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Money quote: By the 1700s it was well known that lead, a popular ingredient used in creating the white face paste, was poisonous, but that did not stop women from using it.
1 posted on 04/21/2021 4:01:08 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
Quite interesting.

Thank You for posting.

2 posted on 04/21/2021 4:05:21 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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It’s so good that American women have progressed beyond such behaviors...


3 posted on 04/21/2021 4:12:28 AM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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‘You couldn’t just be rich, you had to look rich,’

Today they wear designer T-shirts with pictures of communists on them. More dangerous than lead, IMHO.


4 posted on 04/21/2021 4:14:59 AM PDT by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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Now it’s birth control pills.


5 posted on 04/21/2021 4:26:04 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I found that yelling at my screen did not effect the change I sought.)
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Wait, I thought this was an article about 1980’s Hair bands


6 posted on 04/21/2021 4:41:40 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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lead, a popular ingredient used in creating the white face paste, was poisonous, but that did not stop women from using it.

like Botox today.


9 posted on 04/21/2021 5:15:28 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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