I sold fragrances in a department store in the 70’s. We were encouraged to promote layering fragrance to extend the lasting power of the fragrance. We would first apply the fragranced lotion to skin, preferably directly after bathing while the skin was still damp, then the spray or splash fragrance followed by the body powder. It really did keep the fragrance from fading. Most fragrances today do not offer the full line of products, unfortunately.
I agree, it is nice to be able to layer fragrance and it is a shame that more companies dont offer dusting powder anymore. Dusting powder, especially a fragranced powder is such a pleasure to wear. Now you can by chafing cream and deodorants, but with the competing fragrances and the chemicals they are worth it.
I can still get matching powder and lotion for my Youth Dew, and keep the full line at all times. I have a half full box of Cinnabar powder that I bought before they quit making it. I'm very sparing with it. Sometimes I take the lid off just to smell it. The only other big name dusting powder I have right now is the one to go with my Red Door perfume. I absolutely hate that the matching powder and lotion are available for so few perfumes.
Yes! I worked as a makeup artist in the 70's and we were told to stress the importance of layering the fragrance products. My mother (born in 1916) would layer her fragrances and taught me how to apply the products. My favorite layering fragrance was Opium. My mother loved Dior perfumes/powders. My grandmother (born in 1880) used Blue Grass exclusively.
@@marthawelch4289 I wore Blue Grass for years. I came across a Blue Grass bath soap in its own soap dish at a church fund raising and thought of buying it for nostalgia. If it was still there when I was leaving, I'd buy it............By the time i went to check it out, it was gone (lol). Chanel 22 was my favourite perfume along with all the products including the dusting powder.
My grandma always had a container of dusting powder on her dresser. It seemed such an elegant, feminine thing to do. Because of that, I keep a gorgeous 1940s box of powder on display in my bathroom. Even if I don't use it, it feels like I keep a tradition going!
My mother used Youth Dew EVERYTHING; eau de parfum, body lotion, bath oil, and body powder. I didn’t find it overpowering, since she was using it from before I was born up until the day she passed away - that classic scent was just always around. I found it comforting. To this day, it reminds me of her. ❤️
I work as a healthcare assistant and we assist in personal care. Some of the elderly ladies have stuff in their wash bags which always make me think of your videos. It’s like it’s actually from that era, not just updated versions of vintage products 🤣 We always give them a choice of using their own things or hospital things and sometimes I’ve encouraged the latter as some of these things look really past their sell by date.
I love the youth dew powder by Estee. It is around $45.00 now but you just need a small amount and it will last a year. So delicious! Avon had some nice dusting powders and the containers are like artwork. I just love your videos. You pay attention to detail and have a lot of creativity to vintage products even though you are so young! Thank you for keeping the old new again!!
@@Laurajaneatelier Unfortunately, Avon no longer sells the matching powder to their fragrances. Which is sad, because I loved using them. Too many complaints about talc, I believe.
I"m a Youth Dew fan from way back, too. I really love the powder. The big square box just shouts luxury. I have one of the old Avon glass powder containers that I put my ordinary after bath powder--like Shower to Shower--in on my counter.
Ashae Burgess there’s a site called fragnitica & it has every perfume you can imagine where it lists the main notes & hundreds of comments on others take on the scents as well as comparable perfumes .
My grandmother wore Chantilly. I would describe it as sweet, vanilla, sugar. I still remember the fragrance when I think of her. Her clothes and dressing table had soaked up the fragrance. Distinct & recognizable. I may still have some of hers, but haven’t seen it lately.
I enjoy using Woods of Windsor, Yardley of London, Youth Dew, Shalimar, Beautiful and Red Door dusting powder. I collect powder boxes and transfer the powder from the metal tins to a powder box with a powder puff to apply the product. One powder that I miss most of all is Lair du temps. The packaging and vintage fragrance is divine! Unused Lair du temps dusting powder sells for a fortune online. I wish Nina Ricci would bring it back. Thanks Laura for another great video!
Laura, I can still recall we had a baby sitter that was an elderly woman ( very sweet though) and she always wore Youth Dew, and to this day, if per chance I smell that fragrance, I immediately go back to that time! Thank you for the lovely video.
I love fragrance powders but talc can be dangerous. Especially the old ones. The labels are charming & some still smell lovely. Use with care, dear ones. Love Vintage & your channel Laura! Thank you for all you do to give us these lovely moments with you. ❤️💐
I love dusting powders, so glamorous I feel like Jean Harlow getting ready for an evening whenever I used it. I like "Passion" and it has a slight lavender color to it. Dusting powders also have become unfashionable because we are so into glow these days, not matte skin.
I just found a beautiful like new Passion dusting powder at thrift the other day, I foolishly didn’t buy it. Went back today and it was still there. $6. It’s home with me now. I want to collect more!
Dusting powder is such a pleasure to wear, it's a shame that more companies don't offer it and that its becoming harder to find. And it is so much better for you then the chemically laden products such as deodorants and chaffing creams with their overpowering and conflicting fragrances.
