I remember the mid 60's. The hair style that was THE most popular was the 'Bouffant'. You 'ratted (backcombed)' your hair all over til it stood at attention...sprayed it with 1/2 a can of hairspray...then 'lightly' ran your comb/brush across into the style you wanted depending on hair length...then sprayed again. If even one hair was able to move...you sprayed again. The end result was having your hair sturdy as a helmet!
Oh my, some of the pics I've got show a little itty bitty face in a mountain of hair...but I was cool! hahaaa
Hairspray was a big thing in the '80's too. Remember "big hair"? I remember girls running into the bathroom in between classes during college and pulling out bottles of spray from their purses to keep their 'dos' going, particularly the top, Pssst, psssst. The bathroom would have this awful perfume-y smell.
@Former_Member. If I remember correctly, at least 3 cans a week. And we carried the hairspray in our purses! No sample size cans back then.
@psych62. With all the hairspray going in such a small room it would almost gag a person and create a kind of fog! I look back and think it's a wonder nobody had breathing problems then. The popular cheap spray back then was Aqua Net I think. It's still being sold today.
If I buy a can of hair spray now, I have trouble using it up. I actually do not use a lot of product in my hair, because I like to wear headscarves and I feel that too much product in the hair ruins them.
Headscarves are addictive. I can't leave home without one!
I remember tastes and smells - very vividly, and many decades later. Most of them are positive. My mother only wore Evening in Paris perfume by Coty. She gac=ve me the little empty black glass bottles. (now I have to go look on Etsy for one!) My dad only used Bay Rhum aftershave.
I can still taste Tang orange drink - the REAL stuff the astronauts drank! Before they had to go and try to make it closer to orange juice! And "Screaming Yellow Zonkers" - more buttery than Fiddle-Faddle. I can still taste Cheese Whistles - they came out at the same time as Bugles snacks. Those were very cheesy!
What tastes and scents do you miss?
** just found my Mom's perfume - it wasn't Evening in Paris - it was just "Paris" - by coty.
I loved Screaming Yellow Zonkers! They were delicious.
I don't remember the box but I remember the box for Love Cereal, pretty sure it was designed by Peter Max. Don't remember what the cereal tasted like (or even if my Mom ever bought it) but I loved that box! I loved all Peter Max art work. He designed the cover for the N.Y.C. Yellow Pages one year I believe.
There used to be a service at shoe stores where you could have cloth shoes and purses dyed to match - last time I saw that was in the 80's for silk bridal party shoes.
@Former_Member. Everything had to match...YES! It wasn't just when going to church or flying. It was also when you rode the bus whether going long distance or just across town.
This mode of dress was carried over into the 60's too. But the twist there was we had matching sun glasses and scarfs also...for awhile anyway. Then the 'hippie' movement started and everything went downhill with the 'just rolled out of bed' look! I miss those times of 'matchy matchy' and caring how you presented yourself to the world.
When I went off to college in the mid-Sixties, I had several hats and a variety of gloves (long, short, mid-length, in white and black, lacy and smooth). By the time I graduated (late-Sixties), no one was wearing hats or gloves. Plus, my skirts were a lot shorter! And while I liked the midcentury dressiness, I also loved the hippie clothes (bellbottoms, embroidery, patchwork, relaxed fit). That was when I got heavily into sewing and all kinds of needlework.
