How to be Pretty Though Plain

Charlotte Eliza Humphry (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

128 Seiten

2014
The British Library Publishing Division (Verlag)
978-0-7123-5717-3 (ISBN)

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'Work and sympathy are the two great essentials in the making of a beautiful countenance' 'Quite half the effect of one's appearance depends on successfully "doing the hair"' 'Brushing the eyebrows and eyelashes every morning with a solution of green tea improves them' First published in 1899, this forthright guide gives fascinating insights into the beauty strategies of the Edwardian age. Startlingly modern advice on the benefits of sleep, exercise and fresh air blends with intriguing techniques for washing hair (with egg yolk), brushing teeth (with myrrh and borax) and improving posture (sleeping without pillows to improve an 'uncouth gait'). Banishing fashion faux-pas with its breezy common sense, How to be Pretty - celebrates our enduring preoccupation with looking one's best.

Mrs Humphrey was one of the first professional journalists in Britain. Under the pseudonym "Madge," she was well known for her advice column in the Conservative periodical Truth.

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	92 x 182 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schönheit / Kosmetik
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7123-5717-3 / 0712357173
ISBN-13	978-0-7123-5717-3 / 9780712357173
Zustand	Neuware