Thread: Historical Question on Female Shaving

My ancestors have blonde fine hair. I vaguely remember my grandmother using some sort of a oval mitt that looked like fine sand paper, which took the hair off.

I've been thinking about this for some time now! The ancient Egyptians used various methods to remove hair, so did the Romans so I know ladies liked to be smooth way before the 1900's. As far as shaving with razors, the first ladies razor came out (Gillette Decollettee (Not the Decollete) in 1908) but Gillette didn't start their shameful marketing to women until about 1927 - here's a quick video I did. It's an excerpt from the Gillette Blade (their employee newsletter).
Let me know your thoughts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7muikl0ZQE

I saw that video when it was posted on another place. I wonder if the was similar to what happened in Europe.