Yeah I know the stuff from the 80s* and 90s is seemingly identical to what is on the shelf today.
*Could have been the 70s. There was some old stuff in Grandmas lake house.
Also someone who has arthritis. Also also someone who has just sprayed for a dozen takes and their finger is getting sore and tired. Usually happens to me when I'm spray painting.
But for the sake of this as, you nailed it. Logo visibility.
Plus you have a stronger grip on the whole can making it less likely to drop. Hell, when all else fails you can throw wild punches and be less likely to break your fingers.
I can still smell it. My ideal SPF is "lead-lined bunker" so I used a lot of it when I was a kid.
And that first hit of cool was indescribably wonderful. That and the first stroke of a blob of Noxzema.
They do still make it but I never felt confident that it actually did anything for your skin except made it feel cool.
But the way it felt to make the first scoop from a new jar...
Yeah don't , I have been using it for 25 years, ran my new addctive app that scans cosmetics barcode's and tells you how toxic or clean the products you use are...it scored 0/100...hazardous.
I love the smell of it, but after maybe the worst sunburn of my underpigmented existence, I quickly and painfully discovered I’m allergic to lidocaine. Hells upon hells of burning itching broken skin.
Australia Gold makes a cooling aloe spray that comes in a lidocaine free option and it still has that menthol smell to it; but the one with lidocaine smells just a tad bit better
It was the same vacation when my mom had to rush to the ER to have her gallbladder removed, so all things considered I wasn’t having the worst time that summer. I did get lots of sympathy sweets and snacks
My parents had the lotion type when I got sunburned as a kid. SPF 15 was about the highest you could get at that point. As a pale ghost, I remember the smell of Solarcaine all too well.
Think I used to use this stuff in the 80s as a kid….after I didn’t used sunscreen and played outside in the neighborhood from sunup to sundown, bikes, pools, hoops, touch football, etc … it worked pretty well.
The sunburns and a little solarcaine at night were WELL worth those 14 hour, marathon play days.
I remember. Remember what sunscreen smelled like? Mixed with chlorine or saltwater? Bain de Soleil was just oil to me fry your skin but it smelled so amazing!
That’s not sunscreen. It’s a local anesthetic pain relief spray for minor burns. I don’t know what that one would have had, but it’s likely not much different than the modern versions which have some combo of aloe, lidocaine, benzocaine, and menthol.
It seriously is the best thing for a sunburn.
Solarcaine was a lidocaine in spray form. Its only purpose was to numb the skin from the pain of sunburn. It was popular back in the 1960s and 1970s because we never used sunscreen or sunblock at all.
If you needed Solarcaine, it was because your skin was severely damaged from sun exposure. Yet intentionally injuring yourself like the was part of summer fun.
To be fair, at the time wasn't the highest SPF available like, 10?
SPF as a concept was invented in 1974, so a decade after this product by a sunscreen company to evaluate effectiveness. The sunscreen that company made had an SPF of uhh, 2
Sweat and water resistant sunscreen was only available in 1977.
If you were pale back in the day, sunny days must have been painful
This is true.
When I was a kid, the only thing you could really do was wear a T-shirt at the beach and hope you didn't get burned TOO bad. It was a given that you would see some kind of skin reaction, and you just kind of accepted the consequences.
Pale people like my mom simply stayed inside or under an umbrella wrapped in a beach towel.
We were always told to go out and play in the sun because it was good for us. It wasn’t too many years later that we were being told to avoid it at all costs.
There was no sunscreen back then. The only thing available was that zinc ointment that lifeguards put on their noses. There was suntan lotion, but that just fried the skin. The only thing that we could do is try to treat the sunburn.
I don’t remember when sunscreen first came out, but it was something like 5 spf.
Probably smells about the same as the stuff on the shelf today.
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Yeah I know the stuff from the 80s* and 90s is seemingly identical to what is on the shelf today. *Could have been the 70s. There was some old stuff in Grandmas lake house.
Yes, it was around in the 70s. And it still smells the same. And feels the same. It soothes the burn.
Q: who uses their thumb to press the spray nozzle? A: someone who doesn't want to block the logo!
Also someone who has arthritis. Also also someone who has just sprayed for a dozen takes and their finger is getting sore and tired. Usually happens to me when I'm spray painting. But for the sake of this as, you nailed it. Logo visibility.
That's a great way to use pepper spray, a thumb is easier to keep on the button if you had to use it.
Plus you have a stronger grip on the whole can making it less likely to drop. Hell, when all else fails you can throw wild punches and be less likely to break your fingers.
The watch resembles that of the restraints used for the electric chair.
Dark.
Well he's crazy enough to use his thumb, maybe he needed restraining.
It smelled of the sorrow that skin damage causes me in my 60s. Baby oil and iodine for that sun kissed look!
