Shampoo

Pack of two unopened olive oil powder shampoo sachets. Stored in original paper packaging printed in green, black, yellow and white with a central image of a woman with fair hair and the heading 'Palmolive Shampoo the secret of lovely hair for all shades of hair the olive oil shampoo'. Additional information on the reverse states the shampoo was made from a blend of olive and palm oils and kept the scalp healthily clean'. This pack was manufactured under war conditions, on the reverse is printed 'wartime pack reduced in size but contains two full shampoos as before'. Although cosmetics were not rationed during the war, their manufacture was controlled to prevent unnecessary packaging and excessive and extravagant production.