Category Archives: skincare in movies

Dead Ringers (1988)

Beverly Mantle (Jeremy Irons) is often shown in his bathroom. The scene in which he opens a mirrored cabinet gives us the chance to see what’s in it, besides medicines and medications.

On the second shelf from the top there’s a can of Barbasol shaving cream.

On the third shelf from the top there’s a Borsalino product. The eau de toilette and ancillary products are featured throughout the film. In this specific case, I can’t decide if it’s a small can of deodorant or of shaving cream.

On the bottom shelf there’s a jar of Noxzema greaseless and medicated skin cream.

Later in the film, the presence of Borsalino products gets more prominent.

In the screencap above we can see the eau de toilette. This chypre fragrance was launched in 1984.

There’s also a can of shaving cream.

This screencap has been discussed in fragrance forums since forever. The Borsalino bottle has always been identified as the eau de toilette, but I can finally say it’s not!

It’s a black glass bottle containing Borsalino shower gel. The bottle that holds the eau de toilette is brown and made of clear glass, so it is definitely not that one.

Taking Care of Business (1990)

Debbie Lipton (Anne De Salvo) works at the Chanel beauty counter at I. Magnin luxury department store in Los Angeles. She may be loud and very chatty with her former high school classmate Spencer (one of the protagonists), but she looks very classy and professional at her workplace.

Besides her lovely Chanel black-and-white outfit, she’s surrounded by a beautiful selection of skincare, cosmetics and fragrances by the French maison.

Behind Debbie there’s a Chanel skincare counter. It’s impossible to tell what those glass bottles contained, but I’m pretty sure one of them was Lotion Douce (shown above in a 1978 advert).

Hard not to notice the huge factice bottle of Chanel Coco eau de toilette, an amber/warm spicy fragrance by Jacques Polge launched in 1984. The advert above, starring Inès de la Fressange, was released in 1989.

Right in front of Coco there’s a bottle of Chanel No. 5, the classic floral aldehyde fragrance by Ernest Beaux launched in 1921.

The white pump bottles are body lotion/body emulsion testers. Hard to tell what fragrance these were ancillary products of.

The atomisers in front of the pump bottles contained No. 22 (white atomiser) and No. 19 (steel grey atomiser). No. 22, a white floral fragrance by Ernest Beaux, was originally launched in 1922; on the other hand, No. 19, a green floral fragrance by Henri Robert, was launched in 1970.

A different angle reveals another factice – a massive black glossy case of Chanel Lift Sérum, an anti-aging product launched in the late 1970s.

There are also several black boxes, possibly containing compacts. Moreover, just below the oval mirror on the right there’s a Les 4 Ombres eyeshadow palette.

Debbie has helped Spencer (Charles Grodin) with his misadventures; before getting his privileged life back, he gives her a dalmatian puppy as a thank-you gift. I’m sure Debbie and the puppy will become best friends in no time.

Behind Spencer and Jimmy (Jim Belushi) there’s an interesting Christian Dior product. The front label is not fully visible, but I managed to identify this white pump bottle as part of the Capture skincare line, shown above in a promotional card from 1987.

The Holiday (2006)

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Among the skincare products that Amanda takes to England there is Chanel Précision Rectifiance Intense retexturizing line correcting fluid.

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She loves Kiehl’s products: on the glass shelf we can see a tube of intensive treatment and moisturizer for dry or callused areas, a bottle of Creme de Corps body lotion and a cucumber bath and shower liquid body cleanser.

Behind the Kiehl’s products there’s a tube of Dermalogica Active Moist oil-free probiotic moisturizer.

Bugonia (2025)

Among the several products in Michelle’s bathroom I can see:

The tall blue bottle with bronze stopper is Augustinus Bader The Cream Cleansing Gel.

Right in front of her there’s a tube of Chanel La Mousse camellia cleansing cream-to-foam.

On the right side of the sink there’s a pump bottle of Byredo hand wash. Too bad it’s impossible to read the exact name on the front of the bottle.

After the Hunt (2025)

Lancôme Advanced Génifique youth activating concentrate can be seen reflected in the tri-fold mirror on Alma’s dressing table.

The selection of this prop is not surprising: Julia Roberts has been a brand ambassador since 2009.

Right in front of Alma (Julia Roberts) we can see a Mason Pearson boar bristle and nylon hair brush.

Black Bag (2025)

Kathryn (Cate Blanchett) is getting dressed for dinner at home. She’s putting on a pair of earrings (a gift from her husband) while sitting at her dressing table, where we can see different make-up products and fragrance bottles.

The one she reaches for and sprays on her wrists has a peculiar stopper.

It’s The Revenge of Lady Blanche by Penhaligon’s, a green floral fragrance by Daphné Bugey launched in 2016.

Among the other bottles on the table, I can see Yves Saint Laurent Y eau de toilette and two fragrances from the Replica collection by Maison Margiela. Funny how the prop master decided not to “discard before use” the plastic stoppers on the Margiela fragrances.

Y is a fresh spicy fragrance by Dominique Ropion launched in 2017. The Margiela fragrances remain unknown because the front labels are not visible.

A skincare product that makes a brief appearance in a waste paper bin is Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine cream.

Thanks to Jane Daly and Jo for submitting this post.

Lilya 4-ever (2002)

When Lilya (Oksana Akinshina) gets to Sweden, for the one and only time in her life she has the chance to bask in the beauty of products at a duty-free shop.

On the left side of the screencap we can see a large selection of Clinique skincare.

Just below there are some products from the now-defunct haircare line by the same brand.

The girl is standing in front of a set of shelves and checks perfume bottles. On the top shelf a bottle of Kenzo is half-visible. This is a floral fragrance created by Françoise Caron and launched in 1998.

On the shelf below there are two Giorgio Armani fragrances. One is Acqua di Giò, a floral fruity fragrance created by Edouard Fléchier launched in 1995.  

The other is Emporio Armani Lei, a floral fragrance by Daniela Andrier launched in 1998.  

Lilya is interested in Classique by Jean Paul Gaultier, the best-selling fragrance by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud launched in 1993.

On the bottom shelf there are some boxes of Chloé, the white floral fragrance by Betty Busse launched in 1975.

When Lilya moves around the shop, we can see a large selection of Biotherm skincare and bodycare products. In the screencap above she’s checking some skincare by the Lancôme shelf.

She shows interest for Lancôme Bi-Facil eye make-up remover.

Crossing Delancey (1988)

There are two interesting products on Isabelle’s dresser.

One is Cacharel Anais Anais, even though just the box is visible. This floral fragrance, created by Roger Pellegrino, Robert Gonnon, Paul Leger and Raymond Chaillan, was launched in 1978 and gained huge popularity in the following decade.

The other is a Clinique classic – Dramatically Different moisturising lotion.