The gripping story of Helena Rubinstein, Eugene Schueller, and the dark side of the beauty business they helped to create. From acclaimed novelist and cultural historian Ruth Brandon comes a captivating dual biography of the legendary founders of the cosmetics industry, Helena Rubinstein and Eugene Schueller, creator of L'Oreal. Brandon's gripping and sometimes disturbing story of gender, power, and politics stretches back from the darkest days of World War II, to the emergence of the modern fashion and makeup industries, ...
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The gripping story of Helena Rubinstein, Eugene Schueller, and the dark side of the beauty business they helped to create. From acclaimed novelist and cultural historian Ruth Brandon comes a captivating dual biography of the legendary founders of the cosmetics industry, Helena Rubinstein and Eugene Schueller, creator of L'Oreal. Brandon's gripping and sometimes disturbing story of gender, power, and politics stretches back from the darkest days of World War II, to the emergence of the modern fashion and makeup industries, with magazines like "Vogue "and "Cosmopolitan "and game-changing product lines such as Avon and Mary Kay. Ugly Beauty""resonates as well with its implications for modern culture, as we enter an era when haute couture and cosmetology exert an ever more powerful influence upon society at large.
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