What The What? You Must Check Out This Crazy '50s Beauty Ad

In our opinion, the world of beauty advertising is always pushing the limits of believability, what with CGI tarantula eyelashes, over-photoshopped models, and hair so "long and billowing" that it could probably strangle us all. We're used to being a little cynical when it comes to these ads, but when we spotted this crazy skin-care campaign from the '50s, we truly could not believe our eyes. In this commercial for Dorothy Gray Cosmetics Cold Cream, the company boasts of a lab test in which dirt...