Vintage Beauty Book
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free skin care · Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:47 pm

While browsing the Web the other day, I found a beauty book from the early 1900s. The author was an Italian opera singer noted for her appearance.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Gw0wAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=lina+cavalieri&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wFcJU4jiCsrHqgGIuYHADg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=lina%20cavalieri&f=false

I found this interesting and thought that I should share.

free skin care · Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:37 pm

So cool, VeronicaM! I love old books! And I'm particularly excited about this one because the intro has a paragraph that reads:

Quote:

In this first book Lina takes us on her journey of "Natural Facial Skin Care and Anti aging". How to care for your face, using natural facial treatments, including home-made creams and anti-wrinkle massages, and even facial exercises Dancing

. While emphasis is on the face, she goes beyond to cover the whole complexion.

[Red font emphasis and excited smiley Dancing

mine]

Thanks for sharing!

free skin care · Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:19 am

Nonie,

There are tons of vintage beauty books online (see links below). Lina Cavalieri's book looked like one of the better ones.

http://books.google.com/books?id=1DQEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=beauty&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VssJU73EFMeuqgHftIHAAw&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=beauty&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=DLAyAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=beauty&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VssJU73EFMeuqgHftIHAAw&ved=0CKgBEOgBMBI#v=onepage&q=beauty&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=FEAMgnFQ01cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=beauty&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VssJU73EFMeuqgHftIHAAw&ved=0CO4BEOgBMB4#v=onepage&q=beauty&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=wN4GAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=beauty&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VssJU73EFMeuqgHftIHAAw&ved=0CJACEOgBMCQ#v=onepage&q=beauty&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=-TUEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=beauty&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VssJU73EFMeuqgHftIHAAw&ved=0CKECEOgBMCc#v=onepage&q=beauty&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=PDUEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=beauty&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EcwJU9j4JoXzqQGFxoCwDw&ved=0CJABEOgBMA04KA#v=onepage&q=beauty&f=false

I'm not sure how great some of the other beauty books are, though.

free skin care · Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:23 pm

I have Carmen dell'Orefice's book which she wrote in her fifties and she's now in her eighties. Coincidentally I meant to drag it out yesterday for some reason which I've now forgotten. We've referenced her on this forum before but if you don't know who she is: https://www.google.com/search?q=carmen+dell%27orefice&client=firefox-a&hs=QZ5&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=_8ULU93oBKae2gX674G4Ag&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1254&bih=827&dpr=1

I just found this old photo of Carmen which I've never seen before.http://supermodelshrine.tumblr.com/post/24428449285/carmen-1958

free skin care · Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:03 pm

Because these books were written before 1923, you should be able to read them for free.

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