Applies Collection

Putting on lipstick - David Wright
A smart blonde girls sitting in her boudoir applies some vivid red lipstick. Her red and black evening gown, awaits... Painting by David Wright

Woman Shaving Man
A female barber or barbers assisitant, probably during World War Two, applies shaving soap to a mans face before his shave

THEATRE / EXOTIC / MAKE-UP
A Chinese actor applies his fanciful make-up with a small mirror and a skillful eye. Date: 1885

Woman doing her makeup
A lady touches up her lipstick Date: 1911

A young woman at her dressing table
A woman applies powder puff to her face as she beautifies herself in the mirror; make-up, perfume and clothes are scattered around the room which the maid in the background seems to be sorting out

Lovely Legs Cream
Model Esme Bankhead applies moisturising cream to her lovely legs. Date: 1940s

Modern Painters - Two Ladies applying their make-up, accompanied by this comparative quote by John Ruskin. Date: 1904

Nail Varnish 1940S
Always buy the smallest possible bottle of nail varnish, beacause it does not keep well. A young woman lovingly applies varnish to her lovely fingernails. Date: early 1940s

Shakespeare / Puck
Act IV, Scene I Puck applies the remedy, so that the lovers & Bottom awaken, as though from a dream Date: 1908

Lipstick Advert
A girl applies her lipstick Date: circa 1930

Applying ink to a screen
A printer applies ink to a large screen in preparation for printing. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

The Power of Make-up
Little Bits of Powder - Little Bits of Paint - Make a Girl with a Face like this - Look like what she ain t! The powers of correctly applied cosmetics - making a face that might not launch a thousand

London Opinion 1932
A glamorous blonde woman with a Marcel wave hair style applies lipstick before going to a party in a multi-coloured dress which shows off her legs

Grilled Sunbather
Keen to acquire a tan, a sunbather on the French Riviera is turned on a grill by her friend, who also applies plenty of oil

Ooh! Lucky Lipstick
A model with long, straight dark hair, pouts as she applies her pearly pink lipstick!

Last Minute Mascara
A young woman applies some last minute mascara, as she looks in the mirror over the fireplace before going out

Racial / Geisha Makes Up
A young geisha applies her characteristic make-up

Woman at Dressing Table
A woman in her petticoats sits at her dressing table and applies something to her face

Woman Yokes Man 16C
A wife yokes her husband like a beast of burden, then sits on him and applies the whip

Marie Wilson / Mascara
Marie Wilson applies mascara to false eyelashes using a hand-mirror

Mustard Poultice / 1892
The Keenest Mustard is the Best; a lady applies a mustard poultice to her patient

Baseball Technique 1886
An illustration demonstrating how a baseball pitcher applies rotary motion to the ball

Woman / Lipstick 1925
An elegant young woman in the latest fashion looks in a small hand mirror and applies her lipstick

Woman / Lipstick 1914
Elegant woman applies her red lipstick

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