Friday, 11 April 2014

Life April 9 1951 Page 116/117

There’s never been such a charming, easy way 
To pretty up, anytime-anywhere 
She loves... You love... Everybody loves
Angel Face by Pond’s
“MIRROR CASE”
Velvety foundation and powder in-one now in a sweet, slim case for your handbag 
"This is for me!" That's what every girl knows the moment she spies an Angel Face Mirror Case! For here is the perfect take-it-with-you make-up in quite the sweetest case you ever saw! Smooth as polished ivory. . . entrancingly etched with golden tracery - and slim as a wafer! 
Tuck it in your handbag-and you're carrying the loveliest kind of beauty insurance! Because with just a touch of the puff, Pond's Angel Face gives your complexion a fresh, new glamour. . . soft-tinted, smooth as velvet! So divinely easy to use! No water - no greasy fingers! And a special cling ingredient makes Angel Face stay on-much, much longer .. than powder. And it can't spill!
"The most useful bit of prettiness I've ever owned  is the Angel Face Mirror Case," says Mrs. Anthony Drexel Duke. Pond's Angel Face comes in 6 heavenly true-complexion tones-choose yours today! It'll be the most successful beauty dollar you ever spent!  
Peek inside and find a mirror, puff, Angel Face! Everything for a glamorous, mat-smooth complexion. This is your Angel Face Mirror Case - only $1.00 PLUS TAX 
Pond's Angel Face in the sweet blue-and-gold box you already love-89cents, 59cents, plus tax. 
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The average price of a new home then was $9000 about 2.56 times the yearly average wage of $3510. Which was about 2.34 times the price of a new car $1500. Today?

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