Definitely one of the most popular beauty habits today is also that of a long and arduous past for women. We look for some curiosities about hair removal and its evolution over time. The information is from ELLE.com.
- Ancient egypt: Women from ancient Egypt removed all their body hair with tweezers made of shells, pumice stones, or beeswax and sugar.
- The Roman Empire: Men and women used razors made of stones to remove hair. Even the pubic were removed because they were considered "uncivilized."
- The Middle Ages: Women removed hair from their faces, but not from their bodies. The fashion of the time was to remove eyebrows and hair from the forehead, using bandages soaked in ammonia and vinegar.
- 1700: Jean Jacques Perret, a French barber, created the first razor for men in 1760, which was used by some women to remove their hair.
- 1800: In 1844, Dr. Gouraud had created one of the first depilatory creams called Poudre Subtile. Soon after, in 1880, King Gillette created the first modern shaver for men and therefore a revolution was born.
- 1900: In 1915, Gillette, which had become a brand, created the first razor specifically for women, the low-cut Milady. The early 1900s marked the popularity of depilatory creams among them.
- 1950: Hair removal has become more accepted. While many depilatory creams were still irritating to the skin, women relied on razors to shave their legs and armpits.
- 1960: Wax strips have become the method of choice for hair removal on the arms and legs. Laser hair removal hit the market at 60, but soon fell into disuse for harming the skin.
- 1970: Decade in which hair removal in the? Bikini area? for women.
- 80's to this day: Today, most women include waxing or depilatory cream and tweezers in their routine beauty care. In addition there is also the use of laser hair removal safely. New technologies make it one of the most popular for women.
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