https://twitter.com/feminemi1y/status/1502150695952130049?s=21

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    People have removed hair throughout history. It's just before 1900 in the west women mostly used depilation creams made at home, not razors.

    • bigboopballs [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      depilation creams made at home

      that's interesting. what did they make it out of?

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        A bunch of stuff pretty similar to modern creams, but also a bunch of weird shit sometimes like processed dung and often extremely dilute quicklime, which is a hell of an exfoliator.

        Look up Gli Experimenti by Caterina Sforza (yes the Assassin's Creed 2 one) for some examples.