Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

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A list of the strangest and most incomprehensible beauty procedures and devices from the past. It is indeed true that beauty requires sacrifice.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Special breast bath, France, 1930s.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

UV protection mask, 1920s.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Fruit face mask, 1930s.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Ice face mask, 1931.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Apparatus for breast augmentation and strengthening, 1971.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Special department where legs were painted “under stockings”, 1941.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Baths with current to improve skin color.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Fashionistas hide the lack of scarce stockings, 1926.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

This is how hair was straightened in 1964.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

This is how curls were made in 1929.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Apparatus for destroying freckles, 1930s.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Portable dressing rooms for women, New York, 1938.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Anti-wrinkle rubber masks, 1920s.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Sun protection suit, 1940s.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Cold weather protective mask for women.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Hairdryer in a beauty salon, 1920s.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

This is how hairdryer looked in the early 1940s.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Self-tanning machine, 1949.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

A device for creating dimples on the cheeks.

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Funny and Strange Beauty Procedures of the Past

Wooden bathing suits for girls who can’t swim, 1929.