Cosmetic Collection

Advert for Soiree perfume as used by Lilan Davies, the opera singer, 1926 Date: 1926

Distinctions with a Difference at Gleneagles
Illustration showing a fashionable trio at famous Scottish golf course, Gleneagles. The chap in the middle wears wide plus fours and a lurid, patterned tank top

Before and after images of cosmetic surgery
Examples of cosmetic surgery carried out in Paris. The procedure was carried out under a local anaesthetic, typically cocaine

Cosmetic Advertisement Photograph
A photograph used in advertisement for cosmetics, portraying half of a woman's face, with someone applying product to her. Date: circa 1939

Dearborn Advertisement Miss Rowena Ronald
A portrait advertisement illustration of Miss Rowena Ronald, the beautiful J. C. Williamson star, wearing a pink outfit, holding her necklace. Used to promote the cosmetic products of Dearborn Ltd

Advert for Louis Philippe lipstick, claiming to be the most distinguished lipstick in the world. Date: circa 1939

Advert for Max Factor eye make-up. Date: 1954

Wartime advert for Tangee Lipstick. Date: 1943

Wartime advert for Yardley Cosmetics, featuring the face of a woman in Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform. Date: 1943

Wartime advert for Yardley Complexion Powder, featuring the face of a nurse. Date: 1943

A wartime advert for Yardley Complexion Powder. Date: 1943

Advert for Cyclax, a cosmetic brand established in 1896 by Frances Hemming. Date: 1932

The Elizabeth Arden eye strap was made of soft rubber, and was intended to mitigate puffiness beneath the eyes. Date: circa 1932

Woman head in plant pot
Front cover idea for Die Dame in wash and watercolour on a cosmetic theme - a woman's head appears to grow, plant- like, out of a flower pot circa 1928

Comic Postcard - Improvements on Nature - Hair and Make-up (rouge, enamel, violet powder)
Comic Postcard - Improvements on Nature - Hair and Make-up (rouge, enamel, violet powder, a corset and a wig) - everything needed to transform ones appearance.. Date: 1910

Advert for Ponds vanishing and cold creams, 1925 Date: 1925

Advert for Ashes of Roses Perfume, 1925 Date: 1925

Advert for the Original and Genuine Eau de Cologne, 1926 endorsed by Binnie Hale Date: 1926

Advert for no4711 Eau de Cologne, 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for Le Jade perfume from Roger and Gallet, Paris
Advert for Le Jade perfume from Roger & Gallet, Paris, 1926 Date: 1926

White gangster hat by Edward Mann
Model wearing a white gabardine " gangster" hat with red, white and blue striped band by Edward Mann. Worn with make-up by Richard Hudnut using bright pink bloom cream rouge for the hearts

Straw stetson hat by Peter Shepherd
Model wearing a navy straw stetson with blue, pink and white band by Peter Shepherd. Worn with make-up by Max Factor. Date: 1966

Plastic Surgery - Before and After
Examples of patients who have undergone plastic surgery in the 1920s, to accompany an article in " The Sphere" magazine, entitled " New Faces for Old." 1927

Scenes from a Parisian Beauty Parlour
" One must suffer in order to be beautiful." This page from " The Sphere" depicts the latest treatments being employed in Parisian beauty parlours

1920s beauty treatment
This woman is looking positively radiant owing to her using Swedish rubaway to keep slim; ganesh dara to do away with " superfluous hairs"

The Lipstick by A. Davis
A woman applies her lipstick at a dressing table while being kissed by her lover. 1930

Rosita Forbes endorsing Mr Willi, plastic surgeon
Explorer and writer, Rosita Forbes appearing in an advertisement endorsing the skills of Mr Willi at the Hystogen Institute, Baker Street, London. 1930

Advert for Worth perfume Dans La Nuit, Paris 1926 Date: 1926

Una Merkel, MGM star, applying Max Factor make up
Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 January 2, 1986) was an American stage, film and television actress. Pictured in applying Max Factors eyebrow pencil in a promotional booklet for the cosmetics company

Patricia Ellis, Warner Bros star applying Max Factor make up
Patricia Ellis (May 20, 1916 March 26, 1970), American film actress of the 1930s pictured in a Max Factor promotional booklet applying the cosmetics companys mascara (called eye-lash make-up here)

Ginger Rogers, applying Max Factor make up
Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 April 25, 1995) American actress, dancer, and singer, best known for dance films in which she was partnered with Fred Astaire

Stone jars and bowls with a small spoon and a small grinding stone with may have been used with a cosmetic palette. Tombs from Gerzeh, Egypt. Predynastic Era. C. 3500-3300 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Poster advertising L T Piver cosmetics
Poster by Charles Martin advertising L T Piver cosmetics -- perfumes, powders, lotions and soaps. An elegant young woman sprays herself with perfume. circa 1920

Advert for Creme Floreine, cosmetics
Floreine cosmetics - to make you beautiful 1924

White straw hat by Edward Mann
Model wearing a white straw hat with the Baby Doll look by Edward Mann. Worn with make-up by Richard Hudnut using bright pink bloom cream rouge for the hearts on the models cheeks. Date: 1966

Beret covered in lilac flowers
Model wearing an Easter beret covered in lilac flowers. Worn with make-up by Max Factor. Date: 1966

Leather Breton by Chez Elle
Model wearing a beige and white leather Breton tied under the chin by Chez Elle. Worn with make-up by Helena Rubinstein using " French Beige" Silk Tone Foundation under " Golden

Ponds Advert, 1927
Advert for Ponds vanishing and cold creams, 1927 Date: 1927

Sketch for the Jottings of Eve, 1927 featuring the spirit of Worth perfume Date: 1927

Jottings of Eve Sketch, 1927 - girl in bathing suit to feature beautiful skin courtesy of Eastern Foam vanishing cream Date: 1927

No 4711 Eau de Cologne advert, 1927 - speedy travelling is apt to dry the skin but no 4711 cools and refreshes the skin Date: 1927

Les Poudres Coty Advert, 1927 - Face powders perfumed with Coty fragrances Date: 1927

Ashes & Roses Face Powder advert, 1927
Advert for Ashes & Roses Face Powder from M. Bourjois Date: 1927

UNITED STATES (20th century). Beautiful Woman Voting (1920). Litography

Lady powders her face, 1917
A woman in an evening dress powders her face with Pomeroy face powder. Date: 1917

Powder box design by William Barribal
Face powder box label for Poudre Tokalon which gives a peach bloom complexion) featuring a lady in a green hat by the artist, William Barribal, about to enjoy a plump peach on a plate. Date: c. 1930

Mimi Crawford in Many Happy Returns
Actress Mimi Crawford, who performed a daring monologue in the revue, Many Happy Returns iat the Duke of Yorks Theatre. She spoke the thoughts of a young girl of the very modern type

Double ointment bottle. Roman art. SPAIN. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

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