by admin | Feb 21, 2025 | Articles
What initially drew you to join the Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network? For the past six years, I’ve been researching food marketing in nineteenth and early-twentieth century Sweden and Britain. One of my studies (with Göran Eriksson) was on radium products...
by admin | Feb 21, 2025 | Articles
In this new series we will be chatting to members of the CHMSN- we start with our co-founder Hillary Belzer to find out what it is all about What inspired you to establish an academic network group specifically focused on cosmetic history? There are academic networks...
by admin | Feb 21, 2025 | Articles
CHMSN member Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan takes a look at vitamins in skincare In the last few years, Vitamin F has become the focus of much attention in the skincare industry. A 2019 article in fashion magazine Vogue described it as an “unsung skincare hero” that...
by admin | Feb 21, 2025 | Articles
As oat based cosmetics continue to hit the shelves CHMSN member Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan looks at one of their historical predecessors. “Just five short minutes every day – Five minutes in the OATINE way. A little time; a pleasant duty And all may win...
by admin | Feb 21, 2025 | CHMSN Member
Montserrat Cabré is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Cantabria, Spain. Since the 1990s, she has been working on the care of the female body in medieval culture, paying special attention to its visibility and how cosmetics and adornment...
