This post did not turn out the way I wanted it too, my plan was to share some advertisements pertaining to fall from my vintage magazines - but, I don't seem to have that many fall issues and there sure aren't many fall related ads in the ones I have. So, the topic changed to household ads from my Good Housekeeping, October, 1971 issue.
The 70's take us back to all those wonderful colours - and to get that mod colour for your kitchen, all you had to do was buy a package of Rit.
Maybe you were already set up in a kitchen that looked like one of these...
What kitchen is complete without a mixer? And, what an offer, buy a mixer, send away for a shaver!!
I'd love to have one of these pots! Who knew you could send away for these beauties? There were so many mail in offers in the magazines back then - here's a post I did on that very topic back in July.
No kitchen would have been complete without Palmolive- who can forget "Madge"
I think this is a color we all identify with the 70's. I don't remember anything around home in this colour though, our kitchen appliances were brown!
I wouldn't mind having this ironing board cover right now. I am on the hunt for a new one and it's not going well, any store I've checked has very few and they are either plain or striped - don't they make pretty ones anymore?
I don't know anybody that had a livingroom that looked like this, everything was brown, gold or rust where I lived!!
This looks more like it...
There was just no end to the things you could send away for. I had to include this embroidery one because I actually did the fall scene, way back then, and gave it away as a gift!!
This was a great deal..we all belonged to a record club of some sort!!
There's those colours again.
The bathroom could be quite mod too... Hey Fatso, now, that's quite the pair of scales!!! Once again, something else to send away for, your mailbox could be full!!!
I'm including a couple of food advertisements as well, I remember Mom making upside down pineapple cake every time we would go to visit my grandmother, I never liked it, I don't think I've had it since the 70's, maybe it would taste better to me now.
Space Food Sticks - I've never heard of these but then, we probably didn't have these in Canada..
One thing that's still going strong - Kraft Macaroni and Cheese - but named Kraft Dinner here in Canada!!
These posts always take a while to work on but they're fun, times have changed but then in other ways, things are still the same - like Kraft Dinner!!!
I'm joining in with Joann for her second week of Vintage Bliss Tuesday's and also with Dawn at We Call it Junkin - stop by these great blogs!!
Last fall I found a couple of old Good Housekeeping magazines, I love the old advertisements in them, I shared the December 1946 issue back then, I really should go through that one again and have a good look for more ads - if you missed it, it's right here.
Today I'm sharing some beauty ads from the Feburary 1950 issue of Good Housekeeping. These magazines were thick, 248 pages - full of fashion, fiction, decorating - the cost was only 35 cents, I don't know if you could even buy a page for that now - some magazines are so expensive!
Click on any ad to get a better look!
Ivory has been going strong for a long time, it's still the only brand we use!
I guess all you had to do was apply some "Fels-Naptha Soap" and your gray hair would be gone!!
But, if you weren't using Fels Naptha, The Rayve Home Pernament could rid you of your grays - the complete kit costing $2 - from the famous Pepsodent Laboratories!
Tinted Foundation and Powder in one - only 49 cents in 4 dreamy shades!!!
Maureen O'Sullivan holds one of her six children, advertising Jergens Lotion - Hollywood stars preferred Jergens 7-1 - mothers keep glamorous hands with Jergens!!
Is there adventure in your hand? You must read this one!! Dura-Gloss nail polish - 10 cents - lipstick - 25 cents.
This one compares your dry skin to a withered and dry grape - but if you used Woodbury's Dry Skin Cream - you could lengthen the bloom of your beauty!!! Oh, my...
I just have to stick this one in - I could have guessed what was in that brown paper box, back in the 60's and 70's - that's how the grocery store in my little community packaged their personal hygiene products - brown paper, tied in string and the price written ever so lightly in the corner. No one could know!!!!
If you didn't want to shop at the store and have everyone know you what you were buying, you could send away for a sample package of Meds tampons - they would arrive in a plain paper wrapper!
Mascara has come a long way since 1950!
The small ads are pretty neat at the back - if you used the Woodbury Cream on your face and Absorbine on your feet - "years" would be added to your looks!!!
I see on the top right corner of the page that it says - By Appointment - Perfumers to H.R. Queen Mary - Yardley, London - are Yardley products still around? I remember Mom having some of those...
This magazine is full of great old ads - I have to share some fashion and household ones in another post. Hope you enjoyed having a look!
