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=== Cosmetics === {{Main|Cosmetics in the 1920s}} As far back as the 1890s, French actress [[Polaire]] pioneered a look which included short, disheveled hair, emphatic mouth and huge eyes heavily outlined in [[kohl (cosmetics)|kohl]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean Lorrain|title=La Ville Empoisonnée|year=1936|place=Paris|publisher=Jean Cres|page=279|quote= ...the great voracious mouth, the immense black eyes, ringed, bruised, discolored, the incandescence of her pupils, the bewildered nocturnal hair...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | type = category | title = Commons | work = Polaire | publisher = Wikimedia | url = http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Polaire}}.</ref> The evolving flapper look required "heavy makeup" in comparison to what had previously been acceptable outside of professional usage in the theater. With the invention of the metal lipstick container as well as compact mirrors, bee-stung lips came into vogue. Dark eyes, especially kohl-rimmed, were the style. [[Rouge (cosmetics)|Blush]] came into vogue now that it was no longer a messy application process. Women shaped their eyebrows needle-thin and penciled them in dark, emulating such actresses as [[Clara Bow]].<ref>[http://glamourdaze.com/history-of-makeup/1920s "A Brief History of 1920s Makeuop"] ''Glamour Daze''</ref><ref>Valenti, Lauren (April 10, 2014) [http://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/makeup/a9381/eyebrows-through-the-years/ "The History of Women and Their Eyebrows"] ''[[Marie Claire]]''</ref> Originally, [[pallor|pale]] skin was considered most attractive. However, tanned skin became increasingly popular after [[Coco Chanel]] showed off a tan after a holiday – it suggested a life of leisure, without the onerous need to work. Women wanted to look fit, sporty, and, above all, healthy.
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