What retro beauty products do you still use..

[Pebbledashery]

I bought my usual Astral cream today which I've used for 25 years.. Just dawned on me if anyone else uses retro beauty products still 😊

Ooh reading these has made me think I need Yardley Lily of the Valley soap / showergel. Llyods Pharmacy stock the soap .

Many many years ago M&S had a range in their own brands "Forest Fern" it was gorgeous , like lime .
Then they did an Aloe Vera to replace it but it wasn't the same

@HerbsnSpices

I've never bought Fenjal. I've always thought it was for cleaning your fanjo

Me too. Me too!!

Boots cucumber face toner. I use it on my legs after waxing.

Also, if anyone goes on holiday to Spain - you can still buy Revlon Flex shampoo there!

Yet another vote for Rimmel Hide the Blemish, which I have been using for well over 30 years. It's too thick to use as an under-eye concealer, but there is nothing better on spots/redness. Blends beautifully too.

I am loving this thread!!! Think I am gonna do a retro haul!!!

Yardley English Lavender, Ponds cream, Pears soap. I think I have a tube of Heather Shimmer too! I just love a classic.

I've got to say that I loathe Nivea, though - horrible consistency, like smearing cottage cheese on your face.

I now expect to be driven off S&B by an angry mob, pelting me with blue tins

@MissLucyEyelesbarrow I'll help dig you out from under the blue Nivea tins... I'll probably get pelted too. I'm not that keen on the consistency either or Astral.. the thing is I wanted to like them as they're are popular and get good feedback but just can't get on with either...

I stayed with my mum last week and had a dettol bath. Took me straight back.

What is ponds cold cream actually for? Is it a thick night cream or for removing make up?

Is it cold??

My mum bought me some M&S magnolia shower cream to take to hospital when I was having my first baby. That first shower the day after my caesarian was just bliss. 34 years on I still buy it! One day they'll stop making it and I'll be devastated.

I'm on my last bottle of Bonne Bell ten o six, used it for years since getting a sample sellotaped to a magazine as a teenager. It came back under a new name in Boots and I stockpiled in 3 for 2s but it was discontinued really quickly. £9 a bottle though!
And yes to the poster who mentioned Cutex nail Polish remover. Why they discontinued the milky coloured one that smelt like play doh I'll never fathom, it was the best ever!

4711 and boots lemon cologne water
Elnett hairspray
Sudocrem for blemishes
Oddly although a classic in France it’s considered a modern, trendy brand here in the UK but I’ve used bioderma since I was old enough to cleanse my skin.

@lindyloo57

Stop using the apricot face scrub, I thought it was band, as the beads end up in the ocean killing the fish and other wild life.

It’s plastic beads in scrubs that are dangerous to fish because they don’t break down in the environment. The ones made from ground apricot stones do break down.

Just want to take a moment to honour the products that have been discontinued 😭😭😭😭😭

• Camelia range from Boots (1980s)
• Camelia range from Superdrug (1990s)

Sometimes M&S still has some Camelia stuff but it never smelled as good as the Boots one

• Arpege by Lanvin - was messed with in the 2000s... you bastardos...WHY?????
• Sotto Voce by Laura Biagiotti
• Co Bigelow chapped hand remedy
• Vidal Sassoon Almond and Cherry shampoo and conditioner

-Estavalia by Puig

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I stayed with my mum last week and had a dettol bath. Took me straight back.

Dettol? In the bath?

*What is ponds cold cream actually for? Is it a thick night cream or for removing make up?

Is it cold??*

It's room temperature. I use it for taking off make up. I also bought some that said it was cold cream but is more just like a normal moisturizer.

@Bluesheep8

I stayed with my mum last week and had a dettol bath. Took me straight back.

Dettol? In the bath?

Yup. Once a week dettol bath.

Atrixo hand cream

Dettol baths, always had one when us kids were poorly when we were kids.

I have purchased a Max Factor Creme Puff off the back of this thread!

I had Dettol in the bath too when younger...put it in the washing machine drum to was clothes now.
I also use washing machine liquid in normal compartment.

I haven't tried Atrixo for ages...not sure if I liked the texture...

I miss Clover Pink lipstick from The Body Shop. They re-released it a few years ago, but I wasn't able to get one. I'd buy so many of those, and Dewberry body spray if they bought that back.

My granny uses Astral - she's nearly 100 and her skin is still good. Plump and pretty firm, she has wrinkles but not like that papery skin like old ladies have. I do have Nivea but don't use it often - only after strong acid masks!

I miss Clover Pink lipstick from The Body Shop

Ohh yes , it was No6 in their shade chart . I bought a tiny make-up tin set from The Body Shop and used it to do my wedding make-up .
I used this shade and when I look at my photos ( 26 years ago!) , I think "Ohh you looked good ) .

Perfect MMBB shade . Loved it .