I recognise everything on this list except the bottom left and the bottom right. And I can definitely smell the pink strips in the middle!
These photographs brought back memories of my beloved L’Oréal plenitude beauty range from the mid-90s. It was the first ever skincare range that I discovered on my own as an adult. Prior to that I had always just used the products my mother had used (Pond’s, Oil of Olay).
The first hair products I ever used were by Helene Curtis. My mother used to use Helene Curtis shampoo cream in the pot. It had a lovely smell and the texture was very thick. It was a gorgeous pearly pink colour. I continued to use it into the 1980s until you could not longer find it.
…and (drum roll!) the first hair styling product I ever used (in the 1970s I think) – Helene Curtis Suave. It was pretty much the only one out there at the time. It was very thick and made my hair so flat! Lanolin was big in those days it seems.
…. this is something you almost never see anymore.
The one picture I didn’t recognise was the Zenith, what was its purpose and why just 4 buttons?
First pic: bottom left is a nut cracker set. The “pics” were used to get all the pulp out especially in a walnut. The bottom right was used by teachers to mark off lines on a chalkboard. Used commonly when teaching cursive writing.
Thank you!
The pull tabs on cans were just a bit before my time. The bottom left brings back memories of the holidays for me – my grandparents were family friends with a pecan farmer & we’d spend the days between xmas & nye cracking & picking 40lbs of pecans (it’s a set of a nutcracker & nut picks).
The lower right is for drawing music staves or handwriting guidelines on a chalkboard – it holds multiple pieces of chalk to use at once.
I also can smell the middle pink strips!
I’d love to have a manual (ka-chunk-achunk!) credit card machine as they can be converted into tiny printing presses!
Thank you!