WAR PAINT - Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein the makeup wars by Lindsay Woodhead with Josephine Pembroke Radio Gorgeous Archives

We love makeup, it gives us confidence – a splurge at the make up counter cheers us up. And, we are always hoping to find that miracle in the jar. Lindy Woodhead and the has written a book about the creation of the beauty industry as we know it. Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein may have been on your mother’s dressing table, but I bet you have owned a tube of 8 Hour Cream and you probably cleanse tone and moisturise – all the things these grand dames on beauty invented. Listen now to to be beautified, entertained and more.

WAR PAINT  - Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein, The makeup wars by Lindsay Woodhead with Josephine Pembroke Radio Gorgeous Archives