Post up your long lost favourites!
 
I miss Yardley of London's make up and nail strengthner! I used to go to Hudson's (now Macy's) when I was about 12 (WAY back in the 60's) and buy their Lemonade flavored lip gloss. It was in a tube and it's the best gloss I've ever used.

Also, the nail strengthner was in a frosted glass bottle and I can still remember the smell of it. I LOVED Yardley of London and I miss them!

Another thing I miss is Impulse Body Spray! I used to get that from my local drug store back in the 80's. I loved their Musk and Innocent scents!

Great thread, BTW! :)
 
I always used to wear a perfume called Ispahan from Yves Rocher.
Suddenly they stopped doing it and started doing one called Rose Ispahan which i didn't like.
Every now and then they bring Ispahan back. They say- 'back by popular demand for a limited period'.
If it's so popular why only bring it back once in a blue moon?:mad:
Haven't seen any for ages now :cry:
Oh well i've found Cinnabar now from Estee Lauder instead :)
 
Can you not still get impulse? I loved it when we were about 10-12 cos it was like perfume for us lol...used to love it. Im sure you still gte it but the flavours aren't as good anymore :(
 
kimi1101 said:
Can you not still get impulse? I loved it when we were about 10-12 cos it was like perfume for us lol...used to love it. Im sure you still gte it but the flavours aren't as good anymore :(
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No, Impulse is no longer available in the US. :irked:

I have however, found it on the website www.foodireland.com but I haven't ordered it as I'm not sure the scents are the same. :confused:
 
Yes, I thought you could still get Impulse too??
Does anyone remember Innoxa make-up?
I used to like a perfume by Mary Quant called Green Apple, must have been around in 1975 or something like that. Then I matured and went onto Charlie (YUCK) :eek:
Also Boots 17 peel-off face masks . . . probably did absolutely nothing for your skin!
This thread is great btw, Lynne!
 
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kimi1101 said:
Can you not still get impulse? I loved it when we were about 10-12 cos it was like perfume for us lol...used to love it. Im sure you still gte it but the flavours aren't as good anymore :(
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Yes you can still get Impulse. My 12 year old daughter Billie wears it all the time. They have quite a few different ones.
 
Denim aftershave it was such a lovely change from Brut and Old spice.
 
I want to know what happened to cheese flavoured Snaps!
You can only get tomato flavour now and i loved the cheese flavour!
 
I loved spangles, Always used Anne French Cream to take my makeup off.
 
Lellipop said:
I loved spangles, Always used Anne French Cream to take my makeup off.
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I used Anne French too but the milk.

In the late 80's I used to use a lipstick from Debenhams (I think) it was a deep pink, but when it went on it was frosted and stained the lips, lovely lol can't remember the name of it tho :(
 
Lynne Baker said:
Following on from Mrs Clooney's thread about Miners nail enamel I was thinking about brands that we used to know and love.
In the 70's I used to love Helena Rubenstein's Apple Blossom perfume, and their lip colours too. I used to wear jam jar bottom specs and got my first pair of contact lenses in 1980 at the age of 17. For the first time in my life I could wear sunglasses, starting a lifelong love of them. My very first pair were Goggles "greatest shades ever made"!
In the 80's I was a true devotee of Charles of the Ritz skincare which I bought from Dingles in Salisbury. Despite the rather snooty counter lady I trudged there month after month in the hope that one day I might look like their poster girl!
Post up your long lost favourites!
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Lynne the first skin care range mum ever got for me was Charles of the Ritz!! That certainly bought back memories!:hug:
 
"I used to like a perfume by Mary Quant called Green Apple, must have been around in 1975 or something like that. Then I matured and went onto Charlie (YUCK) :eek:"
Oh, how funny... my elder sister would get Charlie perfume and i would get Smitty perfume every christmas!!! Along with our Jackie and Blue Jeans anuals.x
 
I used to like Mary Quant Bloody mary nail polish and it was in a cute little round bottle.
 
Lellipop said:
I loved spangles, Always used Anne French Cream to take my makeup off.
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OMG spangles, I loved them along with lucky numbers.

I used to have a favourite perfume when I was in my teens and it came in a yellow box but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was.
 
joe90 said:
I used to have a favourite perfume when I was in my teens and it came in a yellow box but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was.
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Not Chic was it?
The sister of my first serious boyfriend used to wear that and I thought it was really sophisticated, probably because she was older than me ( she was about 20 I must have been 17 ).
And SMITTY! As someone mentioned above . . wow, I'd forgotten about that.
Also can you still get Harmony Hairspray? who remembers the ad - is she or isn't she??
 
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Smitty ....woo hoo used to love that....

Those flavoured lip glosses in the glass roller tube...mmmmm loved them...

Bit off topic but whats happened to orange aeros/areos (cant spell it, its late) lol ????
 
I grew up in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) and as we had international sanctions imposed on us, many foreign goods were unavailable. However, one thing we could get was 'French Lace' parfume. I drowned myself in the stuff :o. What a stink :lol:.

We also had a bath product called 'Skinny Dip'.
 
tog said:
Does anyone remember Innoxa make-up?
I used to like a perfume by Mary Quant called Green Apple, must have been around in 1975 or something like that. Then I matured and went onto Charlie (YUCK) :eek:
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I remember these! Really brings back memories, lol!
 
Yes French Lace used to wear that - also Stowaway and Eau Jeune. What about Just Musk - anyone remember the ad with Pat Coombes saying 'it shouldn't be allowed'!!

My favourite product I miss was called Pretty Feet, a roll on that got rid of hard skin - no pumice or grains, it was really smooth. I would buy that now if it got re-launched.
 

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