a compilation of the most bizarre and perplexing beauty treatments and gadgets ever invented. It’s true that sacrifice is necessary for beauty.

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Special breast bath, 1930s France.

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1920s UV protection mask.

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1930s fruit face mask.

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A mask of ice, 1931.

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Devices for strengthening and augmenting the breast, 1971.

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1941: A dedicated division wherein legs were painted “under stockings”

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baths using current to lighten skin tone.

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1926: Fashionistas conceal the scarcity of stockings.

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In 1964, hair was straightened in this manner.

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In 1929, curls were produced in this manner.

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1930s: Freckle-destroying apparatus.

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Women’s mobile changing rooms, New York, 1938.

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Rubber anti-wrinkle masks, about 1920s.

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1940s sun protection outfit.

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Women’s protective mask for cold weather.

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A hair dryer in a 1920s beauty parlour.

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The early 1940s hairdryer looked like this.

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Machine that self-tans, 1949.

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an apparatus for producing cheek dimples.

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1929: wooden bathing costumes for non-swimming girls.