Whose mom had this? | TheaterFire

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CherokeeTrailHeather@reddit

My mom didn’t use bottled tanner, she lathered herself up in TANNING OIL and laid out in her plastic ass reclining lawn chair like the bad ass bitch she was.

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Wyklar2@reddit

My older sister did this. She might still do this…

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CherokeeTrailHeather@reddit

My cousins and I also took things up a notch and used Afro Sheen. (We grew up along the Gulf Coast)

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Malady1607@reddit

My friend's mom did this she laid out in her bikini made sure to undo her top so she wouldn't have a tan line in the back and she basically laid on aluminum foil, rather fancy foil mat

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texnchicago@reddit

Wonder where I can get now? Loved that stuff.

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AccordingPin1162@reddit

Boomer here. I had that stuff and so did my mom. I might still use it if I could find it. It was the perfect shade.

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alwayssearching117@reddit

It seemed to be the perfect shade on everyone. Great stuff!

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Patient_Future_9253@reddit

I had to look. Yup, Amazon has it for $27 a bottle

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alwayssearching117@reddit

I loved this stuff! I would love to find that and the colorless henna powder in a metal can.

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Nugget814@reddit

My mom had this! I wish it was still around, it really was a lovely blush for her and my own skin tone

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Additional-Alps-253@reddit

I just checked; Amazon has it. On ebay too but who knows how old those would be.

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didirollmyeyesout@reddit

Came out in 1970 so it’s Gen X not boomers

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Infinite_stardust@reddit (OP)

Yes, this is my GenX memory of my boomer mother having it. It came out in 1978, I was 7 years old and I didn't wear makeup yet. But YMMV.

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Loud_Ad_4515@reddit

I'm with you. I wasn't wearing makeup in elementary school, lol. But mom was wearing this stuff in her late twenties and early thirties, so yeah, mom of GenX kids.

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momsthoughts@reddit

I think me and my friends all had it. Ha ha. I'm very fair skin so it wasn't ideal. 😄

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PennieTheFold@reddit

Same! I wanted to be able to use it but it was way too dark for my pasty white skin.

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Butterfly_Cat777@reddit

I had this. It didn't look very good on me. But maybe it was because I was so pale, or maybe I just didn't know how to apply it properly.

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AndiPandi_@reddit

To be honest, unless you have an olive complexion it’s going to look orange on you. Trust me. Blue eyed and born blonde, now grey and that stuff was orange on me lol!😂

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I had one that I bought in 1996 on a Holland America ship somewhere in Alaska. Still had it until a few years ago. I have no idea what made me think I needed it; I think I felt bougie and important or something. Like general foods international coffee lol

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AndiPandi_@reddit

You made me giggle. I remember being a kid and thinking I was all fancy because my mom let me have some General Foods International Coffee…😂

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RemarkableMagazine93@reddit

Gen x here had my own jar and it lasted forever.

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WhatWouldKikiDo@reddit

Indian Earth. Oh lordy that stuff got everywhere - but hey, it worked!

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lelanicarver@reddit

I had it when it came out, used it for years.

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Ravenous_Ute@reddit

Totemkahmen

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HighJeanette@reddit

I have some now

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Tanyalovesclem@reddit

You unlocked such a memory🥲

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NoDiscipline4640@reddit

Mom? I have this. The jar is bottomless, apparently.

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Useful-Badger-4062@reddit

I use it, and I also had some in the 80s. But now it comes in a compact form and it’s still awesome. I use it very sparingly. The compact I have will probably last for another 30 years.

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RomulanWarrior@reddit

Site bookmarked.

Always on the prowl for new old stuff.

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Useful-Badger-4062@reddit

I’ve had this for a few years now and it seems to act and look the same as I remembered, except that I have the compact form. I use a fluffy paintbrush to apply, which is probably from the late 80s as well (I wash it periodically!)

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Key_Acanthisitta2218@reddit

I think the compact was called Terracotta Tan !

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Useful-Badger-4062@reddit

Mine just says Indian Earth “Pressed Powder”

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RedditSkippy@reddit

What is it? Blush?

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Useful-Badger-4062@reddit

It’s a highly pigmented mineral-style color powder that can be used as blush, bronzer, eye shadow…or whatever you can think of. People used to go nuts with it in the 80s. It came as a finely ground powder in a clay jar. My cousin used to use a cotton ball in the 80s to dab some off the cork top and apply it as blush/eyeshadow. I use a paintbrush very lightly and just use it as eyeshadow.

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fifilachat@reddit

Lip color too! Just add a little Vaseline on top for shine.

