Before I Put On My Make Up
A DigitalNZ Story by Courtney Johnston
I wish at school we had been taught how to handle a compact and a lipstick with grace and quiet seductive power ....
perfume, cosmetics, make up, primping, prettifying, crossdressing
James Smiths
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Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1992 :Half-time. Sports Post cover, 29 June 1946.
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Cosmetics
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Ogilvy & Mather, woman modelling cosmetics
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Ogilvy & Mather, woman modelling cosmetics
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Ogilvy & Mather, woman modelling cosmetics
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Dormer Beck. Cosmetics.
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Dormer Beck. Cosmetics.
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Gay Morning cosmetics
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Cyclax cosmetics displayed on U-Rect-It shelving
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Showing a range of Iris cosmetics, for Sargood Son and Ewen 1940
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Advertising photograph for Walker Perfumes showing perfume gift packs
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Portrait of a young woman applying lipstick
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Isabel Lilian Wilford
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Stall at a trade fair advertising and displaying "Pond lily" hand cream
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After Steichen of Greta Garbo, 1928. From the series: the men from uncle
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Miss Barbara Aitchison
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Sunsilk
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Women in a department store, alongside a display of Serenade beauty creams
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Model wearing Chandelier necklace
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Make-up for production "The Pagoda on Thunder Peak"
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Actor Ralph Dyer making up in his dressing room
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Ralph Dyer, female impersonator, Kiwi Concert Party
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John Hunter shaving
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John Hunter painting his lips, Empire Theatre, Sydney, Australia
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Range of Sir International Irish Moss Toiletries
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Women army personnel in their hut in Miramar, Wellington, during World War II
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