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Rina Fosati
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I mostly post things I find interesting from the first half of the 20th Century. Click on the image to display the meandering content I call alt text.
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The discourse regarding whether hair dyes are carcinogenic or not, is akin to the path of ciggies & pesticides. Scientists have known about the elevated risks for decades (esp for Black women.) But for 100+ years it’s been 🎵 wash away the grey 🎵 Stop encouraging women to use this shit.

“Grey Hair Banished in 15 minutes,” 1924 advertisement for Inecto Rapid, Notox hair dye, illustrated by Homer B. Conant (American, 1887–1927) This is a color illustration for Inecto Rapid hair dye. It features a youthful woman dressed in a 1920s-era gown; a fantasy confection of expansive blue silk decorated with sprays of floral embroidery. A wide band across the bottom of the gown’s skirt is embellished with women’s heads that sport the various colors of hair dye available. This advertisement has several lines of text below the illustration. One of the paragraphs reads: “It is specifically guaranteed to impart to gray, streaked or faded hair all its former harmonious beauty of luster, of silken texture and shade. Its use cannot be detected. It is guaranteed permanent; its coloring will withstand any condition or treatment that Nature’s will – brushing, rubbing, shampooing, sunshine, salt water, perspiration, Turkish and Russian baths, permanent waving, marceling and curling.”
“Grey Hair Banished in fifteen minutes,” 1924 advertisement for Inecto Rapid, Notox hair dye, by an unknown illustrator. Continuing with its theme of equating youthful appearance with a plethora of flowers, this advertisement features a smiling woman who flirts with the viewer by playing peek-a-boo with a fluttering feather fan. She is dressed in an elaborate gown with a huge floral patterned skirt. Similar to the previous ad, the text below touts that Inecto Rapid Notox “has been created by science for coloring the sensitive organism of human hair.”
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those are awfully pretty ads, though. it's such a shame about the chemicals.

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Rina Fosati
@pierinafosati.bsky.social
I mostly post things I find interesting from the first half of the 20th Century. Click on the image to display the meandering content I call alt text.
134 followers128 following580 posts
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