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Julian Walker The Finishing Touch (Hardback)
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- Publication Name
- The Finishing Touch
- Book Title
- Finishing Touch : Cosmetics Through the Ages
- Subtitle
- Cosmetics Through the Ages
- EAN
- 9780712357524
- ISBN
- 9780712357524
- Release Date
- 25/09/2014
- Release Year
- 2014
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Length
- 7in
- Publisher
- British Library, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Health & Fitness, Social Science
- Topic
- Beauty & Grooming, Popular Culture, Women's Studies, Customs & Traditions
- Item Width
- 4.5in
- Item Weight
- 10.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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"The quest for physical beauty is essentially as old as Woman herself," according to A Complete Guide to Personal Loveliness from 1937. This fascinating new book explores some of the materials and methods that women--and men--have used in the past to enhance or hold on to their looks. Julian Walker opens up a curious, sometimes uncomfortable history of the human need to look beautiful. He reveals dozens of the (occasionally desperate) ways in which people have tried to make themselves more attractive. The book tells a story of ingenuity and imagination, but also of self-delusion, trickery, and exploitation. Among the bizarre home remedies and grotesque commercial innovations featured are a face wash based on minced and boiled pigeons; bear's grease used as a hair conditioner; a recipe for horseradish stirred into sour milk to lighten a tan; an Anglo-Saxon prescription for cosmetic surgery; and ways to prevent mice from infesting elaborate wigs.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
British Library, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0712357521
ISBN-13
9780712357524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201630175
Product Key Features
Book Title
Finishing Touch : Cosmetics Through the Ages
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Beauty & Grooming, Popular Culture, Women's Studies, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Health & Fitness, Social Science
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
4.5in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gt2340
Table of Content
Introduction Cosmetic Waters and a Lovely Complexion The Face, Chief Seat of Beauty Snow White and Rose Red Keeping Wrinkles at Bay A Lovely Finish Perfect Skin Hair--The Crowning Glory A Pair of Sparkling Eyes Desirable Lips and Sweet Breath Lovely Hands and Gorgeous Nails The Body Beautiful Soaps and Cleansers Afterword List of Illustrations
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
391.6309
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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