What a beautiful collection you required! Lucky you. When I was a kid in the fifties, my grandmother used a powder that was very popular. It came in a metal container with a metal top, that was “flat”-not a good description. But it was only floral scents, such as lilac, lavender, lily of the valley, etc. But my favorite was heliotrope. Have you ever seen it? I wish I could remember the brand, but it’s been too long. I never smell heliotrope without thinking of that wonderful lady.....
This may sound odd, but I'm a Gentleman that enjoys the more elegant and even dare I say, finer small indulgences of life. Body/Dusting Powder is one of them. My Mother was a Cosmetologist and one of the things she taught me was looking good and smelling good were two sides of the same coin. So when I get ready for my day, my bath soap, shave soap, body powder and EDT should all match. When I go to the Barber he/she knows to finish the cut with a neck shave, and powder for the finish. I like Lavender, Sandalwood, Rose and Amaretto scents. However with my Yardley's Gentlemen's Classic Powder I use either the Yardley's matching EDT or Paul Sabastian Fine Cologne. I know this line of thinking works well, because I'm 63 yrs old and I still get complements from young Ladies in their 20s, 30s and 40s. One should always Look, Smell and be a Gentleman. Have a wonderful day.
I still use dusting powder :-) My grandmother always used it and I just always felt like it is a very feminine, Lady like practice :-) I like lavender the best.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation sells three dusting powders based on 18th century English recipes. The three corn-starch based powders come in rose, violet or lavender. The powders are made for and sold exclusively by Colonial Williamsburg. I bought the rose and violet powders on their website and each powder smells lovely. The powder comes in a cardboard powder box with a puff. Fyi.
I used dusting powders when I was young because they were still prevalent. This year I bought some dusting powder and a pink pouf I found on Amazon, I put the powder and pouf in a crystal dish and mainly use it after a bath. 🛀
Lovely video! It inspired me to find my Mom's and Grandmother's perfumed dusting powders that I had saved. Just smelling the fragrance when popping open the containers brought back many, many memories. Thank you for such a great vlog!
I used to use it back in the 70s when I was a teenager. Southern ladies used it to keep perspiration in check in the hot southern summers. Loved the idea but it always made me sneeze!
Some dusting powders smell better than the perfume that they combine to. I had used Tabu, Wind Song, and Chantilly dusting powders and loved them. I also used to buy Avon dusting powders but they're sadly discontinued.
My mom used the Coty face powder that had the scent of their L'Origan perfume. I just recently bought the Coty face powder myself,it is really the best I have used besides CoverGirl clean make up with the Noxema added to it.
Youth Dew is one of my favorite scents. It is a little more earthy, so if you really love forals you might not like it. Now it comes in cardboard which is a terrible idea in a bathroom. It is a great excuse for buying a vintage powder container. My grandmother's (born in 1896) signature was White Shoulders.
I started using White Shoulders dusting powder on my legs after shaving in the 70s. My skin would not only smell lovely it was velvety smooth. I liked the perfume very much and wore White Shoulders products until the late 80s when I was working with a man who couldn't bear perfumes. I never thought of it as a means of preventing unpleasant body odors. I applied it after my bath, especially before a date with someone I liked, and considered it an product of attraction.
I really enjoyed seeing these powders Laura. We used to dust ourselves with them after bath or shower, and there was something very fresh, clean and relaxing about the fragrance. Brings back memories. The Ponds Dreamflower was pretty. The puffs were usually very fluffy. 🌹⚘🌿
I come from a long line of dusting powder users! My grandmother used White Shoulders and Chattily. My Mom used Coty’s Lily if the Valley. Both of them always had containers on their dressing tables. I have Coty Lily if the Valley on mine. I have also used Yardley’s Old English Lavender. My daughter bought the entire Crabtree and Evelyn’s line of Lily if the Valley. You should look up The Vermont Country Store up! They sell many vintage perfumes and dusting powders. I remember so many of them when I was a child. Thank you for your wonderful channel!!
My grandmother and Mom always wore dusting powder. I used it as a young girl for awhile. I wouldn't mind making my own or if I could find a talc free one. I remember the Myrurgia Maja dusting powder with the flamenco dancer on the label and red and black packaging. I think they still make it.
I love dusting powders especially the Yardley of London floral ones. I have an antique powder bowl that I decant the powder into rather than using it from the tin.xx
Love the video . I used dusting powder in the early 70’s.... love had 1 and I also always wore WhiteShoulders then... thanks for bring back many memories
My great grandmother used to wear the Tabu cologne all the time. Recently I bought a bottle and wore it around my mother, she got all sad and said "you smell like grandma". I bought her her own bottle to always have her grandmothers favorite purfume with her, and it very quickly became one of my favorites.
I actually use a Soap and Glory dusting powder from Boots for special occasions when going out not very often this year but still just adds something special to getting ready for an event!
