Retro beauty products anyone?

I'm allergic to most smelly stuff but have always loved Chanel 5. Step MIL used to give me Youth Dew every Christmas, so I would take it to work and auction it in the typing pool in pre-ebay days.

I've worn Lanvin Arpege since I was twenty.

Max factor strawberry meringue lipstick

Hey ladies, re Anne French cleansing milk ..... not only is it stocked in my local independent chemist (which was where I first found it as I love browsing in a chemist shop whilst waiting to be served!). But I’ve just come back from Sainsbury’s & it’s in there too! Never noticed it before.

I loved Gordon Moore’s bright red toothpaste - it worked a dream. I can still taste it if I shut my eyes. You can get red toothpaste in France but it’s nothing like as good. Californian Poppy I remember, too, as well as Evening in Paris in that lovely dark blue bottle. Max Factor seemed to be in its heyday when I was young - I used to slather it all on, all at a time when I didn’t need it at all, just like today with all those gorgeous girls advertising wrinkle free creams!

What happened to Vosenine shampoo. It was really good.

Oh jings, crispy64, I’d forgotten about the strawberry meringue lipstick!

Does anyone remember what the blue eye drops were called? I’ve googled , but don’t recognise any of them.

I liked Endocil face cream, smelt lovely and left a lovely matt finish. In my teens I was given Coty patchouli, I loved it. There was Revlon's aquamarine deodorant, it was a lotion. And for several years I used Rose Laird's cleansers. Breck shampoo was another product.

PS My first lipstick was a Helena Rubinstein in a gold metal case along with a HR powder compact. I still have them both. My mother and I went to Boots to buy them, the lipstick colour was quite unsuitable for my age (early teens) but as my mother's make-up kit consisted of a compact and two lipsticks she wasn't exactly an expert.

Can you get Silvikrin shampoo anymore. I loved the smell

Ooh I’d forgotten about Vosene (smell was SO clean!). And Silvikrin was a real treat as it was so silky.

Ah Endocil I'd forgotten used to love smell and texture ,peppermint pink rimmel lipstick and lemon delph cleanser

4711 Eau-de-cologne....took me right back to sitting on grannies knee! Bliss!

You can buy Vosene Shampoo in Sainsburys...look for a bright green plastic bottle!

I looked after a Lady many years ago who had the most amazing skin. Her secret?
She used Sunlight soap.
This is the soap that is meant to be used for washing clothes.

I loved Aqua Manda! About three years ago at Christmas there was a relaunch at Debenhams.

saggi well, I reeked of it when I was 14.?
In my mid twenties, when married we had a holiday in Koln
Germany (Cologne) and I discovered the 4711 factory was there.We walked along the river, the factory was on the other side, and the scent was in the air all around.

Anne French cleansing milk. I have used it for as long as i can remember, and I still love it. I think it's the best cleanser you can buy. If anyone wants to buy it you can get it in Savers stores, only £2.99. Smells lovely and is very gentle, and leaves your skin feeling great.

I loved Avon’s ‘To a Wild Rose’ it was my very first perfume. Max Factor block mascara was the best, I hate modern wand mascaras they are so heavy. Just started using Nivea cream again in this very cold weather. I am definitely going to look for Anne French cleansing milk as an alternative to face wipes, I used that in my teens on recommendation from my Mum. I have decided to give up using all wipes because of the effect on the environment

Found a bottle of 'Flex' shampoo and one of conditioner, haven't seen it since I was a teenager and, oh, how the smell took me back!

Thank you so much for all your posts. I used to be an Avon Representative and absolutely loved the Occur cream perfume. I loved it so much I sold more of it in three weeks than anyone else in the UK and wore it for many years. I changed over to Chanel No. 5. Thank you so much for your post cheneslieges132. I have been telling the shop assistants in departmental stores around London and whenever I go through duty free that the perfume does not stay on me anymore and for years now they have been telling me it was me and that it is because I couldn't smell it. I am so pleased to find out that it wasn't in my imagination, although it is a great loss not to have that wonderful perfume. On a dull Monday morning one squirt of Chanel No. 5 and I was ready to face anything.

Yes, it was a favourite of mine - I loved the lid! I’ve seen some recently but it doesn’t smell as good as the original.

Remember Max Factor’s ‘Sheer Genius’ all over, lips too I must have looked like a ghost!

Daddima they were called Eye Dew.