Art Deco lady with lipstickStriking 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
Warpaint by David WrightAn 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
Girl doing makeupA little girl uses her moms lipstick in front of the mirror Date: 1950s
Olive Borden applies lipstick in the mirrorActress 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
Hinds Skin CreamPromotional card for Hinds Honey & Almond Cream, for the Hands, Face, Skin and Complexion, manufactured in Portland, Maine Date: 1907
Claudette Colbert, actressClaudette Colbert (1903-1996), French-born American-based actress of screen and stage. circa 1940s
David Wright woman with lipstickElegant 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 CevennesNeige des Cevennes - beauty creams and liquids Date: 1930
Advert for Amor Skin, 1930Advert for Amor Skin face cream, 1930 Date: 1930
Advert / Vivadou PowderVivadou Mavis face powder - makes your complexion irresistible!
Cosmetic Advertisement PhotographA 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 TurnerAdvert for Max Factor face powder, as worn by Lana Turner, MGM film star in Green Dolphin Street Date: 1948
Dearborn Portrait AdvertisementAn 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 AdvertisementAn 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 AdvertisementAdvertisement 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, WW2Advert, Yardley cosmetics, encouraging women to keep their standards up during WW2 - put your best face forward. Date: 1942
Maggie Smith, renowned English actressMaggie Smith (Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, b 1934), renowned English actress of stage, television and film. Date: circa 1960s
Helena Rubinstein advertisementAdvertisement 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 tableBefore the Dance - woman applying makeup at her dressing table. 1920s
Elizabeth Arden is in Personal Touch with you. Photograph by Baron Adolph de Meyer for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics. Date: 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
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, ParisAdvert 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
Advert for Max Factors makeup featuring the Sisters G, 1930. They had appeared in the Universal Pictures film King of Jazz Date: 1930
Advert for Maybelline Eye Shadow, 1930Advert for Maybelline Eye Shadow and eyebrow pencil, 1930 Date: 1930
A cosmetics and accessories seller making a house call. The customers are a geisha madam and two young geisha in an okiya
Women of the working class in Tokyo, 18th centuryWomen of the working class in Tokyo, Edo Era, 18th century. A laundress washing clothes in a tub, a menial maid carrying water pales with yoke, servant with brush, and nursemaid with baby
