Hygiene
Dr. Walker’s Paste-Pump Toothbrush
How the hell could this be any less work than just squeezing a stripe of toothpaste from the tube onto your brush?Source of article.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 20, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Inventions, Chindogu, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #558
The trouble with the culture nowadays is that angst-ridden teenagers do not have enough access to their friendly neighborhood drugstore owners.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 08, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising, Teenagers, 1970s
Dermal Steaming Apparatus for the Head
Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 22, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Patents, 1900s
No Pink Tax in the 1950s
Proof that the past was a happier era. No "Pink Tax" in effect. Daintiness at a discount!Although of course the base prices were outrageous. See the screenshots below the video.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 30, 2022 -
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Category: Education, Hygiene, Advertising, 1950s
Ivory Snow Equal Time for Fetishists
Disregard the false caption claiming this is a Charmin commercial. Only Ivory Snow is responsible. They can add this to their claim to have used Marilyn Chambers as "the Ivory Snow Girl."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 30, 2022 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising, Fetishes, 1970s
Bill Cosby, on the Right Side of the Law
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 15, 2022 -
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Category: Hygiene, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Advertising, Children, 1970s, Comedians
Knee-Cleaning Foam
They should sell this stuff at home improvement stores, because whenever I do a DIY project I somehow always end up with filthy knees.Available from Japan Trend Shop.
via Book of Joe
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 29, 2022 -
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Category: Hygiene, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Skin and Skin Conditions
Personal Cleanliness
NOTE: stereotypical African cannibal imagery at end of film.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 20, 2022 -
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Category: Hygiene, Military, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1940s
Burma Blockade Deodorant
Nothing like naming your product so that it sounds like a military operation, then touting it with a stereotyped "Oriental" gal.Of course, we'd have to relaunch this as "Myanmar Blockade" today.
Bonus video: the same gal touting the more famous Burma Shave.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 12, 2022 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Hygiene, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, 1960s, Asia
Breast Douche
When a simple washcloth just won't do.Full patent is here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 11, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Hygiene, Patents, 1910s
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