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Brilliant beauty inventions / Nadia Higgins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Higgins, Nadia, author.
- Series:
- Awesome inventions you use every day.
- Awesome inventions you use every day
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beauty, Personal--Juvenile literature.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Beauty culture--Juvenile literature.
- Beauty culture.
- Cosmetics--Juvenile literature.
- Cosmetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Can you believe that the paint used on cars inspired the invention of nail polish in the 1920s? Or that people have been making hair dyes for thousands of years, using everything from boiled walnuts to gold powder? Get ready to learn the strange stories behind inventions you use every day. From the woman who invented "kissproof" lipstick to the role toothpicks played in the creation of Q-tips, you'll find out how we got the beauty inventions that help us look great.
- Contents:
- Bathroom business
- Mirror
- Botox
- Deodorant
- Q-tips
- Bobby pins
- Lipstick
- Kleenex
- Nail polish
- Hair dryer
- Hair dye
- Razor
- Mascara.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4677-1645-6
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