Back in the day.
 

Does anyone remember..block mascara, you would spit on the hard block to moisten it,then rub the brushing it to load the brush,then apply.Looking back it wasn't very hygienic eugh. Also..Belair,hairspray.You bought it as a liquid in a bottle,then poured it into a squeeze spray.When applied it would withstand a force 10 gale.
Memories,memories.....:gorgeous:

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Yes.....I think I might still have some of that block mascara somewhere.
It might have been unhygienic, but did anyone come to any harm using it?
My memories are of little sachets of Silvikrin shampoo(4d a sachet at the corner shop).....and Amami wave set and conditioner. Tight pin curls and bulldog clip things that were supposed to make natural looking waves.

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You ladies were guilty of far worse than that, spitting on hankies then rubbing them into your children's faces to remove imaginary dirt, a habit that still continues to this day.

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Perhaps the above becomes automatic once maternal instincts set in?

Just like when my son was at the age of learning to use a knife and fork, my missus and I were out for a meal, my steak arrived, she automatically took my plate from me and started cutting everything into mouth size bites, I sat bemused staring at her, knife and fork in hand, she had managed to carve about 95% of my meal whilst talking away without realising were she was or whose meal she had so obligingly dissected!

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sorry never used it.

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No, never did me any harm.It's like all these squeaky clean surfaces,no germs,stay healthy.Yet so many kids today have allergies and catch colds so easily.You need one or two germs every now and then,to help build your immune system.Otherwise how would your immune system know what germs look like.!!hee

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Come on ,Less when needs must.Us women used our noggins,we're the fore runners of baby wipes.Cheaper too.

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I agree, things can be too clean, I've spent years building up a surface of dust around the place, fell over in the front room after a good night out disturbed the lot, been sneezing ever since.

As for women and hygiene there are ads on telly at the mo' turn your pee into gel and dance through the night.
Surely anyone worthwhile would excuse themselves and change their underwear?
I certainly don't want the image of my partner not skip, skip, skipping to the loo!

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Less.....after a certain age the tap washer can get a bit leaky.....you laugh(you pee) you cough(you pee)......and sneezing well, that should be avoided at all costs unless you have a spare pair in your handbag.
I know with men it is a little different...they have to wait for ages to pee.......and sometimes they have to get up three or four times in the night......all down to old plumbing.

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Look, I do understand there is a difference and we all leak otherwise washing machines and detergents wouldn't be needed, however, showing a group of young ladies with one claiming she's out until 3.30 and not feeling any wetter, isn't something for public display or adverts, it should be tucked away with all the other female 'happenings' that men are naturally excluded from.

Please
:alright:

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I agree......don't like these personal type adverts at all......and the Durex ones make me cringe too.

How did we get from spit and scrub mascara to dribbly knickers?

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Being of the male gender, the Durex one makes me jealous,

however spit and dribble are made of the same sort of stuff.

Grouping them together is perfectly natural on this site.
:D

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Toothpaste was a block in a tin too. Gibbs I think. I certainly remember using Belair hairspray. Could have stood in a firce 10 gale and still not had a hair out of place.

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I know plenty of blokes like that that didn't need the spray, they are grouped as bald.

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:pI remember Eucryl in a tin....It was horrible.
Odorono.....a deodorant was a cream in a jar.
I have never used hairspray....but I can remember Belair.

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I remember my mum having Calufornia Poppies and Evening in Paris perfumes.

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Oh and we always had Pears soap and dad had Lifebuoy which vwas red.

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We had carbolic soap cut from a lump at the co-op....that was red....they also sold Olive soap. It did not have the pungent aroma of carbolic

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My dad always took the newspaper into the bathroom he wouldn't be seen again until it was red.

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What about the little bottles of Phul-Nana......and the scented breath freshener cachous.
My Auntie Phyllis(when she was 'courting') used these and I once pinched one....it was not very nice.

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Then there was the penny brylcream dispenser at the baths or if you were posh there was the tin of brilliantine, smelt nice but was really just lard with perfume in it.
You had Pears soap Rowlf? You must have been rich?

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Love carbolic ... still use it ... I can get it at health food stores and at the Bulk Barn. Nothing better than soaping up with carbolic in a hot shower. The bathroom smells great, and so do my pits.:alright:

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Rich ? Not on my dads Nori wage.

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One of my brothers had a mild skin condition and my mum used to buy Wrights Coal tar soap just for him.....if I was mad at him I used to take the bar out to the coal hole and roll it in the coal dust.....it really did have coal in it then.
I got my hide tanned, but it was worth it.

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From the above statement may I suggest that he had one heck of an irritation, it's name was Margaret.

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Yes Less.....he was the one who filled my bed with beetles.....so I reckoned it was quits:)

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whatever happened to oxydol or brilliantine.

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Rinso wss my granny's favourite washing powder. Remember one of first advetts on tele.? Tide clean

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Remember the days before ads when we had "interludes" instead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7GXWuTwkF8

And see the people walking around in public places with fags in their gobs:eek: How did we ever survive without government regs to save us from our disgusting and dangerous habits:rolleyes: