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A fresh, fabulous, and often frightening trip through the social, political, cultural, and sartorial impact of female rebellion, all while staring down the barrel of a lipstick tube. It is the fascinating story of how America came to be one nation under gloss. -- Tonya Hurley, author of the Ghost Girl series An unique and riveting focus on a heretofore obscure element of American pop culture and history...an extraordinarily informative and inherently fascinating study. -- Midwest Book Review Full of memorable tidbits, including a decade-by-decade breakdown of the most popular lipstick shades, this colorful survey will delight history and fashion buffs alike. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) This book, packed with historical tidbits both delightful and disturbing, is as much a survey of the ways history is told as of the way lipstick's meaning has developed in Western culture and commerce. It's an entertaining and thoughtful journey. -- Jo Weldon, author of Fierce: The History of Leopard Print Wise, witty and erudite. I now know a lot more about the history of beauty culture than I ever knew I wanted to, and I'm better for it. -- John Strausbaught, author of City of Sedition

Martha Washington...Victorian era...Prohibitionists...'bobby soxers'...discrimination...trailblazers...Stonewall...Full of memorable tidbits...this colorful survey will delight history and fashion buffs alike. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A fresh, fabulous, and often frightening trip through the social, political, cultural, and sartorial impact of female rebellion, all while staring down the barrel of a lipstick tube. It is the fascinating story of how America came to be one nation under gloss. -- Tonya Hurley, author of the Ghost Girl series An unique and riveting focus on a heretofore obscure element of American pop culture and history...an extraordinarily informative and inherently fascinating study. -- Midwest Book Review This book, packed with historical tidbits both delightful and disturbing, is as much a survey of the ways history is told as of the way lipstick's meaning has developed in Western culture and commerce. It's an entertaining and thoughtful journey. -- Jo Weldon, author of Fierce: The History of Leopard Print Wise, witty and erudite. I now know a lot more about the history of beauty culture than I ever knew I wanted to, and I'm better for it. -- John Strausbaught, author of City of Sedition

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ILISE S. CARTER is freelance writer, consulting copywriter to the beauty industry, and sideshow performer based in New York City. She has written for Allure, New York Times, Racked, Wall Street Journal, and others, with a focus on pop culture. In addition, she's spent over a decade as a consulting copywriter for beauty brands such as Shiseido, bliss, Laura Mercier, Avon, L'Or�al, and Madame CJ Walker, specializing in brand voice and identity. As her stage persona, The Lady Aye, she has worked as professional sideshow performer and MC with acts ranging from Rob Zombie to Cirque du Soleil, and has appeared on TV's Gossip Girl, Odditties, The President Show, Mysteries at the Museum and Dickinson. She holds a BA degree in American studies from Barnard College at Columbia University and a certificate in film production from New York University.YU Gabra Zackman is an actress, author, and narrator who has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards. She was educated at Northwestern University. A classically trained actress, she has appeared in theaters all over the country as well as on film and television.

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