Today's post is about is products from my past. In some cases, it may be something that I really used to like a LOT that I haven't used for a very long time. Jean Nate is one of those. I loved the scent years ago. For quite awhile, actually. I guess I outgrew it or something? Or moved on, I'm not sure which:
Next up: Yardley's English Lavender - I have loved this scent for years! I never did get tired of IT, though - I would happily use it again if I could just find it. (I don't want to pay extra for shipping - I know I could order it online.)
I did pick up one of the vintage bottles in an antiques shop (on the right, below). And there is a teeny bit left in my spray bottle. I guess I just can't bear to use the last of it - I may not find any more:
I like the cologne spray, the soap and the talcum powder. It's all good.
Noxzema Skin Cream. I washed my face with this stuff every day for at least thirty years! I finally switched to something else.
The look of the label has changed over the years:
I didn't like it when they started packaging it in plastic containers, so I found myself a vintage glass Noxzema jar and transferred mine into it for daily use. I even used a small vintage jar to carry some in my travel bag. Now they look pretty with my other little blue glass bottles in the bathroom window.
Do you remember the original Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo? I used it in high school, and beyond. LOVED it. Honestly, I think I may have only quit using it when it no longer existed in it's original form. I was in love with the scent of it. I just recently discovered that they offer a similar formula
here. I'm not interested in paying 14.95 plus shipping for a bottle of shampoo, even though I'd secretly love to try it again.
Yes, I used the creme rinse, too:
I suppose I didn't stray too far- now I use these:
I go through the conditioner pretty fast- WAY faster than the shampoo! My hair was long back in high school, but not nearly as long as it was in this picture:
Since that photo was taken, I have had about 8 inches cut off the length. It had been four years since I had a professional haircut!
(I'm pretty low maintenance.)
It looks MUCH better now.
Next up are three products I started using MANY years ago that I actually still use to this day....
Cover Girl Clean Make-up and Powder:
And Maybelline Great Lash Mascara:
They look a little different now:
I like to say, "When you find a good product, stick with it!"
Works for me.
...were wed in a wonderful garden setting in full bloom:
Wendy in her glorious gown was such a lovely sight to behold...
...even the back of her dress was fabulous!
The dinner was delicious:
And every detail - including this delectable cake - was elegant, simple, and beautiful.
I did pick up one of the vintage bottles in an antiques shop (on the right, below). And there is a teeny bit left in my spray bottle. I guess I just can't bear to use the last of it - I may not find any more:
I like the cologne spray, the soap and the talcum powder. It's all good.
The look of the label has changed over the years:
Yes, I used the creme rinse, too:
I like to say, "When you find a good product, stick with it!"
Here is a lovely light pink napkin holder. I am showing some of my vintage "Dutch" linens in the background of my photos. I am again borrowing the idea from Heidi, her shots of her Teapot Napkin Holders were so well done. 
This is the most beautiful shade of blue. The hard vintage plastic items are the just the most loveliest, clearest, brightest colors. I have been collecting vintage hard plastic items for many years, and I know it was the bright colors that first caught my eye. That, and the low prices. The plastic pieces are finally becoming popular now, so the prices have gone up, but they are still affordable, usually.
Bright sunny yellow. These napkin holders were made by Sparkle-Ware in the good ol' U.S.A.
Pretty emerald green. Very spring-like. I found all these napkin holders on ebay, except for the first one I ever bought, which was red. Unfortunately, not long ago, I was attempting to get the red one down from atop a cabinet in my laundry room and I dropped it onto the washing machine, and it broke. Hard vintage plastic is VERY fragile! I still kept it for several months, even though it was broken, because I was heart broken over breaking it. Then came Heidi's blog about her Teapot Napkin Holders, and it made me go searching for another red one on ebay. I found one that was with a large amount of other items, buy it now, and they wanted way to much money. I found another buy it now red one that is in terrible condition, broken and scratched, and they still wanted a lot for it. Then finally along came a dealer in Florida who had a nice red one for sale at a good price. So I bought it and replaced my broken one. I finally threw the broken one away, but it was hard to do that... I am still so sad about breaking it.
Here is my "new" red one, none the worse for wear after it's long trip from Florida. 
I can't find these any longer at any of the grocery stores we frequent:
I guess that's all right, this box I have had for a while seems to be lasting me a long time:
But, for some reason, it just makes me kind of sad when I go looking for something that has always been around, and it's gone. They probably still make them, they simply aren't available where I shop. 
And I had to make them mine. I just think they are really cool little vintage cookbooks. They are all from the same publisher: Determined Productions, San Francisco.
An illustration from inside:
British Grub was written by Brian Murphy and illustrated by John Astrop and Eric Hill, also published in 1969:
And here is an illustration from inside that one:
Mangiare Italiana is by June Dutton again, and illustrated by Alain Le Foll, published in 1971:
And an illustration:
And here is an illustration from that one, as well:
"May Flowers on your pathway this pretty news repeat. There's naught as good as friendship to make a joy complete."
We are off to a wedding today - and I just wanted to wish all of our faithful readers and blog friends a happy May day!
