Items the advertisers try to convince us are essential

GreyQueen

rosie383 wrote: »

Can I join in? I made the mistake of looking into a mirror which was lying flat on a dressing table. :eek:Never again!!!!!! Mind you, it's made me realise why my 4 yr old told me the other day, when I was leaning over her tickling her, that I had a scary face.:o

Glad we're all in this together and chuckling along. Can't remember who she was but some Famous Ageing Beauty quipped that after a certain point it (make-up etc) was just like re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic; you can do it if you like but it won't make any difference.....:rotfl:I'm so glad I was never a beauty and therefore I don't have a lot of emotion "invested" in my looks but, dammit, I'd like to have a waistline again.......:rotfl:

Austin_Allegro

budgetboo wrote: »

Prepared veg makes sense for anyone with mobility issues

I suspect the only 'mobility issues' the manufacturers are thinking of is BIS - Bone Idleness Syndrome! (or more likely the purchasers are just exhausted after working 12 hours a day in Telecoms Marketing plus a four hour commute just to pay the mortgage on the overpriced Barret home and their credit card bills run up on all their little luxuries like ready cut veg...:().

If manufacturers cared about mobility they wouldn't make all those jars and packets that are impossible to open, even for a butch man like myself!

charlies-aunt

Would agree with the posts on air fresheners, quilted loo rool, anti-bacterial washing up liquid, ice cubes.

Personally I'd also add:

Baby food
Teeny weeny pots of fromage frais
Spray bottles of pre-washing up 'stuff'
Linen sprays
"Intimate" deodorants and other lotions & potions to smooth, deodorise & moisturise area that just don't need it

Saturnalia

charlies-aunt wrote: »

"Intimate" deodorants and other lotions & potions to smooth, deodorise & moisturise area that just don't need it

Agree with that, and it's reminded me of another weird item I saw - scented tampons and towels. No, just no!

rosalie-lavender

I agree too. When I buy towels for my daughter I have to be very careful to make sure they are not scented. I can't even use washing powder/liquid or she gets sore and so scented towels are definitely out.

I would add to the list all the lotions and potions that are "essential" to clean your face and skin. It took me until well into my forties to realise that the cleansing creams etc were actually what was irritating my skin. I ditched the lot apart from water and a good moisturiser and my skin is the clearest it has been for years. The only time now that I use a cleanser is if I have worn make up.

Softstuff

GreyQueen wrote: »

:I'm so glad I was never a beauty and therefore I don't have a lot of emotion "invested" in my looks but, dammit, I'd like to have a waistline again.......:rotfl:

I have a waistline. I'm just a little irritated that my boobs have seen fit to droop down and join it :rotfl:

I confess that I have a packet of those disposable household wipes. In my defence I have a real bug phobia, and the ones that I squish here really do squish, so the wipes mean I take care of it all in one fell swoop and manage to keep my lunch where it belongs.

Air fresheners are my big bugbear, thanks to my mother. She has an obsession with the things. On my last visit to England I used her downstairs loo, and as I leaned over to flush and was squirted in the face by one of the automatic air fresheners.

MrsWoolfe

You lot have really made me giggle today!:D Good thing I'm on my own in the office this morning:o

When those automatic hand wash thingies were first brought out I was watching telly with my nephews (10 & 7) and they turned to me and went " Aunty K I don't get it...aren't you washing your hand straight after you put soap on? So doesn't that get rid of any germs anyway???" HA! Even the littlies are catching on!:p I love that they question everything still ( except when they question bed time).

I also find the mascara ad's irritating, the follow on milk one, pretty much any make-up/hair care ad...in particular the ones for those sparkly lipgloss - you know the one where they are on about a 3D look/wet look/glitter I just don't get it why would you want to look like you'd been snacking on the kid's craft pots????:D

Air Fresheners....ick especially the one with the vase/stone design that goes on about if you designed airfresheners they'd look like this...no it wouldn't I think it looks horrible, I'm just fine with opening the windows and some essential oils now and then Ta!

keep it up guys this thread is really funny!

MrsWoolfe

rosie383

I agree with mrs Woolfe. I'm loving this thread. Giving me a good belly laugh!!!!

FatVonD

Saturnalia wrote: »

Agree with that, and it's reminded me of another weird item I saw - scented tampons and towels. No, just no!

:eek:

That's unbelievable and surely an open invite for a candida infection!

Butterfly_Brain

I agree with airfresheners, automatic hand wash pumps, bottled water, febreeze, ironing water, pills, creams, potions and the like. I will be embalmed when I snuff it, so why waste money and do it myself.

Proms are another horrible invasion from the US.
But the ones that really pmo are the sue anyone for free ads which really get under my skin.

Anything that has a designer label........ Especially spectacles, bags, t shirts etc; and why pay designer prices for underwear that no one's going to see anyway !!!!!!!
Most of it is ugly and quadruple the price of something on the high street.