Download or read book All for Beauty written by Adrienne L. McLean and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an industrial history that examines how and why makeup and hairdressing evolved as crafts in the studio era. Readers will never again watch Hollywood films without thinking about the roles of makeup and hairdressing in creating not just fictional characters but stars as emblems of an idealized and undeniably mesmerizing visual perfection.