Friday, February 12, 2010

Stuck in Short and Sassy When I Want to be Long and Silky







Just made a list of products I remember from childhood to young adulthood. These take me back to various eras of my life. Now the jingles and slogans are dancing around in my head.

Johnson’s Baby Shampoo
Desitin
Ivory Soap
Johnson’s Baby Aspirin
Dimetap Elixir
Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers
Love’s Baby Soft
Clairol Short and Sassy Shampoo
Jean Nate
Pert
White Shoulders
Opium
Georgio
Noxema
Stridex
Clearasil
Caress
Impulse Body Spray
Oil of Olay
Nivea
Alberto V05 Hot Oil Treatment
Aquanet Hair Spray
White Rain
Johnson’s Baby Oil
Bain de Soleil Orange Gelee Sunscreen, SPF 4
Sun-In
Dep Gel
Dove
Avon
Carmex
Paul Mitchell Hair Spray in a huge can
Roc
Bare Minerals
Moroccan Miracle Oil

I guess the list will soon read: Geritol, Preparation-H and Botox.

What products represent your past?

21 comments:

  1. Ann ImigFebruary 12, 2010 at 3:05 PM

    I LOVED Dimatap as a kid, as well as baby aspirin.

    Also?

    King Vitamin
    Quisp
    Tart-n-tinys

    (very nutritious combination)

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  2. MelFebruary 12, 2010 at 3:07 PM

    ha ha...I remember many of these products and it took me back. Here are some that I remember:

    Shower to Shower
    Cinnabar
    Bonnie Bell
    Drambuie
    Calamine lotion
    Patchouli oil
    cold cream


    Well that's it. As you can see, the long term memory is starting to fade :0)

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  3. Kate Coveny HoodFebruary 12, 2010 at 3:14 PM

    Isn't that St. John's baby aspirin? Smells like oranges? I can still taste it...

    Add Tinkerbelle cosmetics for me - and then Clinique lipstick for Freshman year of high school.

    I was also into that Halsa Hair thing that was supposed to help you "discover your highlights."

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2010 at 3:21 PM

    Calgon anyone?

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  5. Anna Whiston-DonaldsonFebruary 12, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    Ann-- I used to BEG for the Dimatap.

    Kate-- You are right-- St. John's Baby aspirin.

    I love hearing what everyone else remembers.

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  6. citymouseFebruary 12, 2010 at 5:06 PM

    How about Q-T (The original self-tanner) and Avon's Sweet Honesty cologne?

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  7. K A B L O O E YFebruary 12, 2010 at 6:03 PM

    Loved Baby aspirin too.
    I just cracked up today at hair salon talking about that dreaded Sun-In. I think there was a regular bottle and then super-duper serious Sun-In (in a red bottle perhaps?)
    I remember the heavy, greasy weight of Vicks' on my chest.
    Calamine lotion, big time, since I'm a mosquito magnet.
    Cocoa butter.
    8-Hour Creme.
    Ivory soap floating in the bath.
    Oh, how about Nair? Stanky.

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  8. suzanneelizabeths.comFebruary 12, 2010 at 6:57 PM

    Ohhhh, I loved

    Jovan Musk

    Noxema

    Breck shampoo

    Ivory soap

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  9. Masala ChicaFebruary 12, 2010 at 7:58 PM

    aquanet hair spray
    noxzema
    ivory soap

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  10. for a different kind of girlFebruary 12, 2010 at 8:28 PM

    I absolutely had forgotten about Dep gel! I'd tack Aussie Super Scrunch on this list of memorable items from the past, and le'jardin perfume. Every Christmas, I also use to get a tube of multiple Bonne Belle Lip Smackers and a giant bottle of Bonne Belle 10-0-6 astrigant in my stocking and thought it was so cool. Oh, this post makes me smile!

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  11. AliFebruary 12, 2010 at 9:35 PM

    I was a 4 lb baby and had all kinds of allergy and lung issues... I was always on Meds and this was before things were flavored!! Dimetap was my FAVORITE!!!

    I also once ate an entire bottle of flinstones vitamins. My mom had to call poison control LOL

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  12. dearheartFebruary 12, 2010 at 10:06 PM

    Tenth through twelfth grade, I had my one cherished bottle of Beautiful by Estee Lauder perfume.

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  13. Lynn KellanFebruary 13, 2010 at 2:35 AM

    I used to bathe in Cinnabar perfume. Yowza. Oh, and vinyl records.

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  14. SusanFebruary 13, 2010 at 5:24 AM

    It's St. Joseph asprin for children, and I take it at age 63 at the advice of my dr to avert heart attack and stroke. Because aspirin can cause Reye's syndrome in children, it's now marketed to baby boomers.

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  15. slow panicFebruary 13, 2010 at 8:34 AM

    i used to ride my schwinn to the local drug store on main street in our little town in minnesota and try on jean nate. i thought that was IT in the world of perfume.

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  16. anymommyFebruary 13, 2010 at 12:12 PM

    Aqua Net. I am personally responsible for several holes in the ozone layer ;-)

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  17. EatPlayLoveFebruary 13, 2010 at 3:44 PM

    Chloe perfume, I think it was all about the shape of the bottle for me. ;)

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  18. TracieFebruary 14, 2010 at 2:27 PM

    Love's Baby Soft
    Noxema
    Baby Oil (for tanning)
    Jean Nate

    (and many others)

    Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I'm thinking of the commercials and jingles too.

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  19. vawriterFebruary 14, 2010 at 5:27 PM

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  20. vawriterFebruary 14, 2010 at 5:31 PM

    Dippity-Do, anyone? I was a California girl, so Coppertone and chlorine has to be right up there as favorite scents.

    How about English Leather and Old Spice? I married a guy who still uses it 40 years later.

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  21. ChristyFebruary 15, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    SPF 4 made me laugh! I remember using oil for years and years...argh!!! Mine would include white rain hair spray and body sprays from bath and body works!

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