My mother sold Avon back in the early to mid-60's so I remember all of their vintage bath powders well. My favorite was a floral scent called Here's My Heart. I loved using powder after a bath over the years. I loved Love's Baby Soft and Love's Fresh Rain, which I used to get for Christmas when I was in high school. Unfortunately, talc fell out of favor when it was linked to cancer in women. But many companies still sell it in gift sets, but the talc is replaced by corn starch.
You have a Lovely Collection🌹. AVON had very nice items too I recall my Mother & the "Avon Lady" in our dining room with all her Colognes, Powders spread out on the table. c.1960s Would love to see some of those pretty vintage Avon items.
Lack of air conditioning for most of the 20th century also played a role in the popularity of dusting powder. In hot humid climates, powder helped one feel a bit more comfortable and prevent chafing. Some household hints recommended sprinkling powder on sheets at night.
I use to use white shoulders I have some I got from an antique store just for the vintage container. I ordered ponds dream flower from Ebay and I love it
I love dusting powder. Very nice to use after a bath or shower, before bed, or going out. Really helps on a hot day. Unfortunately, many of the companies pulled perfumed talcum powder from their lines because of the scare a few years ago. I only found a few yardley powder products at Tuesday Morning. Would love to find vintage ones. Thanks for a lovely video.
I remember using Jontue dusting powder with the Jontue perfume. I still have some Jontue perfume. I think dusting powder has been phased out. I actually got some Avon dusting powder for Christmas this past year. It is in a shaker bottle instead of a box.
When I was a little girl in the 80s, my Granny had one in her bathroom. I would be so excited for bath time. She would a little on me and it had a little shimmer to it. ❤
One of my earliest memories is sneaking into my mom’s room and using a powderpuff of Chanel 19 all over when I got out of the bath. I wish she still had the empty container since they stopped making it. I still remember how pretty it was, a white square lid with rounded corners and the Chanel logo that fit onto a black base that showed at the very bottom. I’m sure it wasn’t a big container but to me as a kid it was huge.
Dear Laura, thank you for another great video. I truly enjoy following your channel. I love dusting powders and I have been using some in the past. Mostly Youth Dew as you know I love that perfume. Also from Estée Lauder, White Linen was my favorite. When they reissued Houbigant in the 80’s, I bought some of their dusting powders as their packaging was spectacular. Like you, I love vintage powder boxes. I like the scintillating ones for my cleavage.
This was an absolutely outstanding video ❤ I really enjoyed it. I just want you to know that I find your channel incredibly inspiring, I love it so so much. Also, I have a video suggestion which you might enjoy, I was wondering about you doing a reaction to some vintage commercials (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s,90s) , I'd love to see that. Laura, when I click on your lovely videos, the first thing I see is your incredibly beautiful smile. I hope you're doing well ❤ you are a big inspiration to me
Thanks for the fabulous video! I need the Blue Grass body powder since I own the cream deodorant and eat de toilette lol. The vintage Candid by Avon powder is great! Omg didn’t know Revlon had a Ciara dusting powder, I have the eau de cologne 100%.
While talc is not good for especially inhaled, a single ingredient or two is not that bad if precautions are taken such as not inhaling the talc unlike most products today where the entire product is dangerous to use. Most synthetic chemicals nowadays are toxic even in small quantities. That is why people nowadays have to watch their "chemical loads" which is a term used to monitor how much your body us absorbing from all sources.
Most popular cosmetic face powders still contain talc, which talcum powder is made from. Two that do are Cody Airspun and Cover Girl Loose Powder, as well as Clinique. A number of brands, such as Avon, offer some talc-free formulas.. The cancer issue is linked to if the talc came in contact with asbestos.
@@NancyL0220 Yes you are correct, TONS of makeup (eyeshadows, bronzers etc.) still contain Talc because there is no clear, proven link to cancer from talc therefore it hasn't been banned. We have to think, literally BILLIONS of people and babies were just dowsed in it for over 200 hundred years. If there was a clear link, we would have seen it, like we have with asbestos.
I’m just wondering if they could make Tin containers back in the 1940s since they were using metal towards the war effort during World War II. I’m just not sure though. Love this video, Laura.💄
I used Loves Baby Soft as a teenager.I grew up with all the older women in my life using powder then lightly spraying perfume on.My Mum used Cachet,Tabu,Wind Song.My favorite was Chantilly that my god mother used.It smelled way better than the perfume in my opinion.And the puff was so soft and velvety.She would let me use a little on my arms.I felt like beautiful princess. Also growing up my Dad used Old Spice.He had what was called after shave talc.He used it quite a bit
YAY !!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW IM WAITING FOR YOU TO COME UP WITH A FACE POWDER COLLECTION WITH BIG PUFFS... PLEASE. CHANEL No 5 MAKES AN EXQUISITE BODY POWDER. BUT IS HARD TO FIND.
