Women's ideals of beauty through the ages
Victorian
Natural beauty
Without makeup
Used cosmetics less
Hygiene and health
1840s heads were sleek, demure
Heavy knot of curls
Plaits in back
1920s
"Bobbed"
Waved or shingled hairstyles
Louise Brooks
Clara Bow
Powder
Circles to the cheeks
Plucked eyebrows
Penciled in thin arches
Lips very red
1940s
Feminine hairstyles
Bette Davis' curls
Rita Hayworth's gleaming waves
A lock of hair that covered one eye.
1950s
"Doe eye"
Pale complexion
Intensely colored lips
Curls
Waves
Bouffants
Marilyn Monroe
1960s
Dark eyes paired with pale lips
Rock'n'roll
Short styles
Long, straight hair
Twiggy
1990s
Kate Moss
extreme thinness
Used literature
http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/ashorthistoryoftheidealfemalebody/
http://www.ukhairdressers.com/history%20of%20beauty.asp
http://www.thebeautybiz.com/78/article/history/beautythroughagesrenaissance
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