Digitized materials related to the history of beauty, hairstyling, and perfume. This directory includes 26 periodical titles, comprising about 3,182 individual issues, plus 54 books, all free to access as of when I listed them. Dates correspond to the years available of each periodical.  Feel free to send me things to add, and please let me know if a link is no longer functional. 

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Beauty Periodicals

19th Century

    

• Art du Coiffeur, 1803-1807, 1833-1834. French hairstyling journal.

• Le Journal des Coiffeurs, 1836-1874. French, hairstyling.

• Le Moniteur de la Coiffure, 1858-1908. French, hairstyling.

• Revue de la Coiffure et des Modes, 1874-1875. French, hairstyling.

• Le Moniteur de la Parfumerie, 1875. French trade journal for the perfume and hairstyling industries.

• L'Écho des Coiffeurs Illustré, 1885-1887. French hairstyling journal. 

• La Beauté, 1897. French journal of beauty and hygiene.

• Le Journal de la Beauté, 1897-1933. French beauty journal.

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20th Century

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• L'Art d'Être Jolie, 1904-1905. French beauty journal. 

• The American Perfumer, 1906-1955. American trade journal for the perfume, cosmetics, and soap industries.

• Le Miroir de la Beauté, 1909-1914. French beauty journal.

• Internationale Frisierkunst und Mode, 1918-1937. Austrian hairstyling magazine, published in Vienna. Title translates to International Hair-Style and Fashion.

• L'Écho de la Parfumerie, 1921-1922. French trade journal for the perfume industry.

• Beauty, 1923. American beauty magazine.

• L'Oréal Bulletin, 1923-1925. L'Oreal's in-house magazine. French. L'Oreal also published L'Oréal Humoristique: Pour Lire en Attendant son Tour, 1925-1930, a humor journal produced for women to read while waiting for their beauty appointments.

• Revue des Marques de la Parfumerie et de la Savonnerie, 1923-1938, 1938-1939. French journal that published all registered trademarks issued in the perfume and cosmetics industries.

• Drug & Cosmetic Industry, 1926-1961. American trade journal for the drug store and cosmetics industries.

• La Coiffure de Paris, 1927-1950. French hairstyling journal.

• Toute la Coiffure, 1930-1932. French hairstyling magazine.

• Kauneudenhoitolehti (Translated: Beauty Magazine), 1931-1933. Finnish quarterly magazine of beauty culture. 

• Przed Zwierciadłem (Translated: Before the Mirror), 1932. Polish journal of hairstyling.

• Antoine Document, 1932-1937. French magazine on hairstyling, beauty, and fashion, created by the most famous hairstylist in France of his time, the Polish ex-pat Antoine Cierplikowski. 

• Etre Belle, 1932-1938. French beauty magazine.

• Rester Jeune, 1934-1948. French beauty magazine.

• Etre Belle et Bien Coiffée, 1938. French beauty and hairstyling journal, unaffiliated with the title Etre Belle.

 

Beauty Books​​

•  Physique de la Beauté, ou Pouvoir Naturel de ses Charmes, 1748. French beauty guide by Étienne Gabriel Morelly. 

• L'Art de la Coëffure des Dames Françoises, 1768. French hairstyling guide by famed hairstylist, Legros.

• Almanach De La Toilette et De La Mode, 1777. German beauty and fashion guide, with text in French.

• L'Art de Conserver la Beauté, 1790. French beauty guide by Antoine le Camus.

• The Art of Beauty: Or, the Best Methods of Improving and Preserving the Shape, Carriage, and Complexion, 1825. British beauty and health guide.

• Art de se Coiffer Soi-Même, 1828. French guide to styling one's own hair.

• L'Arte di Conservare e di Aumentare la Bellezza di Ambi i Sessi, 1829. Italian beauty guide for both sexes, by Jean-Marie Mossé.

• Méthode de Coiffure, 1832. French hairstyling guide by Croisat, the hairstylist of the Journal des Modes and the Petit Courrier des Dames.

• Beauty: Illustrated by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman, 1852. British analytical study of beauty.

• Histoire de la Coiffure, de la Barbe et des Cheveux Postiches, 1858. French history of hairstyles, beards, and false hair.

• The Arts of Beauty, or, Secrets of a Lady's Toilet, 1858. English translation of Montez's beauty guide.

• Personal Beauty, 1860. British beauty pamphlet.

• Note Sur les Cosmétiques, 1861. French treatise against the dangers of cosmetics, by Alphonse Chevallier.

