While most modern women favour relaxing forms of pampering, these never before seen pictures of the beauty parlours of the Swinging Sixties show just how far women once went in their quest for perfection.
From electric face masks to full body wraps, these shocking images offer a glimpse into the weird and wonderful world of the beauty treatments from the 1960s.
Because before there was Botox, fashion-conscious women aspiring for lovely long legs like Twggy's would 'bake' themselves in a beauty oven with electric blankets for a supposed slimming treatment. Yes, you read that correctly.
Meanwhile, those wanting a radiant complexion like Doris Day opted for an ELECTRIC face mask to achieve a faux-glow… although the UV rays are likely to have done more harm than good.
And just like we book a salon appointment the moment Love Island graces our screen every year, turns out our beauty parlour predecessors were even more hardcore…
Wrap it up
Ready Baked
UV Ray
Suds up
Salad Scary
Lightning strike
Hot Mess
Pump it up
Pluck it out
But it wasn't all completely bonkers.
Just like modern-day hair and nail salons, the Swinging Sixties beauty parlour was also a hotspot for glamorous housewives and working women.
Because there's nothing quite like a bit of pampering to bring women together, right?
Highlight of the day
Looks familiar…
In even more beauty news, this woman had a £4k Love Island makeover at 21 including jawline Botox and lip fillers… and the results are literally jaw-dropping.
Plus Amazon is selling a Beauty Blender dupe for just £6 – and fans claim it's BETTER than the original.
And Angelia Jolie 'lookalike' Sahar Tabar shares haunting snap of hollowed cheeks and skinny arm (but is it all just clever editing?)
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