Some of you will be too young to relate to this post.
Some things bring my mind right back
to a certain
to a certain
MOMENT IN TIME.
A while ago I spotted something in the store
that made me stop and stare.
It was THIS!
PRELL!
PRELL!
My mother washed my hair
with this for years.
with this for years.
I had to have some for old times sake!
It is probably like using
dishwashing liquid
dishwashing liquid
on your hair
but I sure do love the smell
and the memories that accompany it.
When I got to be a teenager
I declared my independence!
I declared my independence!
Yes! I! Did!
I bought this instead.
Yes'm - I was a Breck girl.
Yes- I washed my hair with BRECK
but before showering
and washing my hair
I brushed my teeth with
IPANA.
It came in one of those
horrible old metallic tubes
that rusted and hardened like
gun metal as you emptied it.
THAT was my mother's choice
and when I was a teenager
I chose
Don't forget your white gloves, ladies.
Let's hope your teeth are that white
from using Crest!
After brushing my teeth
I would get dressed for the day.
My mother's choice for me
was something like this
was something like this
only mine would have been
about 8" from the floor...don't ask.
about 8" from the floor...don't ask.
Let's just say I scandalized
everyone in sight
everyone in sight
the day I showed up in this:
Yes-That is really me!
I was definitely a thorn
in my mother's side.
in my mother's side.
Seriously.
The one thing she
COULD NOT BELIEVE?
That I threw
THESE AWAY
You used THOSE with one of these beauties
Those were the most miserable
things ever- I am sure they were
invented by some man!
As soon as I saw the ad
I rushed out and bought these.
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| image WHY did I buy these? Well, I bought those because the ADVERTISEMENT SAID: |
I could swim, play games
and, best of all,
I could
GO FLY A KITE
which is exactly what my mother
often told me to do!
How about you?
Any Girls Only Stories you want to share?
Mums (deodorant) the word here.
After all,
YOU KNOW
I can keep a
C'mon- Tell All
ps. come back soon-
I might be up to 'sumthin'....
I have tried to erase every memory I have of those gawdawful menstrual pad belts. SO USELESS!
ReplyDeleteTame Conditioner!! We mixed it in a glass of water to pour over our heads!! One of those Tupperware plastic glasses was always in the shower to mix the Tame Conditioner in. Who knew you could just squirt some in your hand, work it in, then rinse it out? The directions said to mix it in a glass of water, so we did. Those were the days, my friend... but they did end, didn't they!! xo
ReplyDeleteThis was a blast from the past. When I was in the 4th grade my mom bought me a box from Kotex, called Miss Deb. This feminine pink box full of goodies - how soon I would be a woman and the petite little sanitary belt that I couldn't wait to wear! That summer, I had my first period. Ugh!
ReplyDeleteSome products I loved was Wind Song cologne - and I was a Breck girl, too!
Sad to say, I recognize every one of those things!
ReplyDeleteI remember each one! Great pic of you!!! Oh, how our moms hated mini skirts!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness...this was certainly a blast from the past! I was actually just watching a commercial for Prell on a rerun program on YouTube of "What's My Line". I was enjoying that commercial for old time's sake, and hubby came in and said, "why are you watching the commercials? You can zoom past them!" I told him I was enjoying it...it brought back memories from my childhood. Now, regarding toothpaste, I think we did use Crest. But we always used the gold Dial soap, on our faces and bodies. Must be why I have such tough skin today. LOL. Re: Kotex, etc., at least your mother told you about it and gave you information, bought them, etc. My mother left all that up to my older sister to tell me, although some of my girlfriends had already told me. You were young...I thought something was wrong with me...nothing happened until I was in 7th grade. LOL. Oh, and what about bras? Again, my older sister came to the rescue. When my mother saw the strap she wanted to know what I was wearing and asked me in front of my Aunt and cousin we were visiting in Ohio. Talk about embarrassing! My mother's mother was from the Victorian Age, and they just didn't talk about such things. Not sure how girls were supposed to figure these things out on their own. And the only sex education I got was "no holding hands or kissing or going to drive in movies", of course I couldn't date until I was 16 anyway. LOL. Those were the days. Nowadays everything is on TV...there's no secrets left!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my, I do remember all of these so well. Remember; Ipana had Bucky Beaver as it's mascot, with big white teeth. Phil still uses Prell!! And yes, I caused a big scandal when I wore a mini dress to work one day.
ReplyDeleteI remember the tooth paste and shampo ones.
ReplyDeleteI remember everything except the Ipana toothpaste. We used Pepsodent.
ReplyDeleteMy mother bought me my first mini skirt. It was orange with white polkadots. I was the one who thought it was way too short!! and she had to talk me into wearing it. :). Didn't Prell have a pearl in it or was that just in the commercial.
lol!! Thankfully I never had to wear those pads! But I loved the smell of prell! Great post!
ReplyDeleteI love every part of this. Each section is a part of my memories.
ReplyDeleteSanitary napkins - Not so sanitary.
The thought of the “ sanitary belt” brings painful memories.
The metallic casing for toothpaste? I’m thinking that metal could be hazardous to one’s health.
Thanks for the memories shared in such a “poetic” way.
What memories you've evoked! I used to think the Breck ladies were so beautiful. (Never happened, but one can dream.)
ReplyDelete...I'm an Ivory Soap, Pert Shampoo and Colgate Tooth Paste kind of guy!
ReplyDeleteI remember Prell. It is what Jerry Seinfeld.called “the hard stuff.”
