Unwrapping the mystery of ancient cosmetics

摘要

Historical cosmetics from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and Petrie museums, and the Walgreen Boots Alliance Archive, have been analysed as part of a wide-ranging study into skincare across the centuries. 'From natural resources to packaging, an interdisciplinary study of skincare products over time' was an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded project to explore the formulation and packaging of historical skincare products, which ran from March 2016 until February 2018. The RPS museum was a partner in the project, alongside the Universities of Oxford, Glasgow and Keele, and the Boots archive.