Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure
Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure playing cards promoting the ultimate hair perfection.
Commercially designed advertising pack promoting Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure hair products which aim to bring hair closer than ever to natural perfection. The suits are colour coded: spades - bluish-green; hearts - red; clubs - copper; diamonds - pink and the number cards feature pictures of Schwarzkopf hair products as pips. The jack and king courts of each suit feature images of a selection of products, each suit in a different colour, against a slick backdrop. The four queens feature female models with hair styles created using Schwarzkopf products.
Above: Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure playing cards. 52 cards + 2 jokers in box, unknown maker. Images courtesy Matt Probert.
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By Matt Probert
United Kingdom • Member since March 02, 2012
I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.
Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.
Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.
I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.
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