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What's the chances of this brand of rouge still existing?
  • JamiSingsJamiSings
    Alright, so if anyone hasn't noticed my mentioning this before, I am a huge Barry Manilow fan. His newest album, The Greatest Love Songs, has I Can't Give You Anything But Love on it which has the lyric "Diamond bracelets Woolworth's doesn't sell, baby."
    Well, the Woolworth's line brought back memories of my Grandma Pavlick. Every winter she'd come out to California for 3 months. Grandma wore makeup every single day, especially rouge. And when she'd run out we'd make the trip to Woolworth's. I can remember her and mom going through the rouge, and later when I was able to read, I helped. My little hands pawing through a big bin of tiny black tins.
    I remember the rouge came in little black tins decorated with gold flowers. They were about as big around as a quarter and probably five to seven quarters thick, maybe more. Mom thinks the brand name was La Petite.
    Since Woolworth's - in America and the UK at least - doesn't exist anymore, I'm sure the rouge doesn't either. And yet I would dearly love to find some. I've cruised a few Woolworth's online, but they're mostly children's stuff and absolutely no makeup.
    So how about it? Does anyone remember a rouge in a tiny black tin with gold flowers? And does it exist anymore?
  • wizzie
    The rouge/blusher in that style of pot is still made by Bourjois (an offshoot of Chanel).
  • JamiSingsJamiSings
    Thanks, Wizzie. Have to check it out.
    It wouldn't be the same, obviously. I can remember when grandma's would get down to the point where it was just residue in the edges she'd let me have it. Enough for one or two uses. But she had dark hair and dark eyes while I am fair of both and fair skinned. So the dark red that looked so natural on her make me look like a clown!
  • wizzie
    Don't know if links work on this site, but this is the one I'm thinking of

    http://www.makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/ItemId=10176/rose_d_or/Bourjois/Blush
  • JamiSingsJamiSings
    That almost seems similiar to grandma's, though her's was kind of creamy.
  • wizzie
    This cosmetic is not creamy at all....it's like a hard baked powder and goes on sheer.

    In the UK, this brand was sold at all Woolworth counters and dates right back to the 1930's/40's as far as I know. It stopped being sold there when Chanel bought out Bourjois.
  • JamiSingsJamiSings
    Grandma's I'm sure was creamy because I can remember it starting as a bright spot of color on both cheeks, then she'd rub it in until it looks natural.
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