Oil of Ulay/Olay

Yes it is annoying. I also used to use The Body Shop Orchid Milk Cleanser and once when I went to buy some the girl said 'it's been discontinued, there's no call for it'. Well, I was calling for it.

This is so annoying isn't it? I used to swear by Dove's neck cream which suddenly disappeared off the shelves. I even looked at their web site to see what the new equivalent was, but couldn't find anything. Fortunately Aldi started selling a neck and decollatage cream, which I found very effective, for half the price.

Some products like Elnett Hair Spray and Maybelline Great Lash Mascara seem to go on for ever and are still best sellers.

I used it for a while and liked it so sent my mum some as well (this was about thirty-five years ago). We both came out in skin rashes so stopped using it. Probably the perfume. Do they do an unperfumed version? I haven't bothered to look cos I'm happy with the much cheaper Simple, or acqueous cream.

The real b****r is that so often they then reformulate the product. I have a number of skin allergies and I carefully sample products and scan contents lists to make sure they will not irritate my skin, use them for a year or so - and then come out in a rash, look at the product and find they have reformulated it and snuck in one of my allergens

Yes, you could try eBay as well - I got a couple of bottles of discontinued shampoo from there as the 'new, improved' version was rubbish!

I like Oil of Olay stuff as well; sometimes I switch to something else but always go back to it. The beauty fluid is very light and pleasant to use, isn't it. I'm using the 'complete care day cream' at the moment. Perhaps you'll still be able to get the original beauty fluid on the internet or one of those discount shops that sell end of line products.

I hate the way companies do this too! I've lost count of the products which I've used and been completely satisfied with over the years, only for them to be either discontinued or changed in some way (usually not for the better). It's all about making money and targeting new age-groups - they don't seem to care about their faithful devotees.

I've used Olay products for years, too - their Complete Care Moisturiser is the best for my skin and I do hope that's not going to be 're-marketed'!