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What shampoo did you use as a child?

99 replies

BeLimeViewer · 04/08/2026 15:46

The one I use now.

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Ipollita · 04/08/2026 22:37

L’Oréal kids - the watermelon one. I can still smell it.

whiteroseredrose · 04/08/2026 22:48

Johnson’s No More Tears

Palomiino · 04/08/2026 22:50

Revlon flex.

Any1ForTennis · 04/08/2026 22:50

Vosene, reputed to keep headlice away due to the teatree smell.

It worked, managed an entire education and never once had headlice.

Used it on my son as well but don't think it was quite as stringent then!

InQuiresandplaceswheretheysing · 04/08/2026 22:50

Sainsbury’s own brand version of Vosene. Timotei or Alberto Balsam

ElizaMulvil · 04/08/2026 22:52

Soap

NormasArse · 04/08/2026 22:53

Boots’ own brand. I wonder whether they still make it…

Pallisers · 04/08/2026 22:54

Johnson's baby shampoo

Timotei

Woodleigh Green Apple shampoo - best smell ever

JaceLancs · 04/08/2026 22:55

Sebbix - no one I know has ever heard of it! But I am in my 60s - we also had pears soap and the horrors of izal toilet roll

IffWhite · 04/08/2026 22:55

Sunsilk and I loved it. I had honey blonde hair, now dark.

scousemum · 04/08/2026 22:58

I loved Revlon Flex in my teens

24Dogcuddler · 04/08/2026 23:02

Lots of memories here!
Vosene, later Linco Beer, Green Apple and the egg and lemon one.
Not forgetting Timotei
Came across a child named Timotei when teaching apparently means honouring God and is a version of Timothy in some languages and cultures.

Ohnobackagain · 04/08/2026 23:04

Avon ones. Vosene. Woodley Green Apple as a special treat (gawd) @BeLimeViewer 😂

nothingcangowrongnow · 04/08/2026 23:07

What happened to vosene

brusselsprout5 · 04/08/2026 23:08

Timotei & occasionally a banana shampoo & conditioner from The Body Shop.

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 04/08/2026 23:09

Vosene and it nipped the eyeballs
Much preferred no more tears
Then growing up whatever was in the bathroom

UnderThePressure · 04/08/2026 23:17

Timotei as a young child then Salon Selectives as a teenager. I can remember the smell of that one so clearly.

Utr90 · 04/08/2026 23:35

Zimunya · 04/08/2026 17:07

Colgate apple shampoo. The only choice available in the small African town I grew up in. I remember having a crisis of hair confidence when I moved to the UK in my twenties and went to buy shampoo - a whole aisle full of choices, which required me knowing whether my hair was oily or dry, whether or not I had split ends, which type of hair I had - Type 1 (Straight), Type 2 (Wavy), Type 3 (Curly), and Type 4 (Coily). So many decisions to make!!

The whole hair type stuff has only been a thing in the UK since the 2010s 🤷‍♀️

NameChangeScot · 04/08/2026 23:42

L'Oréal kids, the red one. Always thought it was strawberry but I googled and it was cherry and almond.

Vosene was what my grandma used!

What shampoo did you use as a child?
narcASD · 04/08/2026 23:43

Also Vosene
mum did buy Timotei and wash & go sometimes too

Also that awful pink carbolic soap too

Laiste · 05/08/2026 09:32

HeathisWealth · 04/08/2026 22:06

Was that the almondy one?

yes! very almondy

DiscoBelle · 07/08/2026 09:54

Vosene or Headlines (looked like blue and white toothpaste in a fat tube)

Zoflorabore · 07/08/2026 11:45

so did I and it’s back out! I’ve got the original shampoo and conditioner and it smells the exact same… if your username is your location then try Home and Bargain, one of the bigger ones. I got mine in Huyton and Prescot. Literally £2.99 for a 900ml bottle it’s huge 😊 takes me back just smelling it.

Zoflorabore · 07/08/2026 11:46

Sorry that should have quoted @scousemum

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