Ugly beauty Helena Rubinstein, L'Oreal, and the blemished history of looking good

From acclaimed novelist and cultural historian Ruth Brandon comes a captivating dual biography of the legendary founders of the cosmetics industry, Helena Rubinstein and Eugène Schueller, creator of L'Oréal. Brandon's gripping and sometimes disturbing story of gender, power, and politics stretches...

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Main Author: Brandon, Ruth
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Language:English
Published: 2011.
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