Helena Rubinstein, in the foreword to her book entitled The Art of Feminine Beauty wrote: I like to look forward half a century and imagine a world ~ and this dream is not beyond the realm of the possible ~ where every woman will rejoice in the possession of beauty . . . grace and mobility […]
Tag: beauty
Cosmetics and Cheerfulness
Oh, you don’t know how pleased I am to have found this week’s selection. In my many books on beauty and health, this is the first I’ve seen that has discussed the merits of NOT wearing makeup. As one who must have skipped the “how to apply cosmetics” lesson in junior high (and never figured […]
Things That Turn Men Against You
I’d like to share this, uh, informative excerpt found while anwering a recent question on shyness. It’s from This Passion Called Love, which was written by Elinor Glyn. Ladies, sharpen your pencils. You just might want to take notes on this one. 1925: Things That Turn Men Against You American girls, I think, are the most delectable […]
Your Nighttime Beauty Routine
A reader wrote this week to ask if I could share the “nighttime beauty routine” from Constance Hart’s Handbook of Beauty. I featured the one-night-a-week beauty routine and the morning beauty routine years ago on the website, from this 1955 beauty paperback. All of these refer back to other sections of the book; if you’d […]
1869: Shun Small Waists
I finally got around to taking some books out of my car trunk: those that had been purchased on my travels to New England back in August, along with a bag of books that some friends donated to the Miss Abigail collection recently. These newest books are listed over here at Library Thing. The ones […]
1946: The Care of the Skin
It’s gosh darn hot here in the District of Columbia area! But that’s nothing new. Take a look at this post from the pre-blog days of Miss Abigail: The Care of the Skin from a 1946 book titled Youth, Sex, and Life, written by Gladys Cox. A brief excerpt to tempt you to click on […]