Does Brylcreem go off, expiry date

steeljack · 30-09-2009, 05:56

Was browsing the news sites and came across a story about Brylcreem getting a new model for the product ,only the 4th in the history of the product, I thought "I've some of that stuff in the bathroom cabinet" checking the cabinet found one tub with the number 9300 on the bottom, and one tube of the stuff marked 96429 , both look and smell like what Brylcreem should .
Don't even remember why I bought the stuff , the last memory I have of Brylcreem is it being used as a massage 'oil' in a bar in Thailand in the early 80s

Anyone know how long Brylcreem lasts or have any usefull tips for any other uses , hate to throw stuff away if its worth anything .

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jaysay · 30-09-2009, 09:41

Hell SJ ain't used Brylcreem since I was knee high to a grasshopper, didn't realise they still made it until I saw the article this morning

Mick · 30-09-2009, 12:50

I would not be worried about a expiry date your putting it on your head not your toast ..........i hope

lindsay ormerod · 30-09-2009, 18:09

Most "cosmetic" style stuff like that has a use by date depending on when you opened it, suncreams usually have a little symbol of an open pot and 6 or 12 next to it meaning months after it was opened. With Brylcreem I wouldn't think it would matter to be honest, it's not gonna do you any harm, except maybe catch a few flies!

Eric · 30-09-2009, 18:18

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Originally Posted by mick

I would not be worried about a expiry date your putting it on your head not your toast ..........i hope

Shouldn't he be putting it on his hair

rather than his head?

Margaret Pilkington · 30-09-2009, 19:27

Well, I guess he has other hairy places, so maybe we should clarify it still further......it will be Ok as long as you are only putting it on the hair on your head!
(and as long as the Brylcreem isn't growing hair in the pot)

steeljack · 30-09-2009, 20:43

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

(and as long as the Brylcreem isn't growing hair in the pot)

absolutly no signs of growth of any type (fungus/mold etc) in the pot/jar , that was why I asked the original question about shelf life , although reading the ingrediants , using a magnifying glass I'm thinking the stuff is more like toxic waste from Chernoble

Margaret Pilkington · 30-09-2009, 21:07

Well, it was slapped liberally on lots of heads over the years, and none of the chaps seem to have come to much harm......ah, yes....but of course, this was long before Chernobyl.

West Ender · 30-09-2009, 22:19

Ugh it was horrible stuff, Brylcreme. It was like today's gel but greasy.

My dad used it until the early 70s. He, like me (I inherited it from him), had gone grey at a very early age and he used to flatten his hair down with the stuff. In the 70s, when he was in his 60s, longer hair became fashionable and he stopped using it - to find his hair was white and thick and curled in the nape of his neck.

Chuck it away, Steeljack. Who wants to run their fingers through a head full of lard?

MargaretR · 01-10-2009, 03:46

.....and it smells foul

jaysay · 01-10-2009, 09:12

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

.....and it smells foul

So does Chanel No 5, well it makes me cough and splutter

Eric · 01-10-2009, 18:16

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Originally Posted by jaysay

So does Chanel No 5, well it makes me cough and splutter

Time for you to choose another fragrance eh, rather than waste your money on something that makes you gag

By the way, anyone remember "Kolene" (or something like that) ... even grosser than Brylcreem ... I think that the barber on Lower Barnes Street (can't remember his name) used to have it in stock

steeljack · 01-10-2009, 18:35

Don't remember "kolene' , but remember 'Brilliantine' , think it came in an oval shaped tin , had a greenish colour to it, the stuff was thicker than axle grease. Was popular in days when men had quiffs

I'll now let Katex and MargaretR reminisce about their memories of quiffs

note to Moderators who may belong to a 'younger' generation, a quiff is not a dirty word and has no sexual or purient conotations, so no need to edit .

West Ender · 01-10-2009, 20:32

When I was in my teens the "quiff" was all the better for being styled in a "Tony Curtis", with a DA at the back. I went out with a lad who had this style and he used Brylcreme and - soap - to achieve it. He would never go out in the rain.

Eric · 02-10-2009, 18:33

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Originally Posted by West Ender

When I was in my teens the "quiff" was all the better for being styled in a "Tony Curtis", with a DA at the back. I went out with a lad who had this style and he used Brylcreme and - soap - to achieve it. He would never go out in the rain.

Given the climate over there, he must have spent a lot of time inside.