tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5818977347923097246..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: For a beautiful head of hair...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-16849745854126205182012-12-30T19:12:17.112-05:002012-12-30T19:12:17.112-05:00I love the way these old adverts are written. Bett...I love the way these old adverts are written. Better than my box of Clairol.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12019450793013285292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-21293831052354791872011-02-26T18:12:20.774-05:002011-02-26T18:12:20.774-05:00Once you start researching shampoo ingredients and...Once you start researching shampoo ingredients and their functions, you realize how much of it is just slick marketing. 'Shampoo is made by lying liars who lie' is an apt one-sentence description of the situation, no matter what era we're talking about.Paihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108169893140762249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-12401332544804933862011-02-25T15:29:01.487-05:002011-02-25T15:29:01.487-05:00What I love is how closely the claims match claims...What I love is how closely the claims match claims made today about shampoos. I have to wonder whether ours are more effective. And every day we seem to hear more about an ingredient suddenly discovered to be noxious. OTOH, these might have actually been pretty good products. See? This is why I love history. I've found ads for Atkinson's miraculous fluid in later decades, and I'm going to look around to find out if he's still around, like Pears & some other soap/cosmetic businesses.LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-15877292665414286012011-02-25T15:14:02.821-05:002011-02-25T15:14:02.821-05:00Kind of makes me wonder what kind of noxious thing...Kind of makes me wonder what kind of noxious things there were in <i>that</i> concoction. Arsenic comes to mind...nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-28043983861830161762011-02-25T08:30:46.043-05:002011-02-25T08:30:46.043-05:00Is Mr. Atkinson still in business? I could swear I...Is Mr. Atkinson still in business? I could swear I've encountered his ads recently. Perhaps on late-night television or in the back pages of magazines or possibly on the subway.Jane Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-69403497735818534592011-02-25T08:01:20.393-05:002011-02-25T08:01:20.393-05:00Wouldn't it be great if this stuff actually WO...Wouldn't it be great if this stuff actually WORKED?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-43262068891791541592011-02-25T07:26:20.485-05:002011-02-25T07:26:20.485-05:00Patronized by the Royal Family...with the most bea...Patronized by the Royal Family...with the most beautiful luxuriance...eradicates the scurf...servile Imitations...<br /><br />A golden age of advertising.Chris Woodyardnoreply@blogger.com