Old products you swear by

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There are so many new products out there now but I'm wondering what long established staples you swear by?

For me it's the dark blue pot of Nivea creme. The large pot is permanently in my bathroom the small tin in my handbag, it's brilliant and I can't see me swapping to a newer more expensive product

What are your oldies but Goodies?

The big white pot of Nivea for my face. They did a show on the BBC years ago where they tested cheap and really expensive face creams and that one actually preformed better than some of creams that were in the hundreds. Also know an old lady who uses it and has amazing skin haha.

Definitely the nivea and also talc instead of dry shampoo

I was a greasy haired teenager my mum used to put talc through my hair!

Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream. I get cracks by the side of my mouth and have tried many, many creams and lotions over the years and this is the only thing that works effectively and reliably. It's also brilliant on eyelid eczema and chilblains, as well as the usual uses of lipbalm, cuticle cream etc. I wouldn't be without it now.

Astral.

Ponds cold cream. My sister had some in the early seventies. The smell is divine.

Clarins Double Serum.

not sure it counts though, because it has been reformulated throughout the years.

Original Olay (or Oil of Ulay as I still think of it). The only face moisturiser I've tried that doesn't make my skin feel heavy and gloopy!

Blistex Intensive Lip Cream for £2.30. Nothing else even comes close, even the stupidly expensive designer ones.

Primark no show trainer socks. I think you get 3 pairs for £1.00 and they never ever slip down. I swear it's like witchcraft. I've been smugly buying them for years.

Vosene

Absolutely Ponds Cold Cream and dry skin cream, Nivea either original blue pot or the white soft one, Astral. But I cannot use them all the time., If I haven't used them for a few months and go back to them then ok.

I also occasionally splash the Boots glycerine o my face

Brillo pads sounds painful!

Bourjois little round pot blusher.

Estee lauder advanced night repair.
Nivea soft.
Johnsons baby lotion.

Benefit hoola bronzer! Been on the go in the UK for about 20 years but I’ve been using it for 10. There’s different shades now and all sorts of bronzers on the market but I always go back to it

Blue Nivea here too, in fact most Nivea products are my fail safes.
Sudocrem
Vasaline Aloe Vera moisturiser
Head and Shoulders original shampoo. I know it’s not great for coloured hair but I love giving my hair a good detox in the run up to a new colour and cures any itchy scalp after 2 washes.

Blue Nivea for me too.

Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream for cuticles and hangnails.

Labello lip balm is more effective than any other I have tried, including the Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour lip balm.

Sudocrem seems to cure everything - absolutely unbeatable.

have we had bar soap yet?
soo much better than liquid foam washes (shower gel etc)

I’ve been using Liz Earle for about 24 years. Wouldn’t use any other moisturiser.

I was thinking "What like as a face cleanser?" 🤔😂

Ha! I spat my wine over the laptop reading that.

4711 body spray - love it!

Waspeze.
We have a working orchard!
We now have to keep anaesthetic throat spray in our first aid boxes.

St Ives face scrub. Been using it for over 20 years now. Can't live without it.

And Sally Hansen hard as nails. Brilliant cheap nail stengther and base/top coat.

Estee Lauder bronze goddess in medium.

Gillette mach 5 razors for men are far superior to any lady's razor I've used