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Coal tar shampoo in an orange sachet?

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SpottyBumPony · 27/11/2025 21:25

I remember my mum buying orange sachets of shampoo in the 90's that she liked. I'd like to get a sachet for her stocking but I'm not sure what it was called.

Any ideas of what it was or where to find it? I remember I hated the smell!

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TwinkleTwinkleLittleBatgirl · 27/11/2025 21:27

Tgel? It is orange shampoo

or polytar?

dementedpixie · 27/11/2025 21:29

Polytar, although dont think you get it in sachets

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 27/11/2025 21:32

Was it VO5 hot oil stuff? I remember DM having the orange / red sachet in a cup of hot water on the side of the bath.

AgnesX · 27/11/2025 21:32

Sounds vaguely like Wrights Coal Tar but I only remember it as a soap bar. Pears was kind of orange/brown but I don't think it was ever in sachets.

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 27/11/2025 21:35

Thinking about it, because I remember the coal tar smell too and Google tells me the hot oil stuff isn't coal tar, I'm pretty sure DM used coal tar shampoo and then used the orange sachet of VO5 afterwards.

BedlingtonLint · 27/11/2025 21:35

I think it was Polytar.

SpottyBumPony · 27/11/2025 21:37

It definitely wasn't VO5 or hot oil, it was white, thick and viscose.

It wasn't the same branding as Polytar shows on Google.

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RaininSummer · 27/11/2025 21:40

Was it definitely coal tar. I remember a brand called Lincobeer which smelled of beer. It was popular as made hair feel great. I think you can still get it

Ghostlygirl · 27/11/2025 21:41

There was Linco Beer shampoo, which came in sachets and bottles. It wasn’t coal tar, but it was orange. It’s not made any more.

Ghostlygirl · 27/11/2025 21:41

Crosspost!

SpottyBumPony · 27/11/2025 21:41

Yes that's it!

Coal tar shampoo in an orange sachet?
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BedlingtonLint · 27/11/2025 21:43

I think Sunsilk came in orange sachets but I don’t know if it was coal tar.

SemmaLina · 27/11/2025 21:45

I was going to say Linco beer
It came in a barrel shape on the sachet , and we used to take it in camping holdays

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