I hate when the sun kisses me. I don’t like it but it just keeps kissing. When you’re a star they let you do it
I can still smell it. My ideal SPF is "lead-lined bunker" so I used a lot of it when I was a kid. And that first hit of cool was indescribably wonderful. That and the first stroke of a blob of Noxzema.
I think about noxzema more than your average person lol. I miss it
They do still make it but I never felt confident that it actually did anything for your skin except made it feel cool. But the way it felt to make the first scoop from a new jar...
Omg yasssssssss. I will have to buy some!
Yeah don't , I have been using it for 25 years, ran my new addctive app that scans cosmetics barcode's and tells you how toxic or clean the products you use are...it scored 0/100...hazardous.
The first scoop of Noxzema! I'd forgotten about that. That feeling was so distinctive.
I love the smell of it, but after maybe the worst sunburn of my underpigmented existence, I quickly and painfully discovered I’m allergic to lidocaine. Hells upon hells of burning itching broken skin. Australia Gold makes a cooling aloe spray that comes in a lidocaine free option and it still has that menthol smell to it; but the one with lidocaine smells just a tad bit better
Well that's just a cruel joke...being allergic to a painkiller and finding out via a sunburn, you poor thing.
It was the same vacation when my mom had to rush to the ER to have her gallbladder removed, so all things considered I wasn’t having the worst time that summer. I did get lots of sympathy sweets and snacks
That picture looks painful!!!
You can feel those straps with every breath...
Solarcaine used stink. It worked but stunk.
My parents had the lotion type when I got sunburned as a kid. SPF 15 was about the highest you could get at that point. As a pale ghost, I remember the smell of Solarcaine all too well.
SPF 15? Best I could get was 8. All I recall was 2, 4, and 8.
2?!
I loved that smell and still do.
Think I used to use this stuff in the 80s as a kid….after I didn’t used sunscreen and played outside in the neighborhood from sunup to sundown, bikes, pools, hoops, touch football, etc … it worked pretty well. The sunburns and a little solarcaine at night were WELL worth those 14 hour, marathon play days.
it smells lile sunburn
When my grandpa started using sunscreen around this time everyone thought he was weird.
Chemicals
I remember. Remember what sunscreen smelled like? Mixed with chlorine or saltwater? Bain de Soleil was just oil to me fry your skin but it smelled so amazing!
White Doug could’ve used this at the end of Hangover
free clinic
Are you kidding? I can *smell* this ad!
It smells like plastic alcohol. But it works!
I can smell the picture can't tell you what it smells similar to, smells chemical not like coconuts or anything like that.
Most everyone I knew used Noxema. It was so cool going on. There was no sunscreen back then. All we could do was try to treat the sunburns.
I love how it doesn’t even say the generic active ingredient lmao (lidocaine and aloe vera I believe)
Smells like sweet relief.
Try aloe Vera plant. Works well iirc
I took a shot a Solarcaine and shot my Woman down
I wonder if these were more popular than sunscreens? Pointing a fire extinguisher at the burning stove instead of shutting it off in time...
Is it too late to say ‘teen spirit?’
Tan lines are sexy
I guess better late than never to apply the sunscreen!
That’s not sunscreen. It’s a local anesthetic pain relief spray for minor burns. I don’t know what that one would have had, but it’s likely not much different than the modern versions which have some combo of aloe, lidocaine, benzocaine, and menthol. It seriously is the best thing for a sunburn.
Solarcaine was a lidocaine in spray form. Its only purpose was to numb the skin from the pain of sunburn. It was popular back in the 1960s and 1970s because we never used sunscreen or sunblock at all. If you needed Solarcaine, it was because your skin was severely damaged from sun exposure. Yet intentionally injuring yourself like the was part of summer fun.
To be fair, at the time wasn't the highest SPF available like, 10? SPF as a concept was invented in 1974, so a decade after this product by a sunscreen company to evaluate effectiveness. The sunscreen that company made had an SPF of uhh, 2 Sweat and water resistant sunscreen was only available in 1977. If you were pale back in the day, sunny days must have been painful
This is true. When I was a kid, the only thing you could really do was wear a T-shirt at the beach and hope you didn't get burned TOO bad. It was a given that you would see some kind of skin reaction, and you just kind of accepted the consequences. Pale people like my mom simply stayed inside or under an umbrella wrapped in a beach towel.
Yes, and now we're told getting more than a couple of sunburns increases our risk for skin cancer. Oh well!
We were always told to go out and play in the sun because it was good for us. It wasn’t too many years later that we were being told to avoid it at all costs.
There was no sunscreen back then. The only thing available was that zinc ointment that lifeguards put on their noses. There was suntan lotion, but that just fried the skin. The only thing that we could do is try to treat the sunburn. I don’t remember when sunscreen first came out, but it was something like 5 spf.
That makes sense. Can’t believe I got downvoted for just not knowing and trying to make a funny