The source of tremendous power and the focus of incredible devotion; throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life and culture. Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance; the black eyebrows considered charming in the early eighteenth century; and the thin lips thought desirable by Victorians. Beauty has ensured good marriages; enabled social mobility and offered fame and notoriety; and has led women ndash; and some men ndash; to remarkable lengths in cultivating it; from the dangerous quantities of lead applied by Elizabeth I; to the women of the 1940s and 50s; who employed face powder; lipstick and mascara to look their best during the privations of war and austerity; creating a chic appearance to which many still aspire.
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