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Below are hair products produced by Shulton more or less in chronological order.  Prices shown are representative from EBay sales.  Click the pictures for a larger view.

 

Brilliantine
1954

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1960

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1963

Brilliantine  $15

Brilliantine was the first Shulton hair product, and sold from 1954 to 1973.  It came in these 1.25 ounce bottles and sold for about 60 cents originally.  This is the original jar sold until 1960.  On the bottle opposite "Old Spice" is the word "Brilliantine"  

From 1960 to 1962, the jar was clear with gold lettering and the top was white with a ship in a gold circle. 

From 1963 until 1973 the lettering on the jar was white, and the lid held a ship in a gold circle in the center with "Old Spice Brilliantine" around the edge..  Brilliantine was product id 392 until 1962 after which it was product 3920.


1959-1962


1963-1980

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Short Cut   $12

Short Cut is the first hair product produced by Shulton (product id 360).   It was sold from 1959 until 1980, held 1.75 ounces and originally sold for 50 cents. 

The original style is shown at top and appeared from 1959 until 1962.  

From 1963 until 1980, it appeared as shown in the middle (product id 3600).

It also came in a 1.75 ounce tube shown at bottom.  

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1956

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1965

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1973

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1978

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Post 1980

Shampoo For Men  $20

Old Spice shampoo was sold from about 1956 into the 1980s.  The original package was a 7 ounce white plastic squeeze bottle showing a blue ship above red script "Old Spice" above "Shampoo for Men" in blue lettering (product id 395).  This item sold from from 1956 to 1960.  

From 1960 to 1962, the same shampoo was sold as product id 347. The product id changed again in 1962 to 3654, in use until 1980.  The volume was 7 oz through this period except for 1968-1970 when it was 7 3/8 oz.  

In 1954 Shulton introduced a larger 16 oz bottle (product id 3651) sold until 1980.

Around 1965 the packaging changed to a clear plastic bottle shown at left, and sold in 7 3/8 and 16 ounce sizes. By 1970 the smaller bottle was back to 7 ounces.  

In 1973, the volume was added to the packaging, in white lettering (barely visible at left!) below the word "Shampoo." A smaller travel size, 2.25 ounces was also introduced in 1965.

The packaging changed one last time in 1978 when the white ship dropped down below the word Shampoo.  

Shown at the bottom is a travel size (2 oz) dating after 1980

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1956-1960

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1960-1972

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circa 1968

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1973

Hair Tonic (Cream)

Hair Tonic (Clear)   $10

Clear Hair Groom

Shulton produced a variety of "hair tonic" products.  The first was a Cream Hair Tonic (product id 394), sold in a 4 oz grey bottle from 1956 until 1960.

Clear Hair Tonic first appeared in 1960 (product id 366) in a 6 oz. bottle.  In 1962 the product id changed to 3660 but the packaging was unchanged.

In 1973, the product was renamed Clear Hair Groom in a 7 oz. bottle.  Although the bottle remained unchanged, their may have been a few different box styles. 

 

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1963

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1969

Hair Cream in Tube

Hair Cream in a tube was sold from 1963 to 1975 (product id 3050). The tube held 4 oz.  The box was originally an "open" affair as shown  (top), but in 1969 it changed to a more traditional closed package.

Clear Hair Groom in a Tube

Clear Hair Groom showed up in 1967 and was available for a only a year or two (product id 3051).  The tube held 4 ounces.

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1969

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1973

Ship Shape Hair Groom Spray 

Ship Shape Hair Spray was introduced in 1967 in a 7 oz. can (product id 3670)  In 1969 a 4 oz can was introduced (product id 3676).

The young man appeared on the can in 1973, the same year an unscented version became available in a blue 7 oz. can just like the red one at left (product id 3851).

Ship Shape came off the market in all forms in  the mid-1970s.

Hair Tonic - Lime   $17

This smaller bottle of Lime scented hair tonic may have been for travel.  Its age would coincide with the dates for Lime products generally - 1966-1991.

Yellow Pocket Comb

Do not know the age or origin of this nifty yellow pocket comb with the Old Spice monogram. Photo credit to fellow collector Charley.

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Hairbrush   $32

This hairbrush was part of a razor, brush and comb set probably from the 1980s??.