Beautification Products for both Women and Men

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The 1700s/1800s, also known as the Victorian Era, was a glorious time period regarding beauty standards and appearance for men and women. Like today, fashion means everything, whether you notice it or not. What you wear on your head, in your hair, on your face, on your body, and on your feet tell those around you who you are. Fashion is a language that is universal and comprehended without words. You can tell someone where you're from, what job you have, what social class you're in, and how you live just by how you display yourself. 

Elland

Elland England was a location of coal mines. Coal mines were unsafe and often employed children to perform the dangerous work.

Huskar Colliery

In 1838 at the Huskar Colliery, a stream flooded into a ventilation opening and killed 26 children. Most people did not know about these labor commissions and this horrific tragedy drew much-needed attention to the cause. Queen Victoria read about it in the London newspapers and pushed the prime minister to investigate the working conditions of British factories and mines.

Bolton, England

During the industrial revolution, Bolton, England had many textile mills. These mills employed 1,500 children at a time. The children were often injured and killed because of the lack of laws to protect them. 

Hyde, England

The city Hyde, was known in England for having many textile mills.  In Hyde, the textile mills 1,300 children at a time. The children in those mills worked around dangerous machinery for long hours, and for low pay. Because of calls for reformation, the Factory Acts were passed which were important steps in fixing the issues of child labor in England.

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