Yikes, some product’s advertising is cringeworthy, especially in today’s times. This “Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific!” ad is rather distasteful, bordering on harassment, with a young man sniffing and commenting on a fellow student’s hair. The whole point of the shampoo and conditioner was the fragrance: “like meadows of wildflowers in spring”. I thought the… Read more »
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Bonne Bell Dr Pepper Lip Smackers, 1975
I can still smell this! I remember carrying around Dr Pepper Lip Smacker when I was in college, and applying it between classes. The tube was HUGE (4 times bigger than any other lip gloss), and it smelled -and tasted- fantastic. It was very gloppy and moisturizing, and left a sheer sheen of color. Perfect… Read more »
Coty Your Face Makeup, 1973
The adorable model Bonnie Lysohir is in this ad for Your Face makeup by Coty. This collection came in cute little tubes and containers. The best one was the Your Face foundation tube that had its own concealer in the cap. It was genius, and I remember using it to cover my interminable pimples. Ah,… Read more »
Gleaming Moon Drops Lipstick by Revlon, 1973
The most striking thing to me about this Revlon ad is the model in a slammin’ blue fully-sequined jumpsuit. But, I digress. The whole point is to showcase the wet – gleamy – shiny – sexy – ‘juiced with color’ – smooth – ‘spilling with shine’ – glide-y – moist – yummy – young –… Read more »
Katharine Ross for Helena Rubinstein Fresh Cover Makeup, 1973
The gorgeous actress Katharine Ross was an It girl in the late 60s, early 70s with the success of her movies, The Graduate, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. She also did some modeling, most notably with Helena Rubinstein makeup. This ad is for Fresh Cover makeup, with which your skin was supposed to… Read more »
Offspring Knits Designed by Trisha Sayad, 1975
This is a really cool ad for Offspring designed by Trisha Sayad. I’m not really familiar with Trisha, but upon a bit of research it looks like she designed a lot of bold graphic sweaters and knitwear in the 1970s. This ad features model Sunny Redmond – who I can recognize even with clown makeup… Read more »
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