Testing a Body Hair Removal Recipe from 1905 😮

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NOTES: Check out London College of Fashion's Cosmetic Science department! Can confirm, they're awesome. :) https://www.arts.ac.uk/subjects/business-and-management-and-science/undergraduate/bsc-hons-cosmetic-science-lcf#course-summary https://www.instagram.com/lcflondon_?igsh=Nm8zaGo3c3R0MmZ4 @artslondonfashion Check out what the amazing Rosie is up to next! https://www.instagram.com/labgurrrl/ FOOTNOTES: [1] Woodbury states in 1911, "electricity in dermatology has been in use only forty-five years," suggesting that electrolysis has been around since around the 1860s. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vsq5sdxa [2] The text shown on screen throughout the video is "Beauty Culture" by William Woodbury, written in 1911. The exact same recipe is also given in the 1905 publication "The Secrets of Specialists (Alfred Dale Covey, https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=fHERMYBsgGgC&rdid=book-fHERMYBsgGgC&rdot=1) We primarily used the former for the recipe as the measurement units and quantities given for the ingredients are easier to convert to modern units of measure, but the recipe itself has been around since at least 1905. [3] This patent registered in 2005 includes Strontium Sulphide as an active ingredient: https://patents.google.com/patent/CN1994259A/en ⤠ HOW TO SUPPORT ⤟ ♥️ PATREON for exclusive behind-the-scenes content! https://www.patreon.com/bernadettebanner ⚝ NEBULA to see these videos ad- and sponsorship-free, + Original content! http://www.nebula.tv/bernadettebanner 🦵MERCH https://store.dftba.com/collections/bernadette-banner ⤠ START YOUR HAND SEWING JOURNEY ⤟ 📚 BOOK: “Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes” https://linktr.ee/makesewandmend 🧵 SKILLSHARE CLASSES: “Hand Sewing Basics: Working Wonders with Fabric, Needle & Thread”. To sign up for a free trial and take the class, visit https://skl.sh/bernadettebanner1 ⤠ SOCIAL ⤟ 📸 INSTAGRAM @bernadettebanner http://www.instagram.com/bernadettebanner PRODUCTION MANAGER | Marlena Maher IG @threadedthistle https://www.instagram.com/threadedthistle/ EDITOR | @DannyBanner IG @danbanstudio https://www.instagram.com/danbanstudio/ This channel is made possible through the generous support of Patreon members. On behalf of myself and the team: thank you! ✨ ⤠ TIMESTAMPS ⤟ 0:00 - Intro/History of Hair Removal 2:15 - Diving into the Recipe 3:59 - Sourcing Ingredients (difficulty level: impossible) 5:16 - Welcome to the Lab! 6:17 - Science of Depilatory Creams 7:10 - Making the Edwardian Recipe 9:10 - Making a Modern Recipe 12:21 - Testing Time! 15:16 - Chemical Burn-adette 16:30 - Which worked better, modern or historical? 19:03 - Credits