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What retro beauty products do you still use..

279 replies

Pebbledashery · 18/02/2021 21:39

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 😊

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floppybit · 18/02/2021 23:27

Mudd Mask!! You can't buy it in the shops anymore but I got some off Amazon. You can feel it literally sucking the muck out of your pores!

Hope4theBestPlan4theWorst · 18/02/2021 23:34

Lloyd's cream
Absolutely love the stuff

TashieWoo · 18/02/2021 23:37

I bought some fenjal soap yesterday, love that and badedas.

Clarins beauty flash balm - still the best primer out and smells lovely

Revlon nail polish

marmiteloversunite · 18/02/2021 23:39

Rimmel Heather shimmer and Amethyst shimmer lipsticks are still in my make up bag. Is Touché eclat retro yet?

Furrybutts · 18/02/2021 23:41

Nivea blue. I've used this for 40 years as a face and body moisturiser.
Recently changed to Nivea Soft.
I don't use any other beauty products except Nivea wipes to take off my make up.

SwedishEdith · 18/02/2021 23:41

Astral as well. I use it to take my make up off as well as a moisturiser.

Barely wearing much make-up atm but still a Max Factor Creme Puff fan.

rawalpindithelabrador · 18/02/2021 23:43

I LOVE Heather Shimmer! I only discovered it after Estee Lauder discontinued Sugar Honey lipstick. It's brilliant.

EL8888 · 18/02/2021 23:53

Nivea blue. I have tried lots of alternatives but always go back

Pinkandwrinkly · 18/02/2021 23:58

Yardley!

Thedarknightsarelifting · 18/02/2021 23:58

Nivea blue every day.

MapleMay11 · 19/02/2021 00:02

Rimmel Heather shimmer

I came on to say this - so pleased other have beaten me to it! Just the best.

BettysButtons · 19/02/2021 00:08

@marmiteloversunite

Rimmel Heather shimmer and Amethyst shimmer lipsticks are still in my make up bag. Is Touché eclat retro yet?
Heather shimmer is all I wear!! 😅

Oil of Ulay (still forget its now Olay)!

FlyingByTheSeatof · 19/02/2021 00:11

I use Vaseline for stubborn dry areas on all the family - it's so brilliant

Puffalicious · 19/02/2021 00:11

OMG loved Juicytubes. I still like a bit of gloss now and then Blush. I remember then going along with Juicy Couture tracksuits- cropped, velour tracky anyone? (Thinks blissfully of my 6 pack BC- before children!).

I LOVE Badedas- makes me itchy but love when DH uses it, my 2 teen DS are now fans too.

Still use Simple facial wash and moisturiser. I've tried sooooo many others at great cost, but I still.come back to it.

WilmaPantry · 19/02/2021 00:31

Anne French cleansing milk and Oil of Ulay/Olay for the last 50 years.

JaneJeffer · 19/02/2021 01:42

Elnett hairspray.

I thought Ponds had discontinued the cold cream.

blueshoes · 19/02/2021 01:44

MAC lipstick - Media satin. I live in fear it is discontinued

FelicityBeedle · 19/02/2021 01:56

Not quite cosmetic but I love some M&S talc after I’ve had a bath

geoblip · 19/02/2021 02:18

Wella hair streaking kit
Have always loved Pantene

Grimble69 · 19/02/2021 07:53

I was thinking of buying Sebamed cleansing bar for my face. It's not packaged in plastic (might have a plastic inner these days I suppose) and it's pH balanced, 5.5. I'm pretty sure I used one bar as a teenager.
Does anyone use it and like it?

Boogiewoody · 19/02/2021 08:11

Nivra Blue
Nivea Soft
Max Factor 2000 Calorie mascara
Imperial leather soap,
Rimmel Hide The Blemish concealer

Boogiewoody · 19/02/2021 08:35

@FelicityBeedle me too - I love all of the M&S Floral range. It feels lovely putting on talc after a nice bath

NaToth · 19/02/2021 08:41

Olay day cream in the morning and Astral at night.

ShaunaTheSheep · 19/02/2021 09:40

Bourjois blusher in the little round pot. The pot was cardboard when I first started using it Blush! Now plastic and the hinge always breaks.

hollyhope · 19/02/2021 10:02

Elnett hairspray: never found a better one.