Women's Hairstyles & Cosmetics

Beauty is essential to women during this period, and in Nana, there are various references to brushes, combs, and hairpins. Along with descriptions of women using makeup to darken the lashes or redden their lips and powder their cheeks, plus reference to beauty patches. Demode offers the reader historical insight into 18th C costumes, beauty application techniques, hairstyling practices, and references.