One post said if you use lotion first, then press the powder onto your skin, it helps prevent the powder from floating in the air. I’m going to try it!
I’m really thinking about trying dusting powder. I have fairy dust by lush and plan to put it in a container with a puff to use to feel classy and sophisticated. I really don’t want one with talc so this will be a nice introduction for me. 😊 thanks for the video I enjoyed watching and learning.
We always had Youth Dew powder in the bathroom ...love it....i have White Diamonds , White Shoulders, Cache" Enjoli!thes last foundat antique store.....love b p ..keeps you feeling wonderful .& dry...i put on CutiePie & 2 other pups...BUT have been in COSMETICS my whole life.....love perfumes sachets, £powder makeup.......oh MY GOSH RICHARD HUDNUT" ive gota ole face creame jar by him...!! Neat....guess what! He was Rudolph Valentinos Father in Law......interesting
I have been using powder for the past 3 years - I suffer from hot flashes and it helps keep me dry and cool. The only brand of dusting power I could find at CVS was this brand called Maja. Very pretty musky scent. Have you heard of this brand? I would love some information on it
I just love your podcasts very interesting , could you please tell us where you found all of them. Like, do you find alot of your stuff at estate or yard sales? Do you find them in antique stores? I mean the ones that you cannot buy now.
I had the same problem,but now I apply lotion first,from a scent that compliments the powder,and then press the powder with a poof so it doesn’t float away.
Cinnabar was first issued by Estee Lauder as a "soft Youth Dew" in 1978, (and was compared to YSL's Opium). That was my signature fragrance in the 1980s, and I still have the original scent in a dusting power. This came packaged in a beautiful deep red box with a very nice puff, and a Chinese symbol decoration. Cinnabar was reformulated and relaunched in 2015, and sadly (IMHO) is definitely lighter now. If looking for a less heavy version of the classic, you could try that.
I later with the white Diamonds perfume and then the dusting powder omg my favorite been using it for years so has my mom please try the dusting powder so many compliments.
I sold fragrances in a department store in the 70’s. We were encouraged to promote layering fragrance to extend the lasting power of the fragrance. We would first apply the fragranced lotion to skin, preferably directly after bathing while the skin was still damp, then the spray or splash fragrance followed by the body powder. It really did keep the fragrance from fading. Most fragrances today do not offer the full line of products, unfortunately.
I agree, it is nice to be able to layer fragrance and it is a shame that more companies dont offer dusting powder anymore. Dusting powder, especially a fragranced powder is such a pleasure to wear. Now you can by chafing cream and deodorants, but with the competing fragrances and the chemicals they are worth it.
I can still get matching powder and lotion for my Youth Dew, and keep the full line at all times. I have a half full box of Cinnabar powder that I bought before they quit making it. I'm very sparing with it. Sometimes I take the lid off just to smell it. The only other big name dusting powder I have right now is the one to go with my Red Door perfume. I absolutely hate that the matching powder and lotion are available for so few perfumes.
Yes! I worked as a makeup artist in the 70's and we were told to stress the importance of layering the fragrance products.
My mother (born in 1916) would layer her fragrances and taught me how to apply the products. My favorite layering fragrance was Opium. My mother loved Dior perfumes/powders. My grandmother (born in 1880) used Blue Grass exclusively.
@@marthawelch4289 I wore Blue Grass for years. I came across a Blue Grass bath soap in its own soap dish at a church fund raising and thought of buying it for nostalgia. If it was still there when I was leaving, I'd buy it............By the time i went to check it out, it was gone (lol). Chanel 22 was my favourite perfume along with all the products including the dusting powder.
linda brown Aww, I remember Chanel no.22 , I had it long ago. 🙂
My grandma always had a container of dusting powder on her dresser. It seemed such an elegant, feminine thing to do. Because of that, I keep a gorgeous 1940s box of powder on display in my bathroom. Even if I don't use it, it feels like I keep a tradition going!
My mother used Youth Dew EVERYTHING; eau de parfum, body lotion, bath oil, and body powder. I didn’t find it overpowering, since she was using it from before I was born up until the day she passed away - that classic scent was just always around. I found it comforting. To this day, it reminds me of her. ❤️
I make my own with cornstarch and essential oils.
Oh neat I will have to try that
I've done that, too. I used perfume scented cotton ball inside for smell.
I work as a healthcare assistant and we assist in personal care. Some of the elderly ladies have stuff in their wash bags which always make me think of your videos. It’s like it’s actually from that era, not just updated versions of vintage products 🤣 We always give them a choice of using their own things or hospital things and sometimes I’ve encouraged the latter as some of these things look really past their sell by date.
Oh fun I want to know what products they use. That would be a fun video
Laura Jane Atelier lots of Yardley, Anne French, Ponds and Nivea but not in current packaging. Oh and Oil of Ulay
I love the youth dew powder by Estee. It is around $45.00 now but you just need a small amount and it will last a year. So delicious! Avon had some nice dusting powders and the containers are like artwork. I just love your videos. You pay attention to detail and have a lot of creativity to vintage products even though you are so young! Thank you for keeping the old new again!!
