Author: Richard Corson

Number of Pages: 614

ISBN: 0720611954

Cover: Hardback

This is an extensively researched, comprehensive, yet fascinating survey of fashions in make-up through the ages, from ancient Egypt, Greece and the Romans, to the present day. The Times Educational Supplement said 'Chronicles in devastating detail the history of that absorbing folly - the pursuit of beauty . . . . An encyclopaedic study, a valuable book of reference.'