Max factor's micrometer
Published
22nd Sep 2008
by Admin
WONDERFUL,
WACKY AND
WEIRD BEAUTY
DEVICES
A medieval torture instrument perhaps? The prototype for Hellraiser's Pinhead even?
No, in fact it's Max Factor's micrometer -- a device for make-up artists which 'discloses which facial features should be reduced or enhanced in the make-up process'.
Straight out of Hollywood, it was to 
eliminate the 'glaring distortions' of flaws 'almost invisible to the ordinary eye', when magnified on the silver screen.
See more wonderful, wacky and down-right weird beauty offerings HERE.
I really don't know what's she's got to smile about -- maybe it's doing something to her brain!
Maybe we should launch a caption competition?
