From 1980: Gia Blows A Bubble

From 1952: Palmolive Soap

Thank heavens there was a girlfriend to help our singing star find the path to a lovelier complexion...with Palmolive!

"Look here, Marge...here's the score.  Us girls down at Monsieur Henri's House Of French Coiffures have been cleansing our skin the Palmolive way...and you should, too!"

Personally, I'm a big believer in doing beauty the old-fashioned way (or what we would consider "old fashioned" today).  I switched recently from fancy-schmancy facial wash to plain old Dr. Bronner's rose bar soap for facial scrubbery.  My skin has never been cleaner nor clearer.  And it's cheaper and organic!

The Magic Of Clorox, As Demonstrated By Two Oddly Disembodied Hands

This lovely housewife took a little time out of her busy schedule of penciling on eyebrows that Joan Crawford in Trog! would envy and multiple layers of Revlon's Cherries In The Snow lipstick to tell the world about the wonders of Clorox, complete with its revolutionary No-Drip Lip.

However, are we to believe that those are her hands?  They just seem to be floating from nowhere.

No matter, gals...get yourself some of Today's Clorox (and a Philco Duomatic from 1960) now!

If It's Friday, That Means A Block Of Commercials From 1974

Happy weekend, everybody.
(I already am laying plans for a Blue Moon margarita with my husband tonight!)

Also, I'd like to thank all of you who come and share my blog. It's nice to know that there are others out there who like to take a break from the present and remember the past.

From 1965: Too Much Glamour For One Little Shampoo Commercial

The model in this commercial knows that glamour must be achieved no matter what is on her head. Simulated shampoo that looks like the froth atop nuclear waste? Why, make yourself a sudsy hairdo so glamourous, Kenneth himself might have coiffed you! (Having your husband's brains splashed all over your pink suit is NOT an excuse to have raggedy hair, after all.) And you must always remember your faux jewel hair accessory. It makes any hairstyle, even that made of Chemical Froth, extra glamourous.

The Toxic Waste Look is so fabby, the model's "natural" hairstyle ("natural" meaning "23 pounds of hair spray and six hours with a ratting comb") almost disappoints. She did remember to wear her lovely jewel again. Well, after all, Mr. Bigshot Producer is taking her to dinner at The Palm tonight, and then they have tickets to Drat! The Cat! afterward. And maybe if she's very, very good, they'll stop at Sardi's for a drink. That's where all the Theatre People mingle, you know. She's sure that, with her snazzy soft freshly shampooed hair, her jewel glistening just right in the nightlight, she'll get discovered. Maybe a reading for Something Shakespeare. She's always fancied herself a Serious Actress.

Or at the very least, Mr. Bigshot Producer will pay her rent, so that her awful mean married landlord won't remind her, with a sneer and a laugh that betrays no real humor, that "you'll pay, one way or another, either in cash, or I'll...take it out in trade," every time she sees him.

From 1958: Presenting Mr. Oops And Liquid Chiffon

In 1982, Vegetables Were Considered To Be Edible Only If They Were Drenched In Processed Cheese Sauce And Flash-Frozen In A "Flavor Pouch"

People

March 22, 1982

Get Glowing!

When you don't have time to apply self-tanner, use this marvelous lotion.  Or even better yet, add it to your favorite shea butter moisturizer. Used alone or in a combination, Smashbox Body Lights in Glowing imparts a subtle warm sun-kissed sheen without shimmer.  Perfect for hot summer Saturday night dates.

A Word Of Warning: Intense Salivation Probable At The Following Website If You Are A Ho For Bargain Basement Cosmetics Like Yours Truly

Introducing Beautycrunch, where you can purchase Stila, Lola, TooFaced and DuWop cosmetics at drastically reduced prices.

Beautycrunch does not feature entire product lines.  Instead, their stock seems to be comprised of overstock items and discontinued goodies.  It didn't matter to me.  I walked away with a basket (well, online basket, that is...a metaphorical basket, if you will) of Stila and TooFaced morsels for fifty bucks, including shipping: a bronzer, and an eyeshadow base, and a lip crayon, and TooFaced's fantabulous Good Girl/Bad Girl palette!

The site also carries products that were not originally offered in the United States.  I bought a bottle of skin balancing lotion by Stila that was sold exclusively in the Asian market.

It Was Either This Or The Manson Family

I have officially joined The Cult Of bareMinerals Users.  

Right on, Charlie.