Modern Mechanix
Issue: Nov, 1931
Posted in: Personal Appearance
Posted: 05/21/2008
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Cocktail Shaker Enables Milady to Make Any Hue Powder (Nov, 1931)

Cocktail Shaker Enables Milady to Make Any Hue Powder

THE latest innovation from Paris for milady comes in the form of a cocktail shaker in which powders suitable for various types of complexions can be mixed on the spot. With each shaker there is provided a number of recipes for face powders, so that actresses may mix their own for any occasion. Photos above show successive steps in the mixing of the powders.

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3 comments
  1. Neil Russell says: May 22, 20086:34 am

    Now that’s a dry martini

  2. Blurgle says: May 22, 20082:30 pm

    Because the complexion changes so much from day to day…

  3. Baron Waste says: May 23, 20085:27 pm

    In 1931, alcohol was illegal to purchase or possess in the United States. “Oh, but this cocktail shaker is for my cosmetics!” Imagine an article today describing how a bong can be used as a room humidifier…

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