watching expired appliances align

this is not about my exfoliating facial scrub

It's about my astringent. Since entering my teenage years, I've used one product for cleaning my face. That product now comes in a friendly, inviting, rounded modern looking bottle. I don't think Sea Breeze Original Astringent has ever failed me. And "the tingling sensation tells you it is deep cleaning and leaves the skin feeling cool and refreshed." After a long day in the sun followed by a too crowded subway ride, I look forward to that tingling sensation.

When I started using Sea Breeze astringent it came packaged in a very boxy looking bottle. It's got that faint yellow tint and has always had an image of a blue sailboat printed on the label. But the curve in that packaging I first became familiar with was a concave curve along the front and back. The packaging definitely had a very indsutrial look. That look has changed over the years (and the product now sells as just a bottle). I remember it used to be packaged as a bottle covered by a box. A lot of products seem to have smartly shed that outside box.

I've never used any other facial cleaner. No oxyTEN. No PhisoDerm. No Noxema. I don't have any idea what those products are like.

Of course, there is a downside to using my trusty Sea Breeze astringent. I can go for a week or two without using it when I run out of facial tissues. Unable to just splash a bit on my face, I feel compelled to fold a tissue into a little square and dab the open bottle onto it. I then use one or two of these tissues to clean my face. I'm not sure if there's a better tingling sensation in the world!