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Making a Bone Comb
Iron Age Soap
experiment
Making Gandalf's Hat
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Pointer has spent years researching exactly what was used and attempting to
plausibly reconstruct the preparations used by our ancestors in the quest for
beauty.
The links below will take you to pages on this topic.
topic? Why not join the Yahoo Early Perfume group, moderated by
Sally Pointer. Here you will find an active community of people
interested in early cosmetics, and lots of files, links and resources to
help you explore this diverse topic. All posts are moderated for the
first month or so to ensure a low spam level on this group.
The Roman Makeover: Based on careful interpretation of the
available documentary and archaeological evidence,we can
transform a modern woman into a Roman fashion victim!
A short article on Natural Beauty products that can be made at
home
A Figured Washball recipe from the eighteenth century (1740)
may be of interest to soapmakers.
Beauty, its Attainment and Preservation is an early beauty
manual published inthe 1890's. I'm scanning it and making it
available online as a complete book.
Sally took part in Time Team. Read more here
I've recently been experimenting with
Roman inspired hairstyles. These
are my most recent 'victims'. Only
the blond lady has really long hair,
the other two are almost entirely
composed of fake hair worked into
hairpieces and pinned over their own
tied back hair.
I'm planning on doing a page on
different Roman styles at some
point- watch this space.
