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Kōrero: Personal grooming

War-loans poster, 1943

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War-loans poster, 1943

An ideal home-front woman is shown on this poster advertising war loans. Her perfect hair is arranged in 'victory rolls', and her make-up includes red lipstick, blusher, mascara, eyeliner and carefully shaped eyebrows.

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Puke Ariki - Taranaki Museum & Library

Reference: A96.445

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bronwyn Dalley, Personal grooming – Cosmetics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/38758/war-loans-poster-1943 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bronwyn Dalley, i tāngia i te 9 November 2012.