10 days ago by Erin Brokovich

One hundred years ago, manufacturers of health and beauty products didn’t do testing of any sort on the cosmetics, lotions and potions used by women. However, in the 1920s a new product guaranteed to produce beautiful long eyelashes was used in salons across the U. S. It was one of the most horrible ...

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17 days ago by Digg RSS Search for "stretch marks" -kidnap -nerds

In a remarkable turn of events, arguably one of the strangest in the history of cosmetics, women across the country are putting a stretch-mark reducing emulsion called StriVectin-SD™ on their face to get rid of fine lines, wrinkles and crow’s feet. Related posts: Prevent and Get Rid of Stretch Marks ...

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42 days ago by hugebloger

Have You Ever Stopped to Consider the History of Cosmetics? You see them everyday of faces of people. You also see them sold at almost every store you frequent. Yes, cosmetics are everywhere, and have become quite a symbol of fashion over the year. However, have you ever considered the history of co ...

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49 days ago by Caroline Rance

In a testimonial included in another Empress Josephine Toilet Co. advert, “Mrs Jos. C. Morton” wrote: Some years ago I ruined my skin and complexion by the use of worthless face powders. Pimples would raise up in large lumps all over my face. They oft times resembled more closely a boil than a pimpl ...

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83 days ago by Darlyn

The first thing that you might wonder is where the history of cosmetics really began. This is unknown, but it is safe to assume that cosmetics have been used, in one way or another, for thousands of years. The reason for cosmetics was not just for beauty reasons, but also for cultural reasons.

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104 days ago by Caroline Rance

”Dr MacKenzie” was one of several brand names attached to arsenic products – similar ‘wafers’ (pills) were sold under the names Dr Simms, Dr Rose and Dr Campbell. The wafers made the skin fashionably pale by destroying red blood cells. Although it was possible to build up a tolerance for arsenic by ...

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198 days ago by Caroline Rance

This double advert shows only a fraction of the cosmetics range sold by Alexander Ross. He sold several products for the hair, including his famous Cantharides (Spanish Fly) Oil for curing baldness, and Golden Hair wash that turned the hair “a golden colour after a few usings.” Other products includ ...

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201 days ago by Caroline Rance

As someone with a “countenance of moderate pretensions,” I can see the allure of some of these products … TRICOSIAN POWDER. For rendering Red or Grey Hair and Whiskers a beautiful Black or Brown. THIS POWDER, which is a very curious dis- covery in Chemistry, will be found, upon trial, much superior ...

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207 days ago by Lorna

The 20th Century has seen a huge interest in physical beauty particularly for women. Plastic surgery has thrived on women’s quest for beauty. Definition of beauty in the 20th century , when referring to physical beauty, are nearly always constructed in terms of outward appearance and sexual attracti ...

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220 days ago by Caroline Rance

This is another of the ads from Defoe’s A Review of the Affairs of France, which I have mentioned previously. COSMETICON: A most excellent wash to Beautifie the Face, &c., rendring the Skin sur- prisingly white and clear: It takes away all Hard- ness, Tan, Sunburn, or other Discolourings: All Morphe ...

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