Thanks so much! I wonder if Avon still sells them
@@Laurajaneatelier Unfortunately, Avon no longer sells the matching powder to their fragrances. Which is sad, because I loved using them. Too many complaints about talc, I believe.
I"m a Youth Dew fan from way back, too. I really love the powder. The big square box just shouts luxury. I have one of the old Avon glass powder containers that I put my ordinary after bath powder--like Shower to Shower--in on my counter.
We have red door, Chantilly,white shoulders,and white diamonds at Walgreens
I’m interested in chantilily can you compare it to a modern perfume so I get a sense of its scent identity ?
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I too would be interested and a scent comparison of Chantilly. I’ve never smelled or heard of it before.
I used to wear Red Door in high school when I’m not in school, like for church & parties.
Ashae Burgess there’s a site called fragnitica & it has every perfume you can imagine where it lists the main notes & hundreds of comments on others take on the scents as well as comparable perfumes .
My grandmother wore Chantilly. I would describe it as sweet, vanilla, sugar. I still remember the fragrance when I think of her. Her clothes and dressing table had soaked up the fragrance. Distinct & recognizable. I may still have some of hers, but haven’t seen it lately.
I enjoy using Woods of Windsor, Yardley of London, Youth Dew, Shalimar, Beautiful and Red Door dusting powder. I collect powder boxes and transfer the powder from the metal tins to a powder box with a powder puff to apply the product. One powder that I miss most of all is Lair du temps. The packaging and vintage fragrance is divine! Unused Lair du temps dusting powder sells for a fortune online. I wish Nina Ricci would bring it back. Thanks Laura for another great video!
My mom still uses the White Shoulders powder. The smell reminds me of my childhood and watching her get glammed up for date night.
Laura, I can still recall we had a baby sitter that was an elderly woman ( very sweet though) and she always wore Youth Dew, and to this day, if per chance I smell that fragrance, I immediately go back to that time! Thank you for the lovely video.
It’s amazing how scent reactivates memory.
I love fragrance powders but talc can be dangerous. Especially the old ones. The labels are charming & some still smell lovely. Use with care, dear ones. Love Vintage & your channel Laura! Thank you for all you do to give us these lovely moments with you. ❤️💐
I love dusting powder! I hope that Chanel brings back the Number 5 powder!
I adore dusting powders and have the youth dew 🎀
me to my fav always ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I love dusting powders, so glamorous I feel like Jean Harlow getting ready for an evening whenever I used it. I like "Passion" and it has a slight lavender color to it. Dusting powders also have become unfashionable because we are so into glow these days, not matte skin.
I just found a beautiful like new Passion dusting powder at thrift the other day, I foolishly didn’t buy it. Went back today and it was still there. $6. It’s home with me now. I want to collect more!
I have a vintage set of Tabu: bath oil, cologne, and powder. Such a luxurious treat. You have a wonderful collection!
Dusting powder is such a pleasure to wear, it's a shame that more companies don't offer it and that its becoming harder to find. And it is so much better for you then the chemically laden products such as deodorants and chaffing creams with their overpowering and conflicting fragrances.
A staple for a lady’s boudoir! ✨
What a beautiful collection you required! Lucky you. When I was a kid in the fifties, my grandmother used a powder that was very popular. It came in a metal container with a metal top, that was “flat”-not a good description. But it was only floral scents, such as lilac, lavender, lily of the valley, etc. But my favorite was heliotrope. Have you ever seen it? I wish I could remember the brand, but it’s been too long. I never smell heliotrope without thinking of that wonderful lady.....
This may sound odd, but I'm a Gentleman that enjoys the more elegant and even dare I say, finer small indulgences of life. Body/Dusting Powder is one of them. My Mother was a Cosmetologist and one of the things she taught me was looking good and smelling good were two sides of the same coin. So when I get ready for my day, my bath soap, shave soap, body powder and EDT should all match. When I go to the Barber he/she knows to finish the cut with a neck shave, and powder for the finish. I like Lavender, Sandalwood, Rose and Amaretto scents. However with my Yardley's Gentlemen's Classic Powder I use either the Yardley's matching EDT or Paul Sabastian Fine Cologne. I know this line of thinking works well, because I'm 63 yrs old and I still get complements from young Ladies in their 20s, 30s and 40s. One should always Look, Smell and be a Gentleman. Have a wonderful day.
I still use dusting powder :-)
My grandmother always used it and I just always felt like it is a very feminine, Lady like practice :-)
I like lavender the best.
Which brand do you use?
