Sarah Jane Downing: Beauty and Cosmetics in the Time of Jane Austen (Non-Fiction)

During the annual survey this year, a Regency Reader asked for more non-fiction reviews. What a good excuse for me to start up something I Continue

During the annual survey this year, a Regency Reader asked for more non-fiction reviews. What a good excuse for me to start up something I Continue

This recipe appeared in The Art of Beauty; Or, the Best Methods of Improving and Preserving the Shape, Carriage, and Complexion. Together with the Theory Continue

The Art of Beauty; Or, the Best Methods of Improving and Preserving the Shape, Carriage, and Complexion. Together with the Theory of Beauty, 1825

This recipe appeared along with several other home remedies in the January 1809 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum.