Since the reason for using cosmetics has always been to make women look more attractive, we must remember that different ideas of “beauty” created different kinds of “cosmetics” all over the world.

For example, a savage African woman who cuts her skin and rubs black paint into the cuts is making herself beautiful according to the standards of her people. And when an Eskimo lady rubs grease and fat into her skin, she is using “cosmetics,” by Eskimo standards!