From Pantyhose To Pond’s Cold Cream, 9 Ways Getting Ready Has Changed

There are so many old-fashioned beauty products and methods that seem foreign to women today. Tedious hair preparations and limited colors meant that beauty was far less efficient back then. Here are a few things young women today won’t understand about beauty.

6) High Heels

For young women flats were acceptable, but for grown women heels were the standard. I remember women working at K-Mart even had to wear heels all day! What a vastly more comfortable work environment most women have now.

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5) Beauty Salon

Most women today don’t understand just how dependent we were on the beauty salon! With no internet to look up DIY hair treatments and maybe a few failed home-permanents under your belt, you were better off at the salon for anything heavy-duty.

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4) Cake Mascara

Girls today have no idea how much layering had to be done with the old cake mascara! A different brush and different consistency made it a completely different experience. Have a look below.

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