@@Laurajaneatelier I've used different brands. right now I have a drug store brand called Spring Fresh. My favorite is Yardley Lavender, though
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❤❤ I've been using dusting powders since I was old enough to sneak some of my moms when she wasn't looking lol I love them so much.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation sells three dusting powders based on 18th century English recipes. The three corn-starch based powders come in rose, violet or lavender. The powders are made for and sold exclusively by Colonial Williamsburg. I bought the rose and violet powders on their website and each powder smells lovely. The powder comes in a cardboard powder box with a puff. Fyi.
I always loved White Shoulders and Tabu.
I remember Ponds Dream Flower... Had it growing up Dusting powder was part of beauty/ feminine hygiene for so long Great video
I used dusting powders when I was young because they were still prevalent. This year I bought some dusting powder and a pink pouf I found on Amazon, I put the powder and pouf in a crystal dish and mainly use it after a bath. 🛀
Lovely video! It inspired me to find my Mom's and Grandmother's perfumed dusting powders that I had saved. Just smelling the fragrance when popping open the containers brought back many, many memories. Thank you for such a great vlog!
I used to use it back in the 70s when I was a teenager. Southern ladies used it to keep perspiration in check in the hot southern summers. Loved the idea but it always made me sneeze!
Some dusting powders smell better than the perfume that they combine to. I had used Tabu, Wind Song, and Chantilly dusting powders and loved them. I also used to buy Avon dusting powders but they're sadly discontinued.
My mom used the Coty face powder that had the scent of their L'Origan perfume. I just recently bought the Coty face powder myself,it is really the best I have used besides CoverGirl clean make up with the Noxema added to it.
Hi! How do you add noxema? A layer of it and then cover it with powder, right?
Youth Dew is one of my favorite scents. It is a little more earthy, so if you really love forals you might not like it. Now it comes in cardboard which is a terrible idea in a bathroom. It is a great excuse for buying a vintage powder container.
My grandmother's (born in 1896) signature was White Shoulders.
I started using White Shoulders dusting powder on my legs after shaving in the 70s. My skin would not only smell lovely it was velvety smooth. I liked the perfume very much and wore White Shoulders products until the late 80s when I was working with a man who couldn't bear perfumes. I never thought of it as a means of preventing unpleasant body odors. I applied it after my bath, especially before a date with someone I liked, and considered it an product of attraction.
I really enjoyed seeing these powders Laura. We used to dust ourselves with them after bath or shower, and there was something very fresh, clean and relaxing about the fragrance. Brings back memories. The Ponds Dreamflower was pretty. The puffs were usually very fluffy. 🌹⚘🌿
I come from a long line of dusting powder users! My grandmother used White Shoulders and Chattily. My Mom used Coty’s Lily if the Valley. Both of them always had containers on their dressing tables. I have Coty Lily if the Valley on mine. I have also used Yardley’s Old English Lavender. My daughter bought the entire Crabtree and Evelyn’s line of Lily if the Valley.
You should look up The Vermont Country Store up! They sell many vintage perfumes and dusting powders. I remember so many of them when I was a child. Thank you for your wonderful channel!!
Vermont Country Store even sells Lemon Up talcum powder to match their shampoo and conditioner.😊🎉
My grandmother and Mom always wore dusting powder. I used it as a young girl for awhile. I wouldn't mind making my own or if I could find a talc free one. I remember the Myrurgia Maja dusting powder with the flamenco dancer on the label and red and black packaging. I think they still make it.
I love dusting powders especially the Yardley of London floral ones. I have an antique powder bowl that I decant the powder into rather than using it from the tin.xx
Just love that vintage packaging. I love white shoulders and wore it for years
Love the video . I used dusting powder in the early 70’s.... love had 1 and I also always wore WhiteShoulders then... thanks for bring back many memories
I do use dusting powder, especially in the spring, summer and Fall months.
hello Laura, I love your videos, I love vintage. especially hats. I use dusting powder all the time, this video is just my style. thanks for sharing.
I can't imagine not applying powder after bathing and drying off, or before dressing.
My great grandmother used to wear the Tabu cologne all the time. Recently I bought a bottle and wore it around my mother, she got all sad and said "you smell like grandma". I bought her her own bottle to always have her grandmothers favorite purfume with her, and it very quickly became one of my favorites.
This was so sweet to know, thank you for sharing…
I have always used dusting powder. I own White Diamonds, Youth Dew and used to have the Ciara which was sold in the late 1970’s or early 1980’s.
Looove Ciara!!
I love vintage and powdery perfumes ❤
I actually use a Soap and Glory dusting powder from Boots for special occasions when going out not very often this year but still just adds something special to getting ready for an event!
My mother sold Avon back in the early to mid-60's so I remember all of their vintage bath powders well. My favorite was a floral scent called Here's My Heart. I loved using powder after a bath over the years. I loved Love's Baby Soft and Love's Fresh Rain, which I used to get for Christmas when I was in high school. Unfortunately, talc fell out of favor when it was linked to cancer in women. But many companies still sell it in gift sets, but the talc is replaced by corn starch.
