When Sara (Kate Winslet) and Brad (Patrick Wilson) first meet at the local swimming pool, she asks him to apply sunscreen on her back. The product he uses is Alba Botanica Hawaiian sunscreen with aloe vera.
Category Archives: bodycare in movies
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
There’s a pump bottle of Soft Sense skin lotion on Paige’s vanity.
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)
In Sierra’s bathroom there are Lily of the Desert 99% aloe gelly and two Nair products – the hair remover lotion with aloe and lanolin and Sprays Away hair remover.
Thanks to Emily for the ids.
La stanza del vescovo (1977)
There are several bottles on the vanity in Charlotte’s bedroom, among which two Hermès perfumes.
One is on the left of the wooden table watch: it’s Equipage, the first masculine perfume released by the French fashion house. Created by Guy Robert, it was launched in 1970.
The other is on the right side of the dresser: it’s Calèche, another creation by Robert, launched in 1961.
If you’ve seen the film, or read the Piero Chiara novel of the same title, you’ll know there’s a problem with both of these perfumes: the story is set in the Lago Maggiore area in 1946, so the Hermès perfumes (launched decades later) are historically inaccurate. I understand why the prop masters chose them, though: they were popular when the film was made and their bottles are beautiful.
On the vanity there’s also a tin can of Borotalco Roberts talcum powder.
¡Átame! (1989)
When Ricky (Antonio Banderas) breaks into Marina’s apartment, he follows her around. When they’re in the bathroom, he comments it looks like a pharmacy. But the woman doesn’t keep medicines only in there: there’s also a bottle of Chanel Coco bath gel.
Eight years later, this bath gel would appear in Carne trémula.
Performance (1970)
Turner (Mick Jagger) is a former rock star who lives in London’s Notting Hill with two women, Pherber (Anita Pallenberg) and Lucy (Michèle Breton). The famous scene where they’re taking a bath in the same tub features interesting products.
First of all, there’s a bottle of Hermès Calèche, created in 1961 by Guy Robert.
On the marble shelf by the tub there’s also a flacon montre of Guerlain Vol de Nuit (see the teal disk).
On the same shelf, on the right, there’s the unmistakable blue bottle of a bubble bath popular in the 1960s/1970s – L’Oreal Obao, the “bain bleu moussant”.
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
There’s a tin bottle of Avon Timeless perfumed talc in Alex’s bathroom. The graphics on the packaging are the ones seen on the cardboard talc shaker above.
National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985)
In the second movie of the original trilogy, the Griswolds win a trip to Europe. Before leaving for London, Clark takes a video of his wife Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo) doing a dancing routine. The scene is set in their bathroom, so some beauty products and toiletries can be seen.
On the marble counter behind Ellen there’s a pump tube of Colgate toothpaste.
There’s also a bottle of Oil of Olay moisturizer.
From another angle, we can see a bottle of Johnson and Johnson’s baby powder.
Next to it, there’s a big jar of Nivea creme.
Late Night (2019)
There’s Aveeno daily moisturizing lotion on Katherine Newbury’s vanity.
Cruising (1980)
I really like the arrangement in Nancy’s bathroom: it’s a small space, so the toiletries are displayed on a metal shelving unit facing a window.
The first product I’ve noticed is on the second top shelf (just above Steve’s shoulder): it’s a bottle of the ever-present Old Spice after shave. On the same shelf there’s another interesting product, but more about it later.
On the bottom shelf there are Rise shaving foam and a jar of Pond’s peach cold cream.
One of the last scenes of the film is set in the bathroom again, and we can get a better look at the product previously mentioned. It’s a black bottle of Après Soleil by Bain de Soleil, an after-tan lotion which can be seen in a 1977 advert featuring Rene Russo.
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