30 Unimaginable Things Women Did In The Past Just For The Sake Of ‘Beauty’

People will do almost anything to look and feel young and beautiful which is why the elegance manufacture is prospering. And it doesn’t matter if the trends are incredibly strange, as long as others are following them–you’re likely to jump on the bandwagon. Nonetheless, when you look back in autobiography, there have been some very weird beauty rehearses in the past that have left us perplexed. Suntan vending machines and using a literal iron to iron hair are just the tip-off of the perfection iceberg.

Bored Panda has compiled some of the best vintage photos of women doing very peculiar things, all in the name of beauty. So scroll on down, upvote your fave photos, and make us know which of these activities you personally thought were the most bizarre, dear Pandas. Oh, and be sure to let us know which modern perfection practises you think are objectively peculiar! According to Forbes, the world-wide glamour industry is worth 532 million dollars. The US is the world’s largest appeal busines with around a fifth of the share. While China is in second place and Japan is in third place.

To learn more about the history of grace and the charm manufacture, Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Jane Nicholas from St. Jerome’s University at the University of Waterloo. According to Dr. Nicholas, the global attractivenes manufacture has grown “substantially” over the 20 th century. “Its expansion divulges the importance of beauty in people’s lives as it appearances their identities, especially in regard to gender.”

# 1 A Woman Having A Seam Painted Onto Her Leg, To Make It Appear That She Is Wearing Stockings, 1926

Image recognitions: Fox Photos

# 2 Faceless Beauty Contest In Cliftonville, 1936

Image ascribes: Austrian Archives

# 3 “Ironing” Hair, 1964

Dr. Nicholas explained to Bored Panda that modern culture is a visual culture. Meanwhile, modern living propose detect yourself in an increasingly-dense but anonymous municipal. And that means that appearance becomes more important than ever. After all, when you’re a stranger to someone, they adjudicate you by your appearance.

“So how one seems is often presumed to be who one is. Historically, the rise of the modern city was seen as the place of immediate assessments on forms in places that were horded but likewise built for observation. Evaluation by one’s appearance, then, took on brand-new relevance. This has only intensified, ” the history expert explained.

# 4 A Full-Faced Swimming Mask Helped Protect Women’s Skin From The Sun, 1920 s

Image credits: Hulton Archive

# 5 Max Factor’s 1931 Ice Mask

Image recognitions: International News Soundphoto

# 6 Purchasers Have Their Legs Painted At A Store In Croydon, London, 1941

Image credits: G W HALES

She pointed out that beauty is( at the same time) passionately personal, as well as culturally driven. That meaning that the charm industry is relational to the consumer.

“It requires products and portraits for uptake and how customers take those up primarily establish its success. Beautiful concoctions and patterns have to resonate with shoppers, who are not simply hoaxes but often intelligent and measured in what they want and can exhaust, ” Dr. Nicholas said.

“Gaps in services and makes lead to further innovation. Throughout the 20th century, for example, women of color struggled to be appropriately represented and struggled to find appropriate concoctions. In multiple courses, the industry was forced to grow and expand to respond properly to their needs. Black inventors often extended the road, ” she said.

# 7 Freckle Removal. A Complicated Apparatus Is Employed. Eyes Are Covered With A Special, Air-Tight Piece, And The Nostrils Filled In. Breathing Is Done Through A Special Tube. Sensitive Parts Of The Face Must Be Treated Separately, 1930

Image recognitions: Mansell

# 8 Contestants In The Miss Lovely Eyes Beauty Pageant In Florida Wearing Masks To Obscure The Rest Of Their Faces, 1930

Image ascribes: FPG

# 9 Woman Tans Using A Suntan Vending Machine, 1949

Image ascribes: ahtisham-ahmed

It’s no astonish that some yield charm procedures, managements, and rehearsals seem strange to us now. “When dislocated from their context, what was normal in one time period seems strange in another. Today, we receive the most filtered, amply made up selfie as quite regular. When you pause to consider it though, it is interesting to think about how those reflect changes in technology( both digital and in cosmetics ), as well as in dominant hypothesis of what is considered beautiful. It are likely to be pondering of the democratization of proficiencies in lighting and makeup application that were historically reserved for insiders within modeling. Now, anyone can use them.”

Dr. Nicholas said that beauty is deeply interwoven with the wider social and cultural context. That means that it shows more than time knockout itself. “Using X-rays for whisker removal, for example, likewise wonders the fact that technology surfaces before the full repercussion of its employment is known, ” she gave an example.

The history expert likewise told Bored Panda that we can expect some of these best practices that we take for granted today to seem outdated and curious in the decades to come. “It’s fairly regular today to infuse a formation of botulism into your face or to dress in the skin of another animal. Over time, though, as our collective sentiments and appreciates vary, these ordinary routines might come to be seen as extraordinary.”

#10 Before The Invention Of Sun-Screen In The Mid 1940 s, Bathers Wore Garments Like This Freckleproof Cape To Protect Themselves From The Sun. The Cape Also Features Built-In Sunglasses #11 10 th Century Chinese Tradition – Foot Binding

Image approvals: Jo Farrell/ Living History Project

#12 A Perm In Germany In 1929

Image credits: Everett Collection

What I find the weirdest, personally, is the size of the hairdryers in the past. They’re absolutely humongous and they look like something straight out of a sci-fi flick.

The very first hairdryer was invented in 1890 by French stylist Alexander Godefroy. His set form had a bonnet that attached to none other than the chimney pipe of a gas stave. You spoke that right, dear Pandas! Imagine going to a hairdressing salon and being told to put one of those stove-connected bonnets on your head.

We got the very first handheld hairdryers around 1920 due to technological innovations at the time. However, these were nothing like our modern-day equivalent: they weighed around 2 pounds( that’s 0.9 kilograms) and were very difficult to use. They were also prone to overheating and electrocuted beings from time to time.

#13 Portable Hair Dryer, 1940 s

Image ascribes: Easyart/ PA

#14 French Breast Washer, 1930 s #15 Rita Perchetti And Gloria Rossi Try Out Their New Portable Bathhouse So They Can Change Their Clothes After Sunbathing On Coney Island Beach, 1938

Before you hasten to poke fun at these yield beautiful rules, keep in mind two things. First of all, even if something is trendy, far from every person follows the newly-minted flavor of the month perfection techniques.

Second of all, if you think that we’ve’ advanced’ much beyond silliness, turn on the Tv and fling to an infomercial direct! The things you’ll picture there are just as weird( and maybe even weirder ).

#16 A Policeman Judges An Ankle Competition At Hounslow, London, 1930

Image approvals: sacredserenity

#17 Tape Worm Diet, 1900 s

Image approvals: Unknown

#18 A Traditional Japanese Sign Of Beauty- Black Teeth, 17 th- 19 th Centuries

Image credits: Pierre Dieulefils

#19 Hair Dryer, 1920 s #20 Wooden Swimsuits, 1929 #21 Dimple Machine In 1936

Image recognitions: Unknown

#22 The Bra Claimed To Develop And Strengthen The Bust And Was Designed To Vibrate While The Person Wearing It Was At Work. Brussel, 1971 #23 Rubber Beauty Masks Used To Get Rid Of Wrinkles In The 1920 s

Image credits: Wellcome Collection

#24 Facial Warming Mask, 1940 #25 X-Ray Of Female Torso With Corset( Left) And Female Torso Without A Corset( Right ), 1908

Image approvals: nyamcenterforhistory.org

#26 A Fruit Mask From The 1930 s

Image ascribes: vintage.everyday

#27 You Have A Beautiful Face But Your Nose? #28 Taking Precise Measurements Of A Beautiful Young Woman’s Head And Face With A Contraption Like An Instrument Of Torture, 1933