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To: pissant
That wasn't the kind of research I had in mind. LOL

I meant about depilatories anyway and that kind of thing.

In Ovid's "ART OF LOVE" he has a whole section on makeup and perfume and hair for women and tells men to brush their teeth and all kinds of other such things. There are other ancient texts about hygiene and cosmetics.

Like bathing,the early Christians eschewed everything they saw as being pagan,which is probably why women stopped using depilatories,even though they did shave their hairlines,in the Middle Ages,so that they would appear to have very high foreheads.

183 posted on 03/02/2005 6:30:39 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Like bathing, the early Christians eschewed everything they saw as being pagan...

So then the French are the most Christian people on Earth. Who knew? ;)

186 posted on 03/02/2005 7:15:41 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves
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