Word: facials
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ridiculous length when I have time"), does not stick to any set makeup rules but likes to experiment. For TIME Researcher Jean Franklin, gathering material for the cover story was also an experiment in the rites of beauty. She happily underwent two hair stylings, a permanent, a luxurious facial, was sprayed, splashed and anointed with cosmetics by almost everyone. For the story of the U.S. woman's pursuit of beauty, see BUSINESS, The Pink Jungle...
...froth 3 ft. high ($5). Her skin is then defuzzed of superfluous hair by a wax treatment ($26). She can have an infrared treatment ("Detoxicates-very effective after a good drinking night") at $10 or a paraffin application at $15 to lose a pound or two. Then comes a facial, in which her face is coated with cream ("Voilaá, I begin"), massaged ("Facial care begins at the collarbone") and sprayed with a salty liquid for "disturbed skin" ($9). To top it off she goes to a treatment by Michel, who "sketches" the hairdo he thinks best for her, gives...
...lures. Tomatoes and Italian parsley are used in some creams. Ella Bache puts out a cream that is 80% seaweed. Estee Lauder boasts in newspaper ads that its Re-Nutriv, which contains turtle and shark oil, royal jelly, silicone, Leichol and 20 other in gredients, is "the most expensive facial preparation in the world." Cost: $115 for 16 ounces...
Just one of Capp's Harvard characters is based on a specific individual. A "smart Indian lawyer" called Harvard G. Polecat (the "G" is for "graduate") has, according to Capp," all the facial and physical characteristics of Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." This fact has not disturbed Capp's friendship with his Cambridge neighbor...
Malcolm Ticknor, whose facial expressions were delightful and Arthur Papas contributed some very lovely singing, while O'Brien Nicholas' portrayal of the love-lorn newsboy was amusing and tender. The ensemble singing was, on the whole, very stylish...