Comments on: Nostalgic Beauty

By: Boston

Boston — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:58:24 +0000

Tenax was the best!!!

Dont know why they ever dropped that product.

Doris… when you find it let me know. I’ll keep lookin too.

Thanks

By: Cherish

Cherish — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:21:36 +0000

Yes, I too, was thinking recently about how spoiled teens are today when it comes to beauty products. I grew up in the ’70’s and those of us who grew up then were so thrilled just with a trip to the local drugstore or 5 &10 to collect some goodies. I never would have thought of making a pricey purchase from a dept. store counter, with the exception of one time when I purchased some of the first peel off mask that was ever made – Max Factor in a wonderful Strawberry scent – which my mom bought me as a special treat. It came in a clear jar and applied w/ a brush. I still have it today, kept it for memory’s sake. My faves from the ’70’s were – Love’s Baby Soft Original, Lemon, and Rain scents(have never smelled anything else like that rain scent, very unique). Lots of great shampoos – Herbal Essence, Lemon-Up, Earth Born and Sunshine Harvest for wonderful fragrances, Coty “Sweet Earth” perfumes, lots of fun stuff from Avon, Sea Breeze wipes, Bonne Bell Lipsmackers, Tickle antipirspirant, Skinny Dip cologne, Jean Nate, Maybelline roll-on lipgloss in lots of fun flavors. I remember buying Max Factor cosmetics a lot back when Jaclyn Smith was doing ads for them. Are they still in existence? Haven’t seen their stuff in a long time. It’s amazing how old cosmetics and scents can trigger memories. I have a makeup case where I store old stuff too old to use that I’ve kept for the sake of nostalgia. Looking at it brings back such wonderful memories. I have stuff from my teen years and I’m 45 now!

By: Bingo

Bingo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:17:03 +0000

Tenax hasn’t been made in many years. A couple years ago, several unopened tubes came up for sale on ebay and they went for a couple hundred dollars. I miss it, too. It was brilliant stuff. I have one partially used tube left that I’m saving for special occasions, but it’s dehydrated a bit and has turned jelly-like.

By: Doris

Doris — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:24:01 +0000

How do I find Tenax to purchase? What store or online place? It was the best. I have thick curly hair and tenax would style my hair the way I wanted. My h air otherwise goes the way it wants. Thanks

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:07:52 +0000

I loved the Gold Pantene Mousse! Mousse in general was the it thing! I loved blue Chanel mascara cake. I loved Dionne Von Furstenberg’s make up line which has totally disappeared………..I loved Calvin Klein’s perfume with just his name. Chanel poudre powder, loulou perfume, roll on lipgloss in spearmint (forgot name) the original Pantene shampoo line with its gold caps, sigh good memories

By: Fiona

Fiona — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:10:56 +0000

I was just thinking about this last night. Here are the ones I remember (may be different as I’m from the UK and I know some of these are still available in the US.) Tenax hair gel, shampoo and consitioner. You could only buy it in salons and it disappeared in the early ’80’s. Neutrogena liquid face wash. So much more convenient than the Neutrogena bars. Noxzema (although that was only available very briefly over here) A perfume called Eau Jeaune L’Orientale by L’Oreal. Aqua Manda bubble bath. The original Vidal Sassoon shampoo and conditioner which smelt of almonds. 10-0-6 cleanser which could have probably stripped paint off wood it was so strong. Bonne Belle lip gloss, very gloopy and in a variety of nasty flavours (mine was mint.) Delph lemon cleanser and toner (which bleached my freckles.) Happy days…probably why I’m still such a beauty junkie now.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:40:03 +0000

The 60’s introduced me to pink sponge rollers, banana curls, detanglers, and Dippity Do.

Bonne Bell Lip Smackers in Chocolate Mint and Birthday Cake were my favorites in the 70’s. Love’s Musky Jasmine Flower, a Coty (?) blush stick – go lightly or you look like a clown, and pale green eyshadow also made the list.

Chanel’s Christale perfume in the 80’s, eyelash curlers with heavy mascara and navy or purple eye liner lining the innner lids (potentially harmful), patchouli and white musk oil lightly dabbed on the wrists and behind the ears, tanning gel for the face, Noxema, Johnson’s Baby Oil for tanning in the spring and Bain de Soleil oil for the summer, Sea Breeze, Ten-O-Six, and Cherry Chapstick.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:15:54 +0000

I loved makeup when I was teenager, much more than I do now. I loved Clinique’s Glossy mascara, Origins mint face wash, and Quick stick by L’oreal . Bonne Bell, St. Ives, anything I could get my hands on

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:59:53 +0000

I loved this post! I actually did one of my own as well and linked back to this one in it. You can check it out here — http://beautychick101.blogspot.com/2008/02/nostalgic-beauty.html

Keep up the great posts! :)

By: silverin

silverin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:38:05 +0000

Bain de Soleil tanning oil from the 70s before they changed the scent. Blue Jeans perfume. I can’t remember the name, but the runny lip gloss that came in glass bottles and rolled on and had really interesting flavors – I liked cola best. Chanel’s Cristalle perfume – my first adult perfume and still the best! – before they changed the formula.