• Physiologie descriptive des trente beautés de la femme, 1861. Descriptions of thirty case studies of beautiful women with "historical analysis of their perfections and imperfections, temperaments, physiognomies, characters, hygienic advice, toiletries, form of beauty," by Auguste Debay.

• The Ladies Guide to Perfect Beauty, 1861. British beauty guide by Alexander Walker. 

• De la Décoration Humaine: Hygiène de la Beauté, 1867.  French beauty and health guide by Dr. P. L. Alphée Cazenave.

• The Book of Beauty, Vigor and Elegance, 1874. American beauty guide.

• Personal Appearance and the Culture of Beauty, with Hints as to Character, 1877. American beauty guide by Thomas Sozinskey.

• Beauty, Its Attainment and Preservation, 1890. American beauty guide.

• Histoire de la Coiffure Féminine, 1892. French history of hairstyling by the Comtesse Marie de Villermont. 

• Wimples and Crisping Pins: Being Studies in the Coiffure and Ornaments of Women, 1895. English book by Theodore Child.

• Coiffures de Style: La Parure Excentrique, époque Louis XVI, 1895. French guide to hairstyles in the age of Louis the 16th, by Octave Uzanne.

• The Lady Beauty-Book, 1900. British beauty guide by "Myrene".

• La Beauté S'En Va...: Des Méthodes Propres à la Rénovation de la Beauté Féminine, 1905. French beauty book with instructions for producing beauty treatments.

• Beauty and the Preservation of Youth, 1907. British beauty guide "by an MD".

• Health and Beauty, 1908. American beauty guide by John V. Shoemaker.

• Beauty & Health, 1910. American beauty guide by Dr. Emma Elizabeth Walker.

• The Lady's Dressing Room, 1911.  English translation by Lady Gertrude Elizabeth Blood Campbell of a French beauty guide by Baroness Staffe.

• The Beauty Book of Roxana Rion, 1913. American beauty guide by Roxana Rion.

• Pour Être Belle, 1913. French beauty guide published by Lafitte & Cie. Title translated: To Be Beautiful.

• My Secrets of Beauty, 1914. American beauty guide by famed opera singer, Lina Cavalieri.

• Beauty – A Duty, 1921. American beauty pamphlet by May Irwin Norwalk. 

• "Dame Curtsey's" Book of Beauty Talks, 1923. American beauty guide by Ellye Howell Glover.

• Parry’s Cyclopedia Of Perfumery, 1925. British encyclopedia of "raw materials used by the perfumer, their origins, properties, characters, and analysis" by Ernest Parry.

• The Cream of Beauty, 1931. British beauty guide with recipes for beauty treatments and cosmetics, by Stanley Redgrove.

• L'Art de la Coiffure Féminine: Son Histoire à Travers les Siècles, 1932. French. Title translates to: The Art of Female Hairdressing: Its History through the Centuries. French book of hairdressing history by Stéphane, hairdresser to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium.

• Juuksetööstuse Käsiraamat, 1935. Estonian hairstyling guide.

• Beauty Adorned, 1935. American beauty guide by Elisabeth Ann.

• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Invitation to Beauty, 1961. American beauty and health guide by Gayelord Hauser.

• The Leslie Uggams Beauty Book, 1966. American beauty guide aimed towards Black teenagers, written by pop star and actress Leslie Uggams.

• My Life for Beauty, 1966. The autobiography of Helena Rubinstein, one of the most successful beauty entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

• The Prentice-Hall Textbook of Cosmetology, 1976. American cosmetology textbook.

• Careers in Beauty & Grooming, 1977. American career guide by Mark Lerner.

• Guide to Beauty: Your Hair, Your Face, Your Figure, 1978. American beauty guide by Mary Milo.

• Beauty Encyclopaedia, 1978. British beauty guide by Dorothy Davis Farmer. 

• Instant Beauty: The Complete Way to Perfect Makeup, 1979. American makeup guide by Pablo Manzoni, famed Elizabeth Arden makeup artist. 

• Vogue Body and Beauty Book, 1980. American beauty guide by Bronwen Meredith.

• Color Me Beautiful, 1981. Famed American beauty guide by Carole Jackson.

• Latin Beauty, 1981. American guide to Latin beauty by Nilo Viyella.

• Maquillages de Rêve, 1983. French guide to fantasy makeup by Denis Saint-Seauvage.

• The Beauty Principal, 1984. American instructional beauty program by Victoria Principal.

• Vogue Beauty, 1984. American beauty guide by Deborah Hutton.

• Coiffure & Maquillage, 1999. French make-up and hair guide.  

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Misc.

• AdAccess: Duke University's archive of over 7,000 advertisements from 1911-1955, with lots of advertisements for beauty products.  

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