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Compacts and cosmetics, beauty from Victorian times to the present day, Madeleine Marsh

eng

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non fiction

Compacts and cosmetics

electronic resource eBook

dictionaries

Madeleine Marsh

What women want series

beauty from Victorian times to the present day

Cosmetics have been used to increase attraction since Ancient times whilst Compacts have been a symbol of love for generations but especially since the 1920s. In this fascinating book, vintage accessories' expert, Madeleine Marsh, discusses just what makes compacts so desirable and reveals their hidden secrets from cameras to cigarettes. Madeleine shows what to buy and where, what to spot when buying and how to make the most of your compacts, vintage cosmetics or beauty accessories

Dedication; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE -- The Foundation of Make-up; Egypt; Depilation and Moisturising; Eye paint and Face make-up; Skin Decoration and Tattooing; Hair care; Perfume; Ancient Greece; Rome; Ungodly make-up; CHAPTER TWO -- Unpainted Ladies; Unpainted ladies; Home-made Remedies and Secret Make-up; Criminal Cosmetics; The Birth of Mass-Produced Beauty -- The People's Stores; Buying a perfect skin; The Fragrant Lady; Crowning Glory; Wigs; Curlers and Crimpers; Pomades and Hair OilsCleanliness is next to Godliness -- Soap and WaterCHAPTER THREE -- Actresses, Mistresses, and Suffragettes; Theatrical Make-up; Stage Beauties; Royal Mistresses; Powder & Rouge; The Gibson Girl; Suffragette Style; On the Turn of the Century Dressing table; CHAPTER FOUR -- Put on a Pretty Face; FLAPPER FASHIONS -- Is it a girl, is it a boy?; KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL; BEAUTY QUEENS; SELLING BEAUTY: Are you wrinkly? Are you hairy? Do you smell?; OOH LA LA! -- Parisian Beauty; MAKE-UP -- STILL NAUGHTY AND NOT QUITE NICE; CHAPTER FIVE -- Hooray for Hollywood; MAX FACTOR (c.1872 -- 1938); VAMPS & IT GIRLSLIPSTICK LOVELIESMAKE-UP FOR THE MASSES; CHAPTER SIX -- On the Art Deco Dressing Table; FACE MAKE-UP; THE POWDER COMPACT; EYE MAKE-UP; LIPSTICK; HAND CARE; CHAPTER SEVEN -- War Paint; Put Your best Face Forward; Arian Purity; Lipstick -- The Red Badge of Courage; Gunpowder and Camouflage make-up; The Austerity Dressing Table; CHAPTER EIGHT -- Immaculate Grooming; The New Look; The Curvaceous Fifties; The Flawless Face; Perfect Grooming; Designer Luxury; The Age of Boom; Travel; Ding Dong -- Avon Calling; Grown-up Glamour; On The Post-War Dressing Table; CHAPTER NINE -- Swinging Make-up'You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine!'Swinging Make-up; Beehives, Wigs and Bobs; Weight-Watching; Are You Going to San Francisco?; Revolutionary Hair; On the Sixties Dressing Table; CHAPTER TEN -- Glam Men and Hairy Women; Retro Girls; Glam Men; Hairy Women; Hippie Chicks; Charlie Girls; Punk; On The Seventies Dressing Table; CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Material Girls and Boys; Dress for success; Greed is Good; Superwomen; Boys Just Want To Have Fun; Designer Style; Feel the Burn; Calorie Counting; Protect and Survive; On the eighties dressing tableCHAPTER TWELVE -- Bling, Botox or the Burqa?Grunge and Heroine Chic; Subcultural styles -- Tats and Piercings; Goth; Bling Bling; Come to the Botox Party; Age-Defying Creams -- Holding Back the Years; Professional Beauty; Camera Face; Make-up for Men; Sisters are doing it for themselves; On the Twenty-first Century Dressing Table; APPENDIX -- Buying Beauty; Bibliography; Index