The Kleenex brand has become synonymous with facial tissues, but maker Kimberly-Clark says it's discontinuing the product in Canada due to "unique complexities" in the market.

The Kleenex® Brand's story began during the First World War when Kimberly-Clark developed a crepe paper used as a filter within gas masks. In the early 1920's, that very crepe paper innovation was cleverly adapted into a consumer product called Kotex® Brand which helped women with their periods.

In case you didn't watch the commercial above, the quick ad features a woman dressed in white next to a child dressed as an Oni or a Japanese Ogre, sometimes described as a demonic ogre. The woman pulls out a tissue from a Kleenex box and lets it float off in the air as the child Oni looks on.

The Kleenex® Brand offers a range of tissues designed to provide the everyday care you need. Each of our varieties offers softness, strength, and absorbency with customized features (like Anti-Viral† and Soothing Lotion™) to suit your individual care needs, personal preference, and lifestyle.

Kleenex's parent company Kimberly-Clark has announced its discontinuation of facial tissue sales in Canada starting August 2023, CTV reported on Thursday. Todd Fisher, Kimberly-Clark's Canadian vice-president and general manager, said that the brand has been operating in a highly constrained supply environment.

In a statement, Kimberly-Clark's Canadian vice-president and general manager said the decision to pull Kleenex from Canada was a difficult one, prompted by a highly constrained supply environment and “unique complexities” faced by the brand. Since its birth almost a century ago, Kleenex has become a household name.

remove cold cream Kleenex tissue was invented as a means to remove cold cream. Early advertisements linked Kleenex to Hollywood makeup departments and sometimes included endorsements from movie stars (Helen Hayes and Jean Harlow) who used Kleenex to remove their theatrical makeup with cold cream.

Originally, they were used in anti-gas masks, instead of cotton, since they needed the cotton for making clothes. The tissues were also used to clean the wounded soldiers. The Kimberly-Clark corporation created the first facial tissue in 1924, the product was advertised as a make up remover and cream.

For decades, one of the main tenets of commercials has been casting “relatable”-looking people. Relatable is desirable; so relatable that you look like a famously relatable celebrity - a Jonah Hill type, a Tina Fey vibe - is even better. And this leads to seeing some of the same actors again and again.

Kleenex is rebranding its Mansize tissues after complaints that the name is sexist. The company said the product would instead be called Kleenex Extra Large. Kleenex was first sold in the US in the early 1920s as a cold cream and makeup remover and launched in the UK the following year.

The words “Kleenex” and “ChapStick” are examples of trademarked words that have become so common they often replace the generic term for the item. Kleenex is trademarked by the Kimberly-Clark company. They're tissues, but the words “Kleenex” and “tissues” are interchangeable at this point.

Kleenex tissue was invented as a means to remove cold cream. Early advertisements linked Kleenex to Hollywood makeup departments and sometimes included endorsements from movie stars (Helen Hayes and Jean Harlow) who used Kleenex to remove their theatrical makeup with cold cream.