ReplyDeleteMy mother wanted me to wear mini skirts and sewed one for me (she sewed all my clothes) and I hated it! I liked my skirts long - still do, for that matter! :)
ReplyDeleteI was a Breck girl too. I was an avid reader of Seventeen Magazine and loved the fashion and shoes of the 60;s. This post was a wonderful remember of our youthful days....thank you!
ReplyDeleteI knew that was Prell shampoo just by seeing the very top of the picture. I remember most of these except for ipana toothpaste. Those belts were awful. I remember my mother giving me one and I think I cried.
ReplyDeleteDippity‑Do - remember that? I remember everything you listed there and used most. Those belts were terrible. The only thing I did not recognize was the toothpaste.
ReplyDeleteI loved the smell of Prell. The pads? Ugh, old age took care of those. I love the cute gal in pantaloons flying her kite!
ReplyDeleteI could actually tell that Blast From the Past Pix was you, the Years have been very Kind to you and so you look very much the same. Cute Outfit too!!! I remember the Breck Girls, people always told me I looked like one when I was Young and had very long Straight Hair. Now I'd the Dreadlocked Gramma. *LOL*
ReplyDeleteI know it is always a hoot to see these old products and gadgets from the past. Yours really brought back memories of those days. Progress is not all bad! Loved the photo of you in that petal white shirt! Such a beauty both then and now.
ReplyDeleteWell that touched a memory box I had shut the door on! What mom wanted versus what I wanted. :) My shampoo was Herbal Essence- loved it! I don't remember toothpaste (although I am sure I used some every day). HA HA Don't even want to think about those pads...those popped back into my life when I had my first child.
ReplyDeleteI was a Prell shampoo girl and I'm with you, if I were to see it in the store I would have to buy a bottle, for old times sake :) I don't remember why, but in their TV commercials they would drop a pearl in the bottle and watch it slowly go to the bottom. What that had to do with clean beautiful hair, I have no idea?
ReplyDeleteI recall Pears Soap and Colgate toothpaste!
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I lost track of you a long time ago, and then I was off blogging for quite a while with health issues, but when I saw you on Shug blog today, I said,,,,,,,,I know that face!!! How fun to reconnect with you.
ReplyDeleteYes, being 85, I remember all of those products. I remember the fight your husband had with cancer, and I'm thrilled to hear he is cancer free. My dearest is 89, and has health issues, but we thank God everyday that we've lived long enough to enjoy grandchildren and great grandchildren. Blessings and love
I had to wait until I was liberated from my mom's strict thinking before Tampons showed up into my life. What a joy when that happened. I was always a Breck girl, and a big time wearer of those mini skirts, and drawing spikey lashes under my lower eyelashes with smokey eyeliner. I was a bit of a wild thing, and judged often by my mother. Took a while for me to become truly me. Great post.
ReplyDeleteHa! Too funny!!
ReplyDeleteI was not allowed to wear shorts to school. I would pack them in my backpack and put them on once I got to school and change again before getting on the bus for the ride home.
xo
I got a lot of "long distance" memories here! Long ago and not far away (we have been married 60 years come June 30, and I live about 2 miles from the house I grew up in--it's long gone now.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories, Diana. Where would we be without all these things that connected us in such funny, dear, and kinda gross ways. Lol! We girls/women of the 60s were and still are a force to be reckoned with!
Trudy
I used the two shampoos, not the tube stuff....but those pads and those freak'n belt. So uncomfy and so glad that I got out of those and went to tampons, however, I did wear the peel and stick pads to bed. There was that mess about toxic shock so I tried to give my body a break. When I look back on things if it so funny what we used and how life went...
ReplyDeleteOf COURSE you were a BRECK GIRL!!! I thought that the minute I crossed your blogpath yea fifteen? years ago? You could knock Brooke, Jacklyn and Christie right off that shampodium with one flick of your golden locks. And your shining smile---Ipana never had it so good.
ReplyDeleteWe've been using a homemade mixture of one part DAWN which specifies to kill 99.99999 of anything short of Godzilla, and one part that white pearly soap from Sam's, for all our hand-washing/brushing since Covid breathed on the world. I tell people about it because we two of the house have not had ONE COLD or sniffle or sneeze in all these years since the lockdown started. Gotta be doin' something right.
I do, however, slip and call it PRELL when I relate the recipe to someone---I can just see that pearl falling lazily to the bottom. All those old ads make me so nostalgic---the scent of Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific (Leah found and bought me a bottle each of the shampoo and rinse for Christmas this past year). And Halo brings such sweet memories of my older friend Helen, who was a senior when I started first grade. She walked me to school every morning and taught me to "walk the tracks" as the RR passed our houses and went past school 1/4 mile up. We could get there never touching the gravel or cross-ties. Scents bring back more and sweeter memories than photos to me. My perfume shelf contains White Shoulders, Evening in Paris, Toujours moi, Estee
Lauder, Giorgio, Design, and my beloved Shalimar---I sleep on a Shalimar pillowcase every night. Loveit. Thanks for more Memories than Bob Hope.
This is hilarious...I remember every single one of these items. Thank goodness we have come a long way! Prell...this is the one that I thought I had to have for my hair growing up. If my mom tried to buy a different brand, I would almost have a hissy...I needed my green Prell. Do you remember that it had a pearl in it? lol. I haven't though of any of these things in years. Thanks for the memories...
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten about those pad belts! Yikes!
ReplyDeleteI was just not a girlie girls, I wore jeans and t shirts to school, didn't carry a purse, and washed my hair with whatever my mom bought. I was very naive, even as a teenager. I definitely didn't dress as cute as you did!