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Empress Josephine Face Bleach
In a testimonial included in another Empress Josephine Toilet Co. advert, “Mrs Jos. C. Morton” wrote: Some years ago I ruined my skin and complexion by the use of worthless face powders. Pimples would… more →
The Quack Doctor
History of cosmetics
hugebloger wrote 2 months ago: Have You Ever Stopped to Consider the History of Cosmetics? You see them everyday of faces of people … more →
Empress Josephine Face Bleach
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Caroline Rance wrote 2 months ago: In a testimonial included in another Empress Josephine Toilet Co. advert, “Mrs Jos. C. Morton” wrote … more →
Dr MacKenzie's Improved Harmless Arsenic Complexion Wafers
Caroline Rance wrote 4 months ago: ”Dr MacKenzie” was one of several brand names attached to arsenic products – simi … more →
Alex Ross's Complexion Globules
Caroline Rance wrote 7 months ago: This double advert shows only a fraction of the cosmetics range sold by Alexander Ross. He sold seve … more →
Tricosian Powder, Huile de Cachmere, etc.
Caroline Rance wrote 7 months ago: As someone with a “countenance of moderate pretensions,” I can see the allure of some of … more →
Cosmeticon
Caroline Rance wrote 8 months ago: This is another of the ads from Defoe’s A Review of the Affairs of France, which I have mentio … more →
Crinilene
Caroline Rance wrote 8 months ago: Image: Whiskerandos, by John Leech, 1854. Courtesy of the John Leech Sketch Archi … more →
The Royal Essence for the Hair
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Caroline Rance wrote 9 months ago: This is the oldest advert featured on The Quack Doctor so far – it’s from a 1705 edition of D … more →
Alfred's Royal Composition
Caroline Rance wrote 9 months ago: Image: Portrait of Madame Récamier, by François Pascal Simon Gérard FEMALE ATTRACTION TO obvi … more →
Butler's Vegetable Restorative Tooth Powder
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Caroline Rance wrote 9 months ago: Image: Le Baume d’Acier by Louis Leopold Boilly. Courtesy of the US National Library of Medici … more →
Introduction to the world of COSMETICS:
cosmeticwonders wrote 10 months ago: Introduction to the world of COSMETICS: Cosmetics are substances used to enhance or protect the appe … more →
Lockyer's Sulphur Hair Restorer
Caroline Rance wrote 10 months ago: (Image: Brunette Combing her Hair. James Carroll Beckwith, 1851) We continue the hair theme today wi … more →
Edwards' Instantaneous American Harlene
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Caroline Rance wrote 10 months ago: (Image: Tempus Edax Rerum, by John Leech. Punch, 1852. Courtesy of the John Leech Sketch Archive.) … more →
Lead in Lipstick. Hazard or Hoax?
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fracas wrote 2 years ago: Back in April of 2007, fracas, as part of a Sunday Snopes regular feature, wrote about lead in lipst … more →
