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Video: 1950s Face Cream Ad Smears Radioactive Dirt On Model’s Face To Demonstrate Its Efficacy

Something tells me Don Draper was not looped in on this one. More » Post from: TheGloss
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Battle radioactive dirt with Dorothy Gray Salon Cold Cream

Society & Culture : The Retro Blog (3 years ago)

This 1955 commercial for Dorothy Gray Salon Cold Cream features a pleasant model going about her day normally. She shops and checks on her makeup. Then radioactive dirt is put on her face… It’s all very scientific, you see. The mak... Read Post

Need to Remove Radioactive Dirt From Your Face? Try Dorothy Gray Cold Cream

Lifestyle / Beauty : The Girls in the Beauty Department (last year)

Here at Glamour HQ, we're all for a bit of beauty nostalgia, but sometimes, product commercials from the past can be a little bit, um, scary. Check out this Dorothy Gray Cosmetics commercial from the 1950s that will "remove anything... Read Post

Atomic cold cream of the 1950s

Health : Respectful Insolence (4 years ago)

Somehow I don't think any cosmetics company today could get away with doing an experiment like this to prove how well its cold cream cleans the most dirt and makeup residue from a model's skin. I'd also really love a copy of the "At... Read Post


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