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Does anyone remember coloured toilet paper? Any other random disappearances?

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Imsobored22 · 26/02/2023 00:07

Just this really.

I have recollections of toilet paper being available in lilac, mint, peach, baby blue. My husband thinks in lying.

its now white. I’m not sure when the colours disappeared.

I'd love some lilac loo roll to brighten up the day. I realise that this is a non-problem but I’m bored and have had a glass of wine (or two).

Has anyone got any other random disappearances that cannot be explained?

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Tilllly · 26/02/2023 05:37

lapasion · 26/02/2023 01:01

VO5 hot oil. They were little tubes you’d put in warm water to heat them up and then squeeze them on your hair. I wanted them so bad as a kid because the adverts made them seem so glam.

I loved this! Made my hair feel so soft and shiny

Tilllly · 26/02/2023 05:38

VonHorne · 26/02/2023 01:16

Wild strawberry boots natural collection!

Yes!!! That's it 😁

Tilllly · 26/02/2023 05:42

Backtorealitynow · 26/02/2023 03:25

Anyone remember Cussons Imperial Leather which not only came in the original creamy colour but pink and blue?

My mother used to buy it to match the pink bathroom.

I do! It had a little label on that didn't come off as you used it
Witchcraft!!

Purplehyena · 26/02/2023 06:00

Renova also have ‘the sexiest toilet on earth’ in Lisbon, showcasing their range of colours….

portugalconfidential.com/is-this-the-sexiest-wc-bathroom-on-earth/amp/

You select your preferred colour before entering your cubicle! You have to pay to go in, but I couldn’t resist! There’s also a gift shop!

echt · 26/02/2023 06:21

Tooth cleaner in flat round containers by Gibbs.

Does anyone remember coloured toilet paper? Any other random disappearances?
echt · 26/02/2023 06:25

Here you go, modern coloured bog rolls:

renovaaustralia.com

RosesAndHellebores · 26/02/2023 06:27

Camay and lux soap.
Ajax
Mum roll-on
A ladies razor whose components came apart to fit in a little plastic box. The razor blades came wrapped in flowery paper. They came in colours to match the coloured bathrooms.
Germolene - also matched a pink bathroom.

KimberleyClark · 26/02/2023 06:31

Coloured bathroom suites have also disappeared. Maybe that’s why?

echt · 26/02/2023 06:34

Carnate buffing paste:

echt · 26/02/2023 06:35

Pressed too soon.

Does anyone remember coloured toilet paper? Any other random disappearances?
KimberleyClark · 26/02/2023 06:44

LikeGolddust · 26/02/2023 01:36

Oh my gosh - the Vo5 tubes. I was definitely intending to buy those when I grew up.

The other thing I remember that I can’t find now I am an adult is very, very thin writing paper - I think it was called Onion skin paper and there were two types (maybe different thicknesses?) one with a blue cover and one with a red.

I think it was for sending airmail letters when that was pretty much the main way of keeping in touch with relatives abroad - phone was too expensive.

KimberleyClark · 26/02/2023 06:46

A ladies razor whose components came apart to fit in a little plastic box. The razor blades came wrapped in flowery paper. They came in colours to match the coloured bathrooms.

yes I think it was called the Nymph ladies razor.

follyfoot37 · 26/02/2023 06:48

why is this in AIBU?
Coloured lavatory paper is common

follyfoot37 · 26/02/2023 06:50

Tilllly · 26/02/2023 05:42

I do! It had a little label on that didn't come off as you used it
Witchcraft!!

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Sure you are not thinking of Imperial Leather? Camay was just plain bar

KimberleyClark · 26/02/2023 06:52

Anyone remember Matey bubble bath powder that came in a cardboard box like clothes washing powder?

kateandme · 26/02/2023 07:01

how did we let these things so easily slip from our lives. green reminds me of my aunts by the seaside.
the worst now is if you try to step into the cheaper stuff its actually quite grey.and f usless.

kateandme · 26/02/2023 07:03

my gran ran a b&b and so also had the greeseproof paper type loo roll.anyone else?

Emotionalsupportviper · 26/02/2023 07:03

Thelnebriati · 26/02/2023 00:13

"I must say that I take my hat off to Sainsbury's, they seem to attract a better class of person. I saw a vicar choosing toilet paper; he chose a four-roll pack of purple three-ply. He must have money to burn! He could have bought some shiny white and given the difference to the poor. What a hypocrite!"
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

www.apartmenttherapy.com/colored-toilet-paper-history-255476

Purple?

Was it Lent? Or Advent?

If not he was well out of order.

Emotionalsupportviper · 26/02/2023 07:04

itsacarveup · 26/02/2023 00:12

I also remember the medicated loo roll my granda had that came in a wee box, it was like tracing paper.

Izal - horrible stuff. Totally non-absorbent. Just slid off your bum!

Celticdawn5 · 26/02/2023 07:05

‘Her husband had taught her to despise coloured toilet paper’…I may have mis quoted but that line from a Joanna Trollope novel. It often springs to mind.
I think it was from ‘The Vicars Wife’
When I used to work as a housekeeper I bought some off white toilet paper for the house because I didn’t think it mattered …oh but it did!

Emotionalsupportviper · 26/02/2023 07:05

follyfoot37 · 26/02/2023 06:50

Sure you are not thinking of Imperial Leather? Camay was just plain bar

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You can still get Imperial Leather with its permalinks-label. Haven't seen Camay for a while though.

I used to like Cidal.

kateandme · 26/02/2023 07:05

SecretVictoria · 26/02/2023 03:15

The body cream was from Boots. I can’t remember what the range was called but it had a mint choc chip body scrub too.

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oh i just had a huge nostalgia gulp then with thise tubs of cream memory

Emotionalsupportviper · 26/02/2023 07:07

echt · 26/02/2023 06:35

Pressed too soon.

I have a totally dried up and unusable tiny tub of that in the bathroom somewhere, along with a nail buffer thingy.

<resolves to did it out>

KimberleyClark · 26/02/2023 07:07

I used to like Neutrogena clear soap. Not sure if you can still get it.