beauty history Archives – Beautiful With Brains https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/category/beauty-history/ Taking the guesswork out of skincare Sun, 15 Mar 2020 15:02:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 Beauty History: Madame Rowley’s Toilet Mask https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/beauty-history-madame-rowleys-toilet-mask/ https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/beauty-history-madame-rowleys-toilet-mask/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:08:31 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=41189 Sheet masks are nothing new. They were all the rage already in Victorian times! Ok, they had a different name then. They went by Toilet Masks, probably because they made you look like you were about to rob a bank. And who wants to leave their bedroom looking like that? They weren’t washed off, either. […]

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]]> https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/the-history-of-pears-soap/feed/ 38 Diane De Poitiers: Victim Of Vanity? https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/diane-de-poitiers-victim-of-vanity/ https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/diane-de-poitiers-victim-of-vanity/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:07:10 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=31610 Would you drink gold to stay young and beautiful? Diane De Poitiers did. Kinda like those women who die today during a liposculpture or a boob job gone wrong, Diane thought the chance of wrinkle-free skin was worth the risk. She paid for it with her life. Her golden elixir killed her before her time. […]

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]]> https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/diane-de-poitiers-victim-of-vanity/feed/ 24 The Beauty Secrets Of Empress Sissi https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/the-beauty-secrets-of-empress-sissi/ https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/the-beauty-secrets-of-empress-sissi/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:05:58 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=28229 Sissi was one of the most beautiful women of her time – and she knew it. It was her beauty that captivated the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and prompted him to ask for her hand in marriage. Unfortunately, there’s no happy ending to this fairytale. Sissi was a free spirit who longed for freedom and […]

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]]> https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/the-beauty-secrets-of-empress-sissi/feed/ 35 Beauty History: Women And Cosmetics During World War II https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/beauty-history-women-and-cosmetics-during-world-war-ii/ https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/beauty-history-women-and-cosmetics-during-world-war-ii/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:04:46 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=27129 The Second World War (1939-1945) is one of the most tragic events in human history. Sixty million people – the majority civilians – lost their lives in the conflict. Europe was left a barren land. But during this terrifying time, while their towns were bombarded and people were dying all around them, women still worried […]

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]]> https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/beauty-history-women-and-cosmetics-during-world-war-ii/feed/ 18 Beauty History: Cosmetics in the Edwardian Era https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/beauty-history-cosmetics-in-the-edwardian-era/ https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/beauty-history-cosmetics-in-the-edwardian-era/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:04:51 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=26601 The Edwardian era takes its name from the brief reign of King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria. He ruled England from 1901 to 1910. It also goes under the name of Gilded Age or Belle Epoque. It was an era of opulence and social changes, mass produced abundance and new revolutionary inventions, luxury and […]

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