It occurred to me the other day that I like Steam Cream because it's like a cold cream, but lighter.
I used cold cream (Nivea) every night throughout my teens and early twenties.
It's occurred to me that I've only ever adapted my skin care when stuffs been discontinued or because I've got older and you are supposed to change and you age.
In all honesty my skins no different to it was 15 years ago apart from the odd wrinkle.
I picked up some Nivea last week pm in pound,and and I had forgotten his much crap it gets off my face and how nice it leaves my skin.
So I thought back, and I've spent the last 10 years trying to find a cleanser as good as Himalaya cleansing milk, and non have been, not even close. Even Lancôme and Clarins. You could see the grime come off your skin, and it melted make up in seconds (stung the eyes though so used Nivea to remove eye up).
So I've ordered some on Ebay that is imported.
And ditto for Ponds Vanishing Cream. That was so good in the mornings that I could go without make up and it kept my shine free all day. And when I put make up no primer was required.
So I've sourced that too. Up till now never occurred to me to see if they were still been manufactured else where in the world.
I am happy and excited, and can't wait till they come 
What other products were really brilliant that you just can't get in the UK anymore?
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Fuck this shit. I've decided I'm going retro with my skin care.
HoneyDragon · 12/04/2014 15:14
Ooh nearly forgot about lemon juice in hair and sit in sun for highlights
I put my sensitive skin through hell in my teens and it was hard to get cheap products that weren't harsh, in the 80s
There was some lemony paint stripper that Superdrug did (or Medicare? who remembers them) called Aronde
I hadn't discovered face powder so used to cover my greasy nose with Witch stick (the solid stick) it didn't do much and when i used too much it had almost a green glow 
and i would literally chip bits of the stick and slap them on, hoping it would tone down my natural glow !
Ten o Six burnt me for weeks
I remember a cheap and nasty moisturiser from Medicare that every girl my age had. It smelt weird and was in a brown plastic bottle with a grid pattern on it. They did a matching cleanser which I swear was exactly the same product
I had to buy a lot of nasty Constance Carroll cosmetics off the market as couldn't afford much with my 75p a week pocket money (odd figure, that, mum!) The lippies would wear into a thin point (if they hadn't broken off before then) Their nail varnishes were fine, I remember lovely metallic blues. Small metallic purple and blue eyeliners.
Miners was shocking. None of it ever stayed put. Disgusting shades and 'natural' foundations that were pure wotsit.
I loved Boots 17 and the little single eyeshadows they did, I remember a yellow one called Bananarama and a surprisingly pretty pale blue although it's not a colour i'd go for now!
I also remember a particularly grotty habit I had, which at the time I thought was admirably economical… I would drench a cotton wool pad in toner or cleanser, apply to face, then squeeze it back into the bottle! be it Body Shop's honey water, Anne French etc.. didn't matter how dirty it was.. it could be re used! 
I bought some AF recently and it burnt my skin. Either the formula's changed or i've got more sensitive in my old age...
I used to use the Body Shop henna in the extra red and intensify it with vinegar, beetroot juice, anything to change the pH and make it work more .
Painted on an left for 4 hours it was a day's work but amazing results
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