A Woman Having A Seam Painted Onto Her Leg, To Make It Appear That She Is Wearing Stockings, 1926
A Full-Faced Swimming Mask Helped Protect Women’s Skin From The Sun, 1920s
Faceless Beauty Contest In Cliftonville, 1936
Rita Perchetti And Gloria Rossi Try Out Their New Portable Bathhouse So They Can Change Their Clothes After Sunbathing On Coney Island Beach, 1938
"Ironing" Hair, 1964
Tape Worm Diet, 1900s
Contestants In The Miss Lovely Eyes Beauty Pageant In Florida Wearing Masks To Obscure The Rest Of Their Faces, 1930
Max Factor's 1931 Ice Mask
Before The Invention Of Sun-Screen In The Mid 1940s, Bathers Wore Garments Like This Freckleproof Cape To Protect Themselves From The Sun. The Cape Also Features Built-In Sunglasses
Woman Tans Using A Suntan Vending Machine, 1949
A Perm In Germany In 1929
Customers Have Their Legs Painted At A Store In Croydon, London, 1941
Portable Hair Dryer, 1940s
A Policeman Judges An Ankle Competition At Hounslow, London, 1930
A Traditional Japanese Sign Of Beauty- Black Teeth, 17th – 19th Centuries
The Bra Claimed To Develop And Strengthen The Bust And Was Designed To Vibrate While The Person Wearing It Was At Work. Brussel, 1971
Hair Dryer, 1920s
Rubber Beauty Masks Used To Get Rid Of Wrinkles In The 1920s
Wooden Swimsuits, 1929
Dimple Machine In 1936
You Have A Beautiful Face But Your Nose?
A Fruit Mask From The 1930s
X-Ray Of Female Torso With Corset (Left) And Female Torso Without A Corset (Right), 1908
Women Who Had Just Given Birth To A Baby Weren't Prohibited To Smoke In The Hospital. 1940s Ad
Taking Precise Measurements Of A Beautiful Young Woman's Head And Face With A Contraption Like An Instrument Of Torture, 1933
A Young Woman Holds Her Arms And Legs In Four Water Bathes With Electric Current, To Improve Blood Circulation, Circa 1938
Facial Warming Mask, 1940
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stimulates the breastmilk production:)