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Pond's Cold Cream - a childhood memory

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annodomini Thu 05-Mar-20 12:01:34

Going back 70 years, I remember my aunt always used Pond's cold Cream on her face. I don't think the word 'moisturiser' had then been coined, but that was the job the cream was doing. Recently, I've noticed that some moisturisers smell just like the old Cold Cream, so assume some of the same ingredients are involved. Smells and memory have a close connection and that smell takes me back a very long way. So I looked on line to see if it still exists and found a range of products on - guess where - Ebay of course. It's probably just the name that's the same, but I almost feel inclined to try it. Has anyone here had a similar nostalgic experience?

Calendargirl Fri 06-Mar-20 12:59:35

Tut tut Kim19 stock piling the Astral cream back then!

Jan51 Fri 06-Mar-20 12:53:11

My mum used Anne French Lotion to remove her make up. My dad liked the orange and lemon slices jellies and my daughter still buys a box every christmas in his memory so now the grandchildren love them.

Diggingdoris Fri 06-Mar-20 12:24:01

Gilly1952 all my memories are the same as yours. 4711 and Evening in Paris, mascara with spit, and little pots of rouge. Maybe my Mum had a second family and we are sisters!

Kim19 Fri 06-Mar-20 12:20:57

My Mum loved Astral cream. To my undying chagrin, one birthday I totted up my cash and bought her THREE pots for her birthday. All I could afford. How unimaginative was I?!! Of course, like all loving Mums, she waxed lyrical whereas I kinda......cringe. Still think of the occasion.

Juliet27 Fri 06-Mar-20 12:14:49

Newberry Fruits! Even though I was only 3 at the time I remember well that my brother had just been born and my dad brought into the ward a box of Newberry Fruits for my mum. I sat on her bed and ate the lot while they were busy talking.

Twopence Fri 06-Mar-20 12:13:16

I was very much into amateur dramatics at school and we always used to use Pond's cold cream to remove grease paint.

painter45 Fri 06-Mar-20 11:49:13

I still have a box of Max Factor Creme Puff my Mother left in her makeup drawer, we open it sometimes to smell it, also rouge in the little blue box,,,she was very beautiful with no effort, she had a mane of sparkling silver hair and lovely skin, I miss her so much

Rosyanne Fri 06-Mar-20 11:46:25

Snowfire was invented by nuns to cope with their sore knees. Still available and still very effective for split heels.

McGilchrist41 Fri 06-Mar-20 11:41:11

My Mum always had ponds cold cream and used it every day. She was a natural red head with a porcelain complexion so she hardly wore anything else on her face.

Granartisan Fri 06-Mar-20 11:40:28

My Mum had a very sensitive skin and Innoxa cream was the only cream she could use. I bought some 4711 a couple of years ago in the 4711 shop in Cologne!

Witzend Fri 06-Mar-20 11:40:27

My mother used to swear by Astral cream for her face, found it less greasy than Nivea.
You can still get it, and it’s not expensive. I still like it as a richer body moisturiser when my skin feels very dry.

Gilly1952 Fri 06-Mar-20 11:38:23

Little red box of block mascara - my mum used to spit on the brush to moisten it before rubbing it into the black stuff! I remember a little round box containing a block of rouge - was it called “Bourgoise” or something similar? Mum had a little bottle of Evening in Paris and also some Tweed - anyone remember that. Wasn’t life simple then?

crazyH Fri 06-Mar-20 11:36:07

Ponds Vanishing cream had a a large 'v' on the bottle or is that jus a false cream. My lovely older sister, long gone, used to smell of ponds cold cream

jaylucy Fri 06-Mar-20 11:35:13

Boots used to sell big jars of cold cream that smelt the same.
I also remember the smell (and hate it) of Tweed perfume, that I think you can still buy
My mum always used to use Nivea in a blue tin(you can still get it)
I can also remember my nan using a hand cream that was in a glass jar that had a particular scent but can't remember the name of it.

Sparklefizz Fri 06-Mar-20 11:35:11

I had a Saturday job in a chemist's when I was at school, and many of the products mentioned bring back fond memories.

She always used a type of rouge on her cheeks in a little blue round box. Purplepixie - I think the brand was Bourjois.

Sparklefizz Fri 06-Mar-20 11:33:03

When I was a teenager I used to use little pots of Astral cream. I saw some recently, having long forgotten about it, so bought it and the fragrance instantly took me back to the youth club in the 1960s.

Griselda Fri 06-Mar-20 11:27:06

"They might have had the same name but they were just jellies ,individually wrapped no crispy sugar shell inside with liquid."
One of my children brought me some Newberry Fruits - I found it quite difficult to tell them they were nothing like the old ones even if the box was the same.

TwiceAsNice Fri 06-Mar-20 11:21:00

I remember as a child watching my mum rubbing in Ponds cold cream to take her makeup off at night, I loved the smell too. She used to use Max Factor Creme Puff powder and that also had a particular smell

BeenBizzy Fri 06-Mar-20 11:16:11

What memories, my mom always used Ponds vanishing cream, if I close my eyes I can smell it.
Her skin was lovely, her scent was lavender water.
Think if ponds vanishing cream still about might just try some, mom didn't have half the wrinkles I have today.
Jo.

Purplepixie Thu 05-Mar-20 16:47:09

My mam always used Ponds cold cream and I used to love the smell. She always used a type of rouge on her cheeks in a little blue round box. Cote le'aimant perfume was her favourite as well as Vanderbilt.

Framilode Thu 05-Mar-20 16:25:50

Ponds Cold Cream reminds me of my Mum, that and Coty Loose Powder in a white and brown box. In a junk shop recently I found a box of Coty powder for sale. It was pretty much empty but as soon as I opened it the scent just brought the memories of my Mum back. I bought it for a silly price and open it up occasionally to have a sniff.

chicken Thu 05-Mar-20 16:09:16

We used to have Newberry Fruits every Christmas. They were my favourites with the lovely sugary crust and the liquid middles. The best one was the green one which tasted of greengages. We also had a box of fig sweets, flat and sugary in a round box, each fig in a petal shape around a central one so that it looked like a flower. I can't remember the brand.

millymouge Thu 05-Mar-20 16:00:14

Oh [paddyanne] you saying about Newberry fruits brings back so many happy memories. My dear father used to work for the company that made those and would bring home boxes of them for us. Didn’t think anyone remembered them, don’t think anyone makes anything like those now.

kittylester Thu 05-Mar-20 15:54:32

But, they are only £3!!!

kittylester Thu 05-Mar-20 15:53:42

paddyanne the ones mentioned by momb in Sainsbury's have no crunch either- a big disappointment!