Hair Lotions

Women has by far been interested in keeping their beauty alive since the beginning of 19th century. Cosmetics, and other beauty products were already in business and women are flocking the salon of Madame Rachel whose real name is Sarah Russell. She had a salon before that were flocked by women that time for beauty products even though it is sold at a higher price. Her regime as a beauty expert suddenly fade when she was reported for fraudulent activities due to high prices and blackmails she did to her clients, exposing them to their husbands of their finances and debts from her.

Her clever and enterprising mind aspired for much bigger pickings. An expert at self-reinvention, with an intimidating air and unshakeable belief in her own talents, she discovered the merits of hair restoratives when she lost her hair after an illness and decided to cash in on the growing demand for hair lotions and cosmetics. Her fame died together with her career when she died in Woking jail in 1880. But her name lived on in Victorian popular culture and so did the aspirations to eternal beauty that drove women to her door. No lessons, it would seem, have been learned in the quest to keep the ageing process at bay. Women today are prepared to pay the same inflated prices for increasingly invasive cosmetic treatments. Like Madame Rachel’s clients before them, they are still engaged in the futile quest to remain beautiful forever.

Not only diamonds are forever, but also the quest for beauty, for staying young and healthy. When everyone tried to search for new technology, so are beauticians doing their very best to appease their clients request.

source: http://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-features/30174/a-tale-money-vanity-and-a-ruthless-con-artist