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Description: | Look at the brush that Nan used to apply her mascara. The mascara always stuck together so Nan had to wet the brush with spit. It was quite usual to moisten the brush, rub it hard on the block, then apply to the lashes, repeating as necessary. Make up factories were shut during the Second World War. Little boxes like this became treasures. Keeping up appearances was important and women began to think of clever alternatives as their supplies ran low. Vaseline and beetroot made lipstick. Shoe polish could be used as mascara and bicarbonate of soda would do for deodorant. The end of wartime limits gave Nan freedom to buy proper make up again. Imagine her joy! | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Rights holder: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Subjects: | Youth Culture and Fashion | Temporal: | Early 1950s | Source: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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