Talc - Do you use it?

I haven't used talc in years but at one time always did. It was good for stopping chafing (er, chaffing?)

I particularly remember using a liberal sprinkling of Johnson's when trying to wriggle into my Playtex girdle which went from waist to top of thigh.

Do you remember "dusting powder"? It came in a pretty tub with a big powder puff, and as a teenager I yearned for the whole package.

I remember giving boxes of dusting powder to aunties for Christmas and birthdays. Lavender and lily of the valley were favourites. I have tracked down some stephanotis talcum powder which I must have bought before Culpeper's closed many years ago. It still smells gorgeous. I was so disappointed when I could no longer get their stephanotis toilet water.

Girdle oh gosh wht awful thought petal us I remember Pantene girdles and fat bulged over top well mine did!

Yes pretty boxes with powder puff posh perfumed talc dus everywhere!

We used to use talc but it did make a mess of the bathroom. Stopped when DS developed eczema at 16 months. DH and I used it after baths but I started to get sore in awkward places and put it down to the talc. I keep a small talc in the bathroom cabinet for putting in latex gloves.

This is like a scratch and smell thread as I can smell the J Baby powder brings back memories.

Only use talc to put a tiny amount in GC swimming caps so it doesn't pull hair as you yank it on.

Anno - Floris still do Stephanotis, I think.

Deedaa, I`m one of the grown women who like to smell like a baby then, I love using Johnsons baby powder, even at my advanced age!

Can't remember the last time I used talc - never on my children, for reasons above. Loved it when I was a teenager - remember my father telling me off for leaving layers on the bathroom floor - we had black tiles!! Nice scent though.