Preface -- Introduction -- 1. From Wisdom to Knowledge: Bodies and Artificial Beauty in the Eighteenth Century -- 2. Regulated Bodies: Cosmetics and Hygiene in the Nineteenth Century -- 3. Renovated Bodies: Medical Cosmetics from the Fin de Siècle to the Weimar Republic -- 4. Simulated Bodies: Cosmetics and Consumption in the Interwar Period -- 5. Knowledge and Political Conscience: Social Cosmetics during the Great Depression