Anyone remember this hand cream/jelly?

REEN

Emm, my Mum had the paper powder, I had completely forgotten that! She had something like a book of matches too, you tore one off, wet it and dabbed it on a ladder in your stocking to stop it running. I loved her Evening in Paris perfume in its blue glass bottle with the little rubber stopper.

You could buy Drene shampoo in sachets but when my friend and I read an interview with Brian Jones of the Stones in which he was asked what shampoo he used, we would only use Breck.

monnagran

When I was young (don't ask how long ago that was) Woollies did just two perfumes, Evening in Paris and California Poppy. Don't remember being allowed either one of them but some friends with more enlightened parents did experiment. BOY, were they pungent

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lisa110rry

Emm-in-a-pickle wrote: »

Does anyone remember the paper powder? Mum used this very rarely if she was hot and bothered on special occasions, just to take the `shine` off her nose, she said.
It was like a little book, size of a book of stamps, and you ripped out a page and rubbed it on the skin. It never looked like face powder like my friends` mums wore though.

Papier Poudre! Yes, swellegant! (sic) it was meant for touch-ups and I remember feeling so grown up using it.

Similarly, there was Papier Savon, a paper of soap, very convenient if there was none in the ladies'.

I wore Coty or Yardley Lily of the Valley as fragrance as a pre- and young teen. Grandmother smelled lightly of lavender and had the loveliest skin, never having worn makeup nor having washed her face with soap and water, Pond's cold cream for her, or some other brand earlier I imagine.

I remember the 'natural' orange/pink lip colour and Barry M did a similar thing in the 80s.

Most of the loose powder compacts were made in Brum, by a company that eventually branded as Lady Jayne, if I'm not mistaken (could be), and the powder puffs for those compacts were made by Lambourne's (B'ham) Limited, which I worked for latterly up to 1987 in their heyday, now sold and gone as no one wanted to take it on in the next generation I heard, but it had such a long history, producing the Sophos brand of gentlemen's accessories as well as powder puffs and, bizarrely, bird bands for identifying birds for the BTO and many other groups.

I'm so struggling to think of the name of the compact company, can anyone help?

REEN

Was Stratton the name of the compact company? I googled compact manufacturers and that one seemed familiar.

juliettet

I loved Woolies. Loved the Evette make up. I remember too the block mascara. Blue eyeshadow was hidden in my blazer lining. and Max Factor was the brand I aspired to. Still like it. The best laugh was when Ambre Solaire introduced fake tan in the early seventies. I was 15 and looked awful as I was very fair. With my platform shoes no wonder my dad shook his head.

Chris25

my mum used Cremoloia too, I'm surprised it's still available - Boots will wonder about the surge in customers for it

She loved Lemon Delph cleanser and toner and back then you used to get cleanser for oily, greasy (what was the difference to oily, I wonder?), dry, and normal conplexions.

She sometimes let me play with her Stratton powder compacts but only if empty and she was waiting for a refill to put into them.

Dorothy Grey, Midnight in Paris, Blue Grass, and Je Reviens were all favourite perfumes. Thankfully, she didn't like the stronger ones that my Aunitie did.

She used Boujois rouge which lasted forever.

Dad used Personna razorblades which he thought were sharper than the Gillete ones he previously used.

I think in the 70s we used Polyherb shampoo and had ours heads dunked in the waterbutt for rinsing!!

lisa110rry

Reen wrote: »

Was Stratton the name of the compact company? I googled compact manufacturers and that one seemed familiar.

That's the one Reen! And Chris, you must have had lovely soft hair.

Chris25

lisa110rry wrote: »

That's the one Reen! And Chris, you must have had lovely soft hair.

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VfM4meplse

Given that it's a water-based product, I'm suprised how effective Cremolia is. Used at night with an old pair of socks on top and the job's a good-un.

mynellie

We found out about this cream after my husband kept getting skin breakouts due to radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment and was recommended Cremolia after nothing else eased the skin and wow what an amazing little tub of cream this is it worked a treat and as soon as there is a sign of his skin breaking open on it goes and it heals it straight away we always keep a couple of jars on hand and at £1:29 from boots it is worth every penny