~ Friendly Talks About Marriage, G. W. Shinn, 1897
~ Ku-Bist Hair Fixative, 1930
via Grace’s Guide
KU-BIST Hair Fixative: “…in an actual test, an Ariel going ‘all out’ failed to turn a single hair of its rider, who that morning had applied KU-BIST”
~ Hopgood’s Hair Cream, 1892
via Grace’s Guide
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“Sedative Hair Cream…recommended by the Faculty”
~ The San Francisco Call, February 12, 1911
~ Tangee lipstick ad, November 1933
via Grace’s Guide
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“Were her lips common, conspicuous…or simply over-painted? … So many women…nice women, too!…have a painted look without knowing it.”
~ Goodyear’s India Rubber Curler Company, 186?
“…cannot be detected from nature, and at the same time awakens admiration and pleasure among the refined and intelligent.”
~ Grooming Tips from Grace Downs Model and Air Career Schools, c. 1957
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via Flickr
So you want to be an Air Hostess, do you? Well, get rid of that ankle bracelet and start taking some notes…
~ Female Beauty : or, The Art of Human Decoration, by Dr. A. Cazenave, 1874
~ Anzora advertisement, February 1925
via Grace’s Guide
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“Anzora Masters the Hair”
~ Hystogen advertisement, June 1932
via Grace’s Guide
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Hystogen-Derma-Process: Beauty Aid or Vampire Elixir? You decide.
~ DuPont Magazine, December 1956-January 1957
via Hagley Digital Archives
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“Gift-packaged in simulated leather box”
~ Female Beauty: or, The Art of Human Decoration by Ernest Feydeau, 1874
