War Paint - Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden - Their Lives, their Times, their Rivalry

Faded spine, old Dymocks sticker partially torn off front cover, leaving marks to cover, otherwise good secondhand copy.

The story of two remarkable women - Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein. Between them they left an extraordinary legacy which touches the lives of virtually all women today: the creation of the modern cosmetics and beauty industry. The book traces the humble beginnings of both Arden and Rubinstein and examines the forces and influences that drove them. It also explores the period in which they lived, without an understanding of which their phenomenal achievement cannot be truly appreciated...