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| Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:45am On Jan 22, 2022 |
People will do almost anything to look and feel young and attractive which is why the beauty industry is thriving. Today the global beauty industry is worth $532 billion and our demand for things to improve our looks feels like it has never been bigger. But the wish to look our best is as old as history itself, and people in the past were just as eager to go to any lengths to fit beauty standards of the time. https://www.boredpanda.com/weird-things-women-did-vintage-pics/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic Photo Full-Faced Swimming Mask Helped Protect Women’s Skin From The Sun, 1920s. 34 Likes 4 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:45am On Jan 22, 2022 |
A Woman Having A Seam Painted Onto Her Leg, To Make It Appear That She Is Wearing Stockings, 1926 18 Likes 4 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:46am On Jan 22, 2022 |
A Dimple Machine from the 1930s. In 1936, Isabella Gilbert invented the Dimple-Maker. The machine consisted of a spring that fit around the face and two tiny knobs that pressed into the cheeks. 36 Likes 7 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:46am On Jan 22, 2022 |
A Fruit Mask From The 1930s 15 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:49am On Jan 22, 2022 |
The Bra designed to strengthen the Bust and also designed to vibrate/shake while walking or at work. Brussel, 1971. 27 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:52am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Portable Clothes changing house, Coney Island Beach, 1938. 93 Likes 10 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:53am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Foot Binding, 10th Century Chinese Tradition. Read more here: https://www.nairaland.com/3806866/brutal-reality-foot-binding-among#56645843 8 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:54am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Ironing hair. 68 Likes 8 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:54am On Jan 22, 2022 |
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. 13 Likes
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by BluntCrazeMan: 3:54am On Jan 22, 2022 |
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:55am On Jan 22, 2022 |
French Breast Washer, 1930s. 44 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:56am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Portable Hair Dryer, 1940s. 51 Likes 7 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:57am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Freckle Removal. A Complicated Apparatus Is Employed. Eyes Are Covered With A Special, Air-Tight Piece, And The Nostrils Filled In. Breathing Is Done Through A Special Tube. Sensitive Parts Of The Face Must Be Treated Separately, 1930 16 Likes 6 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:58am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Perming In Germany, 1929 20 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 3:59am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Women use ice masks because it prevents facial puffiness, 1931. 26 Likes 5 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:00am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Customers Have Their Legs Painted At A Store In Croydon, London, 1941. 23 Likes 6 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:01am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Hair Dryer, 1920s. 30 Likes 4 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:02am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Rubber Beauty Masks Used To Get Rid Of Wrinkles In The 1920s. 32 Likes 5 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by tillaman(m): 4:02am On Jan 22, 2022 |
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:03am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Facial Warming Mask, 1940. 12 Likes
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:03am On Jan 22, 2022 |
A Young Woman Holds Her Arms And Legs In Four Water Bathes With Electric Current, To Improve Blood Circulation, Circa 1938. 19 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:05am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Taking Precise Measurements Of A Beautiful Young Woman's Head And Face With A Contraption Like An Instrument Of Torture, 1933. 13 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:06am On Jan 22, 2022 |
In the 19th century many women ate deadly arsenic wafers to whiten and even out their complexions. Some of the side effect include cancer, baldness, epilepsy. 23 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:07am On Jan 22, 2022 |
In the middle ages the forehead was considered the most beautiful part of the woman's face. Many women removed their eyelashes to accentuate their foreheads. They also plucked their hairlines and eyebrows to achieve a long and oval face. 43 Likes 7 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:07am On Jan 22, 2022 |
To white their teeth, Romans would rinse their mouth with urine. Specifically urine shipped in from Portugal. 88 Likes 7 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:09am On Jan 22, 2022 |
In the 18th century, before invention of hairspray, women would use lard to sculpt their wigs. One of the downsides is that the wig would become a literal rat's nest. Sometimes rats would live in the wig for weeks. Women had to sleep with cages around their heads to keep the rats away. 47 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:09am On Jan 22, 2022 |
In pre-revolution France, accentuated veins were all the rage. Some people would color their veins with blue pencil to make them pop. Others would use leaches to make their veins more noticeable. 28 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:10am On Jan 22, 2022 |
During the Japanese Edo period, blackened teeth were popular amongst aristocrats and married women. Blackened teeth were considered a sign of beauty and the practice helped preserve teeth into old age. In 1870, this practice was banned by the Japanese government. Blackening teeth wasn't just popular in Japan, and some people still practice this today. 24 Likes 6 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:12am On Jan 22, 2022 |
In ancient Rome many women including royals would moisturize with the sweat of gladiators. Whiles of sweat were sold as souvenirs outside the fights. The sweat was thought to be an aphrodisiac. 29 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:14am On Jan 22, 2022 |
In the 1800s, eyelash transplants were all the rage. A specialist would sow the hair directly into the eyelid with a needle. 15 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by Explorers(m): 4:16am On Jan 22, 2022 |
In ancient Greece the uni-brow was considered the sign of purity and intelligence. It was ideal to have eyebrows that melded together in the middle. Some women would darken their eyebrows with powder, while others would wear fake eyebrows made from goat's hair. 32 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past For Beauty (Photos) by cayorday89(m): 4:25am On Jan 22, 2022 |
Oga Explorers since you are yet to give the thread a topic let me try by reading your mind.. Things women do for beauty from the days of yore. Ancestral beauty tips and how it was done. Modified; I was close only difference is the "unimaginable". 140 Likes 6 Shares |
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