From antiquity to the present, the laws governing the wearing of lipstick have been shaped by gender, class, safety, and religion.

How a company that started off selling cuticle remover convinced American woman to paint their nails.

When Technicolor changed the face of the film industry, it also altered the cosmetics industry, sparking the great Hollywood Powder Puff War of the 1930s.

The photographic pressure to curate our faces is inextricable from the online pressure to curate our lives; to present and perform.

Makeup has become a huge industry. Is it possible to enjoy the practice of beautification and be feminist at the same time?