Ten Weird Beauty Inventions Women Had To Use In The Past

Women were once forced to go to more ridiculous and often times dangerous lengths than they do today to make themselves presentable. Have you heard of the freckle freezer? To remove their freckles 1930 women froze them with carbon dioxide and freckles amazingly dropped off after about a week, leaving skin unmarked!Show more

In the 1940s women used the “Glamour Bonnet’ to improve their complexions. The idea was to vacuum out the atmospheric pressure around your head and stimulate blood circulation. In the 1920s, there was a device that turned naturally flat locks into desirable long-lasting curls. Every three months women bravely wrapped their wet hair around electrical equipment.

Losing weight was much easier in the 1940s with their massage chairs. The metal fat-blasting machines electrically rubbed away your hips and stomach. Women of the 1930s used a suction device hoping for a smooth and spotless face. Glass nozzles connected to a rubber tube vacuumed away all your skin imperfections.

In 1936 Isabella Gilbert invented a machine for those ‘unlucky’ ladies born with no natural dimples. The two knobs pressing into your cheeks were not only ineffective, but could also cause cancer.

For a rosy complexion the women of the 1940s heated up their faces with this electric mask. While the mask was toning their skin, the brass thimbles were protecting their fresh nail polish.

Before sunscreen there was the freckleproof cape that protected bathers from the sun, because tanned skin wasn’t cool back in the 1940s.

In addition, if you have partied hard the night before, Max Factor invented a cure for you back in the 1940s. Made for actresses to refresh their faces on a hot set, the mask soon turned into a treatment for hangovers.

In the 1930s if you didn’t know where to apply your makeup you would use this contraption. Max Factor developed the beauty micrometer to measure the contours of a woman’s face for a precise application.