15 Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past Just For The Sake Of ‘Beauty’

15 Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past Just For The Sake Of ‘Beauty’



There have been some very weird beauty practices in the past that have left us puzzled. Suntan vending machines and using a literal iron to iron hair are just the tip of the beauty iceberg.

#1 A Full-Faced Swimming Mask Helped Protect Women’s Skin From The Sun, 1920s



#2 A Woman Having A Seam Painted Onto Her Leg, To Make It Appear That She Is Wearing Stockings, 1926



#3 Rita Perchetti And Gloria Rossi Try Out Their New Portable Bathhouse So They Can Change Their Clothes After Sunbathing On Coney Island Beach, 1938

#4 "Ironing" Hair, 1964

#5 Before The Invention Of Sun-Screen In The Mid 1940s, Bathers Wore Garments Like This Freckleproof Cape To Protect Themselves From The Sun. The Cape Also Features Built-In Sunglasses

#6 French Breast Washer, 1930s

#7 Freckle Removal. A Complicated Apparatus Is Employed. Eyes Are Covered With A Special, Air-Tight Piece, And The Nostrils Filled In. Breathing Is Done Through A Special Tube. Sensitive Parts Of The Face Must Be Treated Separately, 1930

#8 Hair Dryer, 1920s

#9 Wooden Swimsuits, 1929

#10 Rubber Beauty Masks Used To Get Rid Of Wrinkles In The 1920s

#11 A Fruit Mask From The 1930s

#12 The Bra Claimed To Develop And Strengthen The Bust And Was Designed To Vibrate While The Person Wearing It Was At Work. Brussel, 1971

#13 You Have A Beautiful Face But Your Nose?

#14 A Young Woman Holds Her Arms And Legs In Four Water Bathes With Electric Current, To Improve Blood Circulation, Circa 1938

#15 Taking Precise Measurements Of A Beautiful Young Woman's Head And Face With A Contraption Like An Instrument Of Torture, 1933
















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