One you didn't mention that I enjoy is Windsong. The container is really pretty. I buy it at Walmart.
I LOVE dusting powders! Great lot that you found, too! Thanks so much for sharing, Laura!
Beautiful! 🥰 All those sweet vintage powderboxes 💕💐✨ I love the Christian Dior rose powder 🌹🌹🌹
You have a Lovely Collection🌹.
AVON had very nice items too
I recall my Mother & the "Avon Lady" in our dining room with all her Colognes, Powders spread out on the table. c.1960s
Would love to see some of those pretty vintage Avon items.
You are accumulating a vintage cosmetic and beauty collection that is museum worthy!
Lack of air conditioning for most of the 20th century also played a role in the popularity of dusting powder. In hot humid climates, powder helped one feel a bit more comfortable and prevent chafing. Some household hints recommended sprinkling powder on sheets at night.
Ooh I love the powder on sheets idea!
I use to use white shoulders I have some I got from an antique store just for the vintage container. I ordered ponds dream flower from Ebay and I love it
Very nice! My fav powers are lavender scents! My grandma used to use them she got me into them! 💗✨
I've seen the yardley collections at the drugstore and have been wanting to try them. once the stores open up again I think I will.
I love dusting powder. Very nice to use after a bath or shower, before bed, or going out. Really helps on a hot day. Unfortunately, many of the companies pulled perfumed talcum powder from their lines because of the scare a few years ago. I only found a few yardley powder products at Tuesday Morning. Would love to find vintage ones. Thanks for a lovely video.
Oh my gosh!! I had the pink ponds one in 1979!! When I was 15, thanks for showing that, I forgot all about that, I loved it in the Summer
What a beautiful collection you have.
Please do a room tour and makeup collection ❤❤
I remember using Jontue dusting powder with the Jontue perfume. I still have some Jontue perfume. I think dusting powder has been phased out. I actually got some Avon dusting powder for Christmas this past year. It is in a shaker bottle instead of a box.
When I was a little girl in the 80s, my Granny had one in her bathroom. I would be so excited for bath time. She would a little on me and it had a little shimmer to it. ❤
One of my earliest memories is sneaking into my mom’s room and using a powderpuff of Chanel 19 all over when I got out of the bath. I wish she still had the empty container since they stopped making it. I still remember how pretty it was, a white square lid with rounded corners and the Chanel logo that fit onto a black base that showed at the very bottom. I’m sure it wasn’t a big container but to me as a kid it was huge.
Dear Laura, thank you for another great video. I truly enjoy following your channel.
I love dusting powders and I have been using some in the past. Mostly Youth Dew as you know I love that perfume. Also from Estée Lauder, White Linen was my favorite. When they reissued Houbigant in the 80’s, I bought some of their dusting powders as their packaging was spectacular. Like you, I love vintage powder boxes. I like the scintillating ones for my cleavage.
I loved this! Thank you Laura❤. I'm getting ready to order some!
Beautiful as always
This was an absolutely outstanding video ❤ I really enjoyed it. I just want you to know that I find your channel incredibly inspiring, I love it so so much. Also, I have a video suggestion which you might enjoy, I was wondering about you doing a reaction to some vintage commercials (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s,90s) , I'd love to see that. Laura, when I click on your lovely videos, the first thing I see is your incredibly beautiful smile. I hope you're doing well ❤ you are a big inspiration to me
I love you're channel , thanks for all you're postings
The lavender chamomile is Greenwich Bay. Also, check out the Maja line. It was Europe's Tangee!
I love beautiful by Estée Lauder. Pink is my color and the scent is me.
Yes I love that one too
Pink is your color? 😬 you and every 11 year old out there. Might want ro reconsider 🤪
I can't deal with the Youth Dew perfume but I don't mind the powder. I think it's a good alternative for very strong perfumes.
I love your sweet home very much .It is very lovely to living these days
Thanks for the fabulous video! I need the Blue Grass body powder since I own the cream deodorant and eat de toilette lol. The vintage Candid by Avon powder is great! Omg didn’t know Revlon had a Ciara dusting powder, I have the eau de cologne 100%.
Love how you do research........very intriguing....thank you Laura
it’s really sad 😞 that the stuff was cancerous all along that’s why everything is talcum free now thankfully 😅
While talc is not good for especially inhaled, a single ingredient or two is not that bad if precautions are taken such as not inhaling the talc unlike most products today where the entire product is dangerous to use. Most synthetic chemicals nowadays are toxic even in small quantities. That is why people nowadays have to watch their "chemical loads" which is a term used to monitor how much your body us absorbing from all sources.
Most popular cosmetic face powders still contain talc, which talcum powder is made from. Two that do are Cody Airspun and Cover Girl Loose Powder, as well as Clinique. A number of brands, such as Avon, offer some talc-free formulas.. The cancer issue is linked to if the talc came in contact with asbestos.
@@NancyL0220 Yes you are correct, TONS of makeup (eyeshadows, bronzers etc.) still contain Talc because there is no clear, proven link to cancer from talc therefore it hasn't been banned. We have to think, literally BILLIONS of people and babies were just dowsed in it for over 200 hundred years. If there was a clear link, we would have seen it, like we have with asbestos.
I’m just wondering if they could make Tin containers back in the 1940s since they were using metal towards the war effort during World War II. I’m just not sure though. Love this video, Laura.💄
I love the vintage packaging.😊❤
I used Loves Baby Soft as a teenager.I grew up with all the older women in my life using powder then lightly spraying perfume on.My Mum used Cachet,Tabu,Wind Song.My favorite was Chantilly that my god mother used.It smelled way better than the perfume in my opinion.And the puff was so soft and velvety.She would let me use a little on my arms.I felt like beautiful princess.
Also growing up my Dad used Old Spice.He had what was called after shave talc.He used it quite a bit
I use to use them as a kid in the early 70s. One of my favorite gifts from Santa.
Oh how cute! 🐾
YAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW IM WAITING FOR YOU TO COME UP WITH A FACE POWDER COLLECTION WITH BIG PUFFS... PLEASE. CHANEL No 5 MAKES AN EXQUISITE BODY POWDER. BUT IS HARD TO FIND.
Love the channel bit of trivia for you Richard Hudnut was the stepfather of Natscha Rambova who was married to Rudolph Valentino
My mom loves the woods of Windsor powder it smells really nice 💖🌸💖
I use the windsor lavender it has a very warm scent in my opnion almost citrusy i do want to try the rose one though
I love to use dusting powder after a shower, but it goes everywhere! No way to really prevent that I guess. Thank you for the video!!
One post said if you use lotion first, then press the powder onto your skin, it helps prevent the powder from floating in the air. I’m going to try it!
I’m really thinking about trying dusting powder. I have fairy dust by lush and plan to put it in a container with a puff to use to feel classy and sophisticated. I really don’t want one with talc so this will be a nice introduction for me. 😊 thanks for the video I enjoyed watching and learning.
We always had Youth Dew powder in the bathroom ...love it....i have White Diamonds , White Shoulders, Cache" Enjoli!thes last foundat antique store.....love b p ..keeps you feeling wonderful .& dry...i put on CutiePie & 2 other pups...BUT have been in COSMETICS my whole life.....love perfumes sachets, £powder makeup.......oh MY GOSH RICHARD HUDNUT" ive gota ole face creame jar by him...!! Neat....guess what! He was Rudolph Valentinos Father in Law......interesting
Shocked Maja didn't make this list still one of my favorites
I remember when I was little and my nan would pad this on my toes after a bath ☺️
I have been using powder for the past 3 years - I suffer from hot flashes and it helps keep me dry and cool. The only brand of dusting power I could find at CVS was this brand called Maja. Very pretty musky scent. Have you heard of this brand? I would love some information on it
They sell the perfume and soup at Vermont Country Store I think.
I just love your podcasts very interesting , could you please tell us where you found all of them. Like, do you find alot of your stuff at estate or yard sales? Do you find them in antique stores? I mean the ones that you cannot buy now.
Ooh I want to try these now!!
Yes they are so fun
I enjoy using dusting powders. I like the soft scent of them. But how can I keep the amount of dust from floating around everywhere?
I had the same problem,but now I apply lotion first,from a scent that compliments the powder,and then press the powder with a poof so it doesn’t float away.
@@barbara9315 I always use a puff unless I am at the gym then I use a shake container.
I had the same question!
I have White Shoulders dusting powder..use it after my shower or bath.😊❤💐
The last dusting powder I remember using was Xanadu by Fabergé in the 70's
My mom wore Tweed when i was a kid! Forgot all about it, thanks for the memories.
I know I have three in my collection and they smell like roses vary strong.
Those colours look really good on you (dress, lipstick) together!
My favorite is Neiges by Lise Waiter.
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing this!
Youth Dew dusting powder is not as strong as the perfume. I don’t like the perfume but love the powder. Try it I think you will like it.
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Thanks for the info. Like you, I don’t like the perfume but now I’ll check out the powder.
Cinnabar was first issued by Estee Lauder as a "soft Youth Dew" in 1978, (and was compared to YSL's Opium). That was my signature fragrance in the 1980s, and I still have the original scent in a dusting power. This came packaged in a beautiful deep red box with a very nice puff, and a Chinese symbol decoration. Cinnabar was reformulated and relaunched in 2015, and sadly (IMHO) is definitely lighter now. If looking for a less heavy version of the classic, you could try that.
Love watching your videos. I'm a fan
Hi there yes back in the day! The talc is linked to ovarian cancer so is not being produced in the US Avon. Had match powder to their cologne.
I later with the white Diamonds perfume and then the dusting powder omg my favorite been using it for years so has my mom please try the dusting powder so many compliments.