Substances intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions. Included in this definition are skin creams, lotions, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail polishes, eye and facial makeup preparations, permanent waves, hair colors, toothpastes, and deodorants, as well as any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. (U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Office of Cosmetics Fact Sheet (web page) Feb 1995)
    

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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.

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.

Cosmetics

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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.