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 »
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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 »
Yardley of London’s Slicker Lip Polish, 1971
Yardley of London introduced its wildly popular Pot o’ Gloss in 1970, but this great ad from the May, 1971 issue of ‘Teen magazine shows that Slicker Lip Polish was still making an impact. Yardley was getting into a more natural look in their advertising, using what looked like more ‘everyday’ models. Gone were their… Read more »
Love’s Glossy Lip Tint in 1972
Love Cosmetics had a popular ad campaign in the 1970s, with ‘This is Love in 197_ ‘ (year) as their tag line. This particular ad is from 1972 for Love’s Glossy Lip Tint. The model had the mysterious 1930s look that was trendy in the early 70s. The sensuous lip tint colors of Juicy Melon,… Read more »
Coty’s Little Originals Pot Shop Makeup, 1972
Here we have another 1970s makeup line that was trying to capture the essence of Yardley of London’s wildly popular Pot o’ Gloss. Coty had their Little Originals makeup line that was based on the idea that color should look like it came from you, not them. “A boy likes a girl who doesn’t look… Read more »
Cheryl Tiegs + Cover Girl Super Sheer Lip Gloss, 1972
Yardley’s Pot o’ Gloss was the heavy hitter in the lip gloss market in the 1970s. Of course, Cover Girl had to come out with a lip gloss of their own to compete. This 1972 Glamour magazine ad features model Cheryl Tiegs for Cover Girl Super Sheer Super Gloss lip gloss, “the new sheershine look… Read more »
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