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The Powder
Companion to a 2009 documentary that tells how "two pioneering entrepreneurial women -- Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein -- created an industry [cosmetics], became global rivals and cultural icons, and changed the way we look at ourselves." Website features a brief film description, production stills and archival photos, and a gallery of photos of one model with makeup as worn in the decades of 1910-1960. Also includes a bibliography.
http://www.powderandglory.com/

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