Cosmetics Collection

Art Deco lady with lipstick
Striking illustration showing a lady wearing a dramatic black hat with veil, together with red beads and a flamboyant turned up collar, about to apply vivid red lipstick

Choctaw Indian Princess, Oklahoma, USA
Choctaw Indian Princess in traditional costume, Oklahoma, USA. Date: 1946

Warpaint by David Wright
An attractive woman wearing a fur stole that has slipped to reveal a shapely back, glances behind her as she applies her make up using a compact mirror. c.1950

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

Max Factor make up booklet with Hollywood stars
Rochelle Hudson and Bette Davis demonstrate how to apply powder and rouge respectively in a Max Factor promotional booklet. Date: 1937

Girl doing makeup
A little girl uses her moms lipstick in front of the mirror Date: 1950s

Olive Borden applies lipstick in the mirror
Actress Olive Borden putting the finishing touches to her face in a scene from The Monkey Talks, a film adaptation of the stage play produced in London and New York. Date: 1927

Claudette Colbert, actress
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996), French-born American-based actress of screen and stage. circa 1940s

David Wright woman with lipstick
Elegant woman in a low-cut blue evening dress, putting on bright red lipstick at her dressing table. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Advert / Neige Cevennes
Neige des Cevennes - beauty creams and liquids Date: 1930

Hinds Skin Cream
Promotional card for Hinds Honey & Almond Cream, for the Hands, Face, Skin and Complexion, manufactured in Portland, Maine Date: 1907

Advert for Amor Skin, 1930
Advert for Amor Skin face cream, 1930 Date: 1930

Advert / Vivadou Powder
Vivadou Mavis face powder - makes your complexion irresistible!

Helena Rubinstein advertisement
Advertisement for Helena Rubinstein of Grafton Street, London, specifically hormone creams claiming to recreate vital glandular elements of " first youth". Date: 1932

Woman applying makeup at her dressing table
Before the Dance - woman applying makeup at her dressing table. 1920s

Advert for Madame P. Rowleys Toilet Mask 1895
Natural beautifier for bleaching and preserving the skin and removing complexional imperfections. Blemishes may be hidden imperfectly by cosmetics and powers

Elizabeth Arden is in Personal Touch with you. Photograph by Baron Adolph de Meyer for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics. Date: 1928

Aryan Types / Woman / Postcd
Deutscher Blutadel in aller Welt - German noble-blood throughout the world : the ideal German woman is blonde, blue-eyed, simply dressed without jewellery or cosmetics

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

Advertorial showing women's fashions and cosmetics. Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, and service kit, Marshall and Snelgrove tweeds and tartan, and Lilywhites pyjama suit

Advert for Max Factor face powder, Lana Turner
Advert for Max Factor face powder, as worn by Lana Turner, MGM film star in Green Dolphin Street Date: 1948

Dearborn Portrait Advertisement
An advertisement for Dearborn Ltd, providers of cosmetics, including face powder, shampoo and face cream. The portrait photo is of Signorina Toti Dal Monte, a brilliant operatic prima donna

Nyal's Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Nyal's, producers of cosmetics, it is promoting their face cream. Enhances my lady's charm, imparting girlish youth & transparent beauty

Helena Rubinstein Advertisement
Advertisement for Helena Rubinstein Ltd, a cosmetics company. Images show various make up products, including lipstick, powder or rouge compact

Advert for Elizabeth Arden soaps, promoted as a little wartime luxury. Date: 1940

Advert for Larola - For Face and Hands - bottle being held up by an ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Girl Date: 1940

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 Morny Perfumes, emphasisng their British provenance. Date: 1932

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

Advert, Yardley cosmetics, WW2
Advert, Yardley cosmetics, encouraging women to keep their standards up during WW2 - put your best face forward. Date: 1942

Maggie Smith, renowned English actress
Maggie Smith (Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, b 1934), renowned English actress of stage, television and film. Date: circa 1960s

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

Advertisement for Ponds Creams featuring a conversation between Eva Moore and Jill Esmond Moore. Date: 1927

Comic postcard, Woman at her dressing table, improving her appearance with makeup Date: early 20th century

c. 1880s Japan - geisha with two mirrors

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

Advert for a complete beauty kit from Edna Wallace Hooper, 1928 Date: 1928

Advert for Nivea beauty creme, 1929 Date: 1929

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