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

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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

Moniker/Name Valancy Stirling Source of Question Just curious Your Question What sort of concealer would a woman have worn for a makeup-no-makeup look in the Continue

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