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Beauty Imagined A History of the Global Beauty Industry

Geoffrey Jones

The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and firms which have shaped this industry, such as Avon, Coty, Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for us.

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The book was referenced to explain that the beauty business was once a local, pamphletdriven trade before the rise of factories and massproduced cosmetics.

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Until the late 19th century, according to Jeffrey Jones' 2010 book Beauty Imagined, the beauty business was a mostly local enterprise where pamphleteers sold advice and pots of rouge.

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The book was referenced to explain that the beauty business was once a local, pamphletdriven trade before the rise of factories and massproduced cosmetics.

"

Until the late 19th century, according to Jeffrey Jones' 2010 book Beauty Imagined, the beauty business was a mostly local enterprise where pamphleteers sold advice and pots of rouge.

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