Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Chapter 1 The Foundation of Make-up: Beauty in the Ancient World 12
Chapter 2 Unpainted Ladies: Beauty in the Victorian Age 17
Chapter 3 Actresses, Mistresses and Suffragettes: Beauty in the Belle Epoque (1890-1914) 36
Chapter 4 Put on a Pretty Face: Beauty in the 1920s 57
Chapter 5 Hooray for Holly wood: Beauty in the 1930s 81
Chapter 6 On the Art Deco Dressing Table: Make-up Comes of Age 94
Chapter 7 War Paint: Beauty during World War II 121
Chapter 8 Immaculate Grooming: Beauty in the 1940s and 1950s 137
Chapter 9 Swinging Make-up: Beauty in the 1960s 169
Chapter 10 Glam Men and Hairy Women: Beauty in the 1970s 187
Chapter 11 Material Girls and Boys: Beauty in the 1980s 206
Chapter 12 Bling, Botox or the Burqa? Beauty at the Dawn of the new Millennium 216
Appendix: Buying Beauty: Collecting Compacts and Cosmetics 231
Bibliography 241
Index 243