There’s a milky glass jar of Pond’s cold cream on Bree’s bedside table.
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Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
After a night of partying and reminiscing, Cecile (Jean Seberg) finally returns home, removes the elegant Givenchy dress she’s worn so far and puts her make-up off.
To do so, she uses a traditional product like Pond’s cold cream.
In front of her there are several beauty products, but the most intriguing object is the octagonal box on the right side of the vanity. Even if the label is not visible, this is definitely the box of Lucien Lelong Gardenia, a soliflore perfume launched in 1936. Too bad the wonderful fluted bottle is not out of the box.
Soapdish (1991)
Jeffrey Anderson (Kevin Kline) is a formerly famous tv actor who now works at the Opa Locka Playhouse in Florida, which also includes a messy and noisy restaurant. He’s performing as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, but he’s disenchanted and sad, as shown by his dressing room.
On the table we can see a jar of Pond’s cold cream.
Pose S01E02 (Access)
When Elektra Abundance (Dominique Jackson) visits the nail salon where Blanca (MJ Rodriguez) works, it’s clear she’s not interested in getting a manicure. She asks for a top coat on her already done nails, and she soon points out her likes and dislikes.
She likes Revlon and Max Factor nail polishes. In the adverts above (both from 1987), you can see the design these brands had for their nail varnish bottles.
She totally dislikes Yardley, the British brand founded in 1770 which was incredibly successful in the 1960s and 1970s, but lost its appeal in the 1980s.
She’s not done with Blanca: her former daughter should take better care of herself and her “ashy complexion” by using Pond’s cold cream.
In the screencap above we can see a jar of Barbicide disinfectant on Blanca’s working station.
In the meantime, Blanca is applying the top coat Elektra has asked for. It’s by Seche Vite, even if this product didn’t exist in 1987 (the brand was founded in 1991).
When Blanca puts away the top coat, we can see a display of OPI nail polishes. This is historically incorrect, since the American brand, founded in 1981, expanded its portfolio to nail lacquers in 1989, not in 1987.
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
There’s a jar of Pond’s cold cream on the table where Alice (Ellen Burstyn) is tweezing her eyebrows.
Miami Vice S01E01 (Brother’s Keeper)
There’s a jar of Pond’s cold cream in the Miami-Dade Police Department toilet where Gina (Saundra Santiago) and Sonny have a discussion.
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
The dressing table of Smith Jerrod (Jason Lewis) is very busy. I’ve spotted several Bed Head by TIGI products – Recharge shampoo in the hot pink bottle, Clean Up daily shampoo and In Check curl-defining cream (both from the Bed Head For Men line), plus MAC Face and Body foundation and a jar of Pond’s cold cream.
Mary Nolan’s Dressing Table (1940s)
There’s a jar of Pond’s cold cream on Mary Nolan’s dressing table.
The American actress started her career as a teenage model and Ziegfeld girl; unfortunately, she died in 1948 at 42, broke, depressed and almost forgotten.
Endeavour S01E01 (Girl)
There’s a jar of Pond’s cold cream on the bedside table in the bedroom of Pamela Walters (Sophie Stuckey). There’s also a round tin box of Vaseline pure petroleum jelly.
World Wide Aura 
