Substances used to enhance the appearance or odor of the human body

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A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.

[Leaflet advertising Neal's Yard natural remedies, cosmetics, herbal tinctures and medicinal herbs & powders].

The Boots Company and animal testing / Boots Company.

A fashionable young lady asking a pharmacist about the durability of the cosmetics he sells. Coloured pencil drawing by L. Wood, 1909.

Chronoblock : prévention active : blocks 98% of major premature skin-ageing factors / RoC.

Take a step towards compassionate living / People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

The Daily Mirror beauty book / by an eminent M.D.

Animal testing : product labelling / Tesco.

BWC policy position on animal testing and ingredients / Joseph Piccioni.

Boots policy on the testing of cosmetics and toiletries products / Boots.

Choose cruelty free / BUAV.

Skin care ephemera. Box 1.

Young and beautiful : advertising & packaging beauty products 1890-1990 : a small exhibition in the display cases at the far end of the Modern Medicine reading room in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine : 1 June - 25 September / Stephen Lowther.

Hormo-Fruits : natural fruit juices, concentrated, containing vitamins, stabilized : vademecum for modern facial treatment / Esperis S/A.

Estée Lauder : Advanced Night Repair protective recovery complex / Estée Lauder.

Libro degli adornamenti delle donne / [Aldobrandino] edited by G. Manuzzi.

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Cosmetics

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cosmetics

Works from the collections

Skin care ephemera. Box 1.

Young and beautiful : advertising & packaging beauty products 1890-1990 : a small exhibition in the display cases at the far end of the Modern Medicine reading room in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine : 1 June - 25 September / Stephen Lowther.

Hormo-Fruits : natural fruit juices, concentrated, containing vitamins, stabilized : vademecum for modern facial treatment / Esperis S/A.

Estée Lauder : Advanced Night Repair protective recovery complex / Estée Lauder.

Libro degli adornamenti delle donne / [Aldobrandino] edited by G. Manuzzi.

Cosmetics

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cosmetics

Works from the collections

Skin care ephemera. Box 1.

Young and beautiful : advertising & packaging beauty products 1890-1990 : a small exhibition in the display cases at the far end of the Modern Medicine reading room in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine : 1 June - 25 September / Stephen Lowther.

Hormo-Fruits : natural fruit juices, concentrated, containing vitamins, stabilized : vademecum for modern facial treatment / Esperis S/A.

Estée Lauder : Advanced Night Repair protective recovery complex / Estée Lauder.

Libro degli adornamenti delle donne / [Aldobrandino] edited by G. Manuzzi.

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