FRIDAY THIS AND THAT---MUM'S THE WORD!

 Some of you will be too young to relate to this post.

Some things bring my mind right back 
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!

My mother washed my hair 
with this for years.

I had to have some for old times sake!

It is probably like using 
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!

Yes! I! Did!

I bought this instead.

Yes'm - I was a Breck girl.

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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.

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THAT  was my mother's choice 

and when I was a teenager

I chose

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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

only mine would have been 
about 8" from the floor...don't ask.

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Let's just say I scandalized 
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.

Seriously.

The one thing she 

COULD NOT BELIEVE?

That I threw 

THESE AWAY

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You used THOSE with one of these beauties

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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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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?

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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'.... 

More Reminiscing- HAIR-DO'S FROM THE 60s

Well, I did the 

No-Boys-Allowed  products of the 60's here

 ~one about Hair PRODUCTS from the 60's here

~ one about SCENTS of the SIXTIES here

~ one about the CLOTHING of the 60's here

So--Now that we have put on our 

SECRET deodorant,

Used enough DIPPTY-DOO 

so our hair won't move in a hurricane,

sprayed ourselves with Love's Fresh Lemon scent,

and got our groove on with a Gunne Sax dress-

Let's FIX OUR HAIR, 

shall we?

So---

What was popular in the 60's for hairstyles?

We had the TWIGGY cut

which was pretty easy care.

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AND we had the BEEHIVE

which took a pound of lacquer hair spray 

to hold it in place.

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How about THE BOB?

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Or did you have the  

SPLIT BANG HI-TOP?

You needed one can of Aqua Net 

per day for this baby!

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We had the long loose look

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And-oh-yes- 

Let us NOT FORGET

THE BOWS!

There was the BIG BOW style---

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And the 

LITTLE BOW STYLE

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And let's not forget 

THE FLIP!

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Speaking of FLIP~

Did YOU flip over a BOY that 

had a cut like

THIS ONE?

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-OR-

Were you more likely to go for a guy that

wore his hair like this?

The "bad boy"?

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As for me?

Well, I usually got stuck with someone that

looked like THIS-

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How about YOU?

Do you recognize yourself in any of the  

1960's hairstyles above?

Or remember seeing pictures of 

YOUR MOM like that?

Or scarier still- Your GRANDMOTHER

that looked like any of them?

Spill the beans!

Meanwhile,
I'll be pushing the old beans around 
over at the VA this morning...
see you later!