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Vintage 1972 Yardley of London Apple Polishers Pot o’ Gloss

Posted October 8th, 2018 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Fashion, Vintage.

Another great Yardley of London Pot o’ Gloss ad from 1972! This one is for The Apple Polishers – The rich apple colors from an autumn orchard. The lovely model looks familiar, but I can’t remember her name. Let me know if you do! The Apple Polishers for lips came in shades of Delicious, Pomegranate… Read more »

Yardley ‘Sexpot’ Pot O’ Gloss Vintage 1976

Posted September 26th, 2018 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Fashion, Vintage.

I thought I’d exhausted every last Yardley Pot O’ Gloss ad from the 1970s, but I FOUND ONE MORE! This ad is from 1976, when the whole Yardley of London thing was ramping down and it was just plain old Yardley. Yardley was going through major changes to their makeup line at this time, but… Read more »

The 1971 Yardley Pot o’ Glossapalooza!

Posted May 6th, 2017 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Fashion, Vintage.

Being the vintage Yardley of London freak that I am, I thought I had exhausted all the Seventeen magazine Yardley advertising from my personal collection. But, no; I just found an amazing two-page ad in the March 1971 issue. And it’s for my absolute favorite, Pot o’ Gloss! The cool thing is that there were… Read more »

1971 Yardley of London Slicker Lip Licks

Posted October 24th, 2016 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Fashion, Vintage.

“Kiss him in his favorite flavor.” This is a really hip and groovy 1971 Yardley of London ad for Slicker Lip Polish. More specifically – Lip Licks: Give him a lick. A sip of your lips. Be free with your flavors. Lip Licks came in all sorts of fruity flavors; Raspberry, Orange, Strawberry, Peach, Mint… Read more »

There Was Actually Yardley Pot o’ Gloss Nail Polish?

Posted October 21st, 2016 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Fashion, Vintage.

Once again, I went through my personal stash of vintage magazines from the late ’60s/early ’70s looking for any Yardley of London ads that I may have overlooked. Voila! I found one featuring a rather fresh and romantic-looking couple. From the the October 1972 issue of Ingenue magazine, this ad is for Yardley’s Pot o’… Read more »

Olivia Hussey and Next to Nothing Makeup by Yardley, 1969

Posted June 24th, 2016 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Fashion, Vintage.

Olivia Hussey, star of the Franco Zeffirelli production of Romeo and Juliet, was also a Yardley of London model in 1969. Her flawless English Rose beauty was a perfect fit for Yardley to advertise all the fab mod makeup products that they were producing at the time. It was an excellent opportunity to parlay her… Read more »

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