These hints, receipts, and general discussion of the lips and how to keep them pretty and healthy was part of The Lady’s Toilette Containing a Critical Examination of the Nature of Beauty, and of the Causes by which it is Impaired : with Instructions for Preserving it to Advanced Age : an Historical Sketch of the Fashions of France and England : Directions for Dressing with Taste and Elegance : and Receipts for Preparing All the Best and Most Harmless Cosmetics Proper for a Lady’s Use (1808).
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Scottish singer Emma Bryson travels to London determined to fulfill a deathbed promise to her mother to sing for the Queen. Her debut at a fashionable salon starts brilliantly but ends in disaster when the usually poised Emma tumbles backwards and lands on the champagne-buffed boots of Philip Henry Jamison, the earl of Blackbourne and London's most eligible bachelor.
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I’d love to use this quote for a magazine devoted to historical dancers. May I please do so?
Absolutely! If you wouldn’t mind sharing a link when its published, I am sure Regency Readers would love to take a peek!
recommend Maya Rodale book of guild age girls starting cosmetics business and the outrage surrounding it, title Some like it scandalous. does have accurate history and accompanies women’s woes in attempting to keep their complexions