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she_bacon@reddit

I came here to say, "Shit!, me, I am the Mom"...

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Dazzling_Fee_3590@reddit

I used this in the 80s and I loved it. I recently bought it online and it’s still wonderful. You can use it for just about all your makeup - even nail polish!

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Key_Acanthisitta2218@reddit

Yes ! Wet the nails , dip in the color , apply clear nail polish and wash off residue !

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Basic_Marzipan_2171@reddit

OMG, I STILL have one. Inherited from my mom. She had it almost 50 yrs ago. Def not GenX.

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Infinite_stardust@reddit (OP)

Indian Earth cosmetics launched in 1978. I was 7 years old. This is my GenX memory of my mom having it. YMMV.

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Dazzling_Fee_3590@reddit

I love Indian Earth. I found it online and ordered it. It’s on my dresser right now. ❤️

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hattenwheeza@reddit

I'm Genx and had this in HS in 82

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Best_Comfortable5221@reddit

I had it!

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LightFlaky2329@reddit

Who else spilled this crap and got it all over her bathroom carpet. Yes you read that correctly. Bathroom carpet

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Arrr_jai@reddit

Why were all bathrooms carpeted back then? My grandparent's house had carpeted bathrooms and as a kid I would nap in there on the floor because the carpet there was so soft and fluffy. Kids are stupid. I mean, it's grandma's house, so it was probably pretty clean, but adult me is skeeved out that I did that.

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Labornurse59@reddit

We had carpeted bathrooms in late 80’s and I remember a “mushroom” that grew overnight behind the toilet! How f’n gross is THAT?! 🤮

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yourmomishigh@reddit

To collect the pee and poo misting that happens every time you flush.

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LightFlaky2329@reddit

That’s insane 😂

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Empty_Divide153@reddit

🙋🏻‍♀️

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Jennyreviews1@reddit

I had this hahaha

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AccomplishedIgit@reddit

What was inside?

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GreyMom13@reddit

a red-brown bronzing powder you could use for lips, cheeks, eyelids.

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AccomplishedIgit@reddit

Just loose powder?

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GreyMom13@reddit

yes

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Plenty-Cattle9791@reddit

I want some now!

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fifilachat@reddit

I got some when I was in hs!

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Wrong_Pen6179@reddit

Never saw it before!

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Responsible_Jump_669@reddit

It’s all over me just thinking about removing that cork.

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HammerSack@reddit

Absolutely! And I had the nightmare of opening one belonging to my friend’s mom out of curiosity. The panic was real.

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

My sister had this and used it during her lowrider phase.

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RandomBeverly@reddit

Wha do you mean Mom?? I had this!! lol!

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momsthoughts@reddit

Same. Ha ha. Of course I remember this.

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RomulanWarrior@reddit

Mom had some Avon stuff, but other than that, wasn't a fan.

I remember seeing her mother use cake mascara and dark lipstick.

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Witty-Cheek-1639@reddit

Turn 50 on Sunday and actually used this today. I love to tan and use this as blush and eyeshadow. I have wet it and used as lip color and eyeliner before, too! A little goes a very long way!

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Useful-Badger-4062@reddit

I only use it as eye shadow, pretty much. I’m super porcelain pale and pink toned. I still love Indian Earth though.

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Blephotomy@reddit

is that...face dirt?

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Useful-Badger-4062@reddit

Yes. Pretty face dirt.

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rainbowsdarkerside@reddit

I still have the original one my mom bought in the early 80s and, maybe10 years ago, bought a new one to compare. It still works great if you're careful with it. I had been expecting to discover that it contained lead, but apparently it is, and was, safe (though similar products might not be).

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worstpartyever@reddit

holy cow, they still make it?

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Useful-Badger-4062@reddit

Yes, I use the compact version and it’s still just as amazing.

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rainbowsdarkerside@reddit

They do!

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ToothpickIntheOcean@reddit

Omg memory unlocked

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solitudeismyjam@reddit

I forgot that existed till I saw this! I had it!

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PinkyLeopard2922@reddit

You can still get it! https://indianearthcosmetics.com/

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italianish13@reddit

Never heard of it 🤔

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Auntie_Venom@reddit

Me too! My mom has beautiful olive skin and can get tan taking out the trash at night. So she never used anything like this…

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SuckerEMC@reddit

WOW- read their story- about the financial hardship of the original owners based on lack of sales due to the generous amount of product in the jar!! Yet they still sell a giant jar for $25! And it’s obviously a lifetime supply based on these testimonials… 😂

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Big_Midnight_6632@reddit

I had it in my early teens. I loved it. If I could find it again, I would probably use it.

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smoke2957@reddit

I was just trying to remember what this was called this week. Found it on Amazon!

https://a.co/d/0i6xkeLd

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texnchicago@reddit

Thank you!

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GreyMom13@reddit

dang it got pricey!

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Conscious_Damage8678@reddit

I had it! But I could probably be your mom, so...

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Infinite_stardust@reddit (OP)

Lol, not unless you're a boomer. 😉

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KitchenManagement650@reddit

Hang on a sec... depends how old you are. I could probably be your mom and am not a boomer. And yup, we had this when I was in my 20s, but I didn't use it - some friends did.

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Br00klynBelle@reddit

Not mom. I had this!

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KitchenManagement650@reddit

My first college roommate used it ever day. Now I feel old!

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Same_Grocery7159@reddit

I'm pretty sure she still does somewhere. Same one from the day.

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Select_Dragonfly2667@reddit

Yeah, my mom still has the jar on her vanity. It’s been there for like 40 years!

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Specialist-Device-74@reddit

My mom didn't have that. I had that!! How young are you??

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Cactusblossom_thg@reddit

Yes - I had that too!

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Infinite_stardust@reddit (OP)

Lol, I looked it up and it came out in 1978. I was 7 years old and apparently my mom was an OG avid user because it was omnipresent during my formative years 🤣.

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redrumham707@reddit

In the 70s I remember the sunless tanning lotion that would turn you orange. Then in the mid to late 80 s they made better versions of it and we used that stuff too. Anything to not be pasty white in the winter.

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redrumham707@reddit

Me too! It didn’t work so well of you were wearing a light colored turtle neck. It stained visibly. Kind of embarrassing.

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Academic_Rutabaga649@reddit

Your mom

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GenX-ModTeam@reddit

Poor Behavior - No antagonism, trolling, rage farming, flame wars, juvenility, or any other overly cantankerous commentary and/or behavior will be tolerated.

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Academic_Rutabaga649@reddit

It's a gen x thing. Meant to be an enduring comment for those you are close with that get it.

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Unlikely_Tea_2038@reddit

Wow. I had completely forgotten about this. I remember stamping brown circles all over my face!

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Optimal-Ad-7074@reddit

😂😂😂

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CoastRooted@reddit

Omg. YES!!! I coveted this!!!

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Optimal-Ad-7074@reddit

me too. never get into makeup but the was so beglamoured by the idea of this.

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Necessary-Film7832@reddit

My mom and I both had it. One of us met one of their representatives and he gave us both one. They literally last forever. That was my first dive into natural makeup which I've been wearing ever since. I still love mineral makeup to this day!

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Jeannette311@reddit

My mom used this! This and oil of olay!

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Conscious_Damage8678@reddit

There is NOTHING like original pink Oil of Olay. I wish they'd bring it back.

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Ill_Ocelot7191@reddit

I still use it.

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LeftCryptographer522@reddit

Wow, seeing this just unlocked a 1985 memory of my dad...I was home for the first time after moving away for college, and instead of saying, "I missed you!", my greatest generation dad said with a big smile, "Well I certainly miss hearing the tap tap tap coming from your bathroom every morning!" That sound was from me tapping excess Indian Earth off my brush before applying it! I miss you too Daddy 0

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Tejanisima@reddit

My dad used to drive me to school a lot after we moved into a new house 1.5mi from my high school, and because I've always been a night owl, I would be putting on my makeup while sitting in the passenger seat. He constantly had to remind me not to blow on my blush brush to get the excess off because it was going to land on his dashboard. Years later he told me he almost missed that little ritual now that I was older. 🥰

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doubleohzerooo0@reddit

Dark skinned Hispanic here...

Never seen this.

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Conscious_Damage8678@reddit

From the 80s.

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Careless_Set2268@reddit

My mom preferred to lay out and get bronzed. She only wore some sparse mascara and eye shadow. Cut to years later when she had cancerous growths that had to be removed from her face 😭

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CrazyCatMadame1@reddit

What is this? 1970 here. I’ve never heard of it. Apparently my mom didn’t use it. 😆

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Inessence4@reddit

Me neither. Not even aware of them from magazine ads.

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pkgriff@reddit

I had it!

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TypePuzzleheaded6228@reddit

😂😂😂i had that!!!

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gamegrrl@reddit

I did, too!

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MaybeResponsible4290@reddit

Same, I had that!

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hnybun128@reddit

I’m 50 and have never seen this before.

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Chance-Ad-247@reddit

He'll, not my mom, ME - anyone who grew up in the 60s and 70s used this.

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Signal_Reputation640@reddit

That's what I thought. OP must be well on the young side of GenX.

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AgapeLv@reddit

Good grief. I read this as “Who’s mom IS this?” and figured that was a very…interesting…way to describe mom in an urn.

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Disastrous-Style-461@reddit

Omg! You Just busted open a neural pathway big time! lol.

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New-Reality6239@reddit

I had it when I was in high school. It was a very popular Christmas gift.

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k8freed@reddit

She did until I spilled it all over the bathroom floor.

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Infamous-Art5608@reddit

l had it and dropped the jar on a tile floor, took weeks to get it out of the grout.

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BeamMeUpSpotty@reddit

How long until that stain faded?

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Toria165@reddit

Was that the first bronzer?! I remember it, I think every girl in this country had it! That beautiful orange glowing skin looked bomb with that ‘Sun In’ orange hair!🤣🤣

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Infinite_stardust@reddit (OP)

Aw man, that Sun In orange! Looked super rad with my perm 🤣

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tallCircle1362@reddit

I wanted to love it, but it made my skin orange.

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AurorasCastle630@reddit

My Mom did and I borrowed it all the time as a kid! They still sell it on the Vermont Country Store website!

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marigoldsandviolets@reddit

My mom, hell! I had this and loved it!

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Maddie215@reddit

I almost got this on a 1999 cruise.

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JaxBoltsGirl@reddit

I got this in 2015 on a cruise. And took it back as soon as I put it on my face.

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Responsible_Jump_669@reddit

Indian Earth. Wowzers.

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Neat_Ad_3268@reddit

Not mine, but my mom used to suck her teeth at the pearl cream lady🤭

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dazylynn@reddit

Pearl Drops Tooth Polish! My teeth never felt so smooth.

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BeamMeUpSpotty@reddit

No lie, I miss Pearl Drops. As a young woman (more than 5 years ago), I would use it in the morning and then Colgate at night.

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flyingfish_roe@reddit

Oh, the Pearl Cream Lady! She came on after the Ginsu knives!

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Key-Subject8959@reddit

I remember that! I always wanted to try it!

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allmykitlets@reddit

Not my mom, me. I still have a jar of it.

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Confident-Doughnut68@reddit

Oh my gosh you just opened up a memory for me! My mom definitely had this and she was so GLAMOROUS when she got dressed up to go out

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Mobile-Piel@reddit

Wasn't it just loose bronzer? I remember seeing the magazine ad and thinking how sophisticated the art design was to not even tell me what it really was ...

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worstpartyever@reddit

Indeed, loose bronzer.... in a single color. So many people looked so bad because there was only one shade.

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Mobile-Piel@reddit

And this was before we figured out how to be more subtle with our makeup application 😂😂😂

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Komaisnotsalty@reddit

My mom was way too white Evangelical to have something 'weird' like this. This would have flagged on her 'exotic' radar and been determined to contain a demon.

...nope, not joking.

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Natre33@reddit

I believe you! Had a friend whose Mom was that way too.

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Legitimate-Dot9908@reddit

I wore this once as a teenager, saw myself in sunlight and was horrified!! Never again

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Legitimate-Dot9908@reddit

I wore this once as a teenager, saw myself in sunlight and was horrified!! Never again

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stellahella1@reddit

My friend had one. He called it 'the fart jar'.

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postprandialrepose@reddit

Some people undoubtedly tried to use it as lube.

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postprandialrepose@reddit

Some people undoubtedly tried to use it as lube.

Edit: And given the downvotes, it seems some are actually still using it as lube. Smart.

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JustFaithlessness178@reddit

Wow! In a million years I wouldn't have remembered this. I think my mom and I both tried it!

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BeigeSugar@reddit

I found my mom’s a few months ago and it’s still pretty full!

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Infinite_stardust@reddit (OP)

Lol, that's awesome!

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PBRStreetgang1979@reddit

This product probably did more to lighten your wallet than improve your face, which is probably true of most cosmetics.

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SilentRaindrops@reddit

It wasn't meant to and there were no claims of improved skin. It was a bronzer. I guess you could say it may have helped people prevent some skin damage as women may have used this instead of sitting in the sun to tan.

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Legitimate_Egg_2073@reddit

Once you have inadvertently spilled this all over mom’s vanity table there is no amount of tissues possible to wipe it up. It just smears in wider and wider circles

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