The Story of Cosmetics is an enlightening insight into the world of big cosmetics from the team at The Story of Stuff. 

I've always felt that the small group of us working at championing a more sustainable form of luxury have been working in a kind of bubble which is only now beginning to scratch the surface of public conciousness. But imagine the solitude that Edward J. Urick must of found himself in when writing "Luxury and Waste of Life". A book which discusses the luxury industry and asks whether the money spent on luxury couldn't be better served by being spent on community focused projects as well as the motives related to the consumption of luxury.

But what make's this work on luxury intriguing is that it was written in 1908! I hope that this is not a statement on the fact that we will always be fighting a never ending battle. 

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