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Scary skin care /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Croy, Anita. Bizarre history of beauty ; Publication details: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2019.Edition: First editionDescription: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1538226863
  • 9781538226865
  • 1538226855
  • 9781538226858
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Ancient world -- Egyptian skin care -- Lotions and potions -- The middle ages -- Skin care -- It's not fair -- Home from the crusades -- The early modern age -- The rise of rouge -- Dying for beauty -- The nineteenth century -- Cover up -- Make it yourself -- The twentieth century -- Big business -- African American beauty -- Catching rays -- Going homemeade -- The twenty-first century -- Face time -- Timeline -- Glossary.
Summary: "For thousands of years, people have wanted to keep their skin soft and free of blemishes. Bathing and pale, clean skin were signs of wealth and privilege, though skin tanning is popular these days. What substances people have used, however, will surprise and disgust you: whipped ostrich eggs, donkey milk, crocodile excrement, gem stone poultices, crocodile glands, wolf's blood, mud, and even a lotion made from boar's brains. From homemade remedies to manufactured goods, this book is filled with strange science and history that readers are sure to enjoy. Full-color photographs share every detail, making for a real page-turner."--Amazon.com.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 391.6 C954 Available 33111009232949
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For thousands of years, people have wanted to keep their skin soft and free of blemishes. Bathing and pale, clean skin were signs of wealth and privilege, though skin tanning is popular these days. What substances people have used, however, will surprise and disgust you: whipped ostrich eggs, donkey milk, crocodile excrement, gem stone poultices, crocodile glands, wolf's blood, mud, and even a lotion made from boar's brains. From homemade remedies to manufactured goods, this book is filled with strange science and history that readers are sure to enjoy. Full-color photographs share every detail, making for a real page-turner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ancient world -- Egyptian skin care -- Lotions and potions -- The middle ages -- Skin care -- It's not fair -- Home from the crusades -- The early modern age -- The rise of rouge -- Dying for beauty -- The nineteenth century -- Cover up -- Make it yourself -- The twentieth century -- Big business -- African American beauty -- Catching rays -- Going homemeade -- The twenty-first century -- Face time -- Timeline -- Glossary.

"For thousands of years, people have wanted to keep their skin soft and free of blemishes. Bathing and pale, clean skin were signs of wealth and privilege, though skin tanning is popular these days. What substances people have used, however, will surprise and disgust you: whipped ostrich eggs, donkey milk, crocodile excrement, gem stone poultices, crocodile glands, wolf's blood, mud, and even a lotion made from boar's brains. From homemade remedies to manufactured goods, this book is filled with strange science and history that readers are sure to enjoy. Full-color photographs share every detail, making for a real page-turner."